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  1. The Noun Project - library of icons to make your deck look pro
  2. Deck Of Brilliance - when you're stuck for a narrative arc in a presentation
  3. Dollar Street - an intimate look inside people's homes from around the world
  4. Moat - a look at the online creativity of your competitors
  5. Toby - a better way for planners to bookmark pages
  6. ToolboxToolbox - a treasure trove of process docs for workshops
  7. Brand Actions Library - 180 examples of innovative advertising from the last 12 months
  8. Unsplash - beautiful free stock photos and 39 Unsplash Alternatives + POC stock photos
  9. Consumer Barometer - Google's marketing research engine
  10. Canva - For when you need a little bit of photoshop for your deck.
  11. Google Trends - Show how frequently search terms entered into the google search engine.
  12. CB Insights - A global database that provides market intelligence on private companies and investor activities.
  13. Trendhunter -  Providing a platform for new and innovative content.  
  14. Flipboard -A social app that lets you follow people, topics, and publications.
  15. Tubebuddy -It can help you manage, optimize, and grow your channel.
  16. Camelcamelcamel -A website that tracks prices of products sold on Amazon.
  17. Waybackwhen Machine -A digital archive of the World Wide Web.
  18. Similarweb - All in one Website analytics & competitive traffic intelligence platform.
  19. Semrush -Is an all-in-one tool suite for improving online visibility and discovering marketing insights. 
  20. App Annie - Giving you one easy-to-use platform for running every stage of your app business.
  21. Trello - Web-based, Kanban-style, list-making application and is a subsidiary of Atlassian.
  22. Ted Talks - Influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech, and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages.
  23. Giphy - Top source for the best & newest GIFs & Animated Stickers online. Find everything from funny GIFs, reaction GIFs, unique GIFs, and more.
  24. Hootsuite - Easily manage all your social media and get results with Hootsuite.
  25. Facebook Ad Library - Provides advertising transparency by offering a comprehensive, searchable collection of all ads currently running from across Facebook apps and services, including Instagram.
  26. Brands Of The World - get access to the world’s Brand Logos
  27. Ranking The Brands - Aggregates brand ranking studies.
  28. Survey Monkey - online survey development cloud-based software as a service company.
  29. 2021 Trend Reports - Reports on 2021 Trends from across the agency, consulting, and business industries to empower you to make the best decisions by Ci En Lee.
  30. Milanote - is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards.
  31. The Think -  Uncover the latest marketing research and digital trends with data reports, guides, infographics, and articles from Think with Google.
  32. The Fitt Insider -  podcast for interviews with industry-leading operators and investors.
  33. Data USA-  The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.
  34. Brandasset Evaluator -  Power Grid · The four Brand Pillars that capture key components of brand health are Differentiation, Relevance, Esteem and Knowledge.
  35. Reddit -  is a network of communities based on people's interests. Find communities you're interested in, and become part of an online community!
  1. Quora - is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions.

  1. Miro - Experience the power of the #1 visual collaboration platform. Create, collaborate and centralize communication across your company. Highly Rated on Capterra.

  2. Onym - Tools and resources for naming things. Collected by Greg and Willem.

  3. New World Same Humans - is a weekly newsletter on trends, tech and society by David Mattin.
  4. Also asked -  is such a useful tool for inspiring content ideas and identifying large content gaps in a relational way.
  5. EuroMonitor - Market research on consumer products, commercial industries.
  6. Calendly - helps you schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails

  7. Spark Toro - is an essential audience research tool that does things nothing else does.

  8. Upfluence - is the only influencer platform that lets you identify organic influencers in your own customer base & website audience.
  9. Contagious Magazine - is a creative and strategic intelligence service that helps ad agencies and brands deliver more creative, innovative and effective marketing.
  10. Ubersuggest -  allows you to get insight into the strategies that are working for others in your market so you can adopt them, improve them, and gain an edge.
  11. Instant Data Scraper- is an automated data extraction tool for any website. It uses AI to predict which data is most relevant on a HTML page.
  12. Wunderman Thompson Intelligence - is a center for provocative thinking that focuses on identifying shifts in the global zeitgeist.
  13. Airtable - is a platform for building collaborative applications. Integrate with all your favorite apps and services. 200+ Templates. Trusted by 200K Teams. Secured. iOS & Android Apps. Project Tracker. 350+ App Integrations.
  14. Answer the public - It's helping us grow with the organic keywords. We can answer people's questions as closely as possible, so we're showing a lot more.
  15. Kaye Putnams Brand Archetype - Take the brand quiz: Your archetype will offer a powerful model to craft your brand. When people understand your brand, they'll begin to like and trust you.
  16. Flaticon- Free vector icons in SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS format or as ICON FONT. Thousands of free icons in the largest database of free vector icons!
  17. Strategy Scrapbook - This book is the love child of many parents. Part aggregation, part art mag, it exists to be a resource that makes planners better and gets them away from their desks
  18. Globe trender magazine - is the UK's leading travel trend forecasting agency and online magazine dedicated to the future of travel
  19. Developers.google- Make your web pages fast on all devices · What's New. Read the latest Google Search Central blog posts about performance & speed
  20. Hyper Island Toolbox- This is a resource for anyone who wants to do things more creatively and collaboratively in their team or organization
  21. APG Planning- is the home for Planners and Strategists. We believe in the power of strategy to solve business problems and transform brands.
  22. Notion - With Notion, all your work is in one place. Hassle-free wiki software. Infinite flexibility. All your projects tracked. Better shared docs. Types: Personal Free, Personal Pro, Team, Enterprise.
  23. Thru serp analyzer- is a free SEO tool helping you with copywriting activities. Get insights about your competition content and details about the Google SERP.
  24. thehustledaily- New business ideas and the best way to capitalize
  25. YouGov- An App That Makes Sharing Your Opinion Even Easier!
  26. mumsnet- makes parents' lives easier by pooling knowledge, advice and support on everything from conception to childbirth, from babies to teenagers.
  27. DesignKit.org- is IDEO.org's platform to learn human-centered design, a creative approach to solving the world's most difficult problems.
  28. contently.com- content marketing platform allows customized workflow systems for each of our lines of business (Because no two businesses are the same!)
  29. value based management- Summaries of over 250+ MBA methods on strategy, performance management, finance, valuation, change, corporate governance, communication, marketing.
  30. Brand24.com- Listen to your customers. Sign up for free trial. It's easy. No credit card required. Thousands of companies from 110 countries use Brand24 to monitor the web.
  31. Visualcapitalist- Rich visual content for the modern investor. Visual Capitalist is a new way to discover business opportunities and learn about investment trends.
  32. Bbh-labs-  Essential Field Guide to Advertising Planners.

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If you have any suggestions for other resources, please email me at julian@strategyfinishingschool.com