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This just came up in one of my feeds - it's a monster list of 300 free resources and there's some great stuff here!
A lot of the usual suspects are on the list but there's a lot I haven't seen before. It's worth taking the time to go through it as there are a few real gems. The last section was my favourite.
I've included a link to the source at the end and there's a few more in the original, but they were images and I cut them out here as it made the post far too long.
Business + Marketing
A. FREE WEBSITE + LOGO + HOSTING + INVOICING
B. FREE BUSINESS / PROJECT NAME GENERATORS
C. WRITING / BLOGGING
D. FIND (TRENDING) CONTENT (IDEAS)
E. FREE SEO + WEBSITE ANALYZERS
F. FREE IMAGE OPTIMIZERS
G. FREE IMAGE EDITORS
H. COLLECT & SEND EMAILS FOR FREE
I. FREE SOCIAL MEDIA + COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT + SURVEYS
J. A/B TESTS & GROWTH HACKING
Design + Code
A. FREE DESIGN RESOURCES
B. COLOR PICKERS
C. INSPIRATION
D. FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
E. FREE TYPOGRAPHY
F. FREE ICONS
G. USEFUL STUFF
Work & Productivity
A. BACKGROUND SOUND TO FOCUS
C. ORGANIZE & COLLABORATE
D. DIGITAL NOMADS & REMOTE WORKING
Discover & Learn
A. DISCOVER TOOLS & STARTUPS
B. BUILD TOGETHER
C. LEARN
D. NEWSLETTERS THAT DON?T SUCK
E. USEFUL
Link to original article:
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/02/18/300-awesome-free-things-massive-list-free-resources-know/?awesm=tnw.to_r3N6j&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=share%20button&utm_content=300%20awesome%20free%20things:%20A%20massive%20list%20of%20free%20resources%20you%20should%20know
A lot of the usual suspects are on the list but there's a lot I haven't seen before. It's worth taking the time to go through it as there are a few real gems. The last section was my favourite.
I've included a link to the source at the end and there's a few more in the original, but they were images and I cut them out here as it made the post far too long.
Business + Marketing
A. FREE WEBSITE + LOGO + HOSTING + INVOICING
- http://html5up.net/ Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 site templates.
- http://bootswatch.com/ Free themes for Bootstrap.
- http://templated.co/ A collection of 845 free CSS & HTML5 site templates.
- https://wordpress.org/ | https://wordpress.com/: Create your new website for free.
- https://www.strikingly.com/ One free website for strikingly.com domains.
- https://withoomph.com/: Beautiful logos designed instantly.
- http://www.squarespace.com/logo/ You can download free low-res version for free.
- https://www.hive.im/ First free unlimited cloud service in the world.
- http://invoiceto.me/: Free Invoice Generator.
- https://www.free-invoice-generator.com/: Alternative free invoice generator.
- http://slimvoice.co/ Insanely simple invoices.
B. FREE BUSINESS / PROJECT NAME GENERATORS
- http://thenameapp.com/: Find an available name for your brilliant idea.
- http://www.naminum.com/ Discover a perfect company name.
- http://shortdomainsearch.com/ Find short, available single-word domain names.
- http://wordoid.com/ Pick a short and catchy name for your business.
- http://www.hipsterbusiness.name/ Hipster business name generator.
- http://impossibility.org/: The best domain name generator ever.
- http://www.leandomainsearch.com/: Find a domain name for your website in seconds.
- https://domainr.com/ Fast, free, domain name search, short URLs.
C. WRITING / BLOGGING
- http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.
- https://free.grammarly.com/ Finds & corrects mistakes of your writing.
- https://medium.com/ Everyone?s stories and ideas.
- http://www.zenpen.io/ The minimal writing tool of web.
- http://liber.io/ Simple eBook creation and publishing right from Google Drive.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-calendar/ See all your posts, drag & drop to manage your blog.
- https://www.storywars.net/ Writing stories together.
