Free Online Resources for Marketers

1. Free Online
Resources
The internet is your toolbox.

2. Social Media
Marketing
The power is at
your fingertips.
Social Media Marketers have an
assortment of free resources available
to help them create content that keeps
their followers engaged.
From online photo editing applications
to powerful search engines, the internet
is a tool box of free resources for any
marketer.

3. Find
Images
http://www.morguefile.com
The term "morgue file" is used in
newspaper business to describe the
file that holds images from past
issues. Although the term has been
used by illustrators, comic book
artist, designers and teachers as well.
The purpose of MorgueFile.com is to
provide free image reference
material for use in all creative
pursuits. You can download one of
more than 350,000 free stock photos
for commercial use, and you don’t
even have to create an account!
After you find the photo you want, hoover over it
and click the download arrow icon.

4. https://pixlr.com
There’s no account
needed and Pixlr features
three online photo
editing web apps.
Simply the launch the
app you want to you use,
navigate to the photo
you want to edit, and let
the creative juices flow.
Edit
photographs
Pixlr also provides a Desktop User Guide:
https://support.pixlr.com/hc/en-us/sections/201848687-Pixlr-Desktop-User-Guide.

5. Social Image Resizer Tool
I know I have mentioned this
tool before, but it is worth
mentioning twice.
After youcapture or find the
perfect photo, youmay need to
resize it for posting. The Social
Image Resizer Toolis a great way
to do just that.
Choose from a dropdown menu
of options that includes
Facebook Cover Photo, Twitter
Profile Pic and YouTube Profile
Photo, among others.
http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/favicon-generator-crop-images

6. Download
icons
http://www.iconarchive.com
Icons from the Commercial
Free Icon sets in this archive
can be used commercially
without a payment.
http://www.iconarchive.com/
commercialfree.html
But, some sets require a
backlink to the artist’s
website.
§ Click on the icon you want to download.
§ Then click the green “Download PNG”
button.
§ Right click the icon.
§ Select “Save image as…” from the
dropdown menu.

7. Find logos
https://www.iconfinder.com
Find lots of free and
cheap icons for all sorts
of social media and
marketing projects.
After searching for an
icon, select “Free” for
the PRICE options.

8. Find special characters
http://copypastecharacter.com/all-characters
Copy and paste special characters you cannot find on your
computer or your keyboard. Click the “All characters” link
to open up a menu or search all characters.

9. Compare
anything
http://www.diffen.com
You can get some great
data for infographics and
social media posts from
Diffen.
No need to sign up.
Just enter the two topics
or items you would like
to compare and click the
green go button.
Try it now. It’s really fun!

10. Create word
clouds
http://tagcrowd.com
https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/
You provide the text or the URL,
and these two sites will form
the word cloud.
Try using your blog’s URL now
and see what words pop up.
If you love word clouds, there
are many more sites out there
that will help you create them.
Do a little research and let me
know what you find.

11. Create word
mosaics
http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic
You can also make word clouds that conform
to a certain shape with ImageChef.com.
There are lots of
shapes from
which to choose.

12. Build
fonts
http://fontstruct.com
You can create original sets
of fonts that can be saved
and downloaded all for free!
The process can be a bit
tedious, but the interface is
easy to use. Building your
own font could take branding
to another level.

13. Search
hashtags
https://tagboard.com
Tagboard allows you to
search any hashtag. You
can see if your followers
are using the hashtags you
suggest or if they are
tagging you in posts.
You can also use this site to
research trending hashtags
and find sharable content
to retweet or share.

14. Generate
blog topics
http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
HubSpot actually created a blog
topic generator!
Not feeling creative? No problem.
Enter three keywords related to
your brand, business or blog, and
HubSpot gives you five blog ideas.
Use the topics verbatim or be
inspired and modify them to better
suit your blog.

15. Create
a quiz
https://www.qzzr.com
Qzzr is a great tool for
making online quizzes
to share on your blog or
Facebook page.
People love to test their
knowledge, and quiz
topics can vary from
popular categories such
as movies, sports or art,
to questions about your
brand, business or
product.

16. Share interactive
content
https://www.thinglink.com
ThingLink allows you to create
interactive images and share
them via social media.
You can make your images
come to life with text, video,
music and more.
You can also browse other
images for inspiration and
create your own customized
stream.

17. Share
Quotes
http://www.quotescover.com
QuotesCover.com enables you
to customize quotes into status
updates, Facebook cover
photos, Twitter headers and
desktop wallpapers.
http://recite.com
http://quozio.com
Turn quotes into posts with
Recite and Quozio. Both have a
limited variety of templates but
are easy to use.

18. Create memes
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator
A meme is a humorous image with text
that is copied (often with slight variations)
and spread rapidly by internet users.
ImgFlip.com which is fairly easy to use and
really fun once you get the hang of it.

19. Create gifs
http://www.memecenter.com
MemeCenter also offers a free place to
create, download and share memes. This
tool allows you to generate animated gifs,
too.
An animated GIF is a file that contains a set
of images that are presented in a specified order.
As with ImgFlip, you can upload your own photos for
memes or choose from numerous photos already
available.
When creating animated gifs, you can upload videos
or use YouTube URLs with both ImgFlip and
MemeCenter.
ImgFlip requires that you create an account before
designing animated gifs while MemeCenter does not.
Try them both and see which you find easier to use.

20. Capture
screenshots
SNIPPING TOOL
You can capture screenshots on
your PC with a snipping tool. Or use
the key board shortcut “Shift +
Command + 4” on a Mac, to save a
selected portion or all of your
computer screen as an image.
You can also annotate the image
with rectangles, circles, arrows,
lines and text, before saving it.
Screenshots are low resolution images useful for
sharing via social media. Be sure to link back to or
cite your sources.

21. Shorten
URLs
http://goo.gl
Google’s URL shortener makes long
URLs concise with the click of a
button.
All goo.gl URLs are public and can be
accessed by anyone.
The tool also allows you to keep
track of when the shortened URLs
were created and how many people
have clicked on them.

22. Shorten and
customize URLs
https://bitly.com
Bitly’s URL shortener also makes long URLs
concise with the click of a button, but, unlike
Google’s shortener, the links you create here
are customizable.
All bit.ly URLs are public and can be accessed
by anyone.
This tool also allows you to keep track how
many people have clicked on the links and
from where your followers accessed them.

23. Explore
shortened URLs
http://unfurlr.com
You find the original URL
behind a shortened link
with unfurlr.com.

24. Make a video
https://studio.stupeflix.com/en/
Create movies using photos and
videos. You can also add
soundtracks to your movies.

25. Make a map
http://scribblemaps.com
Make customized Google
maps that you can embed
on a web page or include
in an email invite.
You also can save the map
to PDF or share it on your
Facebook page directly.

26. Edit PDFs
https://www.pdfescape.com/
White out and replace text
and images in pdfs. This tool
is handy and easy to use!

27. Identify the appropriate
keywords & phrases
http://keywordtool.io
Study how people actually search
or describe your brand or other
brands and topics. You can then
search phrases and terms using
common language, which will
give you the best results.

28. SOURCES
q http://sproutsocial.com/insights/free-image-creation-tools/#Screenshot%20Tools
q http://piktochart.com/productivity-hacks-50-tools-to-improve-your-infographics-workflow/
q Louise Jett