My 4 Favorite Apps for Creating Content for Youtube & Writing
They speed up my writing.
Competing on social media requires compelling content strategies. By doing this, you can increase your brand's engagement.
I can streamline the process with content creation tools to make it easier for my readers. In addition, using tools like these saves time and reduces or eliminates the need to hire external designers or content creators.
Social media content creation must become an easy and efficient process in the current social media age.
Here are 4 of my preferred content creation tools daily for creating content for my stories and youtube videos.
1. Google Trends
My entire content creation process starts with a free tool called Google Trends.
This allows me to perform market research on niche areas, search engine optimization, keywords, and tags.
All this means that we need to know the trends that are going on, what people are looking for, how they search, which keywords they use, etc.
So this gives me a sense of what is trending, what people are interested in, what people are searching for, what people are tweeting, what they are talking about, and what stories are trending?
It also shows a kind of history of that interest in that topic, person, thing, and even interest topics and maps. So we can see what areas of the world or countries are interested in this topic.
Nothing better than I know can provide me insights into the global trends as a content creator.
So this is the way I pick my topics and niche areas and evaluate the trends before I get into the next steps of creating additional detailed content.
2. Tube Buddy
Since YouTube is the second largest global search engine, our videos must show the search results.
I use Tubebuddy for this.
The process for optimization is called Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short. Once I have a proper SEO, our videos appear in the search results.
I have always believed that the quality of your content keeps people watching, but SEO brings people feet in the door.
Keyword Explorer is a great way to start when you get an idea for new content, but I want to see how it will perform. First, the tool analyzes the keyword and gives an overall score, related keywords, and the most used tags from the current top-ranking videos.
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It will also show you the term's current search results, trending queries, and historical data. This tool helps you craft searchable titles and gives you better keywords for your tags.
Tube buddy has many more features that I am not going over here. Check it out if you are a serious content creator.
3. Evernote
Whenever I need to plan for my content writing, manage my tasks, write my scripts, or even store all my published blogs and videos, my go-to app is Evernote.
For writing my blogs, I started with Evernote but lately, I am using the Medium platform to pen down my stories.
If you are new to Evernote, Evernote is a way to capture all your experiences and access them from anywhere. Type a note, store documents, and grab a photograph or any other moment you want to remember. Evernote saves and synchronizes your digital life across all your devices.
No matter where you are, Evernote is with you.
4. Canva
I use Canva for all my creative designing needs, like creating a youtube thumbnail, website pages, blog images, and social media content.
Though I use Unsplash for getting relevant images since it is integrated with Medium, my preference is always Pexels and Pixabay.
Canva is an excellent and powerful design tool made for non-designers. Almost 10 million people in the community are using Canva for designing. It is FREE and has a paid version with some great features.
With Canva, you can design presentations, social media graphics, and thousands of beautiful layouts. It has millions of images, photo filters, background remover, free icons and shapes, and hundreds of fonts for you to design anything and everything.
The best way to understand Canva is to try it yourself.
What are your preferred tools for creating content?
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