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The Internet In Real Time

Stats make the world go round. If you searched for it, you could easily find the number of monthly Facebook users, the number of tweets per day, and how much media is consumed in a given timeframe.

But let’s make things easier and take out the need to continuously search for updated information. Influencer Marketing Hub created one intense, interactive tool that took breaking down social media statistics to a new level.

Introducing the Internet in Real-Time infographic. You’ll find a not-so-static view of social media platforms, video/music streaming services, and emails with counts increasing by the second. You’ll see just how many amass in just the time you’re on the site, or toggle the switch at the top for a 24-hour view.

AutoDraw

There are tons of free and paid sites to snag icons, but sometimes it’s more fun designing them from scratch! But hold up, before you non-designers out there try to skip this section, Google Creative Lab has a tool to help you draw like a pro.

AutoDraw pairs machine learning with tons of drawings so the program can recognize what it is you’re scribbling. For instance, start drawing your best version of a tree and it’ll predict what you’re drawing and offer some designs for trees.

Canned Emails

If you work in front of a computer, email is something you can’t ignore. Marketers send and receive countless internal, client, and customer emails. And good grief, isn’t it exhausting?

Check out Canned Emails. This super simple tool offers everything in its name: canned emails. Need to follow up on something? There’s a prewritten email. Need to schedule a call with someone? Just click the template and you’ll be on your way.

Old Blog Post Refresh Checklist

Writing new content keeps you plenty busy as it is. But revisiting an old piece can give you a break from hunting for something brand new and instead allow for refining some knowledge you already have. Jessica Green Marketing offers a handy dandy checklist you can use while refreshing old blog content.

Having defined steps or an outline makes most tasks easier. This checklist will get you on the right track so you can breathe new life into your posts.

Headliner

When it comes to promoting your podcast – or anything, really – video is an incredibly dominant piece of content. Folks love engaging with video like Ross Geller loved getting engaged.

Headliner lets you pull visualized audio snippets and more so you can better promote your content.

Use the waveforms tool for a moving sound wave visual and get automatic transcriptions for all your audio. You’ll have export options for various social media channels, and you can create as many videos as you want with text animations and other media types added.

Test Page Title & Meta Description Visibility

Wondering where your own meta descriptions stand? Or even those of other sites? Check your own meta description length and generate previews of other sites with ToTheWeb’s Page Title & Meta Description Visibility tester.

Just enter in the page URL and this tool will generate a preview of your description as it would appear in Google. You can modify it until you arrive at your desired length and have all the info you need.

Renderforest

Putting together the content to proudly display in Google Carousels has never been easier. Content creation tools are bountiful and we love sharing new tools. Renderforest is an excellent tool for videos and much more.

If you have a script put together, just choose your preferred template and customize it with text, screenshots, images, etc. Most of the work is already done, so you’ll have a brand new piece of content to run in no time.

Easel.ly

Displaying text, no matter how important, will only lure in so many people. Infographics, on the other hand, immediately capture attention and act as the perfect conduit for displaying information.

Easel.ly lets you easily build out interesting, and more importantly, engaging infographics. 90% of the work is already done in the templates you choose. All you need is text, brand colors, and some icons, charts, or illustrations and you can publish right away or download in various formats.

Explanations by Google Ads

If you work in Google Ads (or let’s face it any form of digital advertising), you know unexplained changes in performance can happen a lot. And unfortunately, there are times where you just don’t have an answer or don’t know how to diagnose it.

On a positive note, Google recognized this was a thing, so they are working on a solution. Insert Explanations. This tool has been in the beta testing phase since last year, but it’s currently available for manual CPC or eCPC Search campaigns. Explanations will allow you to “view the most likely reasons for impression, click, and cost changes with the click of a button.”

Visit Google to learn more about this potential tool!