High-efficiency website and toolbox essential for new media operations

When it comes to new media operation tools and websites, the editor, as a science and engineering man who graduated with a computer major but is also engaged in new media, has the most say in website software tools. The websites and tools shared below are hardcore new media tools that we often use.

Nowadays, there are too many platforms to deal with when working in new media. In addition to WeChat public accounts, there are also operations on N platforms such as Toutiao, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, Weibo, Douyin, Baijiahao, Penguin, Dayu, etc. If you want to improve your work efficiency, it is necessary to be familiar with using some tools.

In addition to recommending a commonly used and representative one, other similar website tools will also be shared below. You don't have to understand all of them, just choose the one that suits your situation.

1. Various materials

1. Pictures

The biggest fear when using pictures to illustrate articles is copyright infringement. When you are not popular, others will ignore you. But if one day you become famous, they will come to you. But now you can rest assured, there are many free pictures available on the Internet that can be used for commercial purposes. For example, Pxhere is a free material download site that provides multiple languages. It currently provides more than 1,000,000 high-quality image materials for commercial use. The website follows the CC0 agreement to share your photography works with the world.

Other non-copyright image source websites:

• PhotoAC: Free stock photos.
• cc0 Photo Network: Aggregates free and commercially available image materials from around the world.
• Piqsels: Royalty-free stock photos, free for personal and commercial use.
• IM Free: Free photo website. The classified materials are mainly pictures of three categories: people, nature, and urban scenes.
• Peakpx: Peakpx has a fully automatic photo cropping technology called SmartResize. Through this technology, each photo will be automatically cropped into high-definition HD wallpapers of various sizes suitable for use on computers and mobile phones. Users can also enter the required image size, crop images online, and download them for free.
• Pxfuel: A large number of high-definition copyright-free pictures for everyone to download, and also provides 4K resolution ultra-clear pictures.
• PNG images: A complete collection of PNG images, all free to download and use.
• Hippopx: A copyright-free image library based on the CC0 protocol
• Freerange: Great photos. Totally free.
• Alana: High-resolution copyright-free images.

2. GIFs or emoticons

Soogif provides a full search of funny, emoticon, beauty, celebrity, and popular event GIFs. The GIF tool supports functions such as video to GIF, image to GIF, GIF compression, GIF editing, GIF cropping, and online screen recording. It is a great tool for QQ and WeChat picture battles, a library of GIF animation materials for WeChat public accounts, Weibo, and new media editors, and the birthplace of fun GIFs.

Other GIF or emoticon websites:

• Micro-picture
• Post an Emoji
• Doubi Saves the World
• I love fighting pictures

3. Video material

Coverr is a site that provides free video downloads. The website has made detailed video classifications for us and updates 7 videos every Monday. If you like a video, you can directly click the play button to preview the video and then decide whether to download it. Coverr also supports uploads. If you have good video materials, you can share them with everyone.

Other video material websites:

• Free Stock Video
• OrangeHD
• HD1080-Video Download
• ignitemotion
• Lifeofvids
• Beachfront B-Roll
• Dareful
• Mixkit
• mazwai
• bottledvideo

4. Audio material

You can download sound effects for free at Komoridaira and use them in your projects, such as movies, short films, games, presentations, animations, stage performances, radio plays, audiobooks, and software. However, the following four actions are prohibited: redistributing the sound effects under your own name; selling the sound effect materials (all the sound effects here are free); directly reposting the sound effect URL; do not speak ill of Komori.

Other audio material websites:

• FreeSFXFreeSFX: Sound effects are provided by professional sound effects companies and are free for anyone to use.
• Freesound: Copyright-free audio download website.
• Erling.com: Erling.com is the most professional sound sharing platform in China. The materials are completely free and can be downloaded repeatedly without restriction.
• Taosheng.com: Explore 1,000,000+ sound resources worldwide. The audio materials on Taosheng.com are of high quality, but downloading them is cumbersome.
• Yinxiao.com: Provides fast and efficient search and download services for sound effects, music effects, and free soundtracks.
• Adobe Sound Collection: Adobe Sound Collection is an audio website owned by Adobe, with a wide variety of royalty-free audio and sound effects.
• Audio Network: Provides you with professional audio production, audio recording, audio production, and audio production services, including advertising audio production, promotional video audio production, feature film audio production, and commentary audio production.
• Material World: Collecting all kinds of sounds in the world.
• Bensound: Some of it is copyrighted.
• PizzaBGM: A paid music platform where you can purchase permanent copyright.

