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Ubersuggest:
If you need help with SEO-friendly keywords, you can get thousands of keyword ideas instantly with a keyword suggestion tool such as Ubersuggest. Start with a single search term and use this free service to automatically find related keywords and keyword phrases to strengthen your SEO. Ubersuggest works by taking your base keyword and expanding it by adding letters or numbers based on real-life search queries. For instance, if your base keyword is "T-shirt," your keyword suggestions will include: "T-shirt art" and "T-shirt and jeans" (T-shirt + a), "T-shirt business" and "T-shirt brands" (T-shirt + b), "T-shirt company" and "T-shirt custom" (T-shirt + c), and so on.
Scoop.it:
Scoop.it is a content curation platform that lets you find keyword-based, SEO-rich content that you can publish to your own website, blog, newsletter and social accounts. This service is for businesses that don't have the time or resources to create their own content, but wish to generate leads and build their brand awareness around content marketing. SEO and Brand Awareness plans for small businesses start at $79.99 per month, which supports up to five team members.
Moz
Free:
Paid: (30 days free trial)
Moz Pro, an inbound marketing software, lets you track SEO, social efforts, links, brand awareness and content marketing using a single platform. It includes more than a dozen research and reporting tools to improve SEO, such as Moz Analytics. This feature presents all of your search, social, mentions, inbound links, content and other data in a single place, as well as compares how your website is performing over time and against that of your competitors. The Moz Pro software starts at $99 a month.
WooRank:
How SEO-friendly is your website? Find its strengths and weaknesses for free with WooRank. This website review and SEO tool offers in-depth analysis of your website (or individual Web pages of your site) using metrics like SEO, social media, mobile optimization, usability and more. It also lets you automatically monitor analytics, backlinks, search engine rankings and other key factors to improve website performance. You can check a single website for free, but paid plans with advanced, unlimited reviews are also available, starting at $49.99 a month.
Optimizely:
SEO can mean the difference between a website that converts and one that simply collects visitors. Optimizely is a website A/B testing tool that can help you make better decisions on the best ways to use SEO for your website to increase sales and revenue. A/B testing basically tests two versions of your website or landing pages — for instance, a current version versus another with SEO changes — then uses live traffic and visitor data to determine which version is likely to convert. Optimizely plans start at $17 a month, which includes unlimited testing for up to 2,000 monthly visitors.
Adwords and SEO Secrets:
This is a free service for iOS devices and can be downloaded from the above URL. In the iTunes store it is rated 4+.
HootSuite:
Both free and paid plans.
SEO doesn't just apply to websites — social media plays a significant role as well. Use a social media management dashboard like HootSuite to track mentions of your brand, monitor social media traffic and discover relevant, trending keywords across multiple social media networks. Then, use this information to create highly optimized content, posts and status updates to drive further traffic to your website and social media accounts. HootSuite is free for up to three users. Paid plans for additional users and advanced features start at $8.99 per month.
PiktoChart: Start for free
Link building is an essential element of SEO, and highly shareable infographics can help. But you don't need any coding or design skills to make an eye-catching infographic — DIY infographic creators like PiktoChart let you create professional- looking infographics by simply choosing a template, and then modifying its contents using a drag-and-drop platform. Make sure to craft a visually stunning infographic with high quality content, post it on your website or blog and share it on social media to start gaining traction and build links back to your website.
Hubspot: at $200/month
Save time by automating SEO. Inbound marketing software HubSpot offers an all-in-one SEO platform that does everything from SEO analytics to SEO recommendations. One of its standout features is as-you-type SEO, which offers real-time SEO advice as you create content to improve optimization and rank higher on search results. This tool also offers advanced keyword targeting to determine the right keywords, research tools to improve keyword ranking over time overtime, Google+ integration to expand social media reach, and mobile optimization capabilities
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