Every day,
I talk about interesting new tools and programs that help you to run your business, help you to make videos, get leads or manage your social media.
Well, today I want to talk about some free tools that I use, which can also help you in your business. Some of these are truly brilliant.
TubeBuddy - Perhaps my favorite YouTube tool. This program adds a ton of great features, directly to YouTube. Things like a thumbnail builder, rank tracking, video SEO assistance and much more. There is a paid version which gives you a ton more, but the free version is great as well!
VidIQ - A similar tool to TubeBuddy. This provides you with marketing statistics and research tools, right on YouTube itself! It will show you a videos stats, as well as the tags they are using. Id does have a paid version, but the free one is well worth it!
HitFilm Express - A high-end video editor that's FREE? Yup! Why pay hundreds for Premiere or Final Cut, when this one is free? It does all the high-end editing without the high price. You can buy add-ons, like effects and transitions, but it is a great editor out of the free box :)
Dynamo Video Speed Tool (Mac only) - Ever wonder how I get through a 5 hour video course so quickly? I use this to watch the videos at 1.5-2X speed. Right now normal speed sounds sloooowww. I looked for a free Windows equivalent, but couldn't find one.
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) - This sometimes clunky tool is great for doing FB or YT live videos, where you want to have your video, with graphics or to run pre-recorded videos as live.
VLC Player - Ever have a video that just doesn't seem to open in your video player software? Get VLC Player! This thing will play ANYTHING. We used to use this in professional environments to run video ads continuously... and it's FREE!
Trello - This task manager, with all of it's plug-ins practically runs my business (and my home life, Church work, and other side-tasks). I do have the upgraded version, because I have a multi-user team. But the free version does pretty much everything!
4K Video Downloader - Ever want to quickly and easily download videos from YouTube or other sites? This software does it for you fast and easy. I use this tool practically on a daily basis.
StripHTML - Ever copied some text, and pasted it into another text tool, only for the text to be bold, or spaced oddly... and you can't seem to fix it? Strip HTML fixes it. Paste the text in, re-copy and it's all clean. You would be surprised how often I use this! :)
DeDupeList - Ever had a list of names or emails, and you KNOW there are duplicates? Just paste the list here, press a button and BAM! The duplicates are gone. Another one I seem to use VERY often.
Pixabay, Pexels and UnSplash- Free pictures and videos are always a good thing. You won't always find what you want, but it's a great place to start.
Canva - I know, Canva can cost some money, if you use premium images. However, you can create amazing designs for FREE. Create FB posts, YouTube graphics, presentations, and more!
Google Docs - What can I say. Docs, Sheets, Presentations, Drive, it's all here, and it's all free. Collaborate with others on your spreadsheets and documents. I now pretty much use this exclusively.
These are, of course, only a small number of the many free programs out there... and I am sure I missed a few that should be here :)
If you know of any others that SHOULD be mentioned, reply to this email and set me straight!
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