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Metigy

Recommendations are important for many of the decisions we make. We want to know we’re headed in the right direction, and recommendations help steer us. Metigy gives you the recommendations you need to step up your social media.

This AI-assisted tool helps you grow your followers and reach new people simply by analyzing your content and making recommendations. Receive suggested articles to help you improve your skills, learn about optimal posting times, and even see which posts could use a boost.

Wishpond

User-generated content speaks volumes about your brand. When someone touts your product or service online, it’s a clear signal that you have something good going on. Check out Wishpond to boost your UGC.

Wishpond has a variety of products for marketers including a contest & promotion tool you can use to incentivize UGC submissions. Choose from a variety of contest types such as photo, video, essay, and photo caption contests and watch the content flood in.

AnswerThePublic

Finding niche keywords in PPC campaigns can be an effective way to run a more cost-friendly ad campaign than using more general keywords. Use AnswerThePublic to help you target more long-tail keywords.

Just type a keyword and this tool will generate a variety of questions people have asked surrounding the keyword. Use these queries to craft long-tail keywords, or consider answering some of the questions in your own blog posts.

Paper Rater

It’s still necessary to look over your content manually with your own two eyes. However, there are tools that can help you through this process faster. Paper Rater will help you do just that.

Copy and paste your text and this tool will flag spelling & grammar errors. Furthermore, it will grade your use of active vs passive voice, sentence length, and transitional words and phrases for better flowing content.

RX Elements

One of the biggest concerns with producing a podcast is audio quality. We all want our audio to sound crisp and clear. If you’ve already tried to record clean audio to no avail, then give RX Elements a try.

This bundle from iZotope gives you all the tools you’ll need to clean up your audio so you can achieve the sound you want. It expertly reduces unwanted background noise at the click of a button.

MerchantWords

Taking a shot in the dark isn’t the most effective keyword targeting strategy. You need data to inform your decisions and the keywords you’ll target. When it comes to targeting the right Amazon keywords for your brand, look to MerchantWords.

This tool has amassed over a billion Amazon searches since 2012 and allows users to sort through the nearly endless array of data the program collects. Determine search volume for different keywords so you can improve your ad strategy.

Scalemail Polls

Polls and surveys are excellent methods of gathering feedback from your audience. If you love the poll feature at the top of our newsletter, then take a look at Scalemail Polls.

We built this tool as a way to collect feedback directly within The Daily Carnage. It’s easy to implement, it’s great for asking your audience quick questions, and it’s a tool you can use to grow your subscriber list. Reach out if you’d like to implement Scalemail Polls in your own newsletter.

Auto Text Expander

Google Ads is yet another instance where you’ll need to write some copy. Marketers write a whole lot in a day’s work. Maybe it’s not all 2,500-word blog posts, but all those emails add up! Check out Auto Text Expander and save some time typing.

This Chrome plugin allows you to sync shortcuts across other devices with which you use Chrome. Automate some of your writing by creating triggers for your more commonly used language choices.

Walls.io

When someone visits your site, are they made aware of your social presence? Showcasing highlights from social feeds directly on your website is a great way to gain new followers. If you’re looking for a social feed integration on your WordPress site, then check out Walls.io.

This tool pulls in various forms of media from social accounts so you can show site visitors some of your highlights. It’s a great way to show off more of your quality content and great user-generated content from people loyal to your brand.