Epidemic Sound

Epidemic is a crowd favorite amongst YouTubers because of their awesome track library and 'all-you-can-eat' plans targeted specifically at YouTube content creators. They make it super simple to find new, fresh music you haven't heard 1000 times, so it's one of our go-to resources for YouTube content. Just be aware that licensing on YouTube plans is restricted to YouTube content only!

Art List

One of my go-to resources for music tracks for any project! An annual subscription that includes unlimited downloads, and very favorable royalty-free licensing. Great for YouTube, professional production projects, personal videos... you name it!

Storyblocks Video

B-roll is a simple way to level up the quality of your videos, and these guys really remove the pain from the process of finding it. Storyblocks is a great resource for stock video footage, with unlimited access to a library of content you can download for a flat fee per month. We use it for a TON of b-roll footage not just in our YouTube content, but for various client projects as well!

Video Hive (Envato)

Video Hive is an awesome resource for pre-built templates you can easily customize up to suit your own style & branding. Whether it's animated video intro's, lower thirds or titles, transitions, or custom end cards - they have a huge range of options you can purchase, and customize up in a matter of minutes.

Adobe After Effects

To customize up your Video Hive templates, grab a free trial of Adobe After effects!

Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows & Mac)

Premiere Pro is an absolute beast, in every sense. It's incredibly feature packed, integrates with the powerful Adobe suite, and has some amazing features for Professional editors. We use it for longer-form professional projects. Be warned: it's definitely not as well optimized as alternatives like Final Cut Pro and needs some serious hardware to get it running well!

Final Cut Pro (Mac)

If you're on Mac, Final Cut Pro is hard to beat! It's powerful, incredibly fast, and optimized from the ground-up to play nice with your Mac hardware. We use it mostly for short-form projects, and those where we don't need to work with a distributed team. It's hard to explain just how smoothly it works, suffice to say it's become a major reason I've seen people make the switch from Windows to Mac!

Rev

Rev is our go-to site for high quality video transcription. They're incredibly fast, super simple to use, and the quality of output is way ahead of many other options we've tried. We use Rev to create subtitles for everything, from our YouTube content to professional client projects! Pro tip: Make sure to take advantage of Rev's YouTube integration... You can just select your videos, checkout, and they'll automatically upload your completed subtitles to your videos as soon as they're done!

Tubebuddy

Tubebuddy completely transformed the way we run our YouTube channel. It streamlines everything from keyword research & competitor analysis, to everyday channel management tasks. There's a free plan to start, but we recommend atleast the Pro plan for most people.

ActiveCampaign - Email Marketing & Automation

With a TON of automation options, a super active development team, and a list of features that leaves most other platforms in the dust - ActiveCampaignis our top recommendation for the vast majority of users (and it's what we use at Primal Video!) Despite the huge range of options, the interface is intuitive enough to get up and running quickly, with the power to scale into all the more advanced automations you might dream up in future as your business grows.

ConvertKit - Email Marketing & Automation

Incredibly simple to use, with a super clean interface and basic automations to perform a lot of simpler functions. Easy to get up and running, and perfectly designed for its target market (bloggers & creators), but functionality is limited compared to ActiveCampaign. We recommend it to those who consider themselves more "tech averse", aren't going to be interested in much automation as their business grows, and generally don't resonate with the description of ActiveCampaign above!

Leadpages - Landing Page Software

We use Leadpages for our landing pages, whether it's an email opt-in, a free workshop registration page, or a quick sales page we want to pull together. It's simple to use and has a ton of awesome templates, so you can get up & running to start generating results fast (and you DON'T need to be a developer!)

Bonjoro - Video Messaging Service

Bonjoro is an awesome tool to connect 1-on-1 with your audience & customers, making it simple to create short personalized videos and instantly send them out via email. What would otherwise take hours and a lot of manual processing can now be done in just a few minutes inside the app! Bonjoro enables personalization at scale, and that 1-to-1 connection with your most loyal customers and subscribers is super powerful!

Rev

Rev is our go-to site for high quality video transcription. They're incredibly fast, super simple to use, and the quality of output is way ahead of many other options we've tried. We use Rev to create subtitles for everything, from our YouTube content to professional client projects! Pro tip: Make sure to take advantage of Rev's YouTube integration... You can just select your videos, checkout, and they'll automatically upload your completed subtitles to your videos as soon as they're done!

Design Pickle - 'Done-for-you' Design Service

Absolute game changer. Design Pickle charges a flat monthly fee for unlimited designs. We send them all of our YouTube thumbnails, cover images, social graphics... everything! We've created templates for all our briefs that make the process even easier (let us know if you're considering trying them out and want access!) Tip: try them out for a month, but check the annual plans for a big discount.

