Here’s our list of websites that can be useful for both designers and marketers, covering a range of needs from design inspiration and resources to marketing tools and analytics.

This list should provide a solid foundation for designers and marketers looking to enhance their skills, find inspiration, and use the right tools for your projects. Contact us if you would like to suggest more resources.

Design Resources

1. Behance – (https://www.behance.net) – Platform to showcase and discover creative work.
2. Dribbble – (https://www.dribbble.com) – Community of designers sharing screenshots of their work, process, and projects.
3. Adobe Color – (https://color.adobe.com) – Tool for creating colour schemes, useful for branding and design projects.
4. Canva – (https://www.canva.com) – Online design tool for creating social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visual content.
5. Coolors – (https://coolors.co) – Colour scheme generator for creating beautiful colour palettes.
6. Unsplash – (https://www.unsplash.com) – Free high-resolution photos for personal and commercial use.
7. Pexels – (https://www.pexels.com) – Free stock photos and videos shared by talented creators.
8. Pixabay – (https://www.pixabay.com) – Over 1.7 million+ high quality stock images and videos shared by their talented community.
9. Figma – (https://www.figma.com) – Interface design tool that enables collaboration in real-time.
10. Sketch – (https://www.sketch.com) – Digital design toolkit for app, web, and interface design.

Typography Resources

1. Google Fonts – (https://fonts.google.com) – Library of free and open-source fonts.
2. Typekit (Adobe Fonts) – (https://fonts.adobe.com) – Extensive collection of high-quality fonts available for Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers.
3. Font Squirrel – (https://www.fontsquirrel.com) – Hand-selected free fonts for commercial use.
4. DaFont – (https://www.dafont.com) – Archive of freely downloadable fonts.

Design Inspiration

1. Awwwards – (https://www.awwwards.com) – Platform that recognizes the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers, and agencies in the world.
2. SiteInspire – (https://www.siteinspire.com) – Web design gallery showcasing the best in web design inspiration.
3. Pinterest – (https://www.pinterest.com) – Image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information on the internet using images.

Marketing Resources

1. HubSpot – (https://www.hubspot.com) – Inbound marketing, sales, and customer service software.
2. Moz – (https://www.moz.com) – SEO software, tools, and resources for better search engine optimisation.
3. Ahrefs – (https://www.ahrefs.com) – SEO toolset to grow your search traffic, research your competitors and monitor your niche.
4. Buffer – (https://www.buffer.com) – Social media management platform for managing multiple social media accounts.
5. Hootsuite – (https://www.hootsuite.com) – Social media management tools to schedule and manage your social media posts.
6. Google Analytics – (https://analytics.google.com) – Web analytics service offered by Google to track and report website traffic.
7. Mailchimp – (https://www.mailchimp.com) – Email marketing service and marketing automation platform.
8. SEMrush – (https://www.semrush.com) – Online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform.

Marketing Inspiration

1. Content Marketing Institute – (https://contentmarketinginstitute.com) – Resources for content marketing, including articles, research, and webinars.
2. MarketingProfs – (https://www.marketingprofs.com) – Marketing resources, training programs, and events for marketers.
3. Neil Patel – (https://www.neilpatel.com) – Blog and tools for SEO and digital marketing insights.
4. Copyblogger -(https://www.copyblogger.com) – Blog focused on content marketing and copywriting.
5. Social Media Examiner – (https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com) – Guides, research, and tips for social media marketing.
6. Makin – (https://www.makindesign.com) – Practical design and marketing blog from the co-founder of Taesea, Sean Makin.

Analytics and Data

1. Google Data Studio – (https://datastudio.google.com) – Dashboarding tool to create interactive reports and dashboards from various data sources.
2. Hotjar – (https://www.hotjar.com) – Tool that reveals the online behavior and voice of users through heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys.
3. Crazy Egg – (https://www.crazyegg.com) – Website optimization tool with heatmapping and A/B testing.

Freelance Platforms

1. Upwork – (https://www.upwork.com) – Freelance platform connecting businesses with freelancers.
2. Fiverr – (https://www.fiverr.com) – Online marketplace for freelance services.
3. Toptal – (https://www.toptal.com) – Network of freelance talent for software development, design, and finance.

Learning and Development

1. Coursera – (https://www.coursera.org) – Online courses from top universities and companies.
2. Udemy – (https://www.udemy.com) – Online learning and teaching marketplace with over 130,000 courses.
3. LinkedIn Learning – (https://www.linkedin.com/learning) – Online learning platform offering video courses taught by industry experts.

Collaboration Tools

1. Slack – (https://www.slack.com) – Collaboration hub that connects people with the information they need.
2. Trello – (https://www.trello.com) – Collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards.
3. Asana – (https://www.asana.com) – Work management platform to help teams organize, track, and manage their work.