Best free tools for online marketing?

[javinder_mn]

I recently posted a thread about free marketing tools in the Twist Affiliate Marketing Forum and got a fairly good response with loads of decent recommendations so I thought I'd open it up to the seasoned brains of the GFY fraternity.

Here's a list of tools that we came up with in no particular order;

• CoffeeCup (html editor): http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff
• Article Spinner: http://www.wmutils.com/spinner
• Jing (image capture): http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing
• GIMP (Image Manipulating Program): http://www.gimp.org/downloads
• IM Translator (foreign language translation): http://imtranslator.com
• Google Global Market Finder (http://translate.goo...nder/index.html)
• Google Keyword Tool (adwords.google.com)
• Traffic Travis (SEO software) http://www.traffictravis.com
• SpinnerChief - http://spinnerchief.net/
• RJ Edit (html/css/php editor) - http://www.rj-texted.se/
• Google Translate (it is improving each day) - http://translate.google.com/
• Case Convertor - http://www.convertcase.net/
• Free Rank Tracker - http://whatpageofsearchamion.com/
• Font Picker - http://www.font-picker.net/air/
• Trademark Search Engine - http://www.trademarkia.com/
• Cloudflare (performance booster - do not use with shared hosting) -https://www.cloudflare.com/login.html
• copyscape to check if your article or post is unique enough.. http://copyscape.com
• Free Stock Image Sites: http://sxc.hu/ / http://www.morguefile.com/
• directories you can build links from: http://www.directorycritic.com/
• GoAnimate (make cool cartoons) http://goanimate.com/
• DreamsTime (check the free image section, req. registration http://www.dreamstime.com
• SEO Toolbar (for Pagerank and other data) http://tools.seobook.com/seo-toolbar/
• header graphics www.Xheader.com
• spinchimp is a nice free spinner
• Scrape Box Free Linkchecker Tool
• Free and some say better alternative to copyscape: http://plagium.com
• SEO Spyglass (http://www.link-assi...s/download.html)
• suggestions on available domain names: http://www.domainsbot.com/
• Pearl Analytics - free web site analysis tools. www.Pearanalytics.com
• www.Dropbox.com
• Animoto - Create video slides for youtube: http://animoto.com/
• Expo max free web analytics
• free page rank tool; http://www.affiloram...rank-calculator

they don't necessarily have to be to do with mainstream marketing either so feel free to add any that may help with adult sites

[1-800-313-WETT]

Some links are dead but some I did not know about so thank you I guess...

[javinder_mn]

I posted the same topic in the twist affiliate marketing forum and it got some good love so thought I'd share the results here too.

CoffeeCup (html editor): http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff
Article Spinner: http://www.wmutils.com/spinner
Jing (image capture): http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing
GIMP (Image Manipulating Program): http://www.gimp.org/downloads
IM Translator (foreign language translation): http://imtranslator.com
Google Global Market Finder (http://translate.goo...nder/index.html)
Google Keyword Tool (adwords.google.com)
Traffic Travis (SEO software) http://www.traffictravis.com

So what else is there....

SpinnerChief - http://spinnerchief.net/
RJ Edit (html/css/php editor) - http://www.rj-texted.se/
Google Translate (it is improving each day) - http://translate.google.com/
Case Convertor - http://www.convertcase.net/
Free Rank Tracker - http://whatpageofsearchamion.com/
Font Picker - http://www.font-picker.net/air/
Trademark Search Engine - http://www.trademarkia.com/
Cloudflare (performance booster - do not use with shared hosting) - https://www.cloudflare.com/login.html
copyscape to check if your article or post is unique enough.. http://copyscape.com
Free Stock Image Sites: http://sxc.hu/ / http://www.morguefile.com/
directories you can build links from: http://www.directorycritic.com/
GoAnimate (make cool cartoons) http://goanimate.com/
DreamsTime (check the free image section, req. registration) http://www.dreamstime.com
SEO Toolbar (for Pagerank and other data) http://tools.seobook.com/seo-toolbar/
header graphics www.Xheader.com
spinchimp is a nice free spinner
Scrape Box Free Linkchecker Tool
Free and some say better alternative to copyscape: http://plagium.com
SEO Spyglass (http://www.link-assi...s/download.html)
SEO tools; http://www.seoquake.com/
suggestions on available domain names: http://www.domainsbot.com/
Pearl Analytics - free web site analysis tools. www.Pearanalytics.com
www.Dropbox.com
Animoto - Create video slides for youtube: http://animoto.com/
Expo max free web analytics
free page rank tool; http://www.affiloram...rank-calculator
Free blog commenter http://thefreeblogcommenter.com
On-Page SEO Tools: Screaming Frog for onpage links, Scraper for Chrome, HTTPfox (header response codes, 301s etc), Page Speed Plugin
Keyword Research: Keyword Eye, Soovle, Ubersuggest, Scrapebox, SEOGadget Adwords API Excel Plugin
Content Generation: GoFish (pulling Twitter updates via keyword search), SEOGadget’s Google Docs Tool, SEOTools by Niels Bosma, ImportXML
Social Media Profile Link Information: Link Research Tools, Link Detective
Competitive Analysis: Searchmetrics Essentials (Keywords, Domain Data, etc)
Persona Development: Facebook Ad Creator, Facebook Insights, Doubleclick Ad Planner
Infographic Data and Conceptualization: World Government Data, Google Public Data and Infogr.am, Dipity, Storybird for building graphics
Open Link Data Sources: Ahrefs, Blekko (use the /seo slashtag), and Link Diagnosis
For Rank Monitoring: STAT
Link Building Toolkits: Followerwonk, KnowEm, MentionMapp, Ontolo (Link Prospecting), IFTTT, Rapportive, Boomerang, Buzzstream, Zemanta
Blog Management: ManageWP (launch and clone blogs from one spot)
Lazarus Form Recovery Plugin for FireFox: https://addons.mozil...-form-recovery/

about 70 odd free(ish) tools and resources...

[Phoenix69]

bump - good list for noobs

[AdultPayout]

yep... checked your list.. i saw many before

[HardTaffy]

good stuff

[Bat_Man]

Thank you for the share , But is it completely safe to use the tools ?