When starting out with a content marketing strategy, it can seem intimidating to go at it alone, especially without tools, resources, or help from a content marketing agency. I mean, would you ever throw someone into the ocean without a life jacket? Of course not. But when you task your marketing team with the challenge of creating, executing, and measuring a great content marketing strategy without the tools they need to do it well, that's basically what you're doing.

Now, you don't need to assemble a huge team to be successful in content; small content teams can still achieve impressive results. What you do need is to give your team the support, structure, and resources it needs to get the job done.

Luckily, there are tons of free tools out there to make your content marketing process a little smoother. Below, I've listed eight of my favorite free content marketing tools:...

Via Jeff Domansky, massimo facchinetti

If you’re like me and writing up to eight posts per week while juggling multiple businesses, it can be seriously draining.

 

So out of pure necessity, I’ve experimented with a plethora of different tools to aid me in the process of generating new content ideas.

 

Some have been home runs and some have been strikeouts.

 

But there are seven in particular I really like and want to share with you....

Via Jeff Domansky, Os Ishmael

If you're a content marketer, chances are you have the same obsession with new, fancy content marketing tools that I do. I find myself spending lots of time looking for the next big thing - the content marketing tool that will help propel me to content marketing stardom.

 

Though that's still a long way off, I've curated the best tools I've come across during my hunt and created a list of 77 Tremendous Tools to Make You a Content Marketing Superstar.

 

I've divided the tools into sections based on their purpose, so if there's a certain type of tool you're looking for you can skip straight to the right section by clicking one of the links below....

Via Jeff Domansky, massimo facchinetti

Employ someone and you have to consider salary, workspace, and equipment; not to mention benefits like medical care and paid vacation time.

Conversely, freelancers are only paid for the work they do.

This is generally (though not always) more cost-effective than taking on someone in-house, and allows you to increase or decrease their workload as needed.

This makes outsourcing extremely flexible, which is a huge win for small businesses.

But don’t get too excited just yet… there’s a hard part: actually finding great freelancers and managing them effectively.

Thankfully there’s plenty of tools designed to help you do just that (and many more being released all the time).

Let’s take a look at some of the more recent additions to the market that can help you to outsource and manage your content creation in 2016...

Via Jeff Domansky, Dejan Nikolic

Bloggers, website owners, marketers, and article writers have one main concern on their minds: how can they create more content in a shorter period of time? It’s not only about quantity, though. We do want more content, butcontent quality matters—we also want to make a greater impact with a single piece.

Not to worry; technology has your back. Here’s a great resource on content marketing and a general introductioninfographic, and below are seven tools that will help you create masterful content....

Via Jeff Domansky, massimo facchinetti

Check out this content marketing DIY toolkit of checklists, templates, and resources, to achieve greater success. – Content Marketing Institute

Via Lydia's Marketing & Communication Consulting, massimo facchinetti