- http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/ Emotional marketing value headline analyzer.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-hide-post/ Control the visibility of items on your blog.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-locker/ Ask visitors ?to pay? for your content with a tweet, etc.
- http://e.ggtimer.com/ Set a time and bookmark it for repeated use.
D. FIND (TRENDING) CONTENT (IDEAS)
- http://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker Content idea generator.
- http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends/visualize?pn=p1 A new way of displaying trending searches.
- http://buzzsumo.com/ Analyze what content performs best for any topic or competitor.
- http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator Custom blog ideas.
- http://www.swayy.co/ Discover the most engaging content. Free for 1 dashboard user.
- Others: https://plus.google.com/explore/_ | https://twitter.com/g | http://www.quora.com/Content-Strategy | http://www.reddit.com/
E. FREE SEO + WEBSITE ANALYZERS
- https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/ A comprehensive tool for link analysis.
- https://ahrefs.com/ Site explorer & backlink checker.
- http://www.quicksprout.com/ Complete analysis of your website.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ Have a fully optimized WordPress site.
- http://seositecheckup.com/ Check your website?s SEO problems for free.
- https://marketing.grader.com/ Grade your marketing.
- http://www.similarweb.com/ Analyze website statistics for any domain.
- http://www.alexa.com/ Analytical insights to analyze any site?s rank.
- https://serps.com/tools/rank_checker Free keyword rank & SERP checker.
- http://openlinkprofiler.org/ The freshest backlinks, for free.
- http://keywordtool.io/ Free alternative to Google Keyword Planner.
- Google: http://www.google.com/analytics/ | http://adwords.google.com/keywordplanner | https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en | http://www.google.com/trends/
- http://nibbler.silktide.com/ Test any website.
- http://www.browseo.net/ How search engines see your website.
- http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/google-sitemap-generator/ Find broken links, redirects & more.
- http://www.copyscape.com/ Search for copies of your page on the web.
- http://www.woorank.com/ Website review and SEO tool.
- https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ Check the performance of your site.
- http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ Test & the load time of a site.
- http://gtmetrix.com/ Analyze your page?s speed performance.
- https://moz.com/local/search Check your local listings on Google, Bing, and others.
- https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ Sitemap generator that creates XML & HTML variants.
- http://validator.w3.org/: Easy-to-use markup validation service.
- https://ecommerce.shopify.com/grader Get your free Ecommerce report.
F. FREE IMAGE OPTIMIZERS
- https://tinyjpg.com/ | https://tinypng.com/ Compress images.
- https://compressor.io/ Optimize and compress your images online.
- https://kraken.io/web-interface Optimize your images & accelerate your websites.
- http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx Resize, compress and optimize your image files.
- https://imageoptim.com/ Makes images take up less disk space & load faster.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ Image optimizer WordPress plugin.
G. FREE IMAGE EDITORS
- https://www.canva.com/ Amazingly simple graphic design for bloggers.
- http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/ Pixlr Editor is a robust browser photo editor.
- https://evernote.com/skitch/ Get your point across with fewer words.
- http://www.easel.ly/ Empowers anyone to create & share powerful visuals.
- http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/favicon-generator-crop-images/ Create optimized images for social media.
- https://placeit.net/ Free product mockups & templates.
- http://www.recitethis.com/ Turn a quote into a visual masterpiece.
- http://memegenerator.net/ The first online meme generator.
H. COLLECT & SEND EMAILS FOR FREE
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ Famous WordPress plugin to collect email addresses.
- http://mailchimp.com/ Send 12,000 emails to 2,000 subscribers for free.
- https://www.manycontacts.com/ Free contact form sits on top of your website.
- http://hellobar.com/ Get more email subscribers.
- https://sumome.com/app/list-builder Collect email addresses with light box popover.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/dreamgrow-scroll-triggered-box/ Boost your conversion rates ? Wordpress only.
