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

How many of these do you use on a regular basis? Which ones are new to you? I saw many favorites of mine on this list and few new ones as well.

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