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Grammarly is on a mission to improve lives by improving communication. Grammarly’s writing assistance technology is used by 50,000 teams and 30 million people every day. Founded in 2009, Grammarly uses a combination of technological approaches and human expertise to offer unmatched, market-leading communication support to individuals and enterprises. Our AI-powered suggestions help people write with confidence and help businesses achieve better results by providing feedback on their writing, wherever it’s happening. Grammarly team members use advanced machine learning to break new ground in natural language processing that analyzes written sentences to understand context and tone. Grammarly Premium elevates communication for individual students and professionals, Grammarly Business drives organizations of all sizes to accelerate business results, and Grammarly for Developers empowers builders to enhance the communication experience for their end users. 

We’re growing our values-driven team to support our expanding user base! Grammarly is one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, a member of the Forbes Cloud 100, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces. We operate with a remote-first hybrid work model, meaning we primarily work from home and meet for in-person collaboration at our hubs in San Francisco, Kyiv, New York, Vancouver, and Berlin, or in a shared workspace in Krakow, as conditions allow. Team members can work in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, and Portugal. 

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A revolutionary idea need not necessarily bloom into a beautiful flower in the first go. This was the story of co-founders Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn when they started yet another company in 2008 after having not succeeded in creating a revolution with their first start-up. I strongly believe that Grammarly would not have existed had the founders not tasted failure with their first start-up “ ” and not stumbled upon learnings of how users approach writing in English, why users are sensitive to anti-plagiarism, how difficult it is to scale the user base, and how developing B2B client relationship with universities and educational institutions will be helpful to fund themselves without depending on VC investors and their tantrums. My Dropbox The founders learned several valuable lessons from their failures, including the importance of catering to a large target market, integrating distribution and marketing with product development, having a sustainable business model, and evolving the business and technology for growth and survival in a competitive landscape. These learnings were , Grammarly, which now boasts 20 million daily active users. critical for the growth of their product Realizing that addressing only the issue of plagiarism checks would limit their target audience to researchers, writers, and other serious educators, the founders went back to first principles: identifying the actual problem the user is trying to solve and addressing all pain points during the user journey. Soon, they discovered that users' desire to avoid plagiarism stems from their fundamental aspiration to write an original, engaging piece that showcases their mastery of the language and is accessible to their target audience. This led the founders to understand that every individual has a fundamental desire to write correctly and effectively for their readers, placing this need at the intersection of basic and esteem to self-actualization needs in Maslow's hierarchy. This was a eureka moment for them, as they realized that they could assist anyone who aspires to write in English to deliver a message that is audience-focused and contextualized per situation, providing both social and personal satisfaction for the writer and audience alike. Their target market was more than two billion English writers. This experience teaches us that we must understand the genesis of a problem in order to find the target market, rather than simply bucketing users based on their stated or visible problems. During that time there were several competitors such as MS word spell check, Outlook spell check, and other standalone spell check apps/software. But Grammarly was very different from all of them as it holistically looked at the pain points of the user while he/she is writing rather than looking at spell check or grammar check as a problem to solve. The objective of Grammarly was to ensure that the writer not only writes well but also learns during the process, unlike all others. It was following the timeless quote — “Give man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Grammarly is guiding and developing great independent writers. Grammarly focused not only on spell checks but also provided spelling suggestions depending on the context. Its focus on explaining correct grammar usage, besides prompting changes and giving ratings for correctness, clarity, engagement, and delivery, helped writers make audience-centric pieces. Its NLP and machine learning team had made the perfect cocktail that helped suggest different changes to text depending on the user's audience, occasion, and context, such as email, storytelling, research paper, etc. The founders also understood one critical piece of user behavior which the incumbents left unaddressed. They ensured high user