The ultimate list of free online tools for creating stunning visual content (Part I)

Antonis Spyridakis
Antonis Spyridakis
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5 min readFeb 26, 2018

In this article, I will share with you all the essential free online tools you need to produce stunning visual content for your content marketing campaigns.

Let’s see first some useful facts regarding the importance of visual marketing.

Visual marketing has become a crucial tool for Social Media Marketers, to catch the attention of their customers and engage with them on social media.

Visuals are a powerful way to spread your brand message out there.

  • Let’s say that you are a startup owner who’s trying to spread a clear brand message, either to promote your startup by visuals with a limited budget.
  • Or you’re a junior Social Media Marketer without Graphic Design skills. Are you able to produce stunning visual content?
  • Or you’re just ready to start your own blog out there.

What are the best free online visual marketing tools and resources for you?Let’s get started 🙌

Part I

  • Free Stock Photos (For amazing Social Media posts, and landing pages)
  • Free Stock Videos (For great landing pages)
  • Free Audio tracks (For stunning videos)

Part II

  • Online Free Design tools for visuals
  • Infographics (For amazing blog posts and stunning social media posts)
  • Video Editing

A. Free Stock Photos

You are ready to create your landing page or some social media posts but you don’t have some stunning photos to use. I have the solution for you. You could find out some high-quality free stock pictures on the web. I will share with you some of the best and some of my favourite free online resources for stock photography.

My favourite resource ❤ 👇

1. Unsplash

Unsplash is the ultimate database for free stock photos. You can find with ease beautiful free photos. You can use it on your website or in your content marketing campaigns.

2. Pexels

Pexels is another useful database for free stock photos. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and also easy to discover. Find the best pictures for your next project in one place.

3. Pixabay

Pixabay is my third favourite database of free stock photos. You can discover over 1.3 million images, videos, illustrations and vectors shared by a generous community of creative minds.

4. Gratisography

Gratisography is another great source of free stock images. You can find free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects.

5. startupstockphotos

Startupstockphotos It was the first tool I used when I started my journey into Digital Marketing world.

B. Free Stock Videos

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A Video is a powerful and interactive tool for high-quality websites and for successful content marketing strategies Video Content is the new king out there. Are you looking for stunning free stock videos for your next project? I will share below my favourite free stock video platforms.

1. Pexels

Pexels is the first database of free stock videos. You can find several videos for your next personal or commercial project. You can discover with ease videos where are suitable for your product promotion or your website header.

2. Videvo

Videvo is the home of completely free HD stock footage videos and motion graphics for any project.

3. Viddezy

Viddezy is another database of free video footage videos and 4K videos for your next big project. You can explore thousands of clips created by creative minds from all over the world.

4. Coverr

My last suggestion for you. Coverr is the last platform for stunning free stock videos. You can find beautiful videos for your new homepage.

3. Free audio tracks

I’ll talk in the second part about free video-editing tools. Let’s say that you have already created an amazing video. All you need now is to explore free copyright audio tracks. What’s the best combination for a viral video? A high-quality video and an epic audio track.

1. Facebook Sound Collection

Did you know that recently Facebook launched Facebook Sound Collection? It’s a new feature for Marketers and creators. With this new tool you can access a set of free high-quality audio tracks and sound clips for your next successful video marketing campaign.

2. Youtube Audio Library

Youtube Audio Library is a Youtube channel that includes free music for commercial purposes. It has over 1000 free songs. Personally, I have created a bunch of videos by using free songs from this audio library.

End of part I

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