Jump Ship! content
This site, blog, and newsletter are run on Ghost–an independent technology platform for modern publishing.
Courses
Brennan Dunn's Mastering ConvertKit – Though a bit dated, it's an excellent course to learn the nuances of tagging, segmentation, and scoring so that you can get the most out of ConvertKit.
Software
Here is some software we use to create, produce, market, and sell our products, services, and books.
Notion - the place where Ryan writes, captures research, shares coaching notes, organizes programming, tracks products, and much more (affiliate link)
Figma – design tool used to mock up websites, products, and lead virtual workshops (affiliate link)
Circle – the community tool Ryan uses for CDO School – all courses, digital conversations, resource sharing, and membership subscriptions are handled here (affiliate link)
ConvertKit – used for email lists and newsletters
Stripe – used to process all credit card and invoice payments, which is the majority of Ryan's revenue
Zoom – it's 2024, you know what Zoom is
Zapier – used to create a lot of automation steps between tools, basically to ensure a seamless experience for customers when multiple tools are being used
Loom – screen recording and sharing
Canva – design tool used to create all social media graphics, promotions, ads
Camtasia – advanced video editing for on-demand courses
Vimeo – video hosting to embed videos inside websites and communities without showing ads or the source url
Quickbooks – accounting software
Google Drive - used for document sharing, spreadsheets, and simple forms
Squarespace - a platform used to produce www.ryanrumsey.com, www.secondwavedive.com, and www.thecdo.school
Adobe Creative Cloud – for custom typefaces and fonts, and editing pdfs
Paperform – a powerful form creation tool, albeit somewhat pricey, that Ryan uses to generate pdfs, send the results to Google Sheets, and embed into websites – it's like combining Google Forms and DocuSign into one tool
Transistor.fm – podcast publishing platform