Free Tools & Resources

Tools That Move The Needle

A growing collection of free tools built on the same frameworks I use with clients. Each one does a single job well, and each one is free to use. Pick one and put it to work.

Conversion

Optimize Your Quiz

Quiz revenue audit

Your quiz is often the highest-leverage lever in the funnel. Run a free audit, see where it leaks revenue, and get a clear fix path.

Open tool → optimizeyourquiz.com
Performance

Pagespeed Audit

SpeedPrompt

Audit any URL against Core Web Vitals on real browsers, get a compressed performance grade, and stream back AI refactor instructions to fix what's slowing the page down.

Open tool → pagespeed.howtomovetheneedle.com
Ecommerce

Product Ladder

Product Ladder Diagnostic

Map an ecommerce catalog through a Pareto lens to surface the missing price points and offers your best customers are already waiting to buy.

Open tool → productladder.howtomovetheneedle.com
Conversion

404 Page Generator

404pagegenerator.com

Score your current 404 against a 12-point checklist, then get an AI prompt that builds a custom, on-brand replacement that recovers the visitor instead of losing them.

Open tool → 404pagegenerator.com
Technical

Specs

Website Spec

Audit any site against the Website Specification — ten categories and 111 items, from <title> to security.txt — and get a copy-ready brief to bring it up to spec.

Open tool → specs.howtomovetheneedle.com
AI Agent

Hermes

Hermes Agent — Capability Map

A persistent AI agent that remembers your context and runs multi-step workflows — scheduling, browsing, coding, and spawning sub-agents — from a growing library of reusable skills.

Open tool → hermes.howtomovetheneedle.com
Analytics

RFM

RFM Customer Scoring

A client-side Recency, Frequency, and Monetary calculator that scores your customers so you can see who to keep, who to win back, and where the growth actually is.

Open tool → rfm.howtomovetheneedle.com
Analytics

Drilling Down

Decision Tools from the Book

Friction portfolio, latency trip wires, RF scoring, LifeCycle grids, and campaign ROI cutoffs — Jim Novo’s method as working tools.

Open tool → drillingdown.howtomovetheneedle.com
Strategy

Hiring

AURA Quant — Aggregation Function Lab

An interactive lab on Sam Tomlinson's Aggregation Function Problem: match specialists, generalists, and optimizers to the roles where their variance actually pays off.

Open tool → hiring.howtomovetheneedle.com
Marketing

QR Codes

Static · Dynamic · Tracked

Generate QR codes that never expire, optional UTMs, or admin-locked tracked short links with scan logs and Slack alerts.

Open tool → qr.howtomovetheneedle.com
X / Twitter

X Pro Guideposts

Signals → private Lists

Turn bookmarks, likes, follows, and replies into private X Lists you can pin as columns on pro.x.com — you approve before anything is created.

Open tool → xpro.howtomovetheneedle.com
Cloud

AWS Made Clear

Free tier · pricing · what to use

Beginner-friendly map of AWS free credits, Always Free limits, and which services fit real jobs — dollars visible, not buried in docs.

Open tool → aws.howtomovetheneedle.com
Cloud

Cloudflare Made Clear

Free plan · Workers · CDN

Sift Cloudflare Free vs paid, Workers, DNS, and Zero Trust limits without wading through the full docs tree.

Open tool → cloudflare.howtomovetheneedle.com
Cloud

Azure Made Clear

Free credits · Always Free

Azure free account credits, Always Free services, and a guided “what should I use?” path for beginners and builders.

Open tool → azure.howtomovetheneedle.com
Cloud

Google Cloud Made Clear

GCP free tier · $300 trial

GCP free trial credits, Always Free quotas, and practical picks when you want Google’s stack without the catalog fog.

Open tool → google.howtomovetheneedle.com
Cloud

Compare Clouds

AWS · Cloudflare · Azure · GCP

Side-by-side free tiers and capability map so you can choose a cloud for the job instead of defaulting to habit.

Open tool → compareclouds.howtomovetheneedle.com
Data

NCAA Sports

Selectivity · graduation · titles

Interactive charts across D1 / D2 / D3 and all divisions — acceptance, graduation, and team national titles.

Open tool → ncaasports.howtomovetheneedle.com
Data

D1 Sports

Division I focus

D1-only view of selectivity, graduation rates, and team national titles across dozens of sports.

Open tool → d1sports.howtomovetheneedle.com
Analytics

80/20 Calculator

Pareto on your numbers

Run a quick Pareto check on your own data so the vital few products, customers, or channels stand out.

Open tool → 8020.howtomovetheneedle.com

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