Hey! Here are 230+ tools that have made my job as a creative marketer a bit easier this year.

Most are free, and the rest are freemium.

Oh, and click 'View entire message' in your email app or simply ​read this email in your browser​ —it’s a long one!

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✍️ Copywriting

​OneLook Dictionary The dictionary of all dictionaries. Look for a word and see for yourself.

​Word unscrambler & Werd Merge Tools that combine words.

​r/oneliners Funny one-liners by Reddit users.

​Just One Liners Funny one-liners, quotations, and jokes by famous people.

​Wiki Rhymer Find rhymes and near rhymes.

​RhymeZone Not only rhymes. Try the Phrases, Mentions, Lyrics, and Similar Sound features.

​The Idioms A large collection of idioms and phrases.

​Idioms by The Free Dictionary Find idioms.

​Quodb.com Find any quote from millions of movie lines.

​Quotemaster.org The best place to find quotes on any subject.

​Tiny Budhha The 2nd best place to find quotes on any subject.

​Reverse Dictionary Search for words by their definition.

​Power Thesaurus My favorite thesaurus. It can also find idioms and phrases.

​Word Hippo My second favorite thesaurus. Good at finding synonyms for phrases.

​Moby Thesaurus It’s a thesaurus. But it’s kinda weird and different. Pretty inspiring.

​The Phrase Thesaurus Find phrases related to your topic.

​Pun Generator Type in a word and get puns.

​Punstoppable I don’t have kids yet. But thanks to this website, my dad jokes are going to be the worst.

​Related Words Find words that are related to a specific word or phrase. Great for mind mapping.

​Word Associations Find associations to words. Pretty similar to Related Words.

​Spruce by OneLook Find quotes, lyrics, proverbs, and jokes.

​Word Game Dictionary Enter letters and find words with these letters and more.

​Describing Words Find the right adjective for any word.

​Urban Thesaurus Find slang words related to your product.

​Urban Dictionary Slang dictionary.

​Grammarly A bit annoying, but still the best way to avoid typos.

​Literary Devices Every single literary device, explained.

​Joke Lub Turn any sentence into a goofy joke. It actually works.

​Text Ranch Human proofreaders will proofread your text in minutes. Works 24/7.

​Capitalize My Title Convert any headline to title caps, all caps, and more.

​Word Counter Counts words and characters in my ads.

🔬 Factual Research

​Annas Archive Access any research paper or book for free.

​r/TodayIlearned Biggest “fun fact” forum on the internet.

​Listen Notes The best podcast search engine.

​Wiki Wand Wikipedia's knowledge presented in a beautiful and intuitive interface.

​Documentary Storm Watch a movie on your subject and pretend that you’re “doing research.”

​Web Archive Find old versions of almost any website.

​Exploding Topics See what’s trending online.

​Archive MD Bypass paywalls.

​Chart of the Day by Statista Find charts related to your subject.

​Perplexity It’s like ChatGPT, but more accurate. Less creative, though.

👥 Audience Research

​Forum Scout The search engine for internet discussions.

​The Giga Brain Learn what Redditors say about anything.

​Also Asked Discover what your audience is searching.

​Reddit Memes Understanding memes = understanding internet culture.

​Gummy Search Audience research on Reddit.

​The Index Hive Find niche online communities.

📺 Ad & Copy Collections

​Activation Ideas The most inspiring creative commerce, brand experience, and activation ideas. Fabulous.

​AdFolio My favorite library of static B2B ads.

​Ad Spot Pros: 1M+ ads from all over the world. Cons: Freemium.

​Copywriting Examples The world’s best copywriting examples in one place.

​Love the Work More Watch all the campaigns that ever won Cannes Lions for free.

​Ad Campaign Boot Camp A list of the most famous ads in the history of advertising.

​AdAge Campaigns Daily news on creative campaigns.

​Joe la Pompe The world’s biggest collection of copy-cat campaigns.

​Swipe Worthy Hundreds of great ads, categorized and analyzed.

​Best Slogans Thousands of slogans and taglines from different industries.

​Lürzer’s Archive A library with thousands of print ads.

​Slogan & Tagline Marketing and Advertising Slogans. Ugly but useful.

​Ads of the World Tons of ads. Probably the world’s biggest student ad library.

​Shots Discover top creative work and the people behind it.

​Reddit Ads Library Browse ads that run on Reddit.

​LinkedIn’s ad library Find ads running on LinkedIn.

​Ads library Curated ads and breakdowns.

​AdForum Discover creative works and ad campaigns from around the world.

​Facebook ad Library Find any ad that runs on Meta.

​Advert Ge Award-winning campaigns sorted by ad agencies.

​Manifesto Writing Transcribed ad scripts and manifestos. Great education.

​Creative Out-of-Home Real-life examples. Some aren’t very good.

​The Big Ad Classic ad collections.

​Unblock Coffee A beautiful ad library.

​SaaS Swipe File 100+ video ads from tech companies.

​Brave 100 by Black Camel A collection of creative B2B video ads.

🎓 Practical Guides

​Writing Well Handbook by Julian Shapiro​

​100 Creative Ideas on Tiny Budgets by Julian Cole​

​How to Rank 1st on Product Hunt by Tibo​

​Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Pages that Convert by Harry Dry​

​How to Edit Videos for Gen Z by Leo​

​100+ Ways to Increase Your SaaS Conversion Rate​

​Startup Naming Handbook by me, Shlomo :)

🖼️ Free Stock Footage

​Public Domain Pictures Free pictures you can use for any project.

​Wikimedia Commons Royalty-free images and videos by Wikipedia.

