Constant Contact & Social Media Tools

Constant Contact offers a lot of great easy-to-use features for use in their email marketing templates. But what about when they don't have something you need? Here is a list of helpful tools to enhance your emails.

Social Media Information & Tools

Social Media Quickstarter Guide
A wealth of information to get you started or keep you going with Social Media marketing, from Constant Contact.

Social Media Marketing Made Simple - a Constant Contact presentation.
Download PDF (18.3 MB)

Link Shorteners
Ideal for Twitter which limits your message to 140 characters, bit.ly and tinyurl.com will provide you with a shorter, customizable link for you to share with your followers.

Social Media Management
Manage your social media campaigns more efficiently with HootSuite or Nutshell Mail, aggregators that allow you to schedule your updates and manage multiple social media accounts at the same time.

Constant Contact Email Marketing Tools

Get started by defining your marketing goals
Constant Contact's Playbook

To take a screenshot (or screengrab):
On a Mac: shift + command (apple key) + 4
On a PC: Try Screen Hunter, an application that will allow you to take those screenshots.

To choose a color or match a color on your screen:
On a Mac: Use the Digital Color Meter application, make sure colors are in RGB.
On a PC: Download Color Cop

Need more or different social media icons?
Available here.

To convert a document to a PDF:"
On a Mac: "Save as" PDF option (in newer versions) or select Print - Print Preview - View as PDF - Save (on older versions)
On a PC: Use cutepdf - a free service for almost any kind of document.

Image Galleries & Tools

For addtional stock photos:
Try Stock Vault

For photo editing:
Picnik is also available as you upload your images, but play around with it.
For more advanced photo editing, like layering, try FotoFlexer.

Placeholder Images:
Generic business logos.
Miscellaneous stock photos.