FreeOnlineResourcesTheinternetisyourtoolbox.

SocialMediaMarketing

Thepowerisatyourfingertips.

SocialMediaMarketershaveanassortmentoffree resourcesavailabletohelpthemcreatecontentthatkeepstheirfollowersengaged.Fromonlinephotoeditingapplicationstopowerfulsearchengines,theinternetisatoolboxoffreeresourcesforanymarketer.

FindImages

http://www.morguefile.com

Theterm"morguefile"isusedinnewspaperbusiness todescribethefilethatholdsimagesfrompastissues.Althoughthetermhasbeenusedbyillustrators,comicbookartist,designersandteachersaswell.ThepurposeofMorgueFile.comistoprovidefreeimagereferencematerialforuseinallcreativepursuits.Youcandownloadoneofmorethan350,000freestockphotosforcommercialuse,andyoudon’tevenhavetocreateanaccount!

Afteryoufindthephotoyouwant,hooveroveritandclickthedownloadarrowicon.

https://pixlr.com

There’snoaccountneededandPixlr featuresthreeonlinephotoeditingwebapps.

Simplythelaunchtheappyouwanttoyouuse,navigatetothephotoyouwanttoedit,andletthecreativejuicesflow.

Editphotographs

Pixlr alsoprovidesaDesktopUserGuide:https://support.pixlr.com/hc/en-us/sections/201848687-Pixlr-Desktop-User-Guide.

SocialImage Resizer Tool

IknowIhavementionedthistoolbefore,butitisworthmentioning twice.

After you captureor find theperfect photo, youmay need toresizeit for posting. TheSocialImage Resizer Tool is a great wayto dojust that.

ChoosefromadropdownmenuofoptionsthatincludesFacebookCoverPhoto,TwitterProfilePicandYouTube ProfilePhoto,amongothers.

http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/favicon-generator-crop-images

Downloadicons

http://www.iconarchive.com

IconsfromtheCommercialFreeIconsetsinthisarchivecanbeusedcommerciallywithoutapayment.http://www.iconarchive.com/commercialfree.htmlBut,somesetsrequireabacklinktotheartist’swebsite.

§ Clickontheiconyouwanttodownload.§ Thenclickthegreen“DownloadPNG”button.

§ Rightclicktheicon.§ Select“Saveimageas…”fromthedropdownmenu.

Findlogoshttps://www.iconfinder.com

Findlotsoffreeandcheapiconsforallsortsofsocialmediaandmarketingprojects.Aftersearchingforanicon,select“Free”forthePRICEoptions.

Findspecialcharactershttp://copypastecharacter.com/all-characters

Copyandpastespecialcharactersyoucannotfindonyourcomputeroryourkeyboard.Clickthe“Allcharacters”linktoopenupamenuorsearchallcharacters.

Compareanything

http://www.diffen.com

Youcangetsomegreatdataforinfographics andsocialmediapostsfromDiffen.

Noneedtosignup.

Justenterthetwotopicsoritemsyouwouldliketocompareandclickthegreengobutton.

Tryitnow.It’sreallyfun!

Createwordclouds

http://tagcrowd.com

https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/

YouprovidethetextortheURL,andthesetwositeswillformthewordcloud.

Tryusingyourblog’sURLnowandseewhatwordspopup.

Ifyoulovewordclouds,therearemanymoresitesouttherethatwillhelpyoucreatethem.Doalittleresearchandletmeknowwhatyoufind.

Createwordmosaics

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic

YoucanalsomakewordcloudsthatconformtoacertainshapewithImageChef.com.

Therearelotsofshapesfromwhichtochoose.

Buildfonts

http://fontstruct.com

Youcancreateoriginalsetsoffontsthatcanbesavedanddownloadedallforfree!

Theprocesscanbeabittedious,buttheinterfaceiseasytouse.Buildingyourownfontcouldtakebrandingtoanotherlevel.

Searchhashtags

https://tagboard.com

Tagboard allowsyoutosearchanyhashtag.Youcanseeifyourfollowersareusing thehashtagsyousuggestoriftheyaretaggingyouinposts.

Youcanalsousethissitetoresearchtrendinghashtagsandfindsharablecontenttoretweetorshare.

Generateblogtopics

http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator

HubSpot actuallycreatedablogtopicgenerator!

Notfeelingcreative?Noproblem.Enterthreekeywordsrelatedtoyourbrand,businessorblog,andHubSpot givesyoufiveblogideas.

