Just a couple of things to share with you:
1. REMINDER Our office will be closed on Monday, July 4th to celebrate our Country's Independence Day. Also, there will be no newsletter on Monday.
2. I saw a great post by Monique Lindner on one of the marketing groups I belong to. She listed some of the best web tools she has come across. FULL DISCLOSURE: I have used some, but not all, of these. Use your own judgment when checking them out.
DESIGN
If you are not a designer but want to get slides done, create graphics etc. then these tools can be very helpful
1) Canva - I guess we all know this one, has loads of templates, for all sizes, needs and types of graphics including video, reels etc.
2) Headliner - create soundwaves on graphic with this tool, super simple, different sizes of graphics and different forms of soundwaves to choose from
3) Unsplash (.com) - website with tons of photographs (professional & semi professional) with commercial (and non-commercial) license use - for free
TRANSCRIBE
1) Otter.io - you can upload audio/video and get it transcribed or record it
2) Rev (.) com - you send your audio in and will get it transcribed or get video captions done for you
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING w/ AUDIENCE
1) Bonjoro - an app that let's you send short videos to your new email subscribers. A fun but also great way to build a closer relationship to your subscribers
2) Freshdesk - is a less cost intensive help desk version that you can integrate into your website, works great for customer request intensive businesses, like ecom possibly.
3) VideoAsk (by typeform) - let's you send a video based survey or form to your customers & ask for testimonials & feedback - they can choose to reply via text or video
PLANNING
1) Google Calendar (i know, I know, but - do you use it tho?)
2) Get Plan - a tool to help you plan & organize our work & private life & automate your work life
3) AddEvent - a webapp that lets you add an event calendar to your website, you can add events, set up reminders, add locations / call links and have people subscribe to the calendar or single events
BOOKING / SCHEDULING TOOLS
1) OnceHub - incredible all-rounder, with different booking pages, events, branding ability, payment processor integration, calendar integration and more, has also a lead capturing & processing function from different channels
2) Calendly - similar functions as above, doesn't have the the lead function and isn't as all-round as OnceHub but works well for booking calls
Others to look at: 10to8, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore
PAYMENT PROCESSORS
(please be especially careful which one to choose, depending on which country you are in, your country's regulations, the fee's etc.)
1) Stripe
2) Wave
3) Braintree
4) Payoneer
5) Wise (former Transferwise)
6) Square
Hope you have a great day!
Until next time...
And, remember, K.I.C. (Keep It Coptic).