acquisition and retention by making Grammarly an add-on to already widely-used writing platforms, rather than asking users to use Grammarly on their web-based platform. They created browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Mozilla, as well as Outlook and word plugins, and a Grammarly mobile keypad, in addition to its traditional web-based platform, to ensure that writers are assisted by Grammarly at every step of their writing in daily life. They made Grammarly a habit for their users. The founders were continuously focused on making access, utility, and efficiency key. With its strong machine learning team and sole focus on lowering latency while providing these facilities at the point of use for consumers, they became the favored choice for anyone who cared about writing understandable and audience-centric texts. Suddenly, Grammarly was for everyone, everywhere, and for every purpose. As a way forward, to sustain this hyper-growth and endure this enviable success, I want to look at other successful platforms for learning to adopt into Grammarly. When I look at Amazon, which started by selling books online and now sells everything consumers want in the most convenient way possible, I think Grammarly has a great opportunity to do the same for every English writer in the world. Through machine learning, Grammarly can mimic the style of any famous writer, poet, or speechwriter to help the user adapt and suggest styles for their texts, and automatically generate poems, prose, or speeches depending on a few keywords and contexts provided by the user. Grammarly could expand into many languages and can envelop many different contextual scenarios in its suggestions. Taking a leaf from Google’s autosuggestion, Grammarly could very conveniently integrate autosuggestion to make writing quick and efficient. Other low hanging fruits like integrating voice to text input from English and other popular languages might address a wide audience like storytellers, CEOs or handicaps. Taking a leaf from Google translate and other standalone apps, Grammarly could leverage its prowess of its strong NLP and machine learning team to solve the cross-language translation using (NMT) to suggest translations in a correct grammatical and contextual sense, which is still a challenge today. With audio inputs and interactions on platforms like Alexa, Google Home and Siri, Grammarly could become the ubiquitous language assistant for all modes of inputs for different kinds of languages and devices. Some are low hanging fruits, and some are moon-shot ideas. But all these are meant to make the user experience a great one- the secret to Grammarly’s future sustainable success. Neural machine translation However, I would like to draw attention to one important opportunity on which Grammarly can focus to strengthen its roots even further among users. Grammarly's vision is to help the user write better while making him/her more knowledgeable and confident in the process. It is as much a writing assisting platform as it is a language teaching/training platform. Duolingo, a revolutionary app, has made waves by being one of the best platforms to learn a foreign language for a specific purpose or context, such as travel, weddings, or negotiations. I believe that with its 500 million user base addressing more than 23 languages, Duolingo might be able to create a similar platform to address everything that Grammarly is doing today. Duolingo also has a great NLP and machine learning team and a good understanding of language NLP, like Grammarly. Duolingo also has more appeal among non-native English speakers compared to Grammarly and may be a default choice among its huge consumer base if it launches a platform like this. So, as a defensive strategy and to ensure growth, Grammarly could focus on creating a similar direct learning-by-doing platform like Duolingo for English learners and become their preferred choice before Duolingo moves fast and obliterates Grammarly. It is the enveloping strategy that Grammarly should follow, keeping the English language in focus at first – Grammarly’s strength. I am not suggesting all languages now because it takes a lot of money and effort to create a fundamentally savvy product like Grammarly in one language, and hence Duolingo may not want to compete on all fronts except English, which is the most preferred written language. So, Grammarly should strengthen its fort in English by creating a learning and teaching platform for English-interested users through not only assisting them in writing but also training them to speak and write depending on different social contexts and purposes like Duolingo. I am not suggesting copying Duolingo’s solution but to address the pain point Duolingo is addressing for its English learning audience – a user overlap and an opportunity for Grammarly. Monetization is key to every sustainable business. Grammarly was one of the very few startups that focused on monetizing first to remain sustainable by selling their platform to educational institutions and universities and gaining a trusted audience. Rather than focusing on gathering just free users, they focused on paying users. Today's times are a testament to many startups that have failed to justify their pre-IPO valuations and VC expectations, based solely on user numbers. The frenzy seems to have cooled off now to some extent. However, Grammarly focused on revenue sustainability from day