Usethetopicsverbatimorbeinspiredandmodifythemtobettersuityourblog.

Createaquiz

https://www.qzzr.com

Qzzr isagreattoolformakingonlinequizzestoshareonyourblogorFacebookpage.

Peoplelovetotesttheirknowledge,andquiztopicscanvaryfrompopularcategoriessuchasmovies,sportsorart,toquestionsaboutyourbrand,businessorproduct.

Shareinteractivecontent

https://www.thinglink.com

ThingLink allowsyoutocreateinteractiveimagesandsharethemviasocialmedia.Youcanmakeyourimagescometolifewithtext,video,musicandmore.Youcanalsobrowseotherimagesforinspirationandcreateyourowncustomizedstream.

ShareQuotes

http://www.quotescover.com

QuotesCover.comenablesyoutocustomizequotesintostatusupdates,Facebookcoverphotos,Twitterheadersanddesktopwallpapers.

http://recite.com

http://quozio.com

TurnquotesintopostswithReciteandQuozio.Bothhavealimitedvarietyoftemplatesbutareeasytouse.

Creatememes

https://imgflip.com/memegenerator

Amemeisahumorousimagewithtextthatiscopied(oftenwithslightvariations)andspreadrapidlybyinternetusers.

ImgFlip.com whichisfairlyeasytouseandreallyfunonceyougetthehangofit.

Creategifshttp://www.memecenter.com

MemeCenter alsooffersafreeplacetocreate,download andsharememes.Thistoolallowsyoutogenerateanimatedgifs,too.An animatedGIF isafilethatcontainsasetofimagesthatarepresentedinaspecifiedorder.AswithImgFlip,youcanuploadyourownphotosformemesorchoosefromnumerousphotosalreadyavailable.Whencreatinganimatedgifs,youcanuploadvideosoruseYouTubeURLswithbothImgFlip andMemeCenter.ImgFlip requiresthatyoucreateanaccountbeforedesigninganimatedgifswhileMemeCenter doesnot.Trythembothandseewhichyoufindeasiertouse.

Capturescreenshots

SNIPPINGTOOL

YoucancapturescreenshotsonyourPCwithasnipping tool.Orusethekeyboardshortcut“Shift+Command+4”onaMac,tosaveaselectedportionorallofyourcomputerscreenasanimage.

Youcanalsoannotatetheimagewithrectangles,circles,arrows,linesandtext,beforesavingit.

Screenshotsarelowresolutionimagesusefulforsharingviasocialmedia.Besuretolinkbacktoorciteyoursources.

ShortenURLshttp://goo.gl

Google’sURLshortener makeslongURLsconcisewiththeclickofabutton.

Allgoo.glURLsarepublicandcanbeaccessedbyanyone.

ThetoolalsoallowsyoutokeeptrackofwhentheshortenedURLswerecreatedandhowmanypeoplehaveclickedonthem.

ShortenandcustomizeURLs

https://bitly.com

Bitly’s URLshortener alsomakeslongURLsconcisewiththeclickofabutton,but,unlikeGoogle’sshortener,thelinksyoucreateherearecustomizable.

Allbit.lyURLsarepublicandcanbeaccessedbyanyone.

Thistoolalsoallowsyoutokeeptrackhowmanypeoplehaveclickedonthelinksandfromwhereyourfollowersaccessedthem.

ExploreshortenedURLs

http://unfurlr.com

YoufindtheoriginalURLbehindashortenedlinkwithunfurlr.com.

Makeavideohttps://studio.stupeflix.com/en/

Createmoviesusingphotosandvideos.Youcanalsoaddsoundtrackstoyourmovies.

Makeamaphttp://scribblemaps.com

MakecustomizedGooglemapsthatyoucanembedonawebpageorincludeinanemailinvite.

YoualsocansavethemaptoPDForshareitonyourFacebookpagedirectly.

EditPDFshttps://www.pdfescape.com/

Whiteoutandreplacetextandimagesinpdfs.Thistoolishandyandeasytouse!

Identifytheappropriatekeywords&phrases

http://keywordtool.io

Studyhowpeopleactuallysearchordescribeyourbrandorotherbrandsandtopics.Youcanthensearchphrasesandtermsusingcommonlanguage,whichwillgiveyouthebestresults.

SOURCESq http://sproutsocial.com/insights/free-image-creation-tools/#Screenshot%20Toolsq http://piktochart.com/productivity-hacks-50-tools-to-improve-your-infographics-workflow/q LouiseJett