Do you listen to the Hot Copy Podcast?

If not, you’re missing out.

There are lots of great marketing podcasts out there, but this is a copywriting podcast for copywriters. It’s hosted by copywriters Kate Toon and Belinda Weaver, and they offer tips, shortcuts, resources and interviews that help you become a better writer.

You should subscribe and listen to the archive – it’s a podcast I never miss.

This is one of my favourite episodes – Kate and Belinda give us their 10 favourite apps and tools. Some are writing related, some are business related, all are useful.

Listen to the 30-minute recording where they discuss:

• What they love most out about these tools
• How much they cost
• Alternatives you can consider

To save you time Googling, here are the links to Kate and Belinda’s top 10 copywriting tools:

• Scrivener: writing tool
• Thesaurus.com
• Rhyme zone: rhymes, synonyms and definitions
• Hemingway app: editing tool
• Slick plan: flowchart software
• Wunderlist: to-do list
• Basecamp: project manager
• Capsule CRM: customer relationship manager
• Omnigraffle: diagramming and wireframing
• Camtasia: screen capture, video and audio editing
• LastPass: password register 

And here are the other tools they mention in the podcast:

• TeuxDeux: to-do list
• PicMonkey: image creator and editor
• Canva: image creator and editor
• XERO: accounting software
• Screenflow: screen capture tool

And if you enjoyed that episode – Kate and Belinda interviewed Tom Albrighton, founder of The Professional Copywriters’ Network. You can listen to that episode here.

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