AI stack — built for a solo freelancer with $0/month to spend
@theeditor
Created April 2026
About this stack
Your actual workflow should be: use Claude or ChatGPT to draft → Canva/CapCut to wrap it in visuals → Buffer to schedule → Brevo to capture and email leads. That's a full marketing engine with $0 spent. A few power moves for solo freelancers specifically: The real leverage is the repurposing loop. Write one solid long-form piece per week, then prompt Claude to explode it into 5 LinkedIn posts, a newsletter section, 3 tweet threads, and a Reel script. One input, many outputs. For SEO, Google Search Console + Perplexity + Claude is a surprisingly capable free trio. Use Perplexity to find what's being asked around a topic, Claude to write the article, and Search Console to track what's actually ranking.
The Stack
Claude
View Tool PageGenerative AI
"Drafting, strategy, research, repurposing. Best for long-form thinking."
ChatGPT
View Tool PageGenerative AI
"GPT free tier. Great for quick copy, caption variants, brainstorming."
Perplexity
View Tool PageAI Search/Research
"AI-powered research with citations. Find trends, competitor intel."
Meet the new Notion AI
View Tool PageGenerative AI
"Draft briefs, outlines, and repurpose content in one workspace."
Google Gemini
View Tool PageGenerative AI
"Track impressions, clicks, rankings. Best free SEO signal you have."
Surfer AI — Click. Edit. Get Traffic.
View Tool PageMarketing
"Free keyword research tool. Pairs well with Claude-written posts."
Buffer: Social media management for everyone
View Tool PageNone
"Free plan: 3 channels, 10 posts queued each. Schedule & analyse."