5. Copywriting materials

Copywriting Circle

Here you can see 36 hot marketing copywriting and posters of various brands throughout the year, which is very comprehensive.

2. Data Monitoring and Hotspot Tracking

Xinbang is a content industry service platform, where you can see the popular lists of various platforms, such as which WeChat public account is the most popular; you can see the various operational data of each platform. Understanding these data can let you know what content people are most concerned about at the moment, and what hot spots you should combine if you want to create. This is very helpful for you to write popular works and understand your own new media operations.

Other data monitoring and hot spot tracking websites:

• Baidu Index: A data sharing platform based on Baidu's massive Internet user behavior data. Here, you can study keyword search trends, gain insight into netizens' interests and needs, monitor public opinion trends, and identify audience characteristics.
• 360 Trends: A big data display platform based on the massive user data of 360 products. By searching keywords, you can quickly obtain popularity trends, understand users' real needs, and understand the attributes of the people searching for keywords.
• Sogou Index: A data analysis and statistics platform based on Sogou Search's massive Internet user behavior data. Here you can view the search popularity trends of popular events, brands, people and other query terms on the entire network, and understand changes in Internet users' needs.
• Dysprosium Number: Dysprosium Number Chart is a powerful free online data visualization tool. You can input data to generate visualization videos, web interactive charts, data animations, vector charts, and infographics with one click.
• Mobile Observatory: Mobile Observatory is a free, open mobile big data real-time query platform launched by TalkingData based on the operating behavior habits of device users.
• Penguin News: Take a comprehensive look at the overall network situation and improve value creation.
• Duanyuer: Provides comprehensive solutions including content creative library, content data tracking and analysis, e-commerce effects, marketing effect evaluation and suggestions for content producers, brands and commercialization companies to help enterprises drive business decisions.
• Youchuan Data: Provides advertisers with intelligent KOL data analysis, including WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili and other platforms, and provides effective decision-making direction for KOL advertising through big data.
• Anchor Ranking: The top ranking data brings together data from mainstream live broadcast platforms such as Douyu, Huya, YY, Penguin E-Sports, Kuaishou, and Douyin, providing professional ranking data on the popularity, income, potential, etc. of millions of anchors. Through anchor data and value analysis, it helps video advertisers enhance the value of interactive marketing.
• Youlue: Youlue is a short video ecological service platform that provides Douyin data and Kuaishou data analysis and monitoring, efficient management of influencer accounts, popular videos, popular music, Douyin and Kuaishou e-commerce data, popular products, Douyin and Kuaishou rankings, video monitoring, product monitoring, etc.
• Doudouxia: Doudouxia is a professional one-stop short video data operation center that provides Douyin data analysis and management, including popular videos, music, broadcasters, products, Douyin account data analysis, order management, dou+ analysis, etc.
• Chanmama Data: A data analysis service platform vertical to the short video e-commerce of the entire network. Relying on professional data mining and analysis capabilities, big data analyzes massive hot video trends, accurately reaching popular video content, high-quality expert accounts and popular products.
• Feigua Data: Feigua Data is an authoritative data analysis platform in the field of short videos, providing Douyin data and Kuaishou data, including popular videos, music, Douyin and Kuaishou rankings, Douyin and Kuaishou e-commerce data, video monitoring, product monitoring, etc.

3. Drawing tools

Chuangketie is a relatively commonly used online design website. You can use the large number of pictures, fonts, templates and other design elements provided by Chuangketie to create the course promotional posters, business cards, resumes, public account covers, etc. that you need by simply dragging and dropping. For a novice who doesn't know how to use PS, using this tool will make you cry.

