Sometimes I teach or have a theme to my posts…
Other times I simply find every wonderful out there you can grab for nada that will help you, your business or both.
This is one of those weeks so let’s just dive into the good stuff.
Bored with the same old stock image sites or just need some great pics or illustrations for your sites and projects?
Here are some suggestions:
StockSnap is a great site with fresh material added weekly and absolutely no copyright restrictions:
Pic Jumbo is another excellent site that was started by a photographer and, again, has no restrictions:
https://picjumbo.com/latest-free-stock-photos/
Now, how about some fresh fonts to go with those images?
Creative Bloq has 80 of the best you can grab for nada here:
https://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design-tips/best-free-fonts-for-designers-1233380
There’s also a great selection at FreeTypography which does exactly what you would imagine:
And at Font Squirrel, another of my go-to sites:
Need mockups, icons or other graphics for nada?
Off you go to Pixeden:
Or Premium Pixels – another of my secret fave sources (but I’ll share it with you):
If it’s just mockups you need, this is the place to go:
https://www.mockupworld.co/all-mockups/
How about some new skills to set you up to conquer this new world of ours?
I’m not just talking about marketing skills but others such as the coding you can learn here so you can create your own sites…or sites for other people:
https://dash.generalassemb.ly/
Over at Coursera you can learn how to program apps with Python:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/interactive-python-1
While at Skillshare you can learn how to set up your own home podcasting studio so you can finally start that podcast:
They also have one on how to set up an Etsy shop:
And a wonderful class on graphic design from two teachers on the MFA program at the Smithsonian:
More important than all of that is your wellbeing. I’ve given you links to Yoga classes before but how about Zumba at home…or kickboxing or cardio…all of which you can get here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBINFWq52ShSgUFEoynfSwg
For your mental and emotional health, try Happify – it will even give you your happiness score:
Your TED talk this week is about a life skill that can genuinely, and apparently paradoxically, change everything for the better…how to make hard choices:
