25 Marketing Pros Share Their Three Best Marketing Tools

What do other marketing professionals use to improve their marketing results?

I used the prompt as inspiration for my last blog post where I shared podcasting, websites and email marketing. After reading the other 24 answers from other marketing professionals, I discover that I took the word “tool” much broader than they did.

The vast majority named a website that they found helpful, rather than a deliverable. I am surprised that I was one of the few who answered with more of a category.

Thanks to Leopardots’s Jacob Lordi and Marshal Mill for compiling the answers into 25 Bloggers Reveal Three Best Marketing Tools – Experts Advice.

Here are the tools that were mentioned:

AFterOffers.com for lead generation and opt-in emails
Agency Analytics – keyword analysis
Agorapulse – schedule social media (two mentions)
AHREF -content explorer sourcing info, seo tools & analysis (4 mentions)
Buffer – scheduling social content (3 mentions)
Buzzsumo – blog post prompts and brand tracking
Canva – graphics/images, infographics, presentations, images (2 mentions)
EZ Texting – reminders, alerts & notifications in text format
Facebook – share content & attract new readers
Followerwonk – Twitter analytics & bio search
Formspree- contact forms
Giveaways – to loyal customers
Google Analytics – 3 mentions
Goggle My Business – getting reviews/testimonials
Google AdWords – drive traffic
Google Alerts – analysis
Google Docs Spreadsheet – notes on potential customers with emails, links, accounts and questions they asked
Google Trends – distribution of keyword searches over time (two mentions)
Grammarly – writer’s tool for precision
Guest Blog Posts – two way
HitTail – SEO recommendation tool
Hootesuite – schedule social media and reputation mgmt (two mentions)
Hunter.io – finding email addresses for pitches
Keysearch – keyword research
Keywords Everywhere – chrome extention for search
Linky’s – niche related link-up groups where bloggers share each others content to build community
Long Tail Pro – keywords
MailerLite
mailtester – tests emails
Majestic – (competitor to Ahrefs) better price & more complete data
My email list – ask for help promoting guest posts
Niche – Focusing on a smaller part of a larger market
OptinMonster.com – pop ups and newsletters
Pinterest – promoted pins, showcase visual content and attract new readers (two mentions)
Podcast interviews – establish as an expert
Rocketreach.co – grab contact info from Linkedin
Sampling – giving a free sample of your product/service
Scrapy – analysis of trending topics
Self published books – establish as an expert
SEM Rush – keyword research, SEO tool to report multiple variables (FIVE mentions)
Sentione social media and reputation mgmt
Snappa – image/graphics
Social Media –
Sumo.com – popups and monetize a site
SurveyMonkey – audience market research
Tailwind – scheduling Pinterest posts
Trello – plan and strategize
Tweet deck – filter search columns for my niche
UberSuggest- keyword tool search analysis
UseProof – popup feature
Wishpond – email marketing, newsletters, auto responders, pop ups, landing pages, lead generation
YesWare – email opens analysis