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🧠 Hand-Picked Content
Build 1mio Followers On TikTok (Article, 10min)
We sure live in strange times. That’s what I thought after reading and watching this profile of a TikTok influencer. Don’t tell me I’m getting old. More
Tips to Improve Your Marketing Copy (Blog, 4min)
A few simple tips you can apply to improve your marketing copy. More
Is It a Website or a Web-App? (Blog, 7min)
A somewhat technical answer is provided in this post, including links to lots of interesting related articles. More
First Review Of Email Service HEY (Article, 5min)
The HEY email app wants to rethink how we manage email from scratch. It doesn’t live up to this promise, this NYTimes reporter writes. More
The Unbounce Platform (Blog, 2min)
The SaaS company makes it easy to build landing pages without writing code. Founded in 2009, the company today has 200 employees and just raised a ton of money. Their mission: Further automate landing page creation. More
Virtually Adopt A Pet (Article, 5min)
We sure live in strange times #2. You can virtually adopt a pet to beat the Corona blues. “Having a virtual pet is far less time consuming than bringing home an animal.” You don’t say! More
🛠️ Tools & Apps & Services
A Fresh Approach On How To Build Slide Decks
We all have used WeTransfer. Now the team behind the service launched Paste, a web app to build fancy slide decks. Cool app! More
How to Set Up Calendly For Paid Online Meetings
A tutorial I wrote that explains how to create online events with Calendly, Stripe, Zoom. More
Create InstaStories On The Go
Mojo is an app to create branded Stories on your phone. We currently evaluate the app for a client project. More
Grammarly Introduces Company Style Guides
Is your team relying on Grammarly for editing content? With this new feature, you can create a style guide to improve consistency across your content. More
Color Palette Generator
Simple to use for non-designers. Nice: Upload a picture and see the fitting color palette. More
New Twitter Feature: Audio Tweets
This could be a game-changer for Twitter. Currently only available on iOS (I am using Android). More
📣 Fresh van Root
New Homepage
Finally, our new homepage is in the making and will launch in the coming weeks. Preview
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🔗 One More Link
Take A Drive Through [choose a city]
Drive & Listen. Can we get this for bikes too? More
Why indistractable is worth a read? (Book Tip)
Nir Eyal – known from the best seller Hooked – gave makers and builders a resource on how to build habit-forming products. With his latest book “indistractable” (2019) he’s giving us – humans – tips and tricks on how to control our attention without getting distracted by those apps. It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? Thanks to Tom for providing this tip. More