%% date:: [[2023-01-04]], [[2023-01-07]], [[2024-01-08]], [[2024-01-22]] Parent:: [[Publishing and distribution]] %% # [[Tools for publishing and distribution]] Below are some tools for [[Publishing and distribution]] your [[Content Creation|content]]. ## Domains ### Domain registration - [[Porkbun]] - [site](https://porkbun.com/): My domain registrar of choice - [[Namecheap]] - [site](https://www.namecheap.com/) - [[Register.to]] - [site](https://register.to) ### Domain management - [[DigitalOcean]] - [site](https://digitalocean.com): Has a great service for managing DNS records of all your domains in one place, requiring only that you point nameservers to the DO ones. ## Publishing platforms ### [[Static site generator|Static site generators]] ![[Static site generator#Examples]] ### Federated platforms - [[write.freely]] - [site](https://write.freely) and the hosted version, [[write.as]] - [site](https://write.as) - [[microblog.pub]] - [site](https://microblog.pub/) ## Web hosting Most web hosting providers also offer domain registration and management. ### As a service - [[Bluehost]] - [site](https://www.bluehost.com/) - [[GoDaddy]] - [site](https://godaddy.com.) - [[Obsidian Publish]] for [[Obsidian]] vaults - [site](https://publish.obsidian.md/) - [[GitHub Pages]] - [site](https://pages.github.com/) - [[Webflow]] - [site](https://webflow.com/) - [[Gandi]] - [site](https://gandi.net) - [[Pair]] - [site](https://www.pair.com/) %%Used and recommended by [[Mike Shea]]%% ### All-in-one platforms Content management systems - [[Medium]] - [site](https://medium.com/) - [[Squarespace]] - [site](https://www.squarespace.com/) - [[WordPress]] - [site](https://wordpress.com/) - [[Wix]] - [site](https://www.wix.com/) - [[Ghost]] - [site](https://ghost.org/) ### Virtual Servers to DIY - [[DigitalOcean]] <3 - [site](https://www.digitalocean.com/) ### Other web-related services - [[YOURLS]] - [site](https://yourls.org/): open-source self-hosted [[URL Shortening|URL shortener]] that I use - [[DigitalOcean]] - [site](https://digitalocean.com): cloud provider - I also use it for web servers ## Distribution ### Newsletters and mailing lists - [[Buttondown]] - [site](https://buttondown.email/): This is the one I'm currently using - [[Substack]] - [site](https://substack.com/): not recommended due to [questionable ethics](https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/leaving-substack-again/) - [[TinyLetter]] - [site](https://tinyletter.com/) - [[ConvertKit]] - [site](https://convertkit.com/) %%Used and recommended by [[Mike Shea]]%% - [[Mailchimp]] - [site](https://mailchimp.com) - [[Podia]] - [site](https://www.podia.com/): has email marketing as an optional addon - [[ListMonk]] - [site](https://listmonk.app/) ### Social networks - Mastodon - [site](https://https://joinmastodon.org/) - [[HackerNews]] - [site](https://news.ycombinator.com/) - [[Reddit]] - [site](https://www.reddit.com/) - X - [site](https://x.com) (if you must) ## Video hosting - [[YouTube]] - [site](https://youtube.com) - [[Wistia]] - [site](https://wistia.com/) - [[Vimeo]] - [site](https://vimeo.com) - [[Vidyard]] - [site](https://vidyard.com) ## Live streaming ### Broadcasting studios - [[StreamYard]] - [site](https://streamyard.com) - [[OBS]] - [site](https://obsproject.com) - [[ECamm]] - [site](https://www.ecamm.com/) - [[StreamLabs]] - [site](https://streamlabs.com/) - [[Restream]] - [site](https://restream.io) ### Streaming platforms - [[YouTube]] - [site](https://youtube.com) - [[Twitch.tv]] - [site](https://www.twitch.tv/) - [[Facebook]] - [site](https://www.facebook.com/) ## Audio transcription - [[Rev]] - [site](https://www.rev.com/) - [[Descript]] - [site](https://descript.com/) - [[Trint]] - [site](https://trint.com/) ## Graphic design Tools for creating thumbnails and hero images. - [[Canva]] - [site](https://canva.com) - [[Figma]] - [site](https://figma.com) - [[Zeplin]] - [site](https://zeplin.io) - [[Carbon]] - [site](https://carbon.now.sh/) - turns code into a gorgeous png - [[Asciinema]] - [site](https://asciinema.org/) - record and share terminal sessions ## [[Membership programs]] - [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/) - [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/) - [Buy Me a Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/) ## Search and SEO - [[Algolia]] - [site](https://www.algolia.com/) - [[How to have a domain indexed by Google]] ## [[Web analytics tools|Web Analytics]] Google Analytics is the most fully-featured and free, but extremely invasive. The others are paid, but more privacy-focused. - [[Plausible Analytics]] - [site](https://plausible.io/): Privacy-focused, lightweight, [[Self-hosted|self-hostable]]. My analytics tool of choice. - [[Google Analytics]] - [site](https://analytics.google.com/) - [[Simple Analytics]] - [site](https://simpleanalytics.com/) - [[Fathom Analytics]] - [site](https://usefathom.com/) ## Online courses - [[Podia]] - [site](https://podia.com) - [[Teachable]] - [[Kajabi]] - Thinkific ## Books - [[Twine]] - [site](https://twinery.org/): open-source platform for creating interactive books - [[Leanpub]] - [site](https://leanpub.com/): for publishing early and often