- http://sumome.com/app/scroll-box Capture more email addresses, politely.
I. FREE SOCIAL MEDIA + COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT + SURVEYS
- http://writerack.com/ The easiest way to blog/tweetstorm on twitter.
- http://www.tryspruce.com/ Make Twitter ready images in seconds.
- http://coschedule.com/click-to-tweet Get more shares on your content.
- http://mytweetlinks.com/ Increases Twitter traffic.
- http://www.latergram.me/: Easily plan & schedule your Instagram posts.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/pinterest-pin-it-button-for-images/ Add a ?Pin It? button.
- http://www.sharedcount.com/ Track URL shares, likes, tweets, and more.
- http://www.justunfollow.com/ Follow / unfollow people on Twitter & Instagram.
- https://www.socialrank.com/ Identify, organize, and manage your followers on Twitter.
- http://blog.klout.com/2014/06/klout-browser-extensions/ Social media influence score on browser extension.
- https://ritetag.com/hashtag-academy/ritetag-browser-extensions-scheduling-productivity Instant hashtag analysis.
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/social-analytics/pgckigmaefoaemjpijdepakcghjkggmg/related Interactions for a URL on most social platforms.
- http://crowdriff.com/riffle/ Full profile and info on any Twitter user.
- https://bufferapp.com/ Schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google+.
- https://bitly.com/ Create, share, and track shortened links.
- http://filament.io/flare A free beautiful and customizable sharing bar.
- http://www.addthis.com/ Get more shares, follows and conversions.
- https://sumome.com/app/share Auto-optimizes your share buttons for max traffic.
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/digg-digg/installation/ Your all in one share buttons plugin.
- https://disqus.com/ Build a community of active readers & commenters.
- http://www.typeform.com/ Free beautiful online survey & form builder.
- http://tally.tl/ Create polls in no time.
J. A/B TESTS & GROWTH HACKING
- http://petithacks.com/ Acquisition, retention, & revenue hacks used by companies.
- https://www.optimizely.com/ One optimization platform for websites and mobile apps.
- http://about:blank Tool for A/B testing different CTAs & power words.
- https://growthhackers.com/ Unlocking growth. Together.
Design + Code
A. FREE DESIGN RESOURCES
- http://freebbble.com/: High-quality design freebies from Dribbble.
- https://dribbble.com/search?q=freebie Dribbble search results for ?freebie?. An absolute freebie treasure.
- http://graphicburger.com/ Tasty design resources made with care for each pixel.
- http://pixelbuddha.net/ Free and premium resources for professional community.
- http://www.premiumpixels.com/ Free Stuff for Creative Folk.
- http://fribbble.com/ Free PSD resources by Dribbblers curated by Gilbert Pellegrom.
- http://freebiesbug.com/ Latest free PSDs & other resources for designers.
- http://365psd.com/ Download a free psd every day.
- http://dbfreebies.co/ Dribbble & Behance best design freebies.
- https://marvelapp.com/resources/ Free resources from designers we love.
- http://uispace.net/ High quality hand-crafted Freebies for awesome people.
- http://www.pixeden.com/free-design-web-resources Free design resources.
- https://creativemarket.com/free-goods Freebies coming out every monday.
- http://www.teehanlax.com/tools/iphone/ DiOS 8 GUI PSD (iPhone 6).
- http://www.teehanlax.com/tools/ipad/ iPad GUI PSD.
- http://www.freepik.com/ iFree graphic resources for everyone.
- http://www.techandall.com/ PSD, Tech News, and other resources for free.
- http://www.invisionapp.com/tethr The most beautiful IOS design KIT ever.
B. COLOR PICKERS
- http://www.materialpalette.com/ Generate & export your Material Design color palette.
- http://www.flatuicolorpicker.com/ Best flat colors for UI design.
- http://flatuicolors.com/ Beautiful flat colors.
- http://coolors.co/ Super fast color schemes generator for cool designers.
