Oh how I love creating these posts! In April I decided it wasn’t the best use of my time – they sometimes take over 5 hours to put together. But, so much fun! What do you think of having a “weekly roundup” that sums up a week, but doesn’t happen weekly? I know, sort of an oxymoron statement, right?
Update
Last week I was on vacation with my parents in the mountains (and hot springs, of course) and realized I’m quite tired (post book launch and website re-org). The kind of tired that doesn’t fix itself with extra sleep on a lazy weekend. My instincts tell me it’s time to bring back my “summer-schedule” – which means working only 2 hours a day.
That means I have 35 minutes left to finish this post & 20 minutes to share on social media, before finding something “non-work” to do on this beautiful day.
I’d better get cracking!
(which also means toggling to the “Distraction Free Writing” option in WordPress – if you haven’t used it yet, try it! You might love it as much as I do)
Check out past “weekly” roundups here, and if you like these finds, click through to join my small, but growing community at Oh, look what I’ve just found
Free Business-ey stuff!!
1. Tara Gentile – Market, Launch, and Sell Your Next Big Thing
You’ll receive 3 free training videos on how to develop your Next Big Thing in the weeks leading up to the workshop. Content she hasn’t shared outside of her high-end coaching programs and it’s worth thousands of dollars. But it’s all yours FREE when you enroll
2. Why You’re Sitting on a Goldmine of Leads and How to Start Profitably Mining Your Business for them Today
Link to Replay of Goldmine Webinar (Promoting Sticky List Profits)
The last 10 min promotes one of Melissa and Nicoles products(Sticky List Profits)
3. Ultimate Blog Challenge (possibly the last one)
I’ve heard this may be the final ultimate blog challenge with Michelle Schaeffer
4. Oh! look what I’ve just found (share things you’ve found on this page!)
5. Biz Training Club is still free 
Biz Gadgets & Tools – All Free
1. Ebook Cover Creator (with beautiful standing book design)
http://ecover.onlineecovercreator.com/ecover-design
2. Find out which companies still have access to your Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn sign in
3. Tiny Letter, by the creator of mailchimp
TinyLetter offers a clean and straightforward writing experience for people who aren’t looking for advanced reporting or features for businesses. And it’s completely free, no strings attached.
http://tinyletter.com/
4. Two way google sync calendar that makes it easy to book appointments
Your personal calendar remains private and you retain full control of your availability. You can set buffer times between meetings, prevent last minute meetings and much more.
https://calendly.com
Programs to consider this week:
(both of these include my affiliate links)
1. Denise Duffields Lucky Bitch Bootcamp price increase next Thursday
(I didn’t think I had time for another program, but decided I’m jumping in now)
2. Leonie Dawson is running her new program “Double Your Biz” live for 6 weeks
I’m going through this program with my mastermind & another small group of online business owners. I read the book early this spring, so now I’ll be implementing (even while only working a few hours each day)
Things I’m testing this week:
Favorite Video this week!
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And to my friends in the USA, Happy 4th of July!
Have a great weekend! See you next week.
While creating my portable biz on an incredibly lean budget (less than $30/mo) wasn't easy, it's the foundation piece I love to share with other solopreneurs. Creating your own passive & leveraged income doesn't need to be hard, or expensive. 
Wow. You have so great links here, Loralee. I’m sharing this post on Twitter. 🙂
Awesome round up you have here! I enjoy reading your blogs. Thanks for sharing this!
First time visitor and I love the idea of a weekly roundup but not done weekly!
I have a questions though – having visited the TinyLetter website, what’s the difference between it and Mail Chimp?
How are you finding any.do? I found it really laggy across several platforms (chrome app/web app and android app) and super frustrating that each place allowed me different options!
I haven’t been using it much. I’m like this with to-do list systems. I want to use them, but then lose interest pretty fast. I didn’t notice the lag issue though.. interesting.
LOVE your roundups! Thanks for Calendly! JUST what I want!
Thanks Lacy! I love the simplicity of Calendly too. But I was really disappointed to learn this morning they’ve changed their packaging so that they’ll be just like all the other ones. 1 event, no customization for emails, etc. I only offer appointments sporadically, so I may choose to upgrade for a month, 2-3 times per year, and keep the free account.