We have worked hard to whittle down our favorite Chrome extensions to just 10. Here are our top Chrome extensions you need as a marketer bound to increase your productivity and work smarter!
#1: Proof text with Grammarly
Grammarly is a free writing app that helps marketers make their online writing clear and effective. Such a simple tool to prevent typos and spelling errors when you post content to your social media accounts or blog.
#2: Schedule across timezones with Figure It Out
Figure it Out, or FIO, displays the time zones you work and play in beautifully. Perfect for marketers wanting to schedule meetings, posts, or blogs worldwide. It even tells you if a location is celebrating a public holiday.
#3: Never forget passwords and share them securely with LastPass
LastPass offers a one-stop, free solution for sharing, storing, and securing passwords that are safe and easy to use. Best of all it gives you secure access from every computer and mobile device across any platform. A great tool for marketers with a wide range of social media accounts to manage especially if you are working as part of a larger team – tip: Create a common vault of these login credentials to share with your marketing colleagues. Another great alternative to LastPass worthy of a mention is 1Password.
#4: Easily bookmark content with Feedly
Feedly is a robust feed reader that aggregates information from around the web into one convenient place. You can use it to view updates on any topic you’re interested in, whether they come from the news, blogs, social media posts, RSS feeds, or other sources. Easily add content to your Feedly while browsing and save time.
#5: Design creative campaigns in multiple file types with Canva
Not strictly an extension, but a great app for Chrome users. Canva allows you to choose from hundreds of pre-made designs for social media posts. Simply drag and drop the template you want, make a few changes, and post it to your social media platform. A dream come true for marketers. Tip: Set up your brand palette under your profile for even quicker on-brand creative!
#6: Streamline proofing of websites with PageProof
The PageProof Chrome extension takes the complexity out of proofing your website online. With the extension installed you can freehand draw, place pins, lines and boxes over HTML proofs. Best of all with each comment, the metadata is captured giving the perfect brief of changes for your web developer.
#7: Manage multiple social media channels in one place with Buffer
Buffer allows you to easily manage all of your social media profiles in one place — allowing you to post, schedule posts, check insights, collaborate, across different platforms. Making this free social media planner is a big timesaver.
#8: Generate the best hashtag with RiteTag
The RiteTag extension helps you define what the best hashtags are to use in posts for maximum exposure. It is simple to check how frequently used the hashtags are or search for new ones that you didn’t even know about.
#9: Adapt your communication style with Crystal
Crystal tells you how you should communicate with people based on their personalities. By scraping public data, such as your social media profiles and what others have written about you online, it gets insights on people’s communication preferences. These insights allow you to adapt your communication style next for prospecting and networking.
#10: SEO check of any webpage with SEOquake
SEOquake is a super cool free chrome extension that creates a quick SEO report of any webpage. It provides you with key SEO metrics, along with other helpful tools such as SEO Audit and many other features.
