Content Marketing Gadgets To Make It Easy For You
So you want to do content marketing today? If so you must have the right gadgets to increase your reach and save you time along the way. Content marketing is not for the faint of heart today. By gadgets I mean services, plugins, software etc. Digital gadgets that help you create and share content for your digital marketing strategy.
There are many moving parts and you will need many content marketing gadgets to get the job done well. And by the way, it's a never ending job. I've put together a list of some of my all time favorites with some new ones just for you.
By the way Content Marketing is a Never Ending Job - Inspire To Thrive Click To Tweet
Top 17 Content Marketing Gadgets
Plugins for Content Marketing
Google Maps Wizard - This one is great for maps on your site with pins. You can product map with a thumbnail and a light-box in just minutes! No more waiting or slow loading time. Check out their video below and visit them here. They do offer a free and a pro version.
Yoast Plugin for SEO - I have used their free version for years here and now went Pro earlier this year. Highly recommended to make your content for SEO easier. No more counting and figuring things out on your own. Yoast does it all for you! You can read more from my latest review here.
Images via Your Content Marketing Gadgets
Canva - Canva is a great image creation tool for content marketers. There is a free version, there are images you can also purchase for $1 or more or . Or you can use their pro version now for $12.95/mo. You can create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more. It is very easy to use! I've using it more and more today. My top image came from there for this post.
Live Streaming - This one has become huge and a must today for generating content. Check out Donna Merrill's post on how to learn to use Life streaming today. Donna is rocking it with live streaming today. I've seen her live streams on her site, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Hosting For Your Content Property
Hostgator - This one is my tried and true hosting for Inspire to Thrive. They are available 24/7 either by phone or chat online. I prefer the chat online but have used both services over the 5 years I have used them. They do over deliver, if they say something will be done in 48 hours it is usually done sooner. They are rarely go down as I use Pindgom's free service to warn me if there is a outage. I had other host providers in the past and they went down more often and were down for days. No one in content marketing has time to be done for days today! Hostgator is a must content marketing gadget for uptime today! Learn more about Hostgator here for a full review.
Social Share Schedulers in Your Content Marketing Gadgets
SMhack - SMHack offers social scheduling too. But they have some awesome analytics and white glove reporting tools for your clients! They are easy to use and offer very affordable rates. You can have many users and pay on great low rate!
Staying on Top of Your Brand
Brand24 - The best brand listening tool today. It lets you know when others are talking about you or your brand online. You can be alerted daily, weekly etc. Pick when and how you want to be notified via email. You may also select keywords, and of course your competitors too. This is better than a Google alert because it tells you when people talk about your brand or you on social media. (Google alerts are just for when you or your brand are mentioned in the news.) Brand 24 covers it all now!
Writing Tools Your Content Marketing Gadgets
Extra's in Your Content Marketing Gadget Toolbox
IFTTT - This one has many ways to do things easier for you via recipes. (Like geometry!) I love the recipe for Instagram where I can share those photos to Twitter in the Twitter stream at the same time. There are many recipes out there available for content marketing and social media. IFTTT can automate many processes for you! See my sample below from this past weekend.
Loving my new #hibicus flowering plant, #beautyofnature #naturephotography #nature #flowerstagram #flowers on this... https://t.co/5NlJYYSQVH pic.twitter.com/RS4HE6iTr6
- Lisa 🐥🐦🐤 (@Lisapatb) September 24, 2017
Push Engage - This new technology helps spread your latest posts and updates to people who choose to sign up for the notifications. These work on mobile as well as on chrome browsers and tablets. Check out ShoutMeLoud's review of them today! They convinced me to try it out here on Inspire to Thrive. I also like getting notifications from my favorite blogs and sites today via these push notifications. (It saves on emails).
Budgets - Important to Track!
QuickBooks - QuickBooks are a great way to stay on top of your content marketing business's money coming and going. It's a great way to be prepared all year long to get your taxes done at year's end. QuickBooks makes it simple and organized for you. You can also create invoices for your clients. Check them out today to help you stay organized financially.
QuickBooks makes it simple and organized for you. - Inspire To Thrive Click To Tweet
Analyzing Content Marketing Gadgets
Google Analytics and Google Trends - These are very important content marketing gadgets to keep on top of your content. See what is working and what is not for your content marketing. Analytics can provide a wealth of information for you.
I love using Google Trends and their AdWords Planner for checking out keywords in preparing content. These tools are very important to monitoring your results so you can rinse and repeat or change things up.
What are you using for your Content Marketing Gadgets today? I'd love to know more in the comments below.