- http://bjango.com/mac/skalacolor/ An extraordinary color picker for designers and developers.
- http://couleursapp.com/ Simple app for grabbing & tweaking colors you see on screen.
- http://www.materialui.co/colors Material ui color palette for Android, Web & iOS.
- http://colorfulgradients.tumblr.com/ Gradients automatically created by a computer.
- http://briangonzalez.github.io/jquery.adaptive-backgrounds.js/ Extract dominant colours from images.
- http://brandcolors.net/ Colors used by famous brands.
- http://paletton.com/ The color scheme designer.
- http://www.0to255.com/ A simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color.
- http://www.colourlovers.com/ Create & share colors, palettes, and patterns.
- https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/ Color combinations from the Kuler community.
- http://bootflat.github.io/color-picker.html Perfect colors for flat designs.
- http://hex.colorrrs.com/ Hex to RGB converter.
- http://getuicolors.com/ Get awesome UI colors.
- https://www.coleure.com/ Smart color picker.
- http://colllor.com/ Color palette generator.
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/palette-for-chrome/oolpphfmdmjbojolagcbgdemojhcnlod Creates a color palette from any image.
C. INSPIRATION
- http://www.materialup.com/ Daily material design inspiration.
- http://fltdsgn.com/: Daily showcase of the best flat UI design websites and apps.
- http://www.siteinspire.com/ Web design inspiration.
- http://ui-cloud.com/ The largest user interface design database in the world.
- http://www.gomoodboard.com/ Build a beautiful moodboard and share the result.
- http://www.crayon.co/ The most comprehensive collection of marketing designs.
- http://land-book.com/ Product landing pages gallery.
- http://ocean.ink/ A community of designers sharing feedback.
- https://dribbble.com/ Show and tell for designers.
- https://www.behance.net/ Showcase & discover creative work.
- http://www.pttrns.com/ Mobile user interface patterns.
- https://www.pinterest.com/warmarc/flat-ui-design/ Useful board I discovered thanks to https://medium.com/@erikdkennedy/7-rules-for-creating-gorgeous-ui-part-2-430de537ba96.
- http://www.awwwards.com/ The awards for design, creativity and innovation.
- http://www.thestarterkit.info/ Curated resources for developers and designers.
- http://onepagelove.com/ Resource for one page website inspiration.
- http://www.uiparade.com/ User interface design tools and design inspiration.
- https://www.thebestdesigns.com/ The best of web design.
- http://agiledesigners.com/: Best resources for designers & developers.
- https://niice.co/ A search engine with taste.
D. FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
- http://www.sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up Best free stock photo websites in one place.
- http://www.pexels.com/ Best free photos in one place.
- http://allthefreestock.com/ Free stock images, icons, and videos.
- http://unsplash.com/ Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.
- http://www.splashbase.co/ Search & discover free, hi res photos & videos.
- http://startupstockphotos.com/ Go. Make something.
- http://jaymantri.com/ Free pics. do anything (CC0). Make magic.
- http://moveast.me/ This is a journey of a portuguese guy moving east.
- http://travelcoffeebook.com/ Sharing beautiful travel moments.
- http://www.designerspics.com/ Free photographs for your personal & commercial use.
- http://deathtothestockphoto.com/ Free photos sent to you every month.
- http://foodiesfeed.com/ Free food pictures in hi-res.
- http://mazwai.com/ Free creative commons HD video clips & footages.
- http://jeshoots.com/: New modern free photos.
- http://superfamous.com/ Photos by Dutch interaction designer Folkert Gorter.
- http://picography.co/: Free hi-resolution photos.
- http://pixabay.com/ Free high quality images.
- http://magdeleine.co/ A free high-resolution photo every day.
- http://snapographic.com/ Free stock photos for personal & commercial use.
- http://littlevisuals.co/ 7 hi-res images in your inbox every 7 days.
- http://splitshire.com/ Delicious free stock photos.
