Here we bring you our best recommendations for online resources, tools, and apps for making food business marketing a little easier, a little more effective, and great for you making your food biz look BIG.
Consumer Research
Google Consumer Insights
Pew Social Trends
Content
Chicago Manual of Style
Frontify (style guide tool)
Grammarly (automated proofreading)
Textbroker (buy inexpensive web content and articles)
MailChimp (newsletters)
Google Apps for Business (business email addresses)
Food News
EIN Food Industry News
Epicurious RSS Feeds
USDA News Feed
Graphic Design
Fotolia (stock images for purchase)
Fiverr (inexpensive outsourcing)
GIMP (open source software similar to PhotoShop)
PicMonkey (DIY graphic design)
Wikimedia Commons (free photos/images)
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Public Relations
Associated Press Style Guide
PRWeb
Search Engine Optimization
Social Media Tools
Social Competitor Comparison
Social Research
Google Analytics
Google Trends
Twitter Trends Map
Social Scheduling, Monitoring, and Reporting
Surveys
Web Mention Alerts
Google Alerts
Talkwalker Alerts
Web Development
BigCommerce (e-commerce websites)
GoDaddy (domains and hosting offered through our partners at Spork Marketing)
These are The Condiment Marketing Co.’s preferred food business marketing tools. There are many more tools available than what is listed here. Also, note that several of these links are affiliate links.