10 Creator Tools Worth Your Money in 2024
A.i., copywriting, sales, and productivity tools I'm using to grow my brand and ghostwriting business
When I started integrating AI tools into my workflow — creating valuable content became 10X easier.
In 2021, I was doing everything manually:
Writing
Scheduling
Idea generation
Closing new clients
Growing my LinkedIn
Over three years of consistently writing online and going full-time creator in 2023…
I've discovered some game-changing hacks.
The Right Tools = Multiply Your Efforts
AI makes a big difference. Don't resist it; embrace it as a skill to be mastered.
10 Tools for Growing a Side Hustle or Solo Biz
Some of these include my personal affiliate links to tools I recommend and use in my business.
1. Grow Your LinkedIn Potential with Taplio
If you only choose one tool from the list, make it Taplio.
Linkedin scheduling
Viral content ideas
A.i. writing tools
Analytics dashboard
CRM engagement
This is my all-in-one LinkedIn growth and writing tool that I use for my content and ALL of my clients’ content at FinGhost.
Pricing: The starting price is $39/month, with higher tiers available for additional features like AI writing.
Favorite Feature: being able to engage on my favorite creators content in a custom-created feed in the Taplio app
2. Tweet Hunter: Twitter Growth and Engagement
Tweethunter is owned by the same company as Taplio and Tweetpik below.
How to Use: Automate your tweets, utilize AI-generated content, schedule posts, and engage with analytics tools to grow your Twitter presence.
Pricing: the starting price is $49/month, with higher tiers available for additional features like AI writing.
Favorite Feature: The AI-generated replies and content suggestions help users engage and grow their audience efficiently.
3. Zopto: Automated Lead Generation
Zopto connects directly to my LinkedIn account to send cold outreach connection requests and messages to my ideal clients.
How to Use: Automate your LinkedIn outreach and lead generation for a more efficient cold outreach sales.
Pricing: Zopto's standard package for one user is $155/month
Favorite Feature: The ability to target and automate outreach frommy custom prospect lists built in LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
4. Chat GPT Plus
The paid version of Chat GPT-4 is worth every penny. Especially now that the App store is open and growing by the day with apps like “Creative Writing Coach”.
How to Use: Draft personalized engagement messages and content ideas to maintain an active online presence.
Pricing: Chat GPT's access tiers and pricing may vary based on the platform; OpenAI's website would provide current information.
Favorite Feature: The brainstorming and conversation capabilities that enhance content creation are highly valued.
5. Tweetpik
I’m a fan of writing once and publishing 2 or more times.
Tweetpik allows me to easily convert my highest-performing tweets and threads into images and carousels for LinkedIn.
How to Use: Convert tweets into LinkedIn-friendly visuals to showcase testimonials and engage your network.
Pricing: free plan or $9/month pro plan
Favorite Feature: Turning my best tweets into images for LinkedIn
6. Canva
Canva is where I build all our company sales decks, along with 1,000 other uses for creators and social media agency owners.
How to Use: create visually appealing content without being a professional designer
Pricing: Canva offers a free tier and Canva Pro starting at $12.99/month.
Favorite Feature: Users love the vast library of templates and design elements that make professional-looking designs accessible to non-designers.
7. Otter
As a social media ghostwriter, Otter allows me to easily transcribe Zoom interviews with clients into text to use for content ideas.
How to Use: Transcribe audio content to create written content for LinkedIn posts or blogs.
Pricing: Otter provides a basic free version, and its paid plans begin at $8.33/month when billed annually.
Favorite Feature: The transcription accuracy and integration with video conferencing tools are great.
8. DALL-E
DALL-E, midjourney, and other text-to-image A.i. tools have seriously leveled up my visual content. You can access DALL-E with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
How to Use: Generate custom images from text descriptions to visually enhance your LinkedIn content, e-books, website, basically any image.
Pricing: DALL-E's pricing details can be checked at OpenAI's official website as this tool is continually being updated.
Favorite Feature: The ability to create unique, high-quality images from simple text prompts is a favorite among users for its creativity boost.
9. Typeform
Typeform is how I qualify all prospects who apply for my ghostwriting service on LinkedIn or my website.
How to Use: Build interactive forms and surveys for engagement and lead generation on LinkedIn.
Pricing: Typeform offers a free plan, with premium features starting from $25/month.
Favorite Feature: The sleek design and user experience of the forms are often highlighted by users for increasing response rates.
10. LinkedIn Sales Navigator
This is where I build my custom prospect lists to target my ideal clients with tools like Zopto. You can upgrade from inside your LinkedIn account.
How to Use: Use advanced search filters and CRM capabilities to find and connect with potential leads.
Pricing: starts around $79.99/month for the Core plan
Favorite Feature: you can leverage tons of LinkedIn user data to get super specific in targeting your idea clients and customers with outreach
Bonus: Notion
Notion serves as the operating system for my agency business along with being a second brain for storing content ideas.
How to Use: Organize your content calendar, track engagement, and manage post-publication actions all in one place.
Pricing: Notion has a free personal plan, while team subscriptions with additional features start at $8 per user per month.
Favorite Feature: building free lead magnets in Notion that I can use in my business to convert more subscribers and clients
This is my essential tech stack as a content creator in 2024!
Hope you found some valuable new tools to increase your followers, sales, and productivity.
Until next time, friends 👋
Anthony, Founder at FinGhost.io
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