- http://nos.twnsnd.co/ Vintage photos from the public archives.
- http://picjumbo.com/ Totally free photos.
- http://www.lifeofpix.com/ Free high-resolution photos.
- http://www.gratisography.com/ Free high-resolution photos.
- http://getrefe.com/downloads/category/free/ Free photos.
- http://www.imcreator.com/free A curated collection of free resources.
- http://cupcake.nilssonlee.se/ A photographer?s treat by Jonas Nilsson Lee.
- http://thepatternlibrary.com/ Free patterns for your projects.
- http://publicdomainarchive.com/ New 100% free stock photos.
- http://isorepublic.com/ High-quality, free photos for creatives.
- http://stokpic.com/ Totally free photos.
- http://kaboompics.com/ The best way to get free photos.
- http://wefunction.com/category/free-photos/: Free photo packs.
- http://mmt.li/ Free stock photos by Jeffrey Betts.
- http://pjrvs.com/a/photos Free high-resolution photos.
- http://lockandstockphotos.com/ Free stock photos for you.
- http://www.raumrot.com/10/ Free high-resolution picture.
- http://photos.bucketlistly.com/ A free creative common collection of travel photos.
- Some more websites: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ |http://morguefile.com/ | http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ | http://www.stockvault.net/ | http://www.imagefree.com/ | http://www.dreamstime.com/free-images_pg1 |http://www.rgbstock.com/ | http://www.freeimages.com/| http://freerangestock.com/ | http://freephotosbank.com/.
E. FREE TYPOGRAPHY
- http://www.typegenius.com/ Find the perfect font combo for your next project.
- http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ 100% free commercial fonts.
- http://www.fontface.ninja/ Browser extension to find the web fonts a site uses.
- http://www.google.com/fonts Free, open-source fonts optimized for the web.
- http://hellohappy.org/beautiful-web-type/ Best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory.
- http://www.dafont.com/ Archive of freely downloadable fonts.
- http://www.1001freefonts.com/ A huge selection of free fonts.
- http://www.fontpark.net/en/ The web?s largest archive of free fonts.
- http://font-to-width.com/ Fit pieces of text snugly within their containers.
F. FREE ICONS
- http://fontello.com/ Icon fonts generator.
- http://www.flaticon.com/ A search engine for 16000+ glyph vector icons.
- https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/releases/tag/1.0.0 750 Free open-source glyphs by Google.
- http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/ The iconic font and CSS toolkit.
- http://glyphsearch.com/ Search for icons from other icon databases.
- http://makeappicon.com/ Generate App Icons of all sizes with a click.
- http://www.endlessicons.com/ Free flat icons and creative stuff.
- https://icomoon.io/ 4000+ free vector icons, icon generator.
- http://thenounproject.com/ Thousands of glyph icons from different artists.
- http://perfecticons.com/ A social icon creation tool.
- https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/releases/tag/1.0.0 750 Free open-source glyphs by Google.
- https://www.iconfinder.com/free_icons Free icon section of the website.
- Free Round Icons: http://roundicons.com/doodle-icons-free-set/ | http://roundicons.com/free-icons/ | http://roundicons.com/free-vector-line-icons-set/
- http://iconsweets.com/ 60 free vector Photoshop icons.
G. USEFUL STUFF
- http://uinames.com/ Generate random names for use in designs and mockups.
- http://uifaces.com/ Find and generate sample avatars for user interfaces.
- http://uiblurbs.com/ Quick user bios for your mockups.
- http://copypastecharacter.com/ Click to copy.
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/window-resizer/kkelicaakdanhinjdeammmilcgefonfh/details?hl=en See how it looks on various screen resolutions.
Work & Productivity
A. BACKGROUND SOUND TO FOCUS
- http://www.noisli.com/: Background noise & color generator.
- http://noiz.io/ Ambient sound equalizer for relax or productivity.
- http://defonic.com/ Combine the sounds of the world into a melody.
