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Keywords ➡️ Intent

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PickFu

Looking for a quick, digital focus group on your brand? PickFu is a nifty tool that lets you to create polls that allow people to pick between two options.

Ask people their thoughts on:

Which visual they find more appealing.
What they would be willing to spend certain amounts for a product or service.
Which sales copy version is more compelling.

Check it out for your next crowdsourcing or A/B testing.

HeyOrca’s Trending Reel & TikTok Audio Doc

Audio and video trends are taking off constantly. It can be hard to keep up! Luckily, HeyOrca has a LIVE resource for you. In a Google Doc that is updated week by week, they map out upcoming or currently trending audio and formats to check out.

Animoto

Need more video content ASAP?

Animoto is a drag and drop video maker that can use static images or video clips to merge together. It’s fast and easy and affordable. The trifecta of editing tools! It also lets you brand videos with custom colors, fonts, transitions, and more. Are you a video newbie? They also have a template gallery to choose from. Go check it out!

SocialBee

Since SocialBee is going to be hosting a session about social media content, we figured we should fill you in on the platform, too. SocialBee is an all-in-one tool for organizing, scheduling, and posting your social media content. They have handy set, pause, and reschedule features for your evergreen content. PLUS it has a full Canva integration including Canva editing features in the post editor. Check it out to see if it’s a good fit for your team!

FontStruct

What is your primary brand font? Proxima Nova? Helvetica? Spice it up with unique, one-of-a-kind fonts. FontStruct is a free online tool for designing your own! All you have to do is play with geometric shapes, pens, and erasers until you have the letters designed how you’d like. When you’re done, FontStruct then generates TrueType fonts, ready to use.

There’s also a gallery of fonts made by the FontStruct community. You can choose from modern serifs and cool calligraphy options, but our favorite is KD Sushilka:

Flinto

There are so many options for designers and teams to try out when it comes to making digital projects. Flinto is a design tool that allows you to create unique interactions within your designs. Gestures, transitions, and animations are included in the platform. Flinto is a Mac app and has Sketch and Figma integrations so you don’t have to create more work moving design files. Check it out to see if this your next favorite tool for all things prototyping and animation.

VidTags

High-quality videos that keep users in mind get more views, longer watch times, better engagement, and sometimes more sales. Higher quality videos mean giving people the option of captions. That’s where VidTags comes to help you out.

VidTags is a tool that helps you transcribe, caption, and translate your videos of all kinds. That includes imports from Zoom or social media. Plus, it can add an interactive table of contents. When you’re done, your video content is automatically indexed and searchable.

Check it out to give your video content a boost.

Lucidchart

Need to map out your funnels, journeys, and campaigns? Lucidchart is great for the marketer who needs a straightforward chart maker that has some extras. On top of the basics with shapes and connectors, you can add links and even password protect your diagrams. It also integrates with some of your favorites like Dropbox and Slack. Check it out!

Yep

Just this week Ahrefs (one of our favorite SEO resources around) announced its new privacy-focused search engine called Yep.

It is meant to be a search engine for the people –– the people creating things for people, that is. Yep offers a search experience that rewards and compensates content creators with a 90/10 profit share business model where 90% of advertising profits go to makers.

Check it out for yourself!