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InVideo

Video creation has completely transformed since its inception. The time it takes to create a 30-second video for YouTube and publish it is drastically lower than it was even 5 years ago. You don’t need to know the ins and outs of pro editing programs to create great videos. All you need is InVideo.

InVideo is an online video editor optimized for social media and it’s affordable for teams and individuals. Choose from a variety of pre-made templates to get the ball rolling and pull from a vast media and stock image library to make your video shine.

Screaming Frog

Mapping out your own site is easier said than done. From the outset, it may be a simple idea, but as you dive in you might find your site has snowballed into a mass of old links and long-forgotten content. Screaming Frog can help you stay on top of your site.

This tool crawls through your site to deliver several insights such as broken links, duplicate content, and page title analysis. Furthermore, it will automatically create a tree graph representation of your site’s architecture so you don’t lose sight of the big picture.

Whoop!

Running Google Shopping ads is an excellent PPC strategy for many brick & mortar and online retailers. It gets your items to the top of the SERPs while working with your budget and taking into account what people are searching for. Whoop! helps you set up these ads so they’ll work wonders.

Take a more granular bidding approach with data-integrated bidding and machine learning. Wish Google Shopping would natively allow bidding on search queries? Whoop! will let you do just that while providing helpful data visualizations to make the most informed decisions for your Google Shopping ads.

Featured Snippets+ Tool

Featured snippets help searchers get to the heart of the questions they have. It’s prime real estate for your content to cut through the mix and quickly deliver answers. Check out the Featured Snippets+ Tool from Internet Marketing Ninjas to discover where you might have featured snippet opportunities.

This tool allows you to easily see competitors’ featured snippets, your own snippets, and keyword phrases that don’t currently exhibit featured snippets, but may hold opportunities. Determine which snippet formats Google prefers for certain keywords, then optimize accordingly.

SMS Templates

Need inspiration for your own SMS marketing messaging? Whether you’re just implementing your first campaign, or you’re an SMS expert, SimpleTexting’s SMS Templates can help you craft your message.

With a variety of templates built for different industries, just click to copy and then change the business name to reflect your own company. It’s a quick solution for your SMS messaging needs.

Also Asked

‘People Also Asked’ is literally Google telling you what people are searching on a given topic. Use this to your advantage and explore all the questions people asked with Also Asked.

Just enter your query and the tool generates a nifty chart so you can easily find out what people are asking in relation to your own question. Whether you start with a single term or an entire phrase, you can explore the rabbit hole of questions your content can potentially address.

Google Dataset Search

Google is there for us whenever we have questions. But when you’re looking to answer questions for others, Google has tools to help you (and we don’t mean LMGTFY). Scour Google Dataset Search for insights and statistics you can incorporate into your own reports to benefit others in your niche.

This tool is perfect if you’re looking for data you can interpret for others in your sphere. Dataset Search shows you an array of data so you can arrive at new insights and build your authority while doing so.

Instagramer Profile Analyzer

Coming up with an Instagram strategy is easier when you can reference other proven strategies. Instagramer Profile Analyzer gives you a simple profile breakdown for any public account so you can learn from others.

Enter in the Instagram handle for an account and get a thorough breakdown of post activity. This includes most used hashtags, top captioned words, user interests, and even most frequent posting times.

Keyword Research Template

Keyword research is a crucial step for both SEO & SEM. Putting in the time will help ensure fruitful results. But when you have so many other tasks at hand, putting in the time is increasingly difficult. Matthew Woodward’s Keyword Research Template automates the most time-consuming parts of the keyword research process.

Just set up a new sheet and enter in competitor URLs. The tool will automatically generate a keyword strategy with high volume, low competition keywords. Plus, it determines intent behind keywords as well as keywords where you can win featured snippets.