100 Plus 1 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016 | Part One

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100 Plus 1 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016 | Part One

100 plus 1 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016

 

Many things can help your your business growth, but, more often than not, what tools businesses use can make a significant difference to the bottom line. Whatever you are looking for; increased productivity, more professional looking content, easier billing, better customer service, or finding a tool that silently speeds up project completion, every business needs a solid framework for growth.

CreateMyMobileWebsite.info have compiled a list of 100 Plus 1 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016. We believe it can make a big difference in the vast majority of businesses. There are chances that you are already using them one way or the other; maybe you will some more to add whilst you are reading this today or even a tool that seamlessly connects all the tools you might have used. The list was compiled based on the our personal experience as well as popularity among businesses.

Disclosure: We are not paid to mention any of these companies in this article. Some of them we use, some we don’t. We only recommend what we think is truly helpful.

Here are my top tool picks for 2016 sorted by category.

Content & Social Media:

1. Openr: Turns everything you share into a call to action. Share on social media and automatically add targeted promotional calls to action onto any page you share.

2. Freepik: Free graphics, vectors, and icons. (Attribution required and provided ready to be copied and pasted.)

3. Hootsuite: Social media management. Great for businesses with 12-50 profiles and pages to maintain.

4. Buffer: Social media management. Limited to the biggest platforms and great for up to 11 profiles and pages. Beautiful design, flawless app.

5. Canva: Use templates for perfect social media headers, flyers, Facebook post images, featured images with custom dimensions, and more.

6. Alltop and HolyKaw: Use Alltop to find out what’s most popular on specific websites. If you need to curate content for Twitter profiles and the like, this is your website.

101 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016 | SEJ

7. Hashtags.org: Find out quickly what the most popular hashtags are so you can jump on the trend and get more visibility for your posts.

8. Hyperlapse: App from Instagram. Use this to create time-lapse videos.

9. Layout: App from Instagram. Use this to create collage images.

10. Boomerang: App from Instagram. Use this to create looping short videos.

11. easel.ly: Intuitive and quick way to create professional looking infographics.

101 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016 | SEJ

12. Fontawesome Icons: Steal any of these icons to enhance your blog images. They are free and come with transparent backgrounds (as vectors).

13. PicMonkey: Free online photo editing. Filters, collages, overlays, and more.

14. Pixlr: Free online photo editing. Use the free Pixlr Express web app to resize images, for instance.

15. Sprout Social: Social media management software. This is a Guy Kawasaki favorite.

16. PremiumBeat: Royalty-free sound effects and music. Extremely useful for videos.

17. Socedo: Automatically generate list of potential customers based on keywords, hashtags, or other search criteria. Ideal for finding leads on Twitter.

18. Tweetwall: Project tweets in real-time at events or on a wall in your office to show tweets that include your signature hashtag.

19. Bitly: Shorten URLs so they fit the character limit of Twitter and other social networks. Also tracks cross-channel marketing strategies, among other things.