Today I stumbled upon a cool collection of planning “tools”, one that doesn’t necessarily introduce something new, but makes strategy look a bit more approachable, all in a pocket sized app/deck of cards.
Besides the download links for the Strategy Deck, you might also want to check out this list of resources that every planner should find useful:
Website and Mobile Analytics
- Compete Estimate any website traffic. US only.
- SimilarWeb Give insights on website traffic.
- Alexa Free global web metrics.
- Quantcast Free audience insights for web and mobile.
- Google Display Planner Sites based on your consumers interests.
- XYO Mobile app downloads and stats estimation.
- Prior Data Monthly insights into the mobile app market.
Social Media Analytics
- Social Bakers Insight on popular brands at all social networks.
- Simply Measured Social media analytics.
- BrandWatch Monitoring and analytics tool.
- SocialBro Manage and analyze your Twitter community.
- Facebook Ads Live size of any target group on Facebook.
- Wildfire Monitor Daily channel growth for your brand and competitors.
- Social Crawlytics Competitor’s most shared content on Twitter.
Social Media Monitoring
- Topsy Search and Analyze the Social Web.
- Google Blogs Search blog posts worldwide.
- Twitter Search Advanced Twitter search.
- Foursquare Explore People opinion on places and happenings.
- Facebook Search Search open personal and group posts.
Search Analytics
- Google Trends Google trending search topics.
- Google Keywords Performance estimation for keywords.
Consumer Behavior Insights
- Consumer Barometer Online and offline in purchase process.
- Google Mobile Playbook Insights, case studies and recommendations.
- Pew Internet How Internet impacts human life and behavior.
Environment Research
- Google Think Insights, trends and research in digital.
- Creative Sandbox Showcase of digital marketing campaigns.
- BannerBlog Banners and online advertising.
- Digital Buzz Blog Latest digital ad campaigns.
- Peter Kim’s Wiki A wiki of social media marketing examples.
- Ads of the World One of the biggest advertising archieves ever.
- Coloribus Creative advertising archive.
- MixRank Millions of display, contextual and mobile ads.
- Facebook’s Best Featured Success Stories.
- Twitter’s Best Success marketing stories.
- Instagram for Business Tips, brand spotlights, API examples and news.
Credits: Ilya Petrov