Snappa - Online Graphics Editor

A super powerful online graphics editor you can use to quickly whip up ALL your fancy thumnbnails, channel art and other designs yourself, fast and easy! There's a few players in this space now, but Snappa is our #1 pick due to its ease of use, huge range of features, and because they don't put a pay wall around key export functions like some of their competitors do - so you can get great results even with the free plan, and jump to their paid options if you need more in future.

WPX Hosting - Wordpress Website Hosting

We've messed around with a lot of different hosting companies in the past, many cheaper than WPX Hosting. But, what we saved in monthly fees we lost 10 times over in down time, random issues, slow performance, and even a hacked site! WPX is a fully managed service, meaning they keep your site secure & optimized for you, and on the off chance a site ever gets hacked or goes down, they fix it free! The support is amazing & hosting is super fast. Great for anyone that values their time (and sanity).

Thrive Themes - Wordpress Themes + Tools

Thrive Themes is not just a theme for your Wordpress site (it is that too...), it's a collection of powerful tools that unlock a ton of new functionality to help you grow a business online. For us, Thrive Architect is THE 'system seller'! It's an incredibly powerful drag-and-drop builder we used to assemble the entire Primal Video website.

ActiveCampaign - Email Marketing & Automation

With a TON of automation options and a list of features that leaves most other platforms in the dust - ActiveCampaign is our top recommendation for the majority of users (it's what we use at Primal Video!) Despite the huge range of options, the interface is intuitive enough to get up and running quickly, with the power to scale into all the more advanced automations you might dream up in future as your business grows.

ConvertKit - Email Marketing & Automation

Incredibly simple to use, with one of the cleanest interfaces available and basic automations to perform a lot of simpler functions. It's so simple to get up and running, and perfectly designed for it's target market (bloggers & creators), but its functionality is very limited compared to ActiveCampaign. We recommend it to those who would consider themselves more "tech averse", aren't going to be interested in much automation as their business grows, and generally don't resonate with the description of ActiveCampaign above!

Leadpages - Landing Page Software

We use Leadpages for our landing pages, whether it's an email opt-in, a free workshop registration page, or a quick sales page we want to pull together. It's simple to use and has a ton of awesome templates, so you can get up & running to start generating results fast (and you DON'T need to be a developer!)

Transferwise - International Fund Transfers

Transferwise makes receiving global affiliate payouts super simple. Unlike banks, they're incredibly transparent with all fees and charges. They're also significantly cheaper and the exchange rates are amazing. You can setup local bank details in numerous countries with a click, and start receiving funds immediately.

Thirsty Affiliates - Affiliate Link Management

If you're working with any affiliate programs, our #1 tip is to setup redirects using a platform like Thirsty Affiliates (note: some programs like Amazon don't allow redirects, so be sure to check!) Many companies change their links over time, so having a centralized place where all yours are managed means you only need to update them in ONE place. Redirects also mean you get much prettier links! Thirsty Affiliates is a great option and integrates directly with your Wordpress site.

Kajabi - Digital Commerce & Course Hosting Platform

Kajabi is an incredibly flexible all-in-one service for creating, selling & marketing digital products. It includes a ton of features like course hosting, checkout systems, email marketing & landing pages - everything you need to build a business! Plus, you can easily integrate with external services as your needs grow. We use Kajabi to host & manage all our digital courses, and other services for more advanced functionality in specific areas where we need it (like ActiveCampaign for email marketing).

ThriveCart - Checkout & Subscription Management

After testing a LOT of different shopping carts, we stumbled upon ThriveCart. It packs in more flexibility and power than every other platform tested, AND it does it all for a once-off purchase while all its competitors charge hefty monthly subscriptions. We use it for all our digital products and to manage members subscriptions for Primal Video Accelerator.

Demio - Webinar Platform

We use Demio to host our live webinars. It's super simple to use, doesn't require a plugin for viewers to watch with any modern browser, and integrates well with all the leading email marketing platforms. On top of that, it's got a far more modern interface than its leading competitors, and great pricing to boot!

Bonjoro - Video Messaging Service

Bonjoro is an awesome tool to connect 1-on-1 with your audience & customers, making it simple to create short personalized videos and instantly send them out via email. What would otherwise take hours and a lot of manual processing can now be done in just a few minutes inside the app! Bonjoro enables personalization at scale, and that 1-to-1 connection with your most loyal customers and subscribers is super powerful!