Free Resources
to help you run your business
Free Media Resources
Coverr
Find free stock videos that are great for backgrounds or B-Roll. Though limited in selection, the quality is superb.
Flaticon
Search millions of free icons or icon sets, and filter by style. Save your icons in collections, mass custom color them, and download in multiple formats.
Freepik
Find the graphic design pieces you need without having to make them from scratch. You can download the quick use png/jpg, or the original vector or PSD file to modify.
Iconfinder
Search or browse to find free icons. Style filters let you narrow down exactly what you're looking for. They also have logos for popular brands too.
mixkit
Search and browse for free stock videos and music soundtracks. There are various filters to narrow down what you’re looking for.
Pexels
Browse and search for stock photos and videos for your projects. The quality of content is exceptional.
Pixabay
One of the larger stock photo libraries. Not all the photos are great, but you're more likely to find specific photos you need.
Stockio
Find every type of media file you could need, including stock photos, videos, vectors, icons, and fonts.
Stories
Get free illustrations that you can easily customize by changing colors or removing elements. There’s even a feature that lets you animate the illustration and use as a motion gif.
Unsplash
Browse or search free stock photos from hundreds of photographers. Unsplash is fairly curated, so you're only getting the best photography and no junk pics.
Videezy
Search or browse for free stock video clips to use. This site also has After Effects graphics templates to download.
Videvo
Search or browse to find free stock videos. You can hover over thumbnails to preview the videos before downloading.
Free Design Resources
Animoto
Create slick videos for social media without any video editing experience. This free online tool lets you drag and drop media into templates and make simple changes.
Canva
Easily make your own designs without any technical skills. Use beautiful templates and a drag-and-drop editor to create online or print designs.
Frontify
Manage your brand’s collateral and assets in one place online. Define your style guide, upload media and files, and keep your brand on point.
Google Fonts
Browse through hundreds of fonts and filter by style. Download the font file for print use, or link to it for websites.
Pixlr
Quickly make photo edits without opening Photoshop. This free tool has a beginner and advanced version to suit your image editing needs.
Smartmockups
Easily show a webpage, logo, or other graphic embedded on a computer, shirt, or package. Upload your graphic onto photos of tech devices, apparel, packaging, and home products, and download a mockup.
Subtle Patterns
Get free repeating patterns to use for your design backgrounds. You can preview how the patterns look on as a background and download graphic file.
Free Marketing Resources
Buffer
Schedule your social media posts ahead of time. Connect up to 3 accounts on the free plan, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Pinterest.
Hootsuite
Create and schedule social media posts to up to 3 profiles for free. One of the first major social media schedulers, this is a solid option for managing your networks.
Later
Schedule posts to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest for free. Organize your Instagram feed and schedule to be auto-posted from a web browser without having to manually finish on your phone.
Mailchimp
Build and email list of up to 2,000 contacts for free. Use templates to create beautiful emails and schedule them to go out to your list.
MailerLite
Design and send beautiful emails to up to 1,000 subscribers for free. This is a newer email marketing platform that's packed full of features for free, including automations, popup forms, and landing pages.
Planoly
Draft and schedule your Instagram posts to be auto published in the future, all from your computer. Upload graphics, write captions and plan out your grid feed.
Free Productivity Resources
Airtable
Organize your data in a user-friendly interface with multiple views, including grid, calendar, and kanban. Invite other team members to view and edit. Use it as a CRM, marketing calendar, project management, and many other options.
Asana
Organize your projects by creating tasks, sub-tasks, and due dates. Get your team in sync by assigning responsibilities and managing discussions.
Dropbox
One of the easiest and most commonly used file storage and sharing platforms. Start with 2GB for free with the option to earn more.
Evernote
Jot down your ideas when they come to you, then access them later to develop them more. This note taking app has online sync, organization, and is free for 2 devices.
Google Drive
Store files and documents online, and share them with others, starting with 5GB free. A standard for online collaboration, Drive makes it easy to save, share, and work online.
Mega
Upload, store, and share files on the web or with an app. This platform gives 50GB of free storage - the most of any cloud storage platform.
Loom
When things are difficult to write out, sending a demo video message can be a lot easier. This free tool lets you record your screen and yourself, mark up things on your screen, and send a link to the video.
Slack
Communicate with your team and keep track of conversation threads. This desktop and mobile chat app helps keep discussions on point by having various channels for different topics.
Todoist
Manage your to-do lists and projects, and sync up across multiple platforms. Easily organize with drag and drop, and nesting sub-tasks.
Toggl
Track how much time you’re spending on various tasks and projects. The cross-browser and cross-platform app lets to track time and see reports.
Trello
Keep your projects organized and moving. This project management system uses a card and column interface, which is helpful for visual people to track the progress of projects.
Free Business Resources
Azlo
Sign up for a free business checking account online without going into a physical branch. No monthly fees, no miminum balance, and a debit card to use.
Calendly
Create available times you’re able to meet and allow other people to schedule with you. Define types of meetings and length of meetings, along with a personalized meeting link to share.
HelloSign
Upload your contracts and send them to others for legally-binding digital signatures. Once signed, everyone gets a copy to download.
Invoicely
Send unlimited invoices for free. Use nice templates, accept credit card payments, and create recurring invoices.
Hubspot CRM
Organize your contacts and sales pipeline. Includes forms, email templates, meeting scheduling, and live chat.
Wave
Sync up with your financial accounts and track your business income & expenses. Create invoices for clients & allow them to pay online with credit card.