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💡 This week’s ULTIMATE TOOLS

BigRoom
VIDEO

Are your videos too wide? Use BigRoom and convert them to vertical clips to upload them to Instagram and TikTok.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? BigRoom is an online tool that allows users to quickly convert panoramic videos into vertical clips suitable for TikTok or Instagram.

BigRoom's AI technology will automatically detect the most important elements in the frame, cropping the videos precisely and accurately.

And, in case of mistakes, you’ll be able to export the clip to your video editing program to correct them manually.

💡 Who is it for? TikToker, SMMs and video editors.

💸 How much does it cost? You can use BigRoom for free.

🌐 Website: www.bigroom.tv

StageMe
ECOMMERCE

Invite your customers to shop during your live video: use StageMe and create direct purchase links to boost sales.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? StageMe is an online platform that helps eCommerce businesses add direct checkout links from photos, live videos, and chat messages.

Your viewers will immediately reach your Magento, Shopify, and WooCommerce shop, and you’ll be able to attach a checkout link from your answers to their questions as well.

Once clicked, they will be able to continue their purchase and check out right from their live screen, without even leaving the live stream they are watching.

💡 Who is it for? eCommerce business.

💸 How much does it cost? StageMe is available in two plans of €499 and €799 per month.

🌐 Website: www.stageme.live

Brevo
EMAIL MARKETING

Automate conversations and create targeted campaigns via email, SMS, WhatsApp, and beyond: use Brevo and reach your customers wherever they are.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Brevo is an online platform that lets users create email campaigns and more to stay in touch with their customers at all times.

You’ll be able to build automation for conversations on WhatsApp and other social media in order to support your customers and collect their contact information.

Brevo will also allow you to create SMS marketing and WhatsApp campaigns, as well as targeted landing pages and Facebook Ads.

💡 Who is it for? SMMs, marketers, eCommerce, and stores.

💸 How much does it cost? You can try Brevo for free or subscribe to a Premium plan, the cost of which will vary depending on the service you use and the number of users.

🌐 Website: www.brevo.com

🤯 Extra Tools & Websites

3 other websites you absolutely need to know

• Create a custom start page on your browser with widgets, folders, and color schemes.

• A remote-controlled Countdown Timer.

• Use AI to stop contact form spam bots.

Lifetime Deals

Pay once & use forever 💸

• Trafft: a scheduling software to book and manage client appointments for your agency or small business. $59 lifetime.

• PostX: easily build a news or magazine website with this Gutenberg-based WordPress plugin. $49 lifetime.

• TaskMagic: eliminate manual web tasks by capturing the process once with this AI-powered automation tool. $49 lifetime.

💊 Marketing Pills

Latest news and trends from the web

💻 Meta launches updated WhatsApp for Mac App.

🌀 TikTok has surged past Instagram in time spent on the platform

📲 Apple will announce the iPhone 15 on September 12.

🫡 Instagram adds new comment reply option.

✍🏼 Messages in present tense are more persuasive.

👨🏻‍🎓 Gen Z is more likely to be OK with targeted ads.

📚 Must-read

Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself

“Understand your value. Communicate the perceived value of your product. Deliver on what you promise.” - Wes Bush

What if the most powerful marketing tool was just your product? In Product-Led Growth, entrepreneur Wes Bush explains how to create a "product-led" strategy for your own launch, letting your customers' attention focus only on what matters most: exactly what you have to offer.

🎥 Video of the week

10 Simple Actions That Unf*ck Your Life

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