one. Though their serious users are researchers, educators, and students, they also collected relevant user data, which helped them enhance their product and algorithm's learning speed. Recently, they went into a freemium model, which helped them increase their user base drastically while remaining profitable. This helped them become independent of VCs and other investors who, in many cases, pressure entrepreneurs to increase valuations through synthetic methods rather than focusing on creating a user-centric product. Grammarly's unique marketing strategies, which involved explaining product features through Facebook posts and search terms, set it apart from other startups. The ads helped users see how to use the features to improve their writing and facilitated adoption. With an easy onboarding process, Grammarly ensured quick user engagement with just a few clicks. Today's conventional product manager's obsession with growth hacks—to imagine creating 10x growth with 1x investment—was not what the Grammarly team believed in. Today, it seems like everyone wants to win a million-dollar lottery, and every product manager is high on opium. It’s evident when these are the kind of questions we hear regularly in hiring interviews and VC pitches too. It’s a shame and the plight of today's short-sighted, greedy, and ignorant business techie innovators. The Grammarly team, with its experienced founders and clear vision, knew how to sustainably build a product along with advertising to get feedback and create a product for their users. The focus was on getting meaningful consumers and developing a better product, and not putting growth on steroids. They only recently took funding from General Catalyst while being profitable—a testimony that they are looking for patient capital and great mentors rather than just money. I believe that going forward, Grammarly should focus on monetizing from corporations, universities, and individual users, not only in developed countries but also in emerging and developing countries. The focus should be on creating affordable base fees for casual users. Monthly user fees of $29.99 for an emerging economy user are completely misplaced. Emerging economies, with a population of 6 billion people aspiring to speak and write English, represent the future market that Grammarly should focus on. The fast-growing businesses and professionals in developing economies who strive to present themselves well to their global counterparts are more likely to pay for language services, but affordability and accessibility are crucial. Grammarly should learn from McDonald's and Amazon, which customize their products and prices for different geographical locations. Grammarly should focus on capturing these markets with differentiated strategies. An active sales force is important in emerging and developing economies since the way business deals are done here is different from the west. Personal interactions matter in business dealings in developing economies, and an active sales team would be key to gaining those B2B relationships. Taking a leaf from the pricing books of Amazon AWS, Grammarly should also consider feature-based pricing (a la carte). Amazon AWS offers different pricing for various feature bundles and provides pay-as-you-use pricing models. This has led to early and wide adoption of AWS services across SMEs and big firms alike. With its plethora of existing features and expected feature developments, Grammarly should look at these methods to cater to new growth users in emerging economies and free users in other developed countries. From the marketing front, both traditional TV medium along with avenues such as Netflix and Amazon Prime should be explored. Besides the digital medium such as Facebook, Google, and YouTube ads, which have been very helpful, Grammarly needs to focus on building a reliable brand and raising awareness among audiences of all age groups and varied international geographies. Therefore, these avenues are important for reach. Through direct engagement in BTL activities like Microsoft CEO is doing these days, Grammarly needs to make firms, organizations, and its business leaders feel like partners to ensure engagement and active adoption of Grammarly across businesses and institutions. Like Microsoft Office, they should try to become the default plugin for writing in all offices and homes. Grammarly is not only a tech innovator but also a business model innovator. To continue growing at the exorbitant pace, it must capture the low hanging opportunities in sustainable ways and attempt some moon shots in emerging economies. Through product envelopment and user-centricity, Grammarly can become the next Google or Amazon of language communication. Also published . here Declaration: I would like to clarify that I am not associated with Grammarly in any way and do not receive any benefit from them. This is an independent review from my perspective as a technical product leader. References: "Grammarly's Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn on the lessons learned from failure," TechCrunch, 18 February 2021. Available: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/18/grammarlys-alex-shevchenko-and-max-lytvyn-on-the-lessons-learned-from-failure/ "How Grammarly Quietly Grew Its Way To 6.9 Million Daily Users In 9 Years," Forbes, 7 February 2018. Available: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanrobinson/2018/02/07/how-grammarly-grew-to-6-9-million-daily-users-in-9-years/?sh=6a0d6f035b9a "How Grammarly Built a Business Around Grammar and Writing," Harvard Business Review, 12 November 2019. Available: https://hbr.org/2019/11/how-grammarly-built-a-business-around-grammar-and-writing "Grammarly Review 2021: Is This Grammar Checker Worth It?" The Digital Project Manager, 2 March 2021. Available: https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/grammarly-review/ "How Grammarly turned grammar into growth," VentureBeat, 25 January 2018. Available: https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/25/how-grammarly-turned-grammar-into-growth/ "Grammarly: From grammar checker to a digital writing assistant," ZDNet, 13 August 2019. Available: https://www.zdnet.com/article/grammarly-from-grammar-checker-to-a-digital-writing-assistant/ "How to Write Engaging Content That Readers Will Love," Grammarly Blog, 24 February 2021. Available: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-engaging-content/

Grammarly — An Unconventional Thought Leader in Start-up Opera 

“Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more,” - Henry Ford, Founder, Ford Motor Company Whenever you decide to start your business, there might be several apprehensions surrounding you. There is hope for success, fear for failure, and confusion regarding the management of business functions. One of the reasons why most Americans (74%) back out from the idea of starting their own business is because of , but at the same time, 1/3rd of businesses also start with . lack of funding less than $5,000 But the eye-opening revelation here is that about 47% of the would-be entrepreneurs back out from the idea of starting a business because of lack of access to business tools and 46% of them are likely to start a business if they had better knowledge about business tools. If you are one of those aspiring entrepreneurs who are unable to start their business or struggling to manage one due to limited knowledge about business tools, this article will serve as a useful guide for you. You will learn about the concept of SaaS and beginner-friendly SaaS tools for e-commerce startups. Let us begin with the basics. What is SaaS? SaaS is an acronym for Software as a Service that provides specific services via applications or through cloud computing over the internet. It is a type of web-based model maintained and updated by software developers over a secure cloud network. In layman’s terms, SaaS applications are software that offers you services to simplify and streamline complicated manual functions. In simpler words, it is a platform offering a productive replacement for critical, complicated, and time-consuming manual work. The best thing about SaaS is that you don’t have to install it on your desktop or computers, you can simply access it on the internet, eliminating the cost of purchase, maintenance, and upgrades, some of which are even completely free. Some of the common examples of SAAS are Amazon Web Services, Google Workspace, and Hubspot. The SaaS market is a booming industry whose value is projected to reach . $168.6 billion by 2025 All successful companies and businesses use SaaS to streamline their business functions and be easily integrated with the team. According to the 2020 State of SaasOps survey by SaaS applications make up to 70% of a company’s software use. BetterCloud, 5 Must-have SaaS Tools for E-commerce Start-ups Managing an e-commerce business, especially when you are just starting out is not an easy job. There seems to be a pile of activities that calls for your attention but you are not sure how to attend to them. There is inventory management, customer queries, marketing, and most stressful of all - sorting out your orders and shipping functions. The whole point of technology is to simplify work for human beings, and SaaS tools for startups do exactly the same. Here are some of the beginner-friendly SAAS tools to enhance productivity for your e-commerce small business along with some pros and cons. Shopify (for online e-commerce store) Subscription:  14-day free trial, 3 plans available is an online platform that helps you create and personalize your online store. Shopify stores are one of the best ways to launch your online business if you are just starting out and low on resources. Shopify It offers you a platform to buy, sell, ship, and promote your products online with an easy interface that is beginner-friendly and affordable. From handcrafted goods to electronics, you decide what you want to sell. Launched in 2006, Shopify currently serves 176 countries and has over 1 million business users. Shopify offers 3 monthly plans starting from $29/month, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes to operate their online store without any hassles. As a new user, you  get a 14-day free trial. If you are satisfied with your experience you can go ahead to subscribe to one of the Shopify plans. Pros Low startup cost. Beginner-friendly and easy to use. Great for dropshipping. Attractive themes and templates for personalization. Cons Add ons can be costly. Transaction fees. Oberlo (for dropshipping and inventory management) Subscription- Free, Basic ($29.90 USD/month), Pro ($79.90/month) If the concept of dropshipping sounds appealing to you, say Hi to Oberlo. is a dropshipping tool and platform that allows you to import inventory online from your inventory supplier and sell it directly on your