{"id":16200,"date":"2024-04-24T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=16200"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:40:09","slug":"20-free-professional-marketing-tools-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/20-free-professional-marketing-tools-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"20 free professional marketing tools to kickstart growth for your business"},"content":{"rendered":"

When running your business, big or small, you\u2019re only as good as what\u2019s in your arsenal. This applies to your ability to be creative and think on your feet, as well as to have tangible tools at your disposal.<\/p>\n

Below, we’ve outlined 20 of the top free tools that are designed to help grow your business – let us know in the comments what you love or what you\u2019d add!<\/p>\n

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  1. Google Analytics<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 this is a definite need. With the world continuing to grow more and more digital, it\u2019s necessary to know how your business is operating in the online realm. Google Analytics provides data about your small business, including traffic to your site and clicks on links. It gives you an idea of who is visiting and when, allows you to track your goals, and generate audience reports. Google also offers virtual classes that teach you how to master the platform.<\/li>\n
  2. Hotjar<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 want to understand exactly how visitors are using your site without getting lost in the shuffle of numbers and data? Hotjar is where it\u2019s at. You can see a user\u2019s behavior and their exact process of perusing the site. There are also tools like feedback polls that allow your audience to interact with you when using your site.<\/li>\n
  3. Canva<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this is one of the best visual tools to create graphics for your company, both to print for physical display and to use on social media. The platform is easy-to-use and allows for a myriad of sizing options, backgrounds, and stock images.<\/li>\n
  4. ProProfs Help Desk<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this is a ticketing system that allows your visitors to contact customer service and start a thread of communication; all while keeping everything ticketed and organized. This also allows for shared inboxes, ticket resolution via chat, and ticket reduction up to 80% with knowledge base.<\/li>\n
  5. JungleScout<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this is your best friend when it comes to learning to sell on Amazon. Regardless of where you are in your seller journey, this tool will help you maximize your skillset.<\/li>\n
  6. Kickstarter<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 crowdsourcing for your business without giving away the equity. This lets you recruit micro-investors and donors for your new business venture.<\/li>\n
  7. MailChimp<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 This is an all-in-one tool that is necessary for all small business users. According to their website, \u201cBring your audience data, marketing channels, and insights together so you can reach your goals faster. With Mailchimp, you can promote your business across email, social, landing pages, shoppable landing pages, postcards, and more \u2014 all from a single platform.\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. Shopify<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this platform has helped over one million businesses around the world and is continuing to help small businesses thrive. Shopify allows users to create and design an eCommerce website that is backed by helpful tools that help discover new customers, drive sales, and manage your business\u2019s day-to-day operations.<\/li>\n
  9. Buffer<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 provides simple social media tools that receive authentic engagement. Tell the story of your brand while growing your audience. The platform includes publishing, analytics, and engagement.<\/li>\n
  10. Qualaroo<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this is a customer and user feedback software that states its value as ten times higher than email surveys. It comes with what you need for useful feedback, including AI-powered analytics and reports.<\/li>\n
  11. Zapier<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a platform to connect your apps and automate workflow. Zapier moves information automatically between your web applications, allowing for more focus on the most important work.<\/li>\n
  12. Doodle<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a scheduling platform that allows meetings to be booked faster and smarter. No more need for an hour of back-and-forth emailing in order to nail down a meeting time.<\/li>\n
  13. Eversign<\/b><\/a> \u2013 a home for contracts and other legal documents, created by the community that uses them. The idea is to make these common documents easily available for everyone.<\/li>\n
  14. Slack<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 the ideal way to communicate with your team and keep everyone on the same page at all times. This is a central communication hub where you and your team will stay in the loop, ask questions, and share updates.<\/li>\n
  15. GoDaddy Website Builder<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 this is an extremely user-friendly tool that allows you to build websites that looks as though you paid someone hundreds to build it for you. There are many options for customization, and they have the tools that help your site look great on both desktop and mobile.<\/li>\n
  16. ToDoIst<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 For many, it\u2019s impossible to stay organized without the use of a to-do list. With this tool, you (and your team!) can stay organized with the most important tasks and priorities.<\/li>\n
  17. Grammarly<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 When writing copy for your business\u2019s brand, it is important to have as many eyes read through it as possible for any errors. Grammarly is a tool where you can plug your copy in and it will automatically find and highlight any grammar errors or typos. You can never be too careful!<\/li>\n
  18. AdobeSign<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Formerly known as EchoSign, this tool allows for paperless signatures that help make signing contracts and agreements as easy as the swipe of a finger.<\/li>\n
  19. Sumo<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 a platform filled with tools to help you grow your website. It\u2019s a free email capturing tool that takes only seconds to sign up.<\/li>\n
  20. Pixabay<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 We don\u2019t always have the time or the money to take photos to go along with our website copy and social media posts. Pixabay helps alleviate that need with free stock images that will help your message pop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (TECHNOLOGY) Running a small business is a ton of work and you need all the help you can get. Here are 20 free tools that help make it a little easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337355,"featured_media":16203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[1986,1234,299],"class_list":["post-16200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tech","tag-free-tools","tag-real-estate-news","tag-real-estate-technology-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/student-849822_1280-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16200"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21230,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16200\/revisions\/21230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}