Quite often I am asked, What are the best free tools to use for internet marketing? So today I put together my list of 15 FREE TOOLS that I use just about everyday in my internet marketing business.
1. Seo Quake - This is an add-on application that I use in my Firefox browser. It is very useful in providing me with quick statistics on my websites and my competitors as well for all things SEO related. http://www.seoquake.com
2. MeasureIt - Since we are on the add-on applications for Firefox, let me add this cool application. This tool lets you draw a ruler across any webpage so you can get dimensions of page elements in pixels. This is very useful when you are building your own sites. More on MeasureIt
3. TE Toolbox - This is an amazing service that I cannot believe is free. It allows you to add tracking codes to your advertising URL’s so you can easily track where your traffic is doing the best, which ad version is the best, and what is converting the best. If you do any type of marketing online this is a must have service. More on TE Toolbox
4. Google Alerts - Why struggle to think about what to write about on your blogs, let Google send to you. Regardless of the niche, you will receive an email with the hottest news of the day. More on Google Alerts
5. WordPress - I will be honest with you, most of my sites are built in Dreamweaver, but when it comes to blogging nothing beats WordPress. You can use it for any type of website, I just prefer to use it for my blogs such as this one. More on WordPress
6. OnlyWire - With the push of a button instantly publish to over 30 social media sites your blog posts. Huge when it comes to getting your blog boosted in the rankings. More on OnlyWire
7. Filezilla - The free FTP solution. Very easy to use, FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. More on Filezilla
8. Audacity - Another in the category of “I can’t believe it’s free”. A great audio editor. If you have any type of audio online rather it’s in a video or just on it’s own, this tool will allow you to edit audio like a pro. More on Audacity
9. Format-It - If you do e-mail marketing, grab this. The purpose of this email text formatting tool is to format text to a specified column width while preserving the original paragraph endings. This is especially useful in email formatting. All to often, email clients leave the lines too long.
More on Format-It
10. Skype - By far my favorite service online for chats, voice calls and screen sharing. More on Skype
11. USAIP - If you live outside the USA like I do and need to spoof your IP address for a short period of time, their free service (there are paid options also) works great for simple things like seeing Google search results from an USA based IP. More on USAIP
12. Warrior Forum Hang out with like minded entrepreneurs in the best Internet Marketing community online. Although it’s free I would highly suggest that you join the War Room for just a one time payment of $37 and I guarantee that you will get that $37 back within a day or two from the content in there. More on Warrior Forum
13. QR Code Generator - If you read my post from a few weeks back then you know I am very much into using QR codes in all of my offline marketing. This is the best that I have found to date. Number one is the ability to easily adjust the color to match your advertisement’s scheme.
14. You Tube Keyword Tool - For rooting out keywords for any niche that you are promoting on You Tube, this is a must. It will help launch your promotion video to the top using the very cheap 1 cent click method, (if you are not familiar with that method just let me know). More on You Tube Keyword Tool
15. Get Response FREE - This along with Aweber is the best auto responder service available for e-mail marketing and yes you can get it for free. If you are just starting out building your list nothing beats their free service for up to 100 subscribers. After that you will be making enough to pay the next jump of $9.95/mo. More on Get Response Free
So there you have it my 15 top favorite internet marketing tools that I use all the time. If there is something out there that you think kicks butt drop a comment.
Here’s to you and your success,,,Cheers!!
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Thank you for sharing this article, this is nice one…. I like it a lot and Hope others might like it as well.
Scott,
great list and a great resource to bookmark for all of these links are great!
Another great one you could add to your list is Ninite.com – They are a one stop shop to visit for updating a lot of your applications and downloaded software. Simply check what you want to update and download the updater …
Chris Cole