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🆓💎 The Motherlode of Content Creation: 5 Tools I Can’t Live Without! 🆓💎 

Hello, Star Players!

As a one-woman show balancing motherhood and running Celestial Content Creations, I'm always looking for ways to work smarter, not harder. This week’s "Free Game Friday" is a peek behind the curtain at the five content creation tools I live by. These are the gems that make it easier to keep CCC shining bright, and I'm so excited to share them with you.

Now, these tools aren't just limited to how I use them. I encourage you to check them out and see how you can leverage them to suit your own content creation needs!

1. Gemini Yes, I’m a little biased as a former Google employee, but Gemini is an absolute game-changer. It's a generative AI platform that remembers the core facts of our business, so when I'm drafting a newsletter or a social media post, it provides content outputs that are perfectly aligned with the CCC voice and tone. It’s like having a dedicated writing assistant who knows exactly what we're about.

2. CapCut If you’ve seen any of our Reels or YouTube videos, you’ve seen CapCut in action. This video editor is powerful and user-friendly, and the teleprompter feature is a lifesaver for voiceovers. It makes editing high-quality videos for social media and our newsletter so much easier.

3. Canva This one has been a favorite since the early days of CCC. From our social media posts to presentations, Canva is the go-to platform for all things design. Fun fact: the limited-edition CCC Tiny Book of Affirmations booklet was created using Canva, proving you can produce professional, beautiful designs without a huge budget.

4. Nappy.co Representation matters. Period. Nappy.co is an incredible resource for high-quality, diverse images of Black people. I use their photos frequently in our newsletters because it’s important to me that our audience sees themselves reflected in our content. All the images are labeled for fair use, making it easy to incorporate them into our work.

5. Beehiiv After searching high and low for a newsletter platform, Beehiiv won hands down. Its user-friendly interface and abundance of features make it the best place to create the Star Player Weekly Newsletter. Plus, they offer great monetization opportunities, so I’m able to earn revenue from the paid advertisements you see each week. If you're ready to start your own newsletter, this platform is a must. You can get started with my referral code right here.

I hope this week's "Free Game Friday" provides you with some valuable insights and tools to help you on your own journey. If you end up using any of these, give us a shoutout on social media at @celestialcontentcreations.

Keep shining!

-Ariel

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