online store. You don’t have to own, store, maintain, or ship the inventory. The inventory supplier will ship the items directly to the customer. Oberlo Oberlo dropshipping offers a direct integration between the platforms Shopify and AliExpress. You can import the products from Ali Express and add them to your Shopify store with a simple chrome extension. The Oberlo Shopify integration is a smooth and hassle-free process, all you need is a stable internet connection. You are eligible for a 30-day free trial once you sign up and choose your plans according to your needs after you are satisfied with its utility. While not fully optimized for mobile and tablet functions, you can easily operate Oberlo on your laptop or computer. Pros Easy and secure product imports. Automated order processing and fulfillment. Easy product customization. Ample learning resources available. Cons Only compatible with Shopify and AliExpress. Restriction on some products without clarity on terms. Canva (for image editing and design) Subscription- Free Upgrades- Pro ($12.99/month or $119.99/year), Enterprise ($36/month) Managing your e-commerce business is not only about processing and shipping orders. One of the most crucial aspects here is how well you present your brand and products to your prospects. The human brain processes visual information and about . As such, there is no second-guessing the fact that  visual content can make or break your brand. 60,000 times faster than text 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual But guess what? You don’t need to be a graphic designer or a photoshop expert to create your own product and marketing designs, online can save your day. It has a range of custom design templates available according to the need and specifications of various social media platforms. Canva You can design carousels, catalogs, and ads with a few creative uses of the features. Canva is adored by its users for its simplicity and uncomplicated nature. Canva is also fully optimized to operate from a mobile phone. All you have to do is download the Canva app and use it anywhere, anytime at your convenience. And the best part is it’s free for everyone! Of course, there are upgrades available but the free version seems to be working just fine. Pros Easy and simple to use Custom templates as per social media requirements. Supports many picture formats and storage Easy access to everyone Cons Limited free version Can’t create your own elements. You have to develop designs from the templates provided. Shipstation (for managing online orders and shipping functions) Subscription-30 days free trial, Multiple plans available. Shipping is hands down one of the most stressful functions you have to manage as an e-commerce vendor, and I don’t even need statistics to prove that. is a SaaS platform that helps you manage your shipping functions across various e-commerce platforms effectively. Shipstation lets you integrate with over 70 best-selling sites and  manage all your essential shipping orders through one platform. Shipstation You can easily administer your inventory, generate discounted shipping labels, and build banded shipping with the help of this SaaS application. Once you sign up, you are eligible for a 30-day free trial, and if you are satisfied with your experience you can go ahead and purchase their monthly plans. Their monthly plans range from $9/month for beginner-level entrepreneurs with up to 50 shipments per month to $159/month for growing businesses supporting up to 1000 shipments per month. It is a great platform for early-stage entrepreneurs and businesses who can’t afford to rent a warehouse or hire staff to support their shipping functions. Pros Easy to use. Excellent features and automation. Multiple integrations. Discounted shipping labels Cons It may require some time to understand the features Conflicting reviews regarding customer service. Grammarly (for error-free content writing) Subscription- Free Upgrades- Premium ($12/month), Business($12.50/month) is a great SaaS tool to ensure that you create grammatical-error-free, clear, and concise content. As an entrepreneur, you have to look into the most crucial aspect of your business which is marketing and content creation. Grammarly helps you to keep your content faultless, clear, and concise that is easily comprehensible to all. Grammarly Grammarly is free to use with limited features that check your grammar, spelling, punctuation, and detect your tone. You can upgrade to Grammarly premium for advanced writing features that help you pick the right delivery and create engaging content. Grammarly Business is for businesses wanting to enhance their team communication in a professional and clear manner. Plagiarism detection is also available in both upgrades. Pros Real-time grammar correction. Easy to use (only requires a chrome extension). Adequate free version for basic grammar correction. Customization ( select preferred language, add new words). Cons Does not guarantee 100% accuracy and correctness. Limited free version. Summing Up It is astounding to witness how far technology has come in substituting and simplifying manual work. Things that seemed impossible to comprehend 10 years back are now a reality. Starting your business today is a lot easier than a few years ago with an array of convenient and inexpensive business tools available at your disposal. You just have to know how to look for it. Good luck!

