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Infogram

Every story needs a format. Some stories play out on the silver screen. Some are found within the pages of a book. Use your data and insights to tell your story in an infographic with Infogram.

This tool helps you take your data and creatively present it in a digestible and engaging format – just the way a story should be. Choose from a variety of ready-to-use templates, and even create your own with all your company’s branding. Infogram allows you to add some slick animations and put together interactive charts and maps so you can make the most of your reports.

Kicksta

“I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” is probably one of the world’s oldest transactions. Paying for things with money follows the same ancient principle of reciprocation. While you’re looking for new likes and follows for your own Instagram, sometimes you’ll only get what you give. Kicksta will help you grow on a like-for-like basis.

Just tell Kicksta who your competitors are, influencers in your space, and complementary brands. Then the AI-powered tool will begin liking posts from accounts similar to yours. This will allow you to appear on other users’ radars and some of them will follow you back and like your posts.

Simplenote

Inspiration has struck! Quick! What do you do?

If your answer is to immediately write out your genius new idea, then you’re on the right track. If not, holding onto it can be like holding water in your cupped hands – slowly but surely it’ll all spill out. Catalog all your thoughts and ideas on the go with Simplenote.

This note-taking app is always by your side since it syncs across your devices. It’s a free solution to jotting down your thoughts so they never get forgotten. Tag your notes to easily search for them later and share your notes with others with just a few clicks.

MobileCause

How many unread texts do you have on your phone? How does that compare to unread emails? For many, a text is simply a better attention grabber. This would explain the overall disparity between the open rates of texts vs emails. While you’re preparing for your next fundraising campaign, consider MobileCause for its text-to-donate capabilities.

With MobileCause, donors can text your organization a short code to initiate a donation. Then, a gift can be completed via the link automatically sent to the giver. MobileCause also allows you to create peer-to-peer campaigns, host virtual events, and it gives you all the reporting you need to measure your campaign effectiveness.

Rapidtags

Every once in a while we’re all at a loss for words. Like when you try to describe a dream to someone, but you just end up sounding insane until you resort to the inevitable, “I don’t know how to describe it.” While your dreams may forever be a mystery, Rapidtags gives you all the words you need to describe your YouTube videos with tags.

Just type in your keyword and with the click of a button, you’ll get a ton of tags you can easily copy and paste into YouTube. No more time spent racking your brain for just a few tags when this tool can deliver just what you’re looking for in the span of a second. Use it for all your TikTok tags too.

Video Downloader professional

We have plenty of avenues for streaming music and videos, and it might seem that the popularity of downloads has decreased since Steve Jobs promised 1,000 songs in your pocket. For videos you must download, use Video Downloader professional.

Whether you need to download a video to incorporate specific elements into your own video with permission, or you just like to keep files locally, this tool will come in handy. If you’d rather not download anything, then this Chrome plugin also doubles as a location to keep all your video sources together for easy access.

BigMarker

Many marketers are eager to host and attend events in 2021. However, the biggest question right now is whether they should be virtual or onsite. If you’re settled on the former, then BigMarker will help you pull it off.

This platform goes beyond the standard Zoom calls we’ve all become accustomed to. BigMarker brings you a comprehensive solution that handles your event welcomes, ticketing, check-in, networking, and much more. Plus, you can create a “lounge” for your room where attendees can meet and chat about various topics.

ReviewStudio

Olympic relay runners have truly mastered the handoff. Of course, it helps to simplify things when it’s just a singular baton being passed off. It’s a little different than exchanging a bunch of files, emails, guidelines, etc. However, ReviewStudio allows marketers to expertly handoff projects for approval.

It’s the one-stop-shop software for keeping track of all the stages of a content review process. Whether you’re reviewing videos, images, HTML, or PDFs, you can easily assign who ought to be involved in the approval stages. Create comment threads within the platform, host live review sessions, and send automated alerts when a handoff is in order.

Gifntext

A looping series of images was CompuServe’s GIF to the world back in 1987. (See what we did there?) Nowadays you can’t go a day without seeing a GIF, and there are so many great ones. But sometimes you need to throw in another message on top of a GIF. *Enter Gifntext*

This tool accomplishes everything in its name: GIF and text. Just upload or paste the URL of a GIF and choose which text you wish to overlay. You can apply moving text, moving images, text colors, and even determine when the text should appear. Looking to use a GIF in a banner ad? Resize GIFs accordingly and adjust start and endpoints as well as speeds to create your ideal graphic.