10+ Marketing & Branding Tools Our Members Love
We can literally run our entire business from our phones! Sound impossible?
Not only is it possible, but it's also super easy.
Check out these everyday marketing and branding tools that our members use to run their bomb businesses, and highly recommend!
Marketing And Branding Tools For The Everyday Entrepreneur!
Canva
Everybody should be using Canva! It is the ultimate marketing and branding tool for every industry. You can do everything from creating mock-ups and presentations to editing videos and even creating digital business card templates.
While it is a free-to-use online graphic design tool, the world is your oyster by upgrading to Canva Pro for $12.99 a month or $119.99 for the year.
The WELL uses it often to create flyers and other infographics for social media.
Believe us, it's worth the nominal investment.
If you aren't already using it, you should definitely start!
Sign up for Canva at www.canva.com.
InShot
As most social media platforms are prioritizing video content, having good video editing software is key.
Our member, Delshan Baker, founder of Delshan Tyette Art, recommends InShot. She described it as "the easiest video editing app available" to add elements, transitions, and other elements right from your phone and post to social.
This app is free to download from your phone, but also offers InShot Pro for a one-time purchase of $34.99.Go to your App Store and download InShot for FREE today.
For more information, visit www.inshot.com.
Creative Market
Creative Market is a lifesaver! It has more than 3 million unique ready-to-use design products, fonts, templates, photos, and more!
You can pay as you go, or get 200 download credits for more for as low as $19.95 per month.
Explore all the possibilities Creative Market has to offer at www.creativemarket.com.
Unsplash
Love Free? We do.
Unsplash offers freely usable high-resolution images that you can use for your content organized by category. It is a must! Visit www.unsplash.com to see all this resource has to offer.
LinkedIn & Restream.io
The WELL member Angela Simms, owner of Durant Bailey Group, absolutely swears by LinkedIn.
She says it's good for gathering information on followers and assessing connections to identify potential clients.
She also recommends pairing it with Restream to engage your audience on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
If you don't already have a LinkedIn profile, build one today at www.linkedin.com.
Then, head over to Restream at www.restream.io to create and multi-stream live videos.
Omnisend
Email marketing for the win!
Founding member Iyonna Woods, the owner of Fancy Free Hair and Skin, shared this email marketing tool.
Social media is huge, but email marketing is still king. Not only is Omnisend great for sending emails, but it's also good for SMS marketing as well.
According to Iyonna, "My marketing company said it's the best they've ever seen," and we only do the best around here.
Omnisend allows you up to reach up to 250 contacts, and send 500 emails and 60 SMS messages per month for FREE!
Learn more about Omnisend at www.omnisend.com.
HiHello.me & Popl
Say bye-bye to traditional business cards!
Our founder Nakeia L. Drummond and member Kirsten Allen, owner of Legendary Lifestyle Cafe, both shared these two staples.
Moving away from formal business cards, these apps here will help you create digital business cards that you can share with anybody online or on the go!
While Popl offers products starting at $14.99, HiHello offers services for FREE with the Professional plan costing $72 per year.
Interested in a digital business card? Visit www.popl.co and www.hihello.me.
Hootsuite, Later, & Preview App
The WELL's Engagement Coordinator Holly Shriver swears by these three apps to help plan out your social media posts.
By using these apps, you can pre-plan content in advance so you no longer have to worry about posting in real time.
Check out each of them to determine which works best for you:
Hootsuite, www.hootsuite.com
Later, www.later.com
Preview App, www.thepreviewapp.com