Competitor Analysis
Ahrefs (Free Version) – They have the largest database of
backlinks which you can use to conduct audits of your competitors link profiles
to steal their best links. You can also use the data to conduct an analysis on
your own backlink profile
SEMRush (Free Version) – This tool is really unique in the
data it provides, even for free! You can learn your/your competitors top
keywords, how much traffic they get, who their competitors are in search and
much more!
WebMeUp (Free Version) – The free account at WebMeUp will
let you take a look at the backlink profile of your site or your competitors.
Content Creation
WordAI (3 Day Trial) – These guys are the new kids on the
block but claim to be able to automatically spin content without making it
sound like garbage.
TheBestSpinner (Full 7 Day Trial / $7) – It really is the
best spinner and I have used it personally for the past few years on a nearly
daily basis. The API is used in a lot of other link building tools. Check out
my advanced spinning tutorial to see it in action.
Spin Rewriter (5 Day Trial) – Another piece of spinning
software for you to consider. Spin Rewriter has a range of features and comes
with a fully functioning 5 day trial.
Spinner Chief (Free Version) – A close rival to
TheBestSpinner but it feels clunky in comparison. Either way they have a
completely free version of the software for you to enjoy!
Email Marketing
Aweber (Full 30 Day Trial / $1) – It takes the pain out of
email marketing and makes staying in touch with you guys easy!
GetResponse (Full 30 Day Trial) – The rival of Aweber,
GetResponse offers a similar feature set. It really is just a matter of
personal preference between the two of them!
Hosting
Cloud Flare (Free) – The free Cloud Flare CDN service which
help to speed up your sites load time which Google takes into consideration. It
also provides added security & protection from bots/spam.
Uptime Robot (Free) – Use this to monitor your websites
uptime and get instant notifications if your site goes down for any reason. Use
this in combination with the free Pingdom Tools account & monitor.
Keyword Research
Market Samurai (Full 14 Day Trial) – The keyword research
and SEO competition modules of Market Samurai are some of the best in the.
Long Tail Pro (Full 10 Day Trial) – A great tool for finding
profitable keywords quickly. You can also use the tool to measure the
competitiveness of the search results.
Link Building
RankCracker (Free) – My personal SEO tool that is available
100% free. It will show you the quickest and easiest way to replicate your
competitors backlink profile & rankings.
GSA Search Engine Ranker (Full 5 Day Trial) – This has
quickly become the Swiss army knife of link building targeting over 120
platforms at the time of writing.
RankWyz (30 Day Trial) – Create & manage private blog
networks easily with RankWyz. It offers a full range of tools to help you
manage everything and publish updates easily.
Inspyder Backlink Monitor (Free Version) – The ultimate tool
for monitoring your backlinks. Very easy to use and will automatically sort out
all of your tiers for you.
SEO SpyGlass (Free Version) – Use this to discover your
competitors backlinks and breakdown key metrics such as anchor text usage. You
can also use it to monitor your own sites backlink profile.
Link Assistant (Free Version) – This is part of the SEO
Powersuite set of tools and is great for prospecting link partners. However I
have hacked it a bit and use it to manage and automate guest posting.
SENuke XCR (Full 14 Day Trial) – SENuke XCR is a very
diverse link building tool and is great for creating tier 1 links. It is quite
expensive on a monthly basis though but the full 14 day free trial is great.
Magic Submitter (Full 30 Day Trial / $4.95) – This is really
the main rival to SENuke XCR and offers very similar features. It can post
everything from videos to press releases and is very diverse.
Raven Tools (30 Day Trial) – Providing a full suite of tools
the SEO module will spider your site & provide a detailed audit of
problems. It has a range of features across SEO, social, content, PPC &
more.
Xenu Link Sleuth (Free) – A simple easy to use tool to
spider your entire website and uncover potential problems like broken links.
This is a great free tool!
Microsoft SEO Toolkit (Free) – Finally Microsoft have made a
useful product! The SEO Toolkit will spider your site and report back on any
issues.
Pingdom Tools (Free) – Test your sites speed from 3
locations with Pingdom Tools. If you sign up for a free account you can also
use it as an uptime monitor.
WebPageTest (Free) – This site is detected to testing your
websites load time from a huge choice of browsers & locations from around
the world. It provides a huge range of data to help you optimise your site.
Rank Tracking
Rank Tracker (Free Version) – Part of SEO Powersuite this is
the best rank tracking solution period. Unlike web based services this desktop
application means you own the data and you can track an unlimited amount of
keywords as well as your competitors.
SerpBook (14 Day Trial) – Monitor the rankings of all your
keywords in the cloud. SerpBook will check the results for you 12 times per day
along with other metrics like PR, Alexa rankings & full reports.
SEO Multi Tools
SEO Tools For Excel (Free) – A great plugin for Excel that
allows you to retrieve a range of SEO data & metrics. It can even hook up
to your Analytics account to create powerful Excel dashboards.
Social Media
BuzzBundle (Free Version) – Made by the same team behind SEO
Powersuite, BuzzBundle makes it easier to identify & engage with your
target audience online.
DripRevolution (7 Day Trial) – A great service for building
a range of social signals to your site at your schedule. They integrate with
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+. YouTube & more!
HootSuite (Free Version) – This is my preferred tool for
managing Twitter, Facebook and Google+. You can monitor a number of search
terms as well as schedule updates to go out.
TweetDeck (Free Version) – Now owned by Twitter this is a
great desktop client to manage your Twitter account.
Buffer (Free) – Connect your social accounts to Buffer and
you can easily share/queue/schedule content to be published to them. Whether
that’s sharing your new post with the browser extension or clicking a Buffer
button on someone’s site.
TubeTool Box (Free Trial) – A desktop application to manage
your YouTube account. You can do things like bulk follow/comment/message people
to grow your audience & reach on YouTube.
WordPress
Social Locker (Free Version) – This is the Social Locker I
use on the blog to encourage social sharing. While I run the premium version
you can get the free version right here!
WP Social SEO Pro (Free Version) – Previously known as
Social SEO Booster I use the premium version on this which was featured in this
post.
S2 Member (Free Version) – A very powerful membership plugin
for WordPress, S2 Member is easy to use and was featured in this tutorial. The
free version is feature rich!
