Back in the day, one of the advertising slogans used (perhaps even overused) by Apple was “there’s an app for that” – a phrase that became an Apple trademark in 2010. The fact that it was used in a commercial, in turn, doesn’t make it any less true. There are countless minor tasks that you encounter daily at work (or at home) that can be solved using a simple and, most importantly, free tool that you can find online. Here are a few that you may want to bookmark today.
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Random.org
Random.org is a random number generator or RNG service that does pretty much what its name suggests: it generates random numbers. It has tools that simulate coin tosses or dice throws – very useful for game nights, mind you. But it also has a service that’s useful for companies: it can generate random lists.
Random.org uses atmospheric noise to generate random numbers, one of the most unpredictable phenomena today. As a result, it is provably fair – the perfect tool for you to choose the winner of your company’s giveaways, and all this free of charge. It even has a dedicated subdomain for that.
ConvertCase.com
If you work with text, you will find ConvertCase.com a very useful addition to your online toolbox. As its name suggests, it can convert between various cases of text: from plain to Title Case (where every word starts with a capital letter), Sentence case (where only the first word starts with a capital), UPPERCASE, lowercase, even aLtErNaTiNg cAsE if you need it for a meme or a funny Instagram status.
Besides, it can also sort words by their length, remove HTML from text, replace chunks of text, minify CSS, and offers a complete list of symbols and emojis, all this in one simple, handy package – with minimal ads!
Blog idea generators
Corporate blogs are in constant need of fresh and engaging content that will keep their potential customers coming back for more. The problem is, people can run out of ideas to post every single day. The solution: blog post idea generators.
Tools like Potent’s “Title Maker”, BlogAbout’s “Blog Title Generator” or Hubspot’s “Blog Ideas Generator” can help you come up with a catchy title for your blog post. You simply input your topic – say, “Free Online Tools” – and they will give you headlines based on which you can use to create a blog post, something like:
- Why Free Online Tools are Sexy
- Why Free Online Tools are More Popular than Beyoncé
- If You Read One Article About Free Online Tools Read this One
- Free Online Tools: Expectations vs. Reality
- Free Online Tools Explained in Fewer than 140 Characters
- 4 Ways to Make Free Online Tools Work For You
- How to Make Free Online Tools S*ck Less
And the list could go on and on (these were generated in about 10 minutes using all three of the tools mentioned above).