The #28 edition of 8percent.
Here’s what we have for you this week.
Growth.
🛠 Tools 👇
Instant Data Scraper → Great extension to scrape webpages.
Adobe Express Free → Awesome quality alternative to Canva. (Templates, create your own, AI-generated, etc.)
Transitional Hooks for Social Media Videos → You’ve seen small companies going viral with these… well here is a huge library to do just that.
MorningScore → “Let’s make SEO fun.” - Finally an easy-to-use SEO tool. Great audit possibilities, GTMetrix for SEO performances.
ChatPlayground → Access the best AI models & compare them to get better answers.
📚 Resources
Low-cost lead magnets: Engineering as Marketing → Low-cost side-projects to boost your revenue. (podcast with
- shameless plug)
A killer prompt to help you write SEO-enhanced articles → I will always advise having a human review the content later though, never publish without a human hand (we can talk about why in the next edition).
”Write an engaging, punchy introduction for this blog article. Please alter between short and long sentences. Avoid jargon and cliches. Make it engaging but suited for a professional audience. Give specific, actionable information that provides deep value to readers. The tone of voice should be professional and slightly conversational. Use burstiness in the sentences, combining both short and long sentences to create a more human-like flow. Use human writing like exclamation points and first-person perspectives. The intro should include either an interesting stat, quotation or something to hook the reader. Avoid, did you know? Instead, make it punchy and engaging.”
Product.
🛠 Tools 👇
Design.
Bloq → Figma plugin for creating, editing, and maintaining design systems, ensuring consistency and efficiency. Ideal for product teams focused on keeping systems up-to-date.
CopyCat → Figma plugin that automates the creation of multiple design variations using CSV data. Perfect for designers aiming to efficiently generate diverse content like business cards or social media posts.
👀 watch the demo here.
Tool library.
OpenAlternative → A curated directory of open-source alternatives to popular proprietary software. Ideal for product and growth teams seeking cost-effective, customizable tools to enhance their workflows.
Content.
YouTube to Transcript → free tool that converts YouTube videos into text transcripts. It supports multiple languages and translations. Ideal for content creators and marketers.
Tech.
Batch Cropper → Bulk cropping, scaling, converting images, supporting formats like PNG, JPG, and WEBP. It is ideal for AI model developers to prepare FLUX LoRA training datasets efficiently.
SEO.
MetaPreviews →For generating and previewing Open Graph meta tags, ensuring your content displays correctly when shared on social media. Ideal for marketers and developers to optimize link previews.
📚 Resources
Handcrafted interactions focused on utility & beauty (SwiftUI)
Podcast: Breaking the rules of growth: Why Shopify bans KPIs, optimizes for churn, and prioritizes intuition.
Archie Abrams, VP of Product at Shopify, shares insights on Shopify's growth strategies :Do not focus on traditional churn metrics but lower entry barriers to encourage as many new entrepreneurs as possible.
An internal experimentation system that monitors metrics over extended periods.
Focus on Absolute Metrics Over Rates.
We’ll see you next week.