As a self-employed person, you have to take care of many things at the same time, so it really helps when you have a “team” in the form of tools that help you something. In this article, I present my tools 2023, which I use to handle my graphics and web design projects.
Figma
Figma is a cloud-based design tool that allows you to create, prototype, and present UI/UX designs. It is suitable for teams of all sizes and offers a free version.
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD
Without Adobe Creative Cloud, nothing works. Each of my projects starts in an Adobe application and has been doing so for over 13 years.
- Creative Cloud includes over 20 desktop programs, mobile apps, and online services for photography, design, video, web, and UX
- Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere, After Effects, and more.
- Always up to date thanks to regular updates
Notion
Notion is an all-in-one workspace. It allows you to take notes, manage projects, and other tasks.
- The flexibility of a paper notebook
- Project and task management in one place
- Digital brain to store, organize, and share information
- Free for personal use
GOODLANCE
One tool for everything. Goodlance handles my order management, bookkeeping, time recording, invoicing & more.
- Usable free of charge
- Premium version is already available for 10€/month
- Accounting with tax assessment
- Invoices & offers
- Time recording specifically for freelancers
- Availability planning & project management
SATELLITE
My digital phone number. No minute rates and no SIM card.
- Free to use
- Mobile number included
- Parallel on multiple devices
- Telephony to all networks
- Phone number transfer
- voicemail
- 100 free minutes
KONTIST
Banking & tax service for self-employed people. Modern app, nice design and first-class operation.
- Free to use
- set up in 9 minutes
- Finances at a glance
- Tax, accounting and banking combined
- Real-Time Tax Assessment
WEBFLOW
Tool for implementing individual and professional websites
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Basics in HTML and CSS should be available
- Code export
- Impressive animations
- Content Management System
- Fast web hosting on Amazon servers
* Affiliate links
LOOM
With Loom, you can easily create video messages and share them directly via a link. This ensures efficient, asynchronous communication and saves you the occasional meeting.
- Create videos with ease
- Video editing
- Share videos with selected groups
- Free with restrictions
APPLE MAIL
Email is still my asynchronous means of communication of choice. I check my emails twice a day and have time to process my orders in between.
- asynchronous communication
- Easy handling, wide range of uses.
- Digital filing
