Tag: tools

  • Get Ahead of the Curve: 5 Creative AI Tools to Explore in 2025

    Get Ahead of the Curve: 5 Creative AI Tools to Explore in 2025

    The future of work is being shaped by AI, and the creative industries are no exception. From streamlining workflows to sparking new ideas, AI is transforming how creatives bring their visions to life. I’ve compiled five AI tools that I think will be essential for creatives in 2025.

    Suno AI

    Looking for the perfect custom intro music for your podcast? Suno makes it easy. This AI-powered song maker lets you create original tunes, whether you write the lyrics yourself or use ChatGPT to generate them based on any theme. Just tell Suno what instruments or overall tone you’re looking for, and it will compose a unique track in your desired genre.

    I used ChatGPT to write a song about freelancing, business, and my website, cheptiony.com. Afterward, I pasted the lyrics into Suno AI, which quickly composed a beautiful melody with drums and flute. The results were impressive! You can listen to the song here. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

    Watch Video – 5 AI tools to try in 2025.

    Microsoft Clipchamp

    Microsoft Clipchamp has taken the place of the traditional Windows Video Editor, and while it might be overlooked by some, this app packs a surprising number of powerful features. Beyond basic video editing, Clipchamp allows you to create screencast tutorials with a picture-in-picture view of yourself, and even offers a text-to-speech function with a wide selection of high-quality voiceovers.

    Text to speech is my favourite feature. I use it to generate voice overs for any video project that I am working on. Here is the voice over I generated from this app for an ad video. 

    Aside from this, Microsoft clipchamp has several templates that you can use in your video. One downside of Microsoft clipchamp is that it only works when you have your internet connection on. 

    Adobe Express

    Adobe Express empowers you to create stunning visuals and videos from text or images. Beyond that, it simplifies the creation of consistent characters, avatars, and animations. From graphic design and slideshow presentations to video animations, audio generation, text-to-speech conversion, and social media publishing, Adobe Express handles it all.

    Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, this tool makes content creation accessible. It’s available for free, with a premium version offering additional features.

    Gemini AI for Text editing

    Struggling with grammar or clarity in your writing? Gemini can help. It offers writers quick fixes and enriches text with helpful context, providing different versions of your work, sometimes even adding details for improved understanding.

    I use Gemini to polish the grammar and improve the clarity of my blog posts. My process is simple: after drafting a post, I copy each paragraph, paste it into Gemini, and ask it to rewrite the text. The results are always excellent. I then copy the revised paragraph and replace the original version on my blog.

    Elevenlabs AI

    ElevenLabs is well-known for its impressive text-to-speech capabilities, but they’ve been busy adding even more powerful tools. Beyond just generating speech, they now offer a voice changer feature, allowing you to record your own voice and then transform it to sound like someone else.

    In addition, ElevenLabs now offers voice dubbing, voice cloning, and text-to-SFX. I encourage you to visit their website and explore these exciting new additions.

    And that is it from me here. I hope you have found this article helpful.

    Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

    Up until next time, bye bye and take care.

  • 3 Marketing Tools And Services You Need In Your Online Business Today

    Talent and professionalism are two main prerequisites that motivates individuals to start businesses online today. But that’s just the starter. With 1.13 Billion websites online in the world today, a lot more is needed to market your business.

    Watch Video -3 Marketing Tools And Services You Need For Your Online Business Today

    In this blogpost, I will share with you 3 marketing tools and services that you need in your online business.

    1. Email Marketing Tool

    Marketing through e-mail is a bit taxing when you think about it. This is particularly if you are doing everything by yourself. But the long term benefit of having e-mail marketing in place for your business is critical. There is a lot of ground work that goes into setting up e-mail marketing. These include;

    1. E-mail collection – When designing a website, it is important to have in mind how you intend to capture e-mails of people who visit. This may include adding a form which users can enter their names and e-mail addresses in order to subscribe to your services and get updated on special offers. Another way to collect e-mails is through an opt-in form that pops up on your site. Usually these forms are scheduled to pop up while the user is browsing through the site.
    2. E-mail Composition and Frequency – For your e-mail marketing plan to succeed, your e-mails have to be creatively written. This will result in high open rate. Also, the frequency in which you will be sending your e-mails to your subscribers needs to be set. This can be done through ‘funnels‘ found inside e-mail marketing software’s. E-mail funnels are there to automate the marketing process and save you time.

    Advertising Services

    As more and more people take their businesses online, competition of traders operating in the same niche continue to grow. The only way to defeat this battle for attention is through advertising. Good news is, there are many options of online advertising that one can choose from. You can advertise on search engines, social media platforms and more.

    To get the best results; have a budget, stick to it and be consistent. If one medium is not giving you the results you are desiring, try a different medium until you find one that connects you with your targeted audience.

    If done well, one is sure to get the results they are looking for.

    Content Creation Tools

    In order the create the best content for marketing your business, you need to have the right tools. Ask yourself; which type of content can effectively deliver my message? Is it graphic images, videos, photos, audio or written content? Each type of these content’s has their own special creation tool or software.

    It is important to mention here the availability of free content creation tools online. The only problem is that these tools are designed to upsell you to the premium version. That is why it is better to purchase the tool/software license at the beginning of your content creation journey. That’s unless you are comfortable using the free version with limited features.

    Having in mind that content plays a big role in marketing, it has to done efficiently. This can only be achieved through subscribing to the full features of the content creation tool you pick.

    Conclusion

    There are many more tools that you will need to market yourself or business online. However, the 3 tools I have highlighted here are effective if utilized well. You only need effective tools to succeed. How you set them up at first will determine the results you will get. Also, how consistent you use these tools is key.

    And that is it from me here.

    Did you find this article helpful?

    Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

    And until next time, bye bye and take care.

    For help to create professional marketing content regularly, you can reach out to me here.

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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