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Dustin Stout

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Everything I build my empire with.

Maybe it’s not quite an empire yet. A guy can dream.

Everything here is something I use or have used. I only recommend what has been a helpful or critical part of my work and play.

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The one I built

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The ones I’d buy again

A website has two jobs. Traffic and conversions.

  • Hosting

    Cloudways

    Lightning-fast, reliable, hassle-free WordPress hosting for bloggers and business owners.

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  • Forms

    Ninja Forms

    Every website needs forms. This is the most powerful, flexible, easiest-to-use form builder WordPress has.

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  • Speed

    WP Rocket

    A slow site loses visitors and hurts your SEO. Easy to install. Results out of the box. Plenty of fine-tuning if you want it.

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  • Email marketing

    Kit

    Your email list is the most valuable asset you can build. After trying many systems, this is the easiest to use and the most powerful.

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Other noteworthy tools

The laundry list. Everything else that helps me do what I do.

Physical items

The things on my desk I couldn’t work without.

Apple iMac M1
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and Magic Mouse
iPhone
Next Level Apparelfor the red V-neck t-shirts

Desktop apps

On the iMac or the MacBook Pro.

SoVisual.coquick social media graphics
Social Remixone blog post into 30 social posts
Adobe Creative CloudPhotoshop, Illustrator, and XD
Typorawriting in beautiful Markdown
CodaFTP
Atomall coding
Chromeweb browsing
Slackteam communications
TogglPomodoro and time tracking
Todoistto-do lists and project management
Notioneditorial planning, wikis, and documentation

Web apps

In the browser.

Google Apps for Workemail, Drive, and the rest
Rebrandlyshort links
Agorapulsesocial media management
BuzzSumocontent trends, analysis, and social listening
Loomsuper simple screen recording

Other WordPress plugins

Small, and on every site.

Want more? The best mobile apps to create visual content has the ones on my phone. Got a tool I should try? Tell me on X.