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Tool Of The Day 🛠️ - A tool for organizing and curating the best content you find online.
-CONTENT RESEARCH-
RAINDROP
Creators need to consume.
Articles, newsletters, tweet threads - it’s remarkable just how much content I consume just to create this newsletter.
Keeping track of these little tidbits of inspiration is a task in itself.
Raindrop is a bookmark manager that I use to keep my content research organized and accessible in one library.
A “second brain” for creators.
Its free plan is extremely powerful, but the paid plan does add a couple of cherries on top.
Features 💪
All-in-one bookmark manager designed for creatives
Organize bookmarks with ease using collections and tags
Highlights to annotate the web and revisit key passages in the future
Available as a Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge extension, as well as a Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, and Android app.
Full-text search to search the entire content of every web page and PDF that you've saved (paid plan only)
Automatic backup of all web pages and files in your collection (paid plan only)
Use Cases For Creators ⚒
📝 Bloggers: Easily organize and access research and inspiration for blog posts with collections and tags. Highlight key points in articles or research for future reference.
🎥 YouTubers: Save and organize videos for different topics or video ideas. Quickly view videos without leaving your library.
🎨 Designers: Keep track of design inspiration and resources with collections and tags. Group related design resources together using the collections feature.
📷 Photographers: Save and organize inspiration for photography projects. Quickly view images using the instant preview feature.
🎙️ Podcasters: Organize research and inspiration for podcast episodes.
Limitations
Limited collaboration, automation, customization, and offline access features.
Pricing 💰
Free: Unlimited bookmarks, collections, highlights, devices, and 100 Mb of file uploads per month.
Paid: Everything on the Free plan, plus full-text search, permanent library, reminders, annotations, duplicate and broken links finder, and automatic backups.
And that’s all for today!
See you on Friday 🙂
Misya, The Pen Pivot
