Starting and growing an online business can be challenging. There is a lot to think about. You have to create a website, drive traffic to it, grow a social media presence, create great content, guest post.
Hopefully some free tools can help you stay organized and optimize your time.
Here are a few of them:
Trello
Trello is a free tool that allows you to organize your projects into boards. It’s ideal to efficiently run your business because in one glance you know exactly what you have to do.
The great thing about Trello is that you can implement Getting Things Done with it. So if you want to dramatically boost your productivity and actually make your business move forward, that’s definitely something you should consider using.
This is a guest post from Simon Cave, he is the founder of the Becomer, the place where entrepreneurs find actionable tips and insider strategies from millionaires. You can connect with Simon on Twitter @Tbecomer. Let me know if you would like to guest post on RFI.
Coggle
Do you have great ideas but somehow find it hard to articulate them? Coogle can help. It’s a mind mapping tool that helps you quickly organise your ideas.
Coogle allows you to create as many branches and nodes as you want to fully develop your ideas and make them come to life.
VoilaNorbert
To build a successful online business, you have to reach out to people on a regular basis. If you want to guest post, share your content, ask for sponsorships, do some cross-promotion… you have to get in touch with people first. But how do you do that when you don’t have the email address of the person you want to contact?
Enter VoilaNorbert. This little tool helps you find the email address of almost anyone. All you need is a first name/last name and domain name.
Other powerful tools and hacks can help you reach out to anyone (you can even find the email address of Bill Gates).
Revive Old Post
Most online entrepreneurs and bloggers try to get traffic on their site with the following strategy:
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They spend 4 hours writing a blog post
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Hit publish
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Share their post on social media once + newsletter
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Login to their Google Analytics account to see the traffic they get from it
Then they start all over again:
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They spend 4 hours writing a blog post
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Hit publish
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Share their post on social media once + newsletter
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Login to their Google Analytics account to see the traffic they get from it
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Sounds familiar?
If you find yourself in this situation, you are probably not getting the most out of each post you write. You could get more eyeballs on your content if you used Revive Old Post.
Revive Old Post is a free WordPress Plugin that automatically share your old posts on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn to get more hits for them and keep them alive. It’s a very simple way to get more traffic automatically.
Canva
Canva is an awesome platform where you can quickly create great pictures by just dragging and dropping elements. You can also use the custom dimensions of the platform to create images for blog posts, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. You can even create posters and eBook covers.
Animaker
Videos are great to explain quickly and clearly what your business is all about. But making professional videos costs at least a few hundreds bucks. Hopefully Animaker exists. It’s a free platform that allows you to make great looking videos easily. Here’s an example of what you can create:
Great Resource list! I only use Canva and haven’t heard of the other ones. Will definitely have to check them out. Great blog you got going here. Looking forward to reading more of your articles in the future! 🙂
Peter
Great ,, Thanks for sharing this informative article
I am looking for creative ways to stand out from a big crowd of people working in my field. I would like to know if this software boosts my ability to create unique marketing messages that break through the noise on Twitter, Facebook, etc,,,
Oh, yes! These are all great and effective tips! I’ve tried, tested and proven them all to be helpful. These are a perfect must-try!
These are really great resources that anyone could use to grow their small business. Reviving old posts is a great way to keep your blog fresh and old content shared!