Things I Would Recommend
The podcast is called Would Recommend for a reason; I'm the kind of person who tells you about the software, the human, the community, or the tool the second it changes how I work. This is that list, out loud, in one place, so you don't have to DM me asking what I use.
Software & Tools
Wispr Flow*
Voice dictation and speech-to-text that actually keeps up with the way I talk. It's the reason I can draft an email between sips of coffee instead of hunching over the keyboard.
ClickUp*
Project and task management that runs the entire Ops Shop backend; think of it as the LEGO baseplate every client project, launch, and podcast episode gets built on top of.
Try ClickUp
Kit*
The email marketing platform I use for every newsletter, sequence, and launch; creator-first, easy to automate, and it plays nicely with basically every other tool in this list.
Try Kit
Descript*
Recording and video editing that lets you edit a podcast or a video like you'd edit a Google Doc; delete the word, delete the audio. It's genuinely a paradigm shift once you use it.
Buzzsprout*
Podcast hosting and distribution; where every Would Recommend episode lives before it lands in your Apple, Spotify, or wherever-you-listen queue. Straightforward, reliable, no drama.
Podstatus
Monitors your podcast rankings, reviews, keywords, and competitors across Apple, Spotify, and iVoox in 175 countries; one dashboard, hourly updates, no more toggling between apps like it's 2011.
Metricool*
Social media scheduling and analytics all under one roof; I plan, queue, and track posts across platforms without opening seventeen tabs and losing my mind.
Try Metricool
Monarch*
Personal budgeting that pulls every account into one view so you can actually see what's happening with your money without a spreadsheet held together by hope and formulas.
Marketing & Brand
Carly Ottaway
Brand messaging, visual identity, website design, and the copy that goes on top; a whole studio's worth of skill sets under one roof so your brand doesn't feel like it was assembled by five different Fiverrs.
Puja Malhotra
Strategy-first brand identity plus custom website design, all handled in-house from workshop to launch. Eighteen years in, a decade of Roop, and nothing gets shipped off to a mystery freelancer along the way.
Jessica Holmes
SEO, GEO, and AEO strategy (aka getting found by both Google AND ChatGPT), plus websites, email, paid ads across Google and Meta, and AI marketing under one roof. A full-service digital agency without the corporate energy.
Meg Casebolt
AI discoverability strategy and training; the SEO, AEO, and GEO trifecta explained by someone who genuinely knows how the algorithms think. If you want your expertise cited in AI answers, Meg is the person you call.
The Social Snippet
Social media management plus podcast launch and management from the duo who also run High Vibe Women; two operators who know entrepreneurship from every angle and treat your content like it actually matters.
Creative & Content
Samantha Burmeister
Done-for-you sales copywriting, launch strategy, copy coaching, and copy on demand for service providers who want their next launch to actually convert. Her whole thing is she loves to sell so you don't have to; hand her the mic and go rest.
Crystal Adair-Benning
Ghostwriting, co-writing, book coaching, and Createcation writing retreats from a 4x NYT bestselling ghostwriter on a mission to help you protect your IP and build an Author Empire without giving your whole voice away.
Victoria Mae Cassell
Personal brand strategy, coaching, and a full media agency (photo, video, b-roll, content creation) all under one roof; her whole approach uses visual media as the foundation for making female founders more visible, more known, and more booked out.
Dana Castro
Brand photography, product photography, and headshots that don't look like everyone else's LinkedIn banner. In business since 2018, hundreds of women shot, and enough experience to guide you through it if a lens has never pointed at you before.
Operations & Systems
Lindsay Johnson
Wrap-around scaling support for service-based businesses; ops and finance, marketing and ads, lead gen, CRM, sales systems, admin, and thought leadership all under one roof. They love partnering with other agencies and freelancers so clients get a full backstage crew, not a patchwork of vendors.
Shaughnessy King
A Canadian virtual assistant team covering admin, customer service, research, file organization, expense management, and travel planning; long-term support that actually learns your business instead of ghosting after project one.
Community & Education
AI All Stars*
Over 30 custom-trained AI assistants, comprehensive playbooks, and automated workflows built to handle your marketing, operations, and customer service; think of it as a whole bench of specialists you can call in on demand.
The Entreprenista League*
A supportive community and business membership where women founders are actively creating Business Magic together; part membership, part board of advisors, part group chat you actually want to open.
Join Entreprenista
High Vibe Women Community*
A space for heart-centered women entrepreneurs who want real connections, proven strategy, and business growth without the burnout badge of honour that usually comes with it.
High Vibe Women Events
In-person events for female entrepreneurs at every stage; the offline counterpart to the online community, where the group chat energy walks into the same room and orders wine together.
Jenn Morris
Supply chain and logistics education plus sponsorship opportunities for companies who want to reach an audience that actually cares about how the sausage gets shipped. Real talk, no jargon walls.
Personal
Brittnei Gaudio
In-home organizing and decluttering, home management for the errands and to-dos that eat your Saturday, plus virtual decluttering coaching if you'd rather DIY with a pro in your ear. She builds spaces that are actually easy to tidy, not Pinterest sets that fall apart in a week.
AnnMarie Zezima
Decluttering, organizing, and right-sizing for busy families and older adults across Toronto and the GTA, in person or virtually. Former home organization product buyer, so she knows what actually works in a real house, not a staged one.