Free Startup Tools We Love
There are so many great tools available these days so we thought we would keep a running list of ones that have been particularly helpful to us. Some of the items below have are free tools and some come with free trial offers and small price tags. No matter which tools that you decide to leverage, we think that you will find value in each and every one.
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Book
Online Business Startup
by Robin Waite
This one is worth the read. It breaks down each and every step to business startup, plus gives nice social media overview on how to get started in marketing. It’s free if you sign up for an Audible trial or a Kindle Unlimited free trial. If you like a good old fashioned book in your hand, you can buy the book for only $19.99 at Amazon.
Video
StartUp 101
A great free video by a lawyer in Michigan on starting up a business. There is a right way and there is a wrong way to do this folks. The video is worth watching if you are just starting out.
Creative Tool
Canva
We love Canva! It is our go-to resource for creating facebook ads/posts, newsletters, images for my website and more. It is super easy to use and they give you great templates to get started. There is a free version and a pro version which gives you access to more visuals and resizing tools.
wordpress plugin SEO tool
Yoast
Manage your keywords for each page through Yoast to make life easier! Yoast will give you a set of good rules to follow abut your page word count, frequency of keywords and more. It is a free tool and that seems to work fine for us. If you want more, you can upgrade to their Premium plan for $89, but we never felt the need to.
Book
Social Media Marketing 2 in 1 Bundle
by Social Media Marketing Guru
Here is another book the we really like. This one is focused on social media for those that are just getting started or trying to up their social media game. It’s free if you sign up for an Audible free trial or a Kindle Unlimited free trial. If you like a good old fashioned book in your hand, you can buy it for $24.97 from Amazon.
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