Other drawing tool websites:

• Lazy Design
• Monster
• Final design
• Fanke Quick Map
• ARKIE Graphing
• Figure helper

4. Typesetting and editing tools

Yiban, you can use Yiban plug-ins to efficiently layout, edit pictures, find materials and reply to messages.

Other typography editing tools:

• Show Rice
• 135 Editor
• New List Editor
• iTypesetting
• 96 Editor

5. Form Tools

Maike CRM is an online form creation tool and also a powerful customer information processing and relationship management system. She can help you easily collect and organize information, realize customer mining and message push, and carry out continuous marketing.

Other form tools:

• Gold Data
• Questionnaire
• Form Master
• Questionnaire
• Tencent Questionnaire
• Investigation

6. Font Download

The ZCOOL font library currently provides 8 free fonts, which are authorized for use by the whole society (including commercial use), including: ZCOOL Canger Yuyang Font, ZCOOL Qingke Huangyou Font, ZCOOL Literary Font, ZCOOL Xiaowei LOGO Font, ZCOOL Cool Bold Font, ZCOOL Italian Font, ZCOOL Happy Font, and ZCOOL High-end Bold Font. There are also some paid fonts available.

Other font download sites:

• Font World
• Request font
• Word Soul
• Font House
• Private font
• Founder Font
• Hanyi Font
• Words by

7. H5 Tools

Yiqixiu can provide you with a large number of templates for flipping H5 invitations, marketing posters, long-page H5, form questionnaires, WeChat interactive games, and videos; and it contains genuine materials such as pictures, fonts, and music; to meet your needs for quickly making corporate marketing materials. Yiqixiu is a professional h5 page online production tool.

Other H5 tools:

• Everyone Show
• Maka
• Rabbit Exhibition
• ih5
• Fanke Micro Flyer
• 24 Fun

8. Other commonly used tools

1. Mind Map

Mubu is a tool that Teacher Ludou uses quite often. It is very good for organizing materials or writing. The outline-style distribution makes your writing more organized.

Other mind mapping tools:

• Baidu Mind Map: A convenient mind map editing tool that allows you to create, save and share your ideas directly online.
• ProcessOn: Free online drawing and real-time collaboration support flowcharts, mind maps, prototypes, UML, network topology diagrams, organizational charts, etc.
• XMind: XMind is a full-featured mind mapping and brainstorming software designed to inspire inspiration and creativity. As a productivity tool that effectively improves work and life efficiency, it is favored by millions of users around the world.
• GitMind: GitMind is a free online mind mapping software that supports Windows/Mac/Linux multi-platform operations and content synchronization.

2. Teamwork

Graphite Docs is a lightweight and concise online collaborative document tool that covers both PC and mobile terminals. It supports multiple people to edit and comment on documents at the same time, allowing you and others to easily complete collaborative writing, project discussions, meeting minutes, and data sharing.

Other team collaboration tools:

• • Tencent Docs: An online document that allows multiple people to collaborate, edit Word, Excel and PPT documents at the same time, and save them in real time in the cloud.
  • Feishu: Feishu integrates instant communication, calendar, video conferencing, cloud documents, cloud disk, workbench and other functions into one, making organizations and individuals more efficient and enjoyable.
  • Tower: helps you arrange work tasks more efficiently, manage project progress, and accumulate team knowledge, allowing everyone to move faster and the team to go further.
  • Blue Lake: A product document and design drawing sharing platform that helps Internet teams better manage documents and design drawings.

• Teambition: It is a work-study suite under Alibaba, which includes rich applications such as cloud disk, to-do list, documents, calendar, projects, etc., providing essential tools for everyone's daily work, study and life.
• Worktile: Deeply integrates applications such as project and task management, OKR, network disk, and online communication, supports rich custom functions, meets the personalized work needs of various industries and scenarios, and helps companies improve management efficiency.
• Youdao Cloud Collaboration: Make team documents more valuable, define team knowledge base, accumulate collective wisdom, and share conveniently.

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Author: Mr. Green Bean

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