Free Online Tools for Creating Thought Leadership

Thought leadership is a powerful way to position yourself as a subject matter expert and create awareness and affinity for you and your business. One of the benefits of Women Belong membership is having the ability to publish thought leadership through the website and Women Belong shares member content through email and social media channels.

Writing blogs and creating content can feel daunting. Here are some free (or low-cost) online resources that can assist. Remember that when using any AI tool, it is there to help, but ultimately there is no substitute for your expertise and knowledge. Make sure that the content you publish is your voice and ideas.

This list was put together with the help of Women Belong Circle Leaders at our monthly leadership call. Additionally, I added a few more after asking Chat GPT “What are some of the top free online tools for creating thought leadership blogs?” Yet another way to use AI.

Free (or low cost) Online Tools

Answer the Public – https://answerthepublic.com
Brainstorming ideas for topics based on search traffic.

Chat GPT – https://chat.openai.com/
AI tool that uses natural language processing to generate text responses.

Perplexity – https://www.perplexity.ai/
Another AI tool that uses natural language processing to generate text responses.

Grammarly – https://www.grammarly.com/
Grammar and style checking AI Tool

Hemingway Editor – https://hemingwayapp.com/
Improving writing clarity and readability.

Pexels – https://www.pexels.com/
Free stock photography resource.

Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/
Free stock photography resource.

Pixababy – https://pixabay.com/
Free stock photos and illustrations.

The Noun Project – https://thenounproject.com/
Free and low cost iconography.

Midjourney – https://www.midjourney.com/home
AI tool to generate images based on written descriptions.

Canva AI Image Generator – https://www.canva.com/ai-image-generator/
Customize images with written descriptions that get reflected as edits in your visual items.

About Women Belong Spotlights

Women Belong Published Spotlights – https://womenbelong.com/category/spotlight/
See examples of Spotlights that Women Belong members have published.

How to Submit a Spotlights – https://womenbelong.com/submit-a-spotlight/ (member login required)
This is the page with directions about how to submit a Women Belong spotlight.

Do you have more to add to this list? Message me and let me know.

Contributions for this blog from Dorothy Rosen, Kristell Court, Tina M Muheim, Candice Blansett-Cummins, and Chat GPT.

Content provided by Women Belong member Kate Alpert