5 Free Freelancer Tools
By: Freelance Tip
Tags: Free, Marketing, Freelancing, Freelancers, Business

A wise man said, “once you open your mouth, you tell the world who you are”. And the same goes for your writing. It doesn’t matter if you are writing for a business or homework on a Friday night.

If people reading your writing have a hard time understanding the message, they will have a hard time understanding you.

Grammarly is incredibly simple to use

Grammarly has one of the easiest to use interfaces despite its complexity. With just a few clicks you can use the browser extension, the Grammarly web tool, the downloadable desktop app, the Microsoft Word add-in, and the mobile app.

And this is one of the main reasons why Grammarly is my favorite grammar checker.

For how long you can use the free version?

As long as you want. That simple.

As I said, you can use Grammarly for free for as long as you want.

However, I would recommend the Premium Plan for people involved in academic writing as it comes with plagiarism detection (along with many other options). I’ve used the free version for a while and then upgraded for the extra features.

And guess what I’m using to write this article!!

Try Grammarly for Free.

Pexels

(check out the site here)

I can’t tell you how many times Pexels saved me. When you buy a photo from a site with paid stock images, you are also getting the right to use those photos for your content. Without buying those rights, you are committing copyright infringement if you use any of the photos for your materials/content.

And this is where Pexels comes to save the day. In case you don’t have the time to organize a photoshoot or can’t afford to spend the money on it, Pexels might be the best solution to your problems.

Artists upload their photos and images to Pexels knowing they will be reused by other people. By using photos from Pexels, you avoid copyrights conflicts that might affect your business.

Pexels uses two types of licenses: the Pexels License and the Creative Commons license. Both of them allow you to use content from Pexels for commercial use.

Give something back

Although you are not required to give credit to the artist, it’s a nice thing to do. Most of them mention their IG profile in the photo’s info so you can still give something back. Some of them have Paypal so you can pay them for their work.

Get paid by Pexels

Every month, Pexels organizes a challenge for artists. “Creative Color” is the name of the challenge for January 2021. The winner chosen by the Pexels curation team will receive a $200 cash prize.

Canva

(check out the site here)

Canva is one of the most simple-to-use graphic design tools that you can use for free. If you just started your blog or are running a small business, graphics is one of the must-have things.

And this is where Canva fits in.

It has a very intuitive interface and even if you are just getting started with graphic design, you will get the hang of it in no time!

Here’s what you can design with Canva. Poster, Presentation, Instagram post, Resume, Logo, Infographic, A4 Document, Card, Flyer, Instagram Story, Photo Collage, Poster (Landscape), Video, Brochure, Graph, Business Card, Your Story, Newsletter, Video Presentation, Certificate, Magazine Cover, Invitation, Desktop Wallpaper, Report, Postcard, Presentation (4:3), Menu, Worksheet, Animated Social Media, Zoom Virtual Background, Proposal, Letter, Book Cover, Announcement, Website, Letterhead, Planner, Flyer (landscape), Mobile-First Presentation, Program, Banner, Calendar, Comic Strip, Label, Invitation (portrait), Yearbook, Online Whiteboard.

(When I started to write this list, I didn’t expect it to be this long).

8000+ template

Thousands of free photos and graphics

100+ design types including social media posts, flyers, letters, etc.

You can redesign templates any way you want. Remove elements, select different colors, and add anything that you want.

The best thing is you can “save” the design that you are working on simply by bookmarking the page. This way, you can make multiple pages using the same template without the need to re-edit every single time.

I’m mentioning this because they are now running an offer where you pay for 1 and get 4 free. Furthermore, you can try Canva Pro for free for 30 days.

Try Canva for Free

TubeBuddy

(check out TubeBuddy here)

TubeBuddy is a Youtube Certified app that helps you to manage and optimize your content and Youtube channel. This time-saving software integrates directly into the Youtube website and helps creators make more engaging and profitable videos. Also, it delivers data and insights needed to improve marketing.

TubeBuddy gives you productivity tools, bulk processing tools, video SEO tools, promotion tools, data & research tools, and integrations tools. Add to these their mobile app and your road to Youtube success just got a lot of help.

It suggests what keywords you should use for your videos to rank higher in search results and get more views.

Helps you find long-tail search terms to better target what people are looking for on YouTube. Also, it keeps your content relevant on search engines by discovering trending tags long after you have published them.

As you can see, adding just one more word improves the overall score from 10 to 75.

This is a great feature that allows you to store related tags for later use and have quick access to them.

You can instantly see where your video ranks for each tag. The lower the number, the better. Your target should be 1. This means that your content is the best-ranking content for that specific tag.

These are all great SEO tools that will help you rank higher on search engines.

Using this feature, you can identify when your audience is most active so you can drive initial view velocity on uploads. Furthermore, you can find out the best time to live stream.

This is a great tool once you start making money through Youtube. Especially when you will get your first offers, you might have a hard time deciding on the price. This is where this TubeBuddy feature helps you. It tells you how much to charge brands for a dedicated video or for a shoutout. Also, you can monitor your channel’s worth and see if it’s rising or falling.

These are just a few of TubeBuddy features that will help you grow your Youtube channel faster and more efficiently. There’s no point in having 60K subs if your videos average 5K views.

All these great features and even more are included in the free plan. If you plan on getting more features, you can get the Pro Plan for $9 (or $4.5 if your channel has less than 1K subs).

Try TubeBuddy for Free

GetResponse

(check out GetResponse here)

If you are sending a large volume of emails every month and are looking for a way to save time, GetResponse might be the answer. GetResponse allows you to create a mailing list, send emails to your subscribers, automate your e-mails using autoresponders and analyze statistics regarding your email campaigns (how many people opened the emails, number of click-throughs, forwards, etc).

They offer you a 30 day free trial without a credit card. After that, their cheapest plan is $15/month.

GetResponse email templates

It has around 100 templates which will make your email look more professional. These email templates are grouped in categories according to their purpose (selling, educating, promoting, etc).

The best part about these templates is they are adjusting themselves automatically to suit the device the email is being viewed on. However, you can test for yourself the aspect of your emails before launching the campaign.

Split testing

You can send up to 5 variations to find out which one of them works better and use it for the remainder of your list.

Landing page creator

The main advantage of Getreponse is you don’t need any third-party landing page creation tool and this feature is also included in the free trial (and in all paid plans).

There is no need to be skilled in programming or graphic design since the landing page creator uses a drag-and-drop system.

Another advantage is that you can check the conversion rate of these pages in real-time and roll out the one with the highest opt-in percentage. This will have an incredible effect on the number of leads included in your email campaign.

Autoresponders

For example, you can set up your Autoresponder so that immediately after someone signs up to your mailing list, they get a thank you message from your business. A few days later they receive an email containing a discount code.

You can send these emails not only time-based but also action-based.

Actions that “trigger” the GetReponse’s autoresponder might be opening an email, subscribing to a specific list, buying a product, birthdays, etc.

Conversion funnels

I’ll keep this short since this feature is specific to people selling their own products online. GetReponse’s conversion funnels allow you to create a product catalog, run FB ad campaigns, drive traffic to sales pages, take payments, etc.