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Makerbook β A directory of the best free resources for creatives
Makerbook is a hand-picked directory of the best free resources for creatives.
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This is great, bookmarked! Has anyone created a good list of free resources for freelancers for taxes (zen99, painless1099.com), back-office (Intuit? Anyone else?), etc for the other side of this equation? Would love to see that as well.
Looks great for someone looking to bust into the world of creatives -- like me!
Nice. I like the categories, but I think a templates/themes category would also be helpful. I submitted a resource of free responsive templates http://html5zero.com that I hope you'll include.
Thanks for the great collection @craigjbarber
Good start - looks like a great resource to keep an eye on.
Was expecting video creation tools in the video section, not just stock video repositories.
Also, couldn't add a resource, as it sends to a 404 after launching the embedded Typeform. Tried to add Pixabay - the best darn free-of-attribution stock image resource around.
This is fantastic. I've seen a lot of these types of directories, but this is the first that is going right into my bookmarks bar to keep on hand.
That's cool, do you guys plan to add a sort of "add resource" feature where any user can add his favorite website/app/whatever ?
@cherifmahiedine yes, I plan to add a 'tools' section where we can feature that stuff. Thanks for your input : )
Thanks for posting @bramk!
Makerbook is a hand-picked directory of the very best, free resources for creatives, designers, art directors and makers of digital products.
The site features a curated list of over 65 websites where you can easily download free, high quality stock photography, psd mockups, graphics, textures, stock video footage, icons, sound effects, fonts, music and colour swatches.
All the types of things you, or your design / marketing teams need to create and market digital products like presentations, websites, apps etc.
I put the site together for myself ( a marketing / creative / designer ) and of course for other folks who want to check it out and save themselves some time and money when it comes to getting down to marketing and making your digital products.
I'll be adding new resources as I come across them and anyone can also submit them by clicking on the 'submit a resource' button.
Check it out, I hope you find Makerbook helps you out with all of your creative needs.
@scorinth Hey Mark, my background is visual creative so I went with what resources I have found for what I do over the years. I have had folks mention 3D also. I think physical makers would be a whole new site. Someone should do it.
Hey guys! Sadly the new owner of Makerbook has shut the site down π Good new is, I created another site called http://zipplist.co which is awesome π
@craigjbarber Butt... why??? :( I loved that site!! Have you got a replicate at least?
@deorocks Bizarre right? I reached out to the new owner and offered to buy it back. No luck. Last time I checked the traffic per month was like 200k.
Anyway I'm turning a negative into a positive with http://ZippList.co
Spread the word! πͺ
Great directory, congrats! Any plan to monetize besides affiliate products, like a featured resource? Did you get any requests for that? I've seen that it's shared like crazy...you have momentum so get the most of it(like getting emails more prominently), you'll regret later if not(i've made this mistake twice).
@virgilci Thanks Cioaca. Yes I hear you. I've add a number of email subscribers. And back links are building. I've also got about a 25% return visitor rate at the moment. So people are returning. I don't want to make it too cluttered and spammy for folks. It will remain and be updated for the long term.
This is amazing Craig! Thanks so much! As part of a two man team (neither SUPER designer oriented) this is a huge resource :)
@suresh_bala It's down. Wish someone would pick up the mantle on this one. Would have been a good resource to have in the arsenal.
@suresh_bala Sadly the new owner of Makerbook has shut the site down π Good new is, I created another site called http://zipplist.co which is awesome π
@suresh_bala @abovepromotions Hey guys! Sadly the new owner of Makerbook has shut the site down π Good new is, I created another site called http://zipplist.co which is awesome π
@abovepromotions @craigjbarber Thank you. I was about to create one by pulling the data from archive.org. Thanks for the efforts
@abovepromotions @suresh_bala No worries, ZippList more and newer resources too πͺ
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