GitHub1. Share an engineering win with two numbers
Concrete performance numbers are shareable among engineers.
- Pick an internal engineering change
- Lead with the before and after
- Give two numbers
- Link the write up
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The principleGive away a small version of the job your product does, and make the result worth sharing.
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HubSpot2. Give away a tool for a daily chore
Everyone needs an email signature, so the tool earns search traffic from people far beyond HubSpot's buyers today.
- Find a small chore your buyers do often
- Build a free tool that finishes it
- Put your brand on the result
CoSchedule3. Score something people already worry about
A score turns a vague worry into a number, and people come back to beat it.
- Find a piece of work people second guess
- Score it with clear rules
- Show how to raise the score
Ahrefs4. Give a free taste of the paid data
A useful slice of the paid product proves the data is good and shows what the full tool adds.
- Pick the most wanted piece of your product
- Give a capped version away free
- Show the full version one click away
Canva5. Rank for the tool name people search
The page meets a common search head on, then pulls people into the main product to finish the job.
- Find a tool name your buyers search
- Build that tool inside your product
- Let them keep going in your editor
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What do the best free tool marketing examples have in common
Give away a small version of the job your product does, and make the result worth sharing.
How were these examples chosen
Each one is a real public page, ad, email or post with a link to its source, collected in the Today’s Marketing library in October 2026. We kept the ones with a move you can copy in a few steps.
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5 examples from 5 brands, including GitHub, HubSpot, CoSchedule, Ahrefs.
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