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Hey! 👋🏼 It's Gio and this is Ultimate Tools - the newsletter that helps you discover the best digital marketing tools on the market every week.

Welcome back and happy New Year! 🥳 I hope you had a fantastic holiday and are all set to dive into 2024 with a burst of energy and creativity. 🎉

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💡 This week’s ULTIMATE TOOLS

Playground
GRAPHIC DESIGN

The features of Photoshop, the ease of Canva, the convenience of AI: Playground is the perfect tool that helps you create artwork in no time.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Playground is an online photo editing application with many features to enhance and edit photos using artificial intelligence.

Among other things, AI will help you "extend" your images by creating fake backgrounds, remove any element from photos or change backgrounds in a few seconds.

You will also be able to "merge" multiple photos together, and ask the AI to generate new accessories and additional elements to make everything more appealing.

💡 Who is it for? Amateur and professional photo editors and illustrators.

💸 How much does it cost? Playground is available in Free, Pro ($12/month) and Turbo ($36/month) plans.

🌐 Website: playgroundai.com

Bubbles
CALLS/MEETINGS

Problem at the office, maybe a new software your colleagues don’t know about? Bubbles is your friend that will save you hours of unproductive calls.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Bubbles is an online software that allows you to record short video guides and comments to quickly send to teams and colleagues.

You can start your Bubbles video with a shared screen, but also with a photo, an audio file, or even text. You can then add your own image and other directions.

Videos created on Bubbles can be "FYI," with no obligation to your team, or with a “due date”, to make sure everyone has access to the right information.

💡 Who is it for? Start-ups, HR, team leaders, and companies in general.

💸 How much does it cost? You can use Bubbles for free or subscribe to its Pro plan for $8/month.

🌐 Website: www.usebubbles.com

Feedspace
GROWTH

We all know that working on brand reputation is extremely difficult. Therefore, let me introduce you to Feedspace, the ideal tool to create a "user-centric" brand.

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Feedspace is an online application that allows users to ask and collect testimonials from their clients in various forms.

Once you create your account on Feedspace you can immediately create custom forms to send to customers and colleagues, and share them via links or dedicated QRs.

You will even be able to read and monitor all feedback in a special dashboard, creating a real "Wall of Love" with the best comments received.

💡 Who is it for? Entrepreneurs, freelancers and start-ups of all kinds.

💸 How much does it cost? You can use Feedspace in its Basic (free), Professional ($29/month) and Business ($149/month) plans.

🌐 Website: www.feedspace.io

🤯 Extra Tools & Websites

3 other websites you should try

• Write viral posts in seconds.

• Save Ads from anywhere.

• Convert Articles into Reels.

Lifetime Deals

Pay once & use forever 💸

• ContentBot: Automate your content strategy with this AI-powered content toolkit. $59 lifetime.

• Wope: Harness AI SEO to predict keyword opportunities and increase visibility in the SERPs. $49 lifetime.

• Team-GPT: Collaborate in ChatGPT with your team - in one shared workspace. $49 lifetime.

💊 Marketing Pills

Latest news and trends from the web

 📲 Dos and don’ts for social media marketing in 2024.

📧 When to use direct mail vs email marketing.

🗓️ Marketing calendar 2024: dates you shouldn’t miss this year.

🤖 How to write ChatGPT Prompts to get the best results.

⌛️ The state of SEO in 2024.

📽️ CapCut adds new features for short-form video editing.

🏆 Youtube’s most successful ads of 2023.

🧠 19 concepts that marketers need to know (about cognitive biases and heuristics).

📚 Must-read

The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.” - Anand Giridharadas

In an age of extreme polarization, the art of persuasion can still be an engine of change and trigger social progress. In an interesting analysis of modern American society, Anand Giridharadas tells the stories of politicians, activists, educators, and citizens who work hard to change things each and every day.

👉🏻 You can find it here.

🎥 Video of the week

21 Free Side Hustles That Actually Work & Earn Money In 2024

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Gio.