It’s May Day so I got up early and scattered flower petals around the well (yes, we have one) in an ancient tradition known as well dressing that is supposed to bring good luck.
Even if it doesn’t work, the well now looks very pretty and the neighbours think I’m nuts so a win all round!
You get to win too with this holiday weekend’s bumper selection of goodies I’ve sourced for you from around the interwebs…
And the best part is that they’re all gratis.
Let’s start with some really useful stuff like Hubspot’s website grader which will look at important criteria like SEO, mobile optimization and security, then deliver a grade from 1-100 in just a few seconds.
Website Grader lets you know what you’re doing right and which areas of your site need some attention:
Once you’ve got your site organised, it’s time to organise you…and here are some tools to help you do just that.
Evernote is one of my faves and indispensable for organising all your tasks, notes and lists in one place:
Then there’s Cozi which is a brilliantly simple family organiser:
And Clickbook for appointment scheduling (especially useful if you offer services such as coaching):
https://www.clickbook.net/Home
Want some productivity tools you can download and print?
There’s a great selection here:
With all that extra time you have now that you’re organised, why not learn a new skill or brush up on an old one?
There are wonderful courses at Udemy for nada:
https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/
Or you could really go for it and try MIT:
There’s also the Hubspot Academy for all things digital marketing:
While if it’s SEO you want to learn or brush up on, the Moz Academy is another great place:
Need to know more about Instagram? Try this 1 hour, 12 video course for absolutely nada:
https://later.com/training/instagram-stories/
As for TikTok…your TED talk this week dives into everything you need to know about the platform that, love it or hate it, is essential for every marketer right now:
