Resources to Transform Your
Visual Identity
Get the tools and insights you need to create a visual identity that resonates
with your ideal customers and sets you apart.
Accounting and Business
• Bloom.io – invoicing and client management. Get 20% off here.
• Bonsai – Proposals, contracts, time tracking, and invoices
• ContractShop – Legal contract templates
• Dubsado – All-in-one business management solution
• FreshBooks – Accounting and invoicing (60% off)
• GrindKit – Bundle of templates for freelancers (proposals, contracts & more)
• HoneyBooks – Client management software
• Monday.com – Project management for teams
• TransferWise – Send international transfers for less
Books
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• Logo Design Books
• Branding Books
• Brand Strategy Books
• Business & Design Books
• Blinkist – No time to read? Listen to summarized audio books!
Courses
• Skillshare – Get four weeks of Skillshare Premium for free and access thousands of online classes in design, photography, business, and more.
• Udemy – As a Mandilay reader, you get 70-95% off 55,000+ online courses to teach you practically anything, including design.
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• Graphic Design Courses
• UX/UI Courses
• Logo Design and Branding Courses
• Brand Strategy Courses
• Marketing Courses
• Animation Courses
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• Best Skillshare Courses
• Best Udemy Courses
• Best Coursera Courses
• Best Futur Courses for Design and Business
Design Assets, Themes, Fonts
• Brand Style Guide Template – Get 30% off with code ‘mandilay20’
• Envato Elements – Get unlimited downloads of 50+ Million Design Assets, including CMS Templates, HTML Templates, Fonts, InDesign Files, Stock Photos, Mockups, and more.
• MyFonts – Where I go to look for fonts with regular deals.
• RetroSupply – Retro effects for Photoshop and Illustrator
• Streamline Icons – The world’s largest icon and illustration library
• ThemeForest – Top-tier website templates and themes for WordPress, HTML, Email, Joomla, and Magento.
• YellowImages – 3D Object Mockups
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Design Bundle Deals
• DesignCuts – Every two weeks they offer an extremely high quality design bundle deal plus get 30-50% off in their marketplace.
• FontBundles – Free fonts and font bundle deals.
• My Logo Font Bundle – Get 5 of my favorite logo fonts for 50% off.
Hosting
• BlueHost – BlueHost is my recommended web host for small to mid-sized businesses. Easy to use, great value, great support, and my first choice for clients.
See how to set up your website.
• Godaddy – I have been hosting with them since 2009. Easy to use, great value, support, and a good choice for clients.
• Media Temple – I can highly recommend for high-performance, high-trafficked websites.
Software and Services
• Zagomail – Design forms, landing pages, and emails on one email marketing platform
• Adobe Creative Cloud (Get 40-65% off!) – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom and more! View all Adobe Creative Cloud Discounts
• Astute Graphics – Illustrator plugins to speed up your work flow.
• Aweber – Email newsletters
• Dropbox – Backups and cloud storage for all your files.
• LegalZoom – Trademark registration
• Logo Package Express – Export logo files in just one click.
• Moo Printing – Business card printing and more.
• Movavi Screen Recorder – Allows you to make records with sound, edit videos, save results and share them.
• SmartMockups – Create stunning mockups with ease, without Photoshop.
• Termly – GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy compliancy for small businesses.
• WebFlow – Create websites without code.
Unschooler – Use AI to quickly generate courses that include video content, quizzes, and daily tasks
Stock Photography
• Shutterstock – Highly recommended stock photography and vectors.
• iStock – Another great stock photos provider.
Top Gear for Creatives
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I work with all the products and companies listed above and can attest to their quality. I wouldn’t recommend them otherwise. Full disclosure, the links are affiliate links, meaning I get a little cut if you buy anything at no extra cost.
Contact us today to learn more about how Mandilay can help elevate your brand story and drive business growth. Together, we’ll turn your vision into reality and create a brand that leaves a lasting impression.