Digital Marketing Resources
Digital Marketing - Tips, Tools, and Solutions
The following are a few online resources and tools for small business owners and entrepreneurs to consider as they start, build, and grow their digital marketing strategy.
Disclaimer - I have used, and continue to use, some of the solutions below which is why they are on this list. There are other ones on this list because I have either been recommended by others that it is a good solution, or I did some preliminary research and it is worth consideration. Please make sure that you do a thorough review of each solution to see if they are right for your business before making any investment of time or money.
Last updated - Apr 2019
Graphic Design Software
- www.canva.com
- www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud
- www.belightsoft.com
- www.techsmith.com
- www.affinity.serif.com - Professional Design Software
Photography
- Depositphotos.com - stock photos, vector images, videos
- Adobe - Lightroom | Photo editing
- VSCO| Photo editing
Video Creation Software
- www.rawshorts.com/wizard
- www.vyond.com
- www.techsmith.com - Video Editor and Screen Recorder | Camtasia
- www.adobe.com - Pro Video Tools | Adobe Creative
Business & Marketing Management
- Evernote.com - document and idea management / collaboration online tool
- Office.com - Word, Excel, PPT, OneNote
- Gsuite.google.com - Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive
- Zoho.com - Scalable Modules – Invoicing, Expenses
- Asana - Task Management and Collaboration Online Software Tool
- Toggl.app - Time Tracking Tool
CRM – Customer Relationship Management (Sales)
Social Media Management
- Social Media Policy (Sample)
- Editorial Calendar TEMPLATE
- Hootsuite
- Zoho - Social
- Plann - plannthat.com | Instagram Planning
- Milkshake app | mini-website builder to refer from a so
Website Design
- WordPress.com | Website Design and Hosting
- Square Space | Website Site Builder
- CMS Intelligence | Website Design Company using the Tymbrel Platform
- Milkshake app | mini website builder
Content Marketing Tools
- Grammarly - Online text editing tool | Grammar, spelling, readability, plagiarism checker, and more.
- Tinyjpg.com - Free online tool to compress photos and images
- ILovePdf.com - Free online tool to compress PDFs
- Webfx.com/tools/read-able/website-readability - Readability Checker
- Slideshare.net - a presentation slide deck hosting platform
- Georanker.com/keywords-density - Free online keyword density checker tool
- developers.facebook.com/tools/debug - Debug (scrape) article URLs for sharing on Facebook
- linktr.ee/ - share one link to a page with multiple links | Instagram profile
- Related Articles - Flipboard.com/@lauradunkley/content-marketing | Follow
Social Listening Tools
- Top 10 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools - brandwatch.com
- Buzzsumo
- Anchor - Podcast hosting and distribution platform
- Headliner Podcast App - Turns your audio into video
Social Media Tips
Social Media Statistics & Trends
- Digital Marketing Trends 2019 - L Dunkley Blog
- www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/social-media
- www.socialmediatoday.com/social-networks/top-social-network-demographics-2017-infographic
- sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-statistics
- socialmediaexaminer.com - 2019 Social Media Report
- socialmediaexaminer.com – 2018 Social Media Report
Digital ‘Cool’ Tools
- wellbeing.google - app to help you stay focused or a reminder to take a break