I Wrote (Daily) for 4 Years — These 9 Tools Took My Productivity to the Next Level
These tools are absolute game-changers that you can’t afford to miss.
Most creators won’t hit 7 to 8 figures in the creator world.
It’s because, in this competitive space, just writing valuable content won’t make you go viral.
I’ve been an online creator for 4 years, and I believe that’s just the basics.
What do you need?
The right mindset, the right strategies, and the right tools that can multiply your output and quality without burning you out.
And today, I’m going to talk about the tools that can help you automate tedious tasks, make you more productive, and deliver faster results.
Let’s start.
1. Claude
Everyone talks about ChatGPT and its insane use cases, but I prefer Claude when it comes to getting help with content.
In my opinion, it’s way better than ChatGPT.
I’ve been using it for almost everything — from generating hooks for LinkedIn and Twitter posts to finding typos, building digital products, and even generating content in specific styles.
And that’s just the basics, Claude can even help you:
- Build your dream SaaS product
- Learn complex concepts visually
- Extract data from websites
- Rank your post #1 on Google
- And many more
The best part? You can create Projects inside Claude that you can customize with your own instructions or knowledge, and reuse them whenever you need.
It’s a lot like the custom GPTs available in ChatGPT.
2. Perplexity
I know you probably haven’t tried it yet, but Perplexity has become way more popular than you might think.
First of all, you can search for whatever you want, and it gives you accurate answers from different sources without any ads.
You can even tell Perplexity what to focus on, and create collections within it.
Now, let me share what I use the most — the Discover tab.
From here, I can read some of the latest news in AI, tech, and other topics.
The best part is that it pulls information from multiple sources based on specific news and summarizes it in a much clearer way.
To be honest, people are even adding Perplexity as their default search engine in Chrome to get the answers they need.
If you want to do the same, just go to Chrome settings, click “Search engine” on the left sidebar, and change it to Perplexity.
3. Fiverr
If you follow me, you may know that I’ve been writing online for over 4 years now.
In addition to that, I’ve been building multiple side hustles, working with clients, and more. It’s become too hectic for me to manage everything on my own.
I can’t hire someone full-time because my client’s work is not consistent, and I saw that the person I hired earlier had no work for at least 8 days.
The only solution is to hire exceptional talent from freelancing platforms when I have more some work available.
That’s when I started using Fiverr.
Sure, I tried other platforms, but I couldn’t find the right candidate at the right pay, so I stuck with Fiverr.
Similarly, if you’re a business owner, content creator, or someone else looking for experts to complete your work, you can use Fiverr.
You can hire experts for various skills, including graphic design, programming, writing, video and animation, even AI services, and more.
Just so you know, they also offer a pro plan to help you hire top talent, and even have an AI tool that lets you create a professional logo in just a few clicks.
4. Notion
I’m sure most of you have heard of Notion, but not everyone actually uses it.
If you’re one of those who haven’t given it a try, you’re really missing out.
Notion is hands down one of the best tools for productivity and project management.
You can use it for multiple purposes.
The best part? It comes with a huge range of free and paid templates that you can use in your daily tasks.
Personally, I use it not just for work but for organising my daily life too.
There are templates for managing projects, tracking tasks, scheduling meetings, handling your finances, tracking habits, planning meals, and a lot more.
Insane right?
Lastly, you can start using Notion for free, up to a certain limit, so there’s no reason not to check it out.
5. Leonardo AI & Microsoft Copilot
You may know that I consistently write content on Medium and other platforms.
To be honest, I got bored of using the same images from Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay.
It feels repetitive to use the same images as every other creator, and I want to stand out.
That’s when I tried several AI image generation tools, and now I mainly use Leonardo AI and Microsoft Copilot.
Speaking of Leonardo AI, it helps me generate attention-grabbing images for specific posts, in a specific style and preset, all for free.
I use it most frequently in my Medium posts.
As for Microsoft Copilot, I’ve been using it to generate book covers for my digital products.
You can see it here.
6. Gumroad
Let me be honest, you can’t be dependent on a single platform for years.
I stuck with Medium for a long time, and when they changed the algorithm, my earnings dropped drastically.
I regret it a lot.
And that’s where I learned that the key is to diversify your income streams so that when one collapses or the algorithm changes, it doesn’t affect you as much.
And one of the best income streams to start is selling digital products on Gumroad.
If you’re a content creator, you have a skill you can teach and turn into digital products.a
Creating a digital product is easy.
You can use tools like Canva, Notion, or an AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude, and your digital product will be ready.
But why Gumroad?
Because it’s easy to use, and people trust it.
As for me, I’ve released over 10 digital products on Gumroad without any marketing expertise, and made more than $10,000.
7. Medium & Substack
No matter who you are or what you do, you should start writing on Medium or Substack.
It will help you build connections, get more work, and ultimately earn more money than you are now.
I was a web developer, building websites for online clients.
Then, I started writing on Medium, simply sharing what I knew — web development.
After a few months, my articles went viral, ranked on Google, and people who read them began reaching out to me for work.
Yes, I received messages on LinkedIn and through email.
So whether you’re a programmer, designer, video editor, teacher, entrepreneur, or even a student, you have to create an account on Medium or Substack and start sharing your expertise.
These platforms even pay you, but I consider that just a bonus.
8. Buffer
As a content creator, I need to write across multiple social media platforms.
Specifically, I’m consistently writing on Medium, Substack, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
There are plenty of reasons for this — reaching a wider audience and not relying on a single platform, to name a couple.
But managing content on all these platforms every day gets tough.
The worst part is that I end up wasting a couple of hours just trying to juggle everything.
So, I started using Buffer, a social media management platform, to simplify the process.
With this tool, I can create and manage my posts, connect different channels, schedule drafts to specific platforms, and analyze what’s working.
So far, it’s working fine for me.
9. mymind
As a web developer and an online creator, I need to read a lot.
And to be honest, I found out there’s too much info that I can’t read at once, so I started saving the links on Notion, Google Spreadsheets, and WhatsApp.
But as days passed, it became unorganized.
Yes, each and every platform got filled with too many links.
So to make it organised (and clean), I tried out a number of tools, but the one I’ve stuck with is “mymind”.
It’s an AI tool that organises everything with the help of AI — you just need to bookmark what you want to save.
That’s all.
Here’s a video to give you a better idea of how it works.
