56 Free Internet Marketing Tools

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Colin Parker

I can't take credit for this excellent free list of tools as I received it by email from a colleague - however I thought I'd share it with members.

Colin Parker

Free Desktop Software

  1. Adobe Reader – PDF reader; a must-have tool to read most of the e-books out there
  2. CamStudio – Screencasting; create video demos of your product
  3. FileZilla – FTP client; to upload files to your hosting server
  4. Firefox – Web browser
  5. FreeMind – Mind-mapping software; great for brainstorming
  6. GIMP – Photo and image editor; analogous to Adobe Photoshop
  7. Inkscape – Vector graphics editor; analogous to Adobe Illustrator
  8. Jing – Screen capture and screen casting
  9. Kompozer – HTML editor; analogous to Microsoft Frontpage
  10. Mozy – Automatic online backups
  11. OpenOffice – Productivity suite; analogous to Microsoft Office
  12. Open Workbench – Project management; set deadlines for your project milestones
  13. Paint.NET – Photo and image editor; analogous to Adobe Photoshop
  14. Pdf995 (free version) – PDF printer; print to PDF from any application
  15. SpeechPlayer Free Edition – Text-to-speech tool – for listening to all those e-books (a shameless plug!)
  16. TweetDeck – Desktop Twitter application
  17. Windows Live Movie Maker – Video editor; latest version allows you to upload directly to YouTube
  18. Windows Live Writer – Blogging application; supports posting to a WordPress website
Free Online Services

  1. 3D Package – 3D cover creator
  2. Are My Sites Up – Website monitoring
  3. Backlink Watch – Backlinks checker tool
  4. Blogger.com – Blog service which supports AdSense ads
  5. BrowserShots – Cross platform browser test
  6. ClickTale – Visitor movement tracker; improve your conversions by analyzing visitor mouse movements
  7. Cool Text – Logo and graphics generator
  8. Copyscape – Search for copies of your page on the web
  9. Feng-GUI – Visual attention heatmap
  10. Free Tell A Friend – Tell-a-friend service
  11. Google Alerts – Email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic
  12. Google Analytics – Traffic monitoring and analytics
  13. Google Insights for Search – Provides insights into the search terms people have been entering into the Google search engine
  14. Google Keyword Tool – Keyword research
  15. Google Trends – Compare trends for different search terms in Google
  16. Google Webmaster Tool – Provides detailed reports on crawling and indexing of your websites
  17. Google Website Optimizer – Website testing and optimization tool
  18. OnlyWire – Automated content and bookmark distribution tool
  19. Ping.fm – Update all your social networks at once
  20. Ping-O-Matic – Blog ping service; ping multiple search engines at once
  21. PRChecker.info – Google PageRank checker
  22. Quantcast – Media measurement service
  23. StatCounter – Traffic monitoring with real-time analytics
  24. stock.xchng – Free stock photos
  25. SurveyMonkey.com – Create and publish custom surveys
  26. TubeMogul – Video distribution service; upload to multiple video streaming service
  27. Twitter – Micro-blogging service
  28. Scribd – Social publishing
  29. SlideShare – Social publishing
  30. Quarkbase – Get comprehensive website information
  31. Web 2.0 Badges – Web 2.0 badge generator
  32. You Get Signal – Domain tools
  33. YouTube – Video streaming service
Free Self-hosted Software

  1. Infinite Responder – Autoresponder
  2. Joomla! – Content management system; great for portals
  3. OSTicket – Help desk software
  4. phpBB – Forum package
  5. WordPress – Blogging engine / CMS of sorts
 

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