​Nappy Free stock images of black and brown people.

​Pexels Free stock videos and images.

​PngTree Download real PNGs without getting viruses.

​Imgbin Download PNGs for free.

​SVG Repo Free SVG collection.

​New Old Stock Vintage photos from old archives. Free of copyright.

​The Noun Project Icons. Heaps of icons.

​Iconer 32,000+ free icons.

​Unsplash Stock images.

​Font Awesome More icons.

​Flat Icon Just a bit more icons.

🎨 Design Tools

​Brand Fetch Logos and brand assets of almost any brand.

​Fonts Ninja Discover what fonts websites are using.

​Breaking News Mockup Create a mockup for a press release.

​Graphic Burger Free mockups.

​Designs AI Logomaker Logo generator.

​Coolors Create color palettes.

​Ad Mockups Create ad mockups for free.

​Pimento My favorite MidJourney alternative.

​Midjourney Prompt Generator Create amazing prompts in seconds.

💡 Brainstorming

​Deck of Brilliance 52 idea generation tools with dozens of examples. This one is a MUST.

​Random Nouns Generate random nouns to trigger your creativity.

​Reedsy Creative writing prompts.

​Copywriting Prompts Random briefs for your spec ads.

​Visu Words Create visual mind maps in seconds.

​Oblique Strategies Random questions that’ll spark your creativity.

​Creating Minds Tools for Creating Ideas.

👩‍🎨 Visual Inspiration

​Eye Candy An incredible library of filmmaking techniques.

​Design Systems The biggest directory of web design systems.

​It’s Nice That Fantastic design inspiration.

​Same Energy A visual search engine. Useful for mood boards.

​Font Pair Find font pairings for your design projects.

​Fonts In Use See how others have used the font you want to use.

​Abduzeedo Beautiful graphic design projects from different categories.

​Logo Book Explore the world’s finest logos and symbols.

​The Colors of Motion Color palettes from famous movies.

​Muzli A free Chrome extension that shows you stunning design examples.

​Colossal An online magazine that curates beautiful art.

​The Die Line Packaging inspo.

​Eye on Design Follow design trends and examples.

💻 Websites Inspiration

​Landing Love The greatest animated website examples.

​Good UX by Appcues Find inspiration for user onboarding, surveys, product tours, and stuff like this.

​Lapa Ninja Thousands of great landing page examples.

​Great Landing Page Copy Landing pages that use everyday language.

​Awwwards Sick websites. Check out the UX Writing section.

​Land Book Website design inspiration gallery

​Landing Pages Explained In-depth analysis of successful landing pages.

​Httpster Web design inspiration from all over the world.

​Site Inspire Beautiful websites organized into different categories.

​SaaS Frame Useful screenshots from SaaS sites and products.

​SaaS landing page examples 790 landing page examples created by top SaaS companies.

​Laws of UX A collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.

​One Page Love 8000+ one-page websites and templates.

💌 Email Inspiration

​Milled A search engine for email newsletters.

​Email Love Email marketing inspiration

​184 Subject Lines Some are overused. Some are timeless.

​Good Sales Emails Email campaigns of big tech brands.

​Hunter’s Templates Curated cold email templates.

​Good Email Copy Email copy examples from successful SaaS companies.

​Really Good Emails These directories have very original names, don’t they?

🌐 Website Building

​Mobile Simulator - See how your site looks on different mobile, tablet, and other devices.

​Wappalyzer Find out the technology stack of any website.

​Backlink Checker Check who links to your website.

​Tiny PNG Optimize your website images.

​Crisp Free chat feature for your website. Fantastic (and free) product.

⌚ Productivity

​f.lux Adjusts the screen’s color to reduce eye strain.

​Alternative To Find an alternative to any app.

​Notion Where to begin?

​Reverso Context My favorite online dictionary. Tip: get the Chrome extension.

​Calm 9 A QR code generator that simply works.

​10min email A temporary email inbox for websites you don’t trust.

​BlockSite Block distracting websites.

​Loom Most meetings could be a Loom video.

​PDF24 Work with PDFs without opening Acrobat.

​Foxified Download YouTube videos.

​Glasp Transcribes YouTube videos.

📱 Content Creation

​Tweet Hunter X See the top posts of any creator on Twitter/X.

​Free Convert Convert videos into light Gifs. Great for visual newsletters.

​Cool Symbol Add symbols to your social media posts.

​Transitional Hooks Thumb-stopping hooks for your vertical videos.

​Download TikTok videos without the watermark.​

​OBS The most incredible screen recorder. Free forever.

​Pixabay Free music and sound effects.

​CapCut Simple and powerful video editing tool.

🎁 Random Inspo

​Drive & Listen Drive and listen virtually to the local radio in different countries.

​My 70's TV Travel back in time with old series, ads, and music videos.

​Pie Comic A comic about relatable everyday situations by John McNamee.

​Trend Hunter Find the latest trend in any industry. A great website with awful UX.

​The Oatmeal Relatable and funny cartoons and stories by Matthew Inman.

​The Onion Sarcastic and fake news. They write brilliant headlines.

​r/showerthoughts Random, deep, and funny thoughts from millions of people.

​Nowness Extraordinary creativity and storytelling, curated.

​Weird Universe Weird photos, news, and stories from our planet and beyond.

​Great Speeches A list of famous speeches curated by James Clear.

​Kialo Explores popular debates and arguments from both sides.

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Talk soon,
​–Shlomo​

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P.S. Check out my new B2B ads course – Boring Products, Fun Ads (200+ students from companies like Google, Apple, Wix.)