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XML Sitemaps

When you hop in your car and drive somewhere unfamiliar, you likely rely on directions of some sort. Perhaps Google Maps on your phone, verbal directions from a kind stranger, or maybe you look to the stars to navigate – more power to you. Some sense of direction is needed for you to arrive at your destination.

XML Sitemaps is a free tool that provides search engines with a map to navigate your website. You could leave Google to explore the pages of your site on its own, but this tool creates a simple map formatted specifically for search engines so you can lend site crawlers a helping hand. Just enter your site’s URL and give it a whirl.

Scribe

Remember that exercise where you break down the steps to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to see just how descriptive you can be? This handy tool and extension allows you a streamlined way to do just that. Maybe not with sandwiches, but for your internal processes. Easily and quickly create descriptive and comprehensive how-tos for yourself and your team or for customers. Just show Scribe the process you need to document, and it will automatically create a step-by-step guide.

TheDrive

When our phones and computers become cluttered with files and we run out of space completely, the cloud becomes our best friend. Not only because we have a new space to dump everything, but for ease of sharing and collaborating on content. However, it’s all too easy to create the same mess within the cloud.

TheDrive is a smart cloud storage solution that helps organize your files so you can easily find what you need. Once your files have been organized, TheDrive will index PDFs, DOCX files, and more to create a searchable knowledge base. You can directly ask questions that TheDrive’s AI can answer for you, and it will even assist you in creating new content based on your indexed files.

MySignature

If your email signature is in need of some work, you may find some inspiration with MySignature. This tool helps you create a custom signature to match your profession and your brand. Even if you feel your email signature is rock solid, you might find a new detail you’ll want to incorporate.

ClipBase

You know those cut-and-pasted ransom notes you see in the movies? Well, along with whatever message they literally convey, they always seem to spell, “I have way too much time on my hands.” When it comes to creating video content, it can be a real effort to hunt down, then cut-and-paste all the right clips you need to spread your message.

ClipBase is the solution for you when it comes to finding short video clips relevant to your message. Of course, “relevant” isn’t always an easy target, but this tool is hyper-relevant to whatever word or phrase you type in. See what sorts of clips you can find with whatever word or phrase is on your mind right now.

Smart Color Picker

Have you been looking for that signature Grimace purple HEX code? Maybe you’re just trying to match your website to the colors in your logo. Either way, the Smart Color Picker is a simple Chrome extension for all your color lookup needs.

InShot

InShot makes it easy to resize a video to suit any social media platform (like TikTok). Once resized, you can share the video to any social media platform from inside the app. It includes filters, font styles, animation effects, and transitions. Other cool features include the ability to extract music from other videos and add it to your own.

Felt

Felt is the world’s s first collaborative mapping tool built for anyone to make a beautiful map in minutes. You can visualize data and give maps meaning with images, videos, pins, and notes. It is super easy to use for individuals and teams.