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Our 13 favourite marketing tools: A sample of our martech stack 📚👇🏻

Ever wondered what tools we use to run our eight-figure ARR company? Have a peek:

1. Ahrefs (naturally!)
- What: Helps marketers rank higher on search engines and get more traffic. We use it to fuel our marketing strategy. 😉
- Where to get: ahrefs.com
- Price: Free tools available; paid plans from $99 per month

2. Google Search Console (@googlesearchc)
- What: Helps monitor and troubleshoot your website's appearance in search results. Most accurate data on Google's search-related products.
- Where to get: search.google.com/search-console
- Price: Free

@googlesearchc 3. Google Workspace (@GoogleWorkspace)
- What: Ties together Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive, etc.
- Where to get: workspace.google.com
- Price: Free for personal use; premium plans from $6/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace 4. Notion (@NotionHQ)
- What: Our team's workspace. Used for internal documentation and collaboration, e.g. tracking our blog creation process.
- Where to get: notion.so
- Price: Free for personal use; premium plans from $4/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ 5. Grammarly (@Grammarly)
- What: Automatically checks our articles for spelling and grammar issues; can even make style suggestions.
- Where to get: grammarly.com
- Price: Free for personal use; premium plans from $12/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly 6. Wordable (@wordable_io)
- What: Exports text + images, and translates original formatting to HTML. Saves time exporting articles from GDocs to WordPress.
- Where to get: wordable.io
- Price: Free for personal use; premium plans from $12/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io 7. WordPress (@WordPress)
- What: A (massively popular) CMS. We use it as our infrastructure for blogging.
- Where to get: wordpress.org
- Price: Free for personal use; premium plans from $12/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress 8. vidIQ (@vidIQ)
- What: Offers insights on videos and channels on YouTube.
- Where to get: vidiq.com
- Price: Free, or from $7.5/mo (premium plans)

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ 9. MeetEdgar (@MeetEdgar)
- What: Automates posting on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook. It can even generate social media updates based on the contents of an article.
- Where to get: meetedgar.com
- Price: From $19/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ @MeetEdgar 10. Sparktoro (@sparktoro)
- What: Helps us find creators/influencers based on topics, following, and other signals.
- Where to get: sparktoro.com
- Price: From $19/mo

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ @MeetEdgar @sparktoro 11. Hunter (@EmailHunter)
- What: Find anyone's email address with just the person's name + where they work. Can be used to do outreach for link building
- Where to get: hunter.io
- Price: Free, or from $49/mo (premium plans)

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ @MeetEdgar @sparktoro @EmailHunter 12. Pitchbox (@PitchboxApp)
- What: Influencer outreach and content marketing platform. We use some features (e.g. email personalization) to send emails to link prospects at scale.
- Where to get: pitchbox.com
- Price: Free, or from $49/mo (premium plans)

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ @MeetEdgar @sparktoro @EmailHunter @PitchboxApp 13. Figma (@figma)
- What: Collaborative interface design tool. Our designers + devs use it to maintain a consistent design system.
Where to get: figma.com
Price: Free, or from $12/mo (premium plans)

@googlesearchc @GoogleWorkspace @NotionHQ @Grammarly @wordable_io @WordPress @vidIQ @MeetEdgar @sparktoro @EmailHunter @PitchboxApp @figma We've built our martech stack through trial and error for years—and it's a process we'll keep refining. So always keep a keen eye out for new and intuitive martech tools. Don't be afraid to experiment!