{"id":276307,"date":"2016-02-04T00:18:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/pro-education\/5-free-marketing-tools-every-business\/"},"modified":"2016-02-04T00:18:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:18:52","slug":"5-free-marketing-tools-every-business","status":"publish","type":"au-pro-education","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/pro-education\/5-free-marketing-tools-every-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost your marketing on zero budget with these free marketing tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Small business typically equates to\u00a0tight\u00a0budgets, which\u00a0means hiring agencies with\u00a0all their fancy marketing bells and whistles is out of the question. But what if\u00a0we told you that you could have all the tools you needed to make a significant improvement to your wedding business marketing, without the agency-sized invoice? Here are 5 free marketing tools every business should have to ensure they’re making the most of their digital\u00a0presence:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0MailChimp<\/a>:\u00a0for\u00a0sending emails<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you’re not sending emails to your database, you’re\u00a0leaving sales on the table. With MailChimp’s free version<\/a>, businesses can use\u00a0an easy drag-and-drop newsletter\u00a0builder\u00a0to create email templates\u00a0that fit\u00a0their brand’s personality and email purpose. If you need copyright-free images to make your newsletters even more beautiful, check out these\u00a010 places to get images for your website and newsletter that are free \u2013 and legal<\/a>!<\/p>\n

With less than 2,000 subscribers you can send up to 12,000 emails every single month for absolutely nothing. There’s no time-limited trial, no contracts and no credit card details required. When you’ve grown your list to more than 2,000 subscribers (with the help of MailChimp’s\u00a0forms for collecting subscribers on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress), you can upgrade for as little as $10\/mth to enjoy additional\u00a0features like\u00a0automation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0delivery by time zone.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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2.\u00a0Sumome:<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0building your email list<\/span><\/h2>\n

The team at Sumome spent four years trying to build their own email list. They became so frustrated with the overpriced and non-existent solutions available to do this, they went and created their own.<\/p>\n

They now offer a suite of website plugins to businesses like yours absolutely free of charge to help you\u00a0achieve the same success growing your\u00a0lists for\u00a0landing more eyeballs on your\u00a0email marketing. Their premium apps<\/a> of course come at a price and boast more advanced\u00a0features, but\u00a0beginners will find everything they need on the free plan to get started.<\/p>\n

Now for\u00a0today’s\u00a0challenge:<\/strong> if you have 37 seconds and know how to copy and paste, you can setup Sumome on your website, regardless of which platform you’re using. Watch\u00a0the video to find out how.<\/p>\n