Sean McDermott
Diverse Business Builder, Agency
Owner & Web Marketer
Tech tools i use daily
creative and analytics
Below is my Official No Code Tech Stack of the best online tools used to run my business
It's amazing how far along we have come on the internet so it makes sense to utilise the tools and automations available
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​Swipe, Send, Sell – It’s That Simple​
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As a No-Code champion, Wix is the platform i used to build and maintain the majority of my websites...SHOCK AND HORROR ensues..! Simply, it's all you need.
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I'm not here to teach coding and all that other web design stuff, i prefer the sales and marketing challenges be they physical, psychological and emotional
WIX is a no-code editor and very intuitive to use, just what a starter or intermediate user needs
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Free to begin with then to remove the ads (and get a more professional look) starts from $16 a month billed annually
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WIX - No-Code web design
Canva
Im a terrible artist, kinda like a childish scrawl in most cases, and Canva make sit all look OK, sometimes better than OK
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Use it for creating your graphics for any of the social media platforms you post on
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Works like a big artists pad with drag and drop
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Very intuitive to use
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Free version is good and the paid is awesome
Its been some years since i was introduced to Loom and i still cant believe its free!
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I use it for introductions and messaging across platforms through instantly shareable videos, great for reching out
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With Loom, I can record from camera, microphone, and desktop screen simultaneously, awesome all at once
Bit love or hate for myself really
A lot of client work is based around testimonials...but how many scams
have we seen linked to these?
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That being said we can't really ignore them and Senja is awesome as you get to approve all testimonials prior to publishing
Sign up for a free account to collect video and text testimonials and share them as images, widgets or on the Walls of Love, without coding
You will need a payware system once you start to offer products and services online, so you get PAID!
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It's important for me that my customers know how they can pay you in a safe and secure system and that you will get paid too, in this case daily!
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Battle tested online as a reliable provider of merchant services so you can create full custom invoices
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Fee's start at 1.5%+20p per GBP transaction (Jan2024)
Easy scheduling ahead
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Really fabulous tool for keeping ahead of yourself and really knowing whats ahead of you when working with contractors and VA's
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Eliminates the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect time to talk and get together
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Here are all my really cool website design tools...
I use Wix as it can do pretty much everything but i do have other sites needing external tools to help manage them. Wix also has its own built in analytics so no need to bolt things together!
Tracks and compares the growth of my posts so i can see where to focus
It looks for any key themes and topics so my optimisation is spot on and grows my prescence
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Cant be underestimated as a key tool with LinkedIn
If your like me your not into the complexity Google Analytics offers so me being me i looked for an alternative and was recommended Fathom
This is a key part of anyone serious about being online, you need to know what your website is doing, performance is understood easily and simply, only takes 5 minutes to set up and get going
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$10 off your first invoice! (when i wrote this)
Data Analytics Tools
Understanding your traffic and where it comes from is a key daily priority to tailor your strategy
Email Marketing and Newsletters
There can be only one choice for myself here and that's Beehiiv
Posting and hoping for greatness isn't a strategy i'd recommend. These work on one or more platforms
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You need to understand how the Feeds work on any social platform, for the same or less effort you can be an influencer genius...LinkedIn, Instagram and X (as i write this)​
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The information detail you get about how/where/what and when is simply needed to help your audience better
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If i had nothing else to support me online this would be where I'd fight the most to keep​
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Choose your way forward below...
​Don't do like i did and have stuff all over the place in Word, Google Drive, Notes, workbook diary, etc as everything offers a notespace these days!
Everything goes through Notion and it saves me a load of time looking at my ideas and thoughts
The free option is all you really need to get started helps to keep my content ideas/thoughts in some sort of order but when you Upgrade to paid as you progress it's well worth it.
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Incredibly simple to use and is an app so accessible anywhere​ to capture my ideas as they come to me, then i can choose to follow them there and then or schedule in to look at another time
Social Media Scheduling and Content Creation
Automation makes things so much simpler and having a shared place for content ideas really improves your creativity
I always look to the no-cost programs first and so should you (but can't always find one) to make starting easier but by necessity some are paid affiliate links, meaning I do earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you choose to use my link when purchasing
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