Summary: Paid tools are great… but “what if I’m just starting out and I don’t have the money to invest into all those fancy tools”?<br> This is the “BUT” – question I received from one of our amazing readers after publishing the <a href="http://www.strengthinbusiness.com/top-twitter-tools-increase-productivity/">last blog post</a>. It’s true, at least two of the Twitter tools I mentioned in my recent article are paid tools. Obviously, SocialBro and Sprout Social are both awesome resources to use if you’re not exactly on a restricted budget.<br> So, I took this input seriously and I decided to share with you a set of content marketing tools that you can use for free. On top of that, you’ll be able to utilize these tools in your day-to-day work thus being able to reach your goals faster, with less efforts and in less time.<br> Let’s dive into it, shall we?<br> Put These Content Marketing Tools To Work For You<br> 1. Looking For The Latest Trends, News, And Hot Issues? <a href="https://www.google.com/trends/" target="_blank">Google Trends</a><br> If you want to know whether the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” gets more searches than “Transformers”, have a quick look at Google Trends. This is the best place to go and search for that kind of information.<br> Seriously tough.<br> Google Trends is a fantastic content marketing tool to look at trends of various keywords. Furthermore, you can compare different search terms, <a style="color: #3366ff;" href="http://www.strengthinbusiness.com/marketing-weapons-free-keyword-tools/">find related searches</a> and evaluate regional interest for a specific keyword (TIP: Do a search for long tail keywords!).<br> <br> <br> <br> 2. Get Thousands Of Keyword Ideas With A Single Click: <a href="http://ubersuggest.org/" target="_blank">Übersuggest</a><br> Lacking inspiration as to what to write about in your next blog post?<br> Checkout Übersuggest – the Google suggest tool on steroids.<br> You might also want to have a look at the following free keyword suggestion tools:<br> <br> * <a style="color: #3366ff;" href="https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner" target="_blank">Google Keyword Planner</a><br> * <a style="color: #3366ff;" href="http://keywordtool.io/" target="_blank">keywordtool.io</a><br> * <a style="color: #3366ff;" href="https://kwfinder.com/" target="_blank">Keyword Finder</a><br> <br> Use these free content marketing tools to compile a list of highly relevant keywords.<br> 3. Spy On Your Competitors And See How They Are Ranking On Google: <a style="color: #3366ff;" href="http://www.semrush.com/" target="_blank">SEMrush</a><br> SEMrush is a great tool to help you analyze your competitors. Simply enter the URL of your competitor’s website and hit the search button. SEMrush will than show you the top 10 keywords driving traffic to your competitor’s site.<br> Bare in mind the following:<br> You get 10 free queries before you’re asked to pay. So, use these queries wisely.<br> Say you’ve used your ten free shots and now you’re wondering how to get further analysis without signing up for a paid account.<br> Here’s another free research software tool to help you accomplish your objectives: <a href="http://www.keywordspy.com/" target="_blank">KeywordSpy</a>.<br> Use KeywordSpy to quickly unveil your competitors’ most profitable ad copies and keywords.<br> 4. Use A Robust Yet Highly Customizable Platform To Share Your Valuable Content: <a href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress</a> <br> First off, I’m referring to WordPress.org in this article (NOT WordPress.com!).<br> WordPress gives you full control over your content. It’s free and easy to use. You can customize your web layout, pick the fonts and colors you want. On top of that,
