My Toolbox: Partner Offers and More
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Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you choose to sign up or buy, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products I personally use and genuinely stand behind.
Acorns
Acorns is for parents who want to invest without turning into full-time day traders. It rounds up your everyday purchases and automatically invests the spare change into diversified portfolios, so you’re building long-term wealth in the background while you handle school runs and real life.
Beehiiv
Beehiiv is the newsletter platform I use when I want growth and monetization built in instead of duct-taping tools together. You get a clean writing experience, no-code websites, recommendation tools, and an ad network so you can turn your ideas into a real media asset. For Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025, use code 2025BFCM via my link for 20% off any annual plan.
Belkin
Belkin makes the chargers, hubs, and cables that keep my Apple gear alive through long workdays and travel. If you’re tired of flaky no-name accessories, their MagSafe-friendly docks and chargers are reliable, well-built, and designed for multi-device setups on your desk or nightstand.
Benable
Benable is where I keep many of my recommendations in one place instead of scattering them across posts, DMs, and random notes. It lets you build shareable lists of your favorite tools and earn from tens of thousands of brands when people buy through your recs, which is perfect if you’re a creator who loves curation more than constant content.
Bullet Journal
Bullet Journal is the analog system I use when my brain feels overloaded and my apps aren’t cutting it. Their official notebooks and tools are built for rapid logging, planning, and reflection, so you can get tasks, ideas, and worries out of your head and onto paper in a structured way.
Content at Scale
Content at Scale is for creators and bloggers who need long-form, SEO-friendly drafts without spending all weekend staring at a blank page. You feed it a topic or keyword and it generates detailed articles you can then refine with your own voice, saving hours of first-draft time.
CreatorBuddy
CreatorBuddy is like an AI co-pilot for your X account when you’re serious about growth. It analyzes your content, helps you brainstorm posts, studies what the algorithm is favoring, and even acts as a “reply guy” so you’re showing up in the right conversations without living on the platform.
Eden
From DAN KOE and his team, Eden has turned into a fantastic tool for creators. With my link you can get a free 7 day trial to check it out. Eden also has board chat and templates for workflows like tweets, YouTube videos, Reels, Shorts, and weekly content planning.
Give the tool your context. Add your audience, examples, past content, research, and notes. Then use it to help organize, compare, and draft.
But the final judgment still has to come from you.
AI can help you think through the mess.
It shouldn’t replace your taste.
That’s how you end up with content that sounds like LinkedIn cosplay wearing a creator hoodie.
God of Prompt
God of Prompt is a massive prompt library for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools that helps you stop reinventing the wheel every time you open a chat window. Instead of guessing what to type, you can pull proven prompts for marketing, business, content, and more so you get better outputs with less trial and error. Use code MATTHEW for 10% off your first month.
Jamie / Minimalist Hustler
Jamie Northrup from Minimalist Hustler is one of my favorite voices on making more money online with less noise and fewer moving parts. His products and newsletter focus on simple, low-overhead digital assets and side hustles, which is ideal if you’re a busy parent who wants extra income without adding another full-time job.
Kit
Kit is the email platform I recommend if you want to treat your newsletter like a real business instead of a hobby. You get landing pages, visual automations, and creator-to-creator recommendations built in, so you can grow your list and sell digital products without duct-taping five tools together. Use my link to get 60% off the Creator monthly plan for a limited time.
MacPaw / CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac from MacPaw is how I keep my Mac from turning into a sluggish mess after years of files, screenshots, and experiments. It clears junk, frees up space, and handles maintenance tasks in a few clicks so your machine stays fast enough for editing, recording, and creating. Get 30% off for Black Friday.
Mem
Mem is my “brain dump” app when I’m thinking faster than I can organize. You can fire off voice notes, meeting notes, or random ideas and let AI handle the organizing, resurfacing, and searching later so nothing important disappears into a forgotten notebook or app. Use code MITTENDAD via my link for 20% off any Mem Pro plan.
Noom
Noom teaches you why you eat the way you do instead of just restricting calories. I have codes for a free two-week trial, then 20% off if you want to continue.
Readwise
Readwise is what I use to actually remember the best ideas from books, articles, and newsletters instead of letting them die in a highlights graveyard. It pulls in your highlights from across platforms and then resurfaces them over time, so the ideas you care about stay top of mind and usable in your work and content. Get a 60-day trial to check things out instead of the usual 30 with my link!
Readwise Reader
Readwise Reader is the “all-in-one inbox” for my reading: newsletters, PDFs, web articles, even YouTube transcripts and RSS feeds in one place. You can highlight, save, and then send everything straight into Readwise, so your research and inspiration actually feed your creative system instead of living in 20 different tabs. Get a 60-day trial to check things out instead of the usual 30 with my link!
Riverside.fm
Riverside is the tool I use when I want studio-quality podcast and video recordings without an actual studio. It records each guest locally in up to 4K with separate audio and video tracks, which means cleaner edits and fewer “sorry, Zoom ruined the audio” moments. For Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2025, yearly Pro, Live, and Webinar plans are 35% offwith code BF2025 through November 30.
SaneBox
SaneBox is for anyone drowning in email who doesn’t want to move to a brand-new app. It plugs into your existing inbox, learns what matters to you, and automatically filters out the noise, unsubscribes from junk, and reminds you to follow up so important messages stop slipping through the cracks.
Setapp
Setapp is basically “Netflix for Mac apps”—one subscription that unlocks hundreds of high-quality Mac and iOS apps for productivity, creativity, and maintenance. Instead of buying a dozen separate tools, you can experiment freely and lean on the ones that actually fit your workflow.
Snipd
Snipd turns podcast listening into a research tool instead of just background noise. With a tap you can save a moment, get an AI summary, and sync your highlights into tools like Readwise or Notion, so the smartest ideas you hear on walks or commutes don’t disappear the second the episode ends.
SparkLoop
SparkLoop is the referral engine I recommend if you want your newsletter to grow from word-of-mouth, not just your own marketing. It lets you set up Morning Brew–style referral programs, in-email referral sections, and partner giveaways so subscribers have a clear reason to share you with their friends.
TechSmith
TechSmith makes the screen capture and recording tools I use for tutorials, walkthroughs, and training videos. Snagit is great for quick annotated screenshots and short explainer clips, while Camtasia handles full editing for polished lessons and product demos.
Teachable
Teachable is my go-to platform when you want to turn your expertise into a structured course, coaching offer, or digital product. You can host video lessons, downloads, and communities in one place and handle payments, coupons, and upsells without needing to code anything.
TweetHunter
TweetHunter is built for creators who want to grow and monetize their X audience without spending hours staring at the cursor. It gives you post ideas, scheduling, analytics, and automations so more of your tweets land, build audience, and lead to opportunities.
Typefully
Typefully is where I draft, schedule, and analyze posts across X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and more from a single dashboard. It helps you queue threads, cross-post smartly, and see what’s actually working so you’re not guessing your way through social. Get two free weeks when you use my link.
Wispr
Wispr Flow is for those days when your brain is clear but your hands are too tired to type. You talk naturally and it turns your speech into clean, well-punctuated writing inside whatever app you’re using, which is perfect for tired parents drafting emails, posts, or notes on the go. Use my link to get a free month of Pro.
YNAB
YNAB (You Need A Budget) is the budgeting app that finally made money feel less like stress and more like a plan. Its method helps you give every dollar a job, prepare for true expenses, and align your spending with the life you actually want, which is huge if you’re juggling kids, debt, and long-term goals.