- https://designers.mx/ Curated playlists by designers, for designers.
- https://coffitivity.com/ Stream the sounds of a coffee shop at work.
- http://selfcontrolapp.com/: Mac: free application to help you avoid distracting websites.
- http://getcoldturkey.com/ Windows: temporarily block yourself off of distracting websites.
C. ORGANIZE & COLLABORATE
- https://trello.com/ Keeps track of everything.
- https://evernote.com/ The workspace for your life?s work.
- https://www.dropbox.com/ Free space up to 2GB.
- http://yanado.com/ Tasks management inside Gmail.
- https://www.wetransfer.com/ Free transfer up to 2GB.
- http://drp.io/ Free, fast, private and easy image and file hosting.
- http://getpocket.com/ View later, put it in Pocket.
- http://www.mailtoself.com/ An iOS extension to mail notes to yourself from any app.
- http://list.ly/ Discover and create great lists.
- https://markticle.com/: Mark your reading progress in articles for later.
D. DIGITAL NOMADS & REMOTE WORKING
- http://nomadli.st/ The best cities to live and work remotely.
- http://where-my-nomads.at/ Find digital nomads & travelers all around the world.
- http://nomadjobs.com/ The best remote jobs at the best startups.
- http://www.whatsitlikeapp.com/ Helping travelers figure out WHEN to go.
Discover & Learn
A. DISCOVER TOOLS & STARTUPS
- http://www.producthunt.com/ Curation of the best new products, every day.
- https://angel.co/ Where the world meets startups.
- http://betalist.com/ Discover and get early access to tomorrow?s startups.
- http://startupli.st/ Find. Follow. Recommend startups.
- http://www.startups-list.com/ Collections of the best startups in different places.
- http://erlibird.com/ Where great new products are born.
B. BUILD TOGETHER
- https://assembly.com/discover Co-create new ideas no matter where they are.
- https://www.cofounderslab.com/ Find a co-founder in any city, any industry.
- http://www.founder2be.com/ Find a co-founder for your startup.
C. LEARN
- http://www.skillshare.com/ Unlock your creativity with free online classes & projects.
- https://www.khanacademy.org/ Free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
- https://www.coursera.org/ Free online classes from 80+ top universities & organizations.
- http://www.codecademy.com/ Learn to code interactively, for free.
- How to start a startup: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-start-a-startup/id922398209?mt=2 or https://startupclass.co/
- http://startupnotes.org/ Startup School invites amazing founders to tell their story.
- http://how.co/ Learn from entrepreneurs.
- http://launchthisyear.com/ Guide to help you launch your online business.
- http://closedclub.co/ Browse shut-down start-ups & learn why they closed down.
- http://startuptalks.tv/ A curated collection of startup related videos.
- http://rocketship.fm/ Learn from successful entrepreneurs each week.
- http://resrc.io/ All free programming learning resources.
D. NEWSLETTERS THAT DON?T SUCK
- http://email1k.com/ A free 30 day course to double your email list.
- http://designforhackers.com/ 12 weeks of design learning, right in your inbox.
- https://www.startupdigest.com/ Personalized newsletter for all things startup in your area.
- http://mattermark.com/app/Newsletter Curated newsletter from investors & founders.
- http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/free-pricing-course/ Free course on charging what you?re worth.
- http://www.productpsychology.com/ Lessons on User Behavior.
- http://www.theuxnewsletter.com/ Tales of researching, designing, and building.
- http://uxdesignweekly.com/ Best user experience design links every week.
E. USEFUL
- http://foundrs.com/ Co-founder equity calculator.
- http://ad-spend-calculator.qwilr.com/ Should my startup pay to advertise?
- http://howmuchtomakeanapp.com/ Calculate the cost of a mobile application.
- http://howmuchtomakeanapp.com/build-a-website-vs-app/ Should you build an app or website?
- http://pitcherific.com/ Pitcherific helps you create, train, and improve your pitch.
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