Marketers in modern days have a lot of responsibility and it is time-consuming for the most part of their tasks. It can be a daunting task sitting on a computer for long hours making things right and managing the time. For the most part of the tasks, there are several tools that are useful for digital marketers to save their time as well as grow their business. These tools can be useful for freelancers, bloggers, and even businesses for the success of their business.
Tools that make digital marketer’s life easy
Canva
Canva is my go-to tool for all my social media and blog graphics needs. It’s an all-in-one platform to create visuals and graphics for your social media and blogs. If you are not fond of complex stuff to do on Photoshop, the answer is Canva. There are plenty of free templates to start using Canva or create your own and it won’t cost a penny and you can still get the best out of it. If you like it and want to get the additional benefits it doesn’t cost you much either. It is a powerful tool for businesses, marketers, and even students.
Canva is a collaborative tool as well, you can add team members to the project. The best thing about Canva Pro is that as a marketer I can schedule the posts to the social media accounts and I can also get the background images removed with just a click.
Monday
Monday or Monday.com is a project management tool for any business. One can assign tasks to various departments and check on the progress of work whether the work is online or not. Different data visualizations templates are provided to check on the workflow. Monday.com is for the team and cross-team collaborations, so no matter where you are working from you can still see what is going on. You can also integrate monday.com to different other tools like Gmail, Slack, Hubspot, Zoom, Calender, and so on. It makes your data accessible to any teams that need it. It’s a great tool for automation to make your life simpler.
Miro
Miro is a collaborative, brainstorming canvas digitally. Miro is a useful tool if you want to document your meeting with a client, or just want to brainstorm with your team members. The collaboration happens in real-time and you can keep track of what is happening on the whiteboard canvas. The opportunity with whiteboard canvas is endless. You can manage, strategize organize and collaborate with the team at the same time. It also has integration offers with different apps to automate the task.
Airtable
Airtable is a low code or a no code at all platform that has no knowledge about coding to build powerful custom applications. From tracking job interviews to tracking your ad reports, Airtable is there to help you. It helps you create a database that matters for your work then you can use the power of visualizing the data or integrating it into different apps and sharing visuals with the teams.
Zapier
Zapier connects to different web apps to minimize repeating tasks. Once you identify the trigger on Zapier you set the automation to work and it creates a solution for you. For example, someone on Facebook fills up a form, it can directly make an entry to Google Sheets. It’s easy to work with Zapier and it’s even easier to track the records. Not only marketers but different other people can use Zapier as well for day-to-day tasks.
Integromat
Integromat is a no-code or low code automation tool which integrates apps to automate repeating tasks. Integromat has 650 plus pre-made app integration and also has the ability to add business apps through API which makes it better than Zapier. Although some amount of coding may be required for the task, you can also take help from the support team when required.
Figma
Figma is design focused collaborative platform for designers. It’s a great tool to create landing pages, presentations, and so much more. There are many plugins to make the designing process even faster. You can visualize the design while you brainstorm, and that’s the best feature to have. If you are into any kind of interface design Figma is a great asset to have for your business.
Discord
Discord is a popular program to hang out with a group of people. It can be your friends or strangers who have the same interests as you. You can see many influencers are on Discord these days to talk with their followers and fans. Businesses can create a community with moderation rules. The best part of Discord is you can talk to people without having to call them. You can also see the games streamed by your friends and feel like you are playing together. It is a good place to build connections and communicate with people within your field of interest.
Zoom
Zoom is a video conferencing software, which is now widely used for online meetings and workshops. It is easy to use and you can have multiple people over a call to discuss, brainstorm, present the slides, or just remote control the computer as and when required. Zoom has definitely made our work from home easier.