200+ FREE Digital Marketing Tools for Authors
Writing and selling books is a lengthy and time-consuming process, which authors have discovered to be among their areas of greatest stress. While the publishing industry is getting more automated, marketing your books demands time and effort to go around writer's block and finish the job with a blank screen. To effortlessly allow your creativity to flow, today we’re sharing my selection of favorite tools.
I’m sure you are no stranger to tools that are helping you simplify your day-to-day writing life, however, I believe that you might be interested in knowing a few more tools that not only help save your time and effort and, on top of it all, these are also completely free of charge.
Content Writing Tools
Google Docs
Trello
EverNote
Notion
Grammarly
Hemmingway Editor
CoSchedule’s headline analyzer
BuzzSumo
WordCounter
Focus Writer
Design Tools
Canva
Crello
Simplified
Pixelated
Tyle
Piktochart
Colorcinch
DesignBold
Photopea
Snappa
Animation-Creation Tools
Biteable
Boomerang
Moovly
Animaker
Blender
K-3D
OpenToonz
Pencil2D Animation
Plastic Animation Paper
Powtoon
Stykz
Video-Creation Tools
Lightworks
VideoPad
HitFilm Express
DaVinci Resolve
VSDC Free Video Editor
OpenShot
Shotcut
Blender
Movie Maker 10
iMovie
Magisto
WeVideo
Audio-Creation Tools
Audacity
Adobe Audition
GarageBand
FL Studio
Descript
I’d like to invite you to join me in my quest to provide you with the best tips, tricks and hacks to help you build your author career while keeping this newsletter free and independent.
If there was ever a time to join me in this quest, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers me to create more amazing content and sustain the future of this publication.
Support this newsletter – it only takes a minute. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. You can do either by buying me a cup of coffee. Thank you.
Infographic-Creation Tools
Canva
Venngage
Piktochart
easel.ly
Visme
Infogram
Vizualize.me
Snappa
Google Chart
MS PowerPoint
Presentation-Creation Tools
MS PowerPoint
Google Slides
Keynote
Prezi
Canva
PowToon
GoAnimate
Zoho Show
Screen-Capture Tools
CloudApp
SnapDraw Free
Free Cam
Screencast-O-Matic
OBS Studio
Debut Video Capture
ShareX
Apowersoft
CamStudio
ScreenRec
Ezvid
Email Marketing Tools
HubSpot Email Marketing
Sender
Sendinblue
Omnisend
SendPulse
Benchmark Email
Mailchimp
MailerLite
Mailjet
Moosend
EmailOctopus
Misc Tools
Trello - To organize your project and monitor the progress
Hootsuite - To plan and track your social media activity
Right Relevance - To find the right influencer
Bitly - URL shortener
GTmetrix - for checking the website speed
Facebook Ad Library - To spy on competitors Ads
Creator Studio - for Scheduling Facebook and Insta Posts
Tubebuddy and Vidiq - for YouTube video Analytics
Rapdtags - for YouTube Video Tags
YouTube Audio Library - for Royalty-free music
Pexels - for free stock images and Videos
QuillBot - Paraphrasing tool that generates various synonym
What would you add to the list? Tell me in the comments
I’d like to invite you to join me in my quest to provide you with the best tips, tricks and hacks to help you build your author career while keeping this newsletter free and independent.
If there was ever a time to join me in this quest, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers me to create more amazing content and sustain the future of this publication.
Support this newsletter – it only takes a minute. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. You can do either by buying me a cup of coffee. Thank you.
About Chase Austin
I have spent 10+ years writing stories and marketing them. I’ve failed and succeeded over the years, and these are some of my tidbits on how I started my author business, perfected marketing, and more.
Here you’ll find resources to help you kick more ass with your words. No fluff, only actionable tips, and tricks if you are looking to make a living through writing, or just use it as a side hustle.
Things I like: Long walks, Reading about anything and everything, Telling stories and chess.
Visit me at www.thechaseaustin.com. Want to say hi, email me at contact@thechaseaustin.com.
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