5 Essential SaaS Tools for Ecommerce Startups: Shopify, Oberlo, Canva, ShipStation, and Grammarly

You don't have to be big to make an impact. This is what the story of Grammarly, a grammar-checking software startup, proved. It is one of the most popular and successful startups in Silicon Valley, with over 30 million daily users worldwide. It's safe to say that this company has been wildly successful! Although other well-known applications have an integrated spell and grammar check, none seem to be providing a complete and comprehensive service to users. The people behind Grammarly saw this technical issue and built the company from the ground up solely with that idea. How did Grammarly grow from being a small startup to such an international sensation? Here are the things that you should know. Humble Beginnings Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, and Dmytro Lider started Grammarly at the University of California-Berkeley in 2009. Their goal was to create a device that would help people with poor grammar become better writers and excel more in their careers. Grammarly is not your average startup company. It did not start as a freemium business as we all know now. Rather, it was monetized backward. The journey wasn't an easy one. It took Grammarly six years to make its way out of the garage and into the mainstream market. At the time, the team received $110 million in investments for research, development, and marketing campaigns designed to attract customers worldwide. It was well worth it. Today, over 20 different language versions are available on Grammarly's website, including different English variations, Spanish (Latin American), French, and German. How the Business Prospered While Grammarly had its fair share of struggles, it did have some key strategies that helped make its business successful. Let’s tackle each of the variables which contributed to the company’s success. Freemium Business Model One strategy was to use a freemium business model and offer free services as well as paid ones. By doing this, they could appeal to those who are serious about writing and casual users. Since many people see grammar-checking software as something you can only benefit from if you're in school or at work, using a freemium business model helps ease the market into having such software available for them on demand. Growth Over Revenue Mindset Another essential strategy Grammarly uses is by focusing on growth over revenue when necessary. The company invested a lot of money in research and development, as well as marketing campaigns. Even though they didn't have steady revenue at the time, Grammarly still chose to invest heavily into their business because it was more critical for them to grow quickly than worry about making immediate profit. User-Driven Functionality Grammarly values the feedback of customers. There are many different features that Grammarly provides for its users, and they improve these by getting their feedback. There is an integrated option in the application for the user to indicate if the correction is valid. Personalization Every user has an individual style and communication goals. With this, Grammarly focused its software on providing personalization. Grammarly uses Search and language statistics to provide personalized content for the users. The company has employed a data-driven approach to identify which language is most appropriate in different contexts. This, along with their ability to search from various sources of information, make Grammarly more reliable than other grammar applications on the market today! Marketing Strategies Marketing is a vital part of a business. Here are the three main marketing strategies which helped Grammarly boost its presence worldwide: Social Media Marketing Grammarly uses social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. They used these platforms for generating revenue by showing relevant ads on user feeds based on their interests. The ads posted helped increase user engagement with the software since they were in the format of jokes, tips, and comics which shows that language is fun. Product Positioning Grammarly focused on its audience by understanding their needs. They realized that there is no need to create a premium product for people who ignore grammar and spelling mistakes in the first place. They also understood that only those with deep pockets would use a premium product if they provided a paid service. By positioning itself as a freemium business model company, Grammarly could attract anyone looking for help regarding writing errors which helped increase revenue over time through enhanced user engagement and referral programs! Email Marketing To further appeal to new users, Grammarly used email marketing. They sent out targeted emails to people who had already visited the site or purchased an account. The company has rules for when and how often they send emails since most companies have restrictions due to legalities and spamming concerns. Key Takeaways From Grammarly's Success Grammarly has set goals that they aim to achieve every year. These goals have been beneficial in the progress of the business and will continue to remain vital as time goes on. Incorporate SMART Goals: This not only helps you build up revenue but also allows your brand to grow in the long run. Use a freemium business model to attract new users: Customers love when companies ask them questions about how they feel and what changes they would like to see. Customers feel listened to, and their feedback is invaluable. Be open with feedback: The more active you are online, the better chance you have of growing your business at lightning speed! Grammarly took advantage of all sorts of free marketing, including social posts across all mediums and blogging, by making sure everything about them was available across the internet. Be social: Final Thoughts Grammarly has created and then dominated the market for easily accessible, one-stop-shop writing tools and is continuing doing so. The company’s success story is inspiring because it shows that you don't need years of experience or money behind you for your product or idea to become successful… just good ideas, determination, and hard work.

How Grammarly Climbed Its Way to 30 Million Daily Users Worldwide

At HackerNoon, we are fans of , so I would like to share my top five productivity tools that are all AI-based. artificial intelligence While non-AI tools can also be useful, these specific tools have significantly improved my efficiency and performance. This is why I highly recommend them to you all. And before we dive in, what is the coolest is that most of these tools are or in some way might be implemented directly on HackerNoon in the future! Here’s a quick tl;dr of the best tools, but I strongly invite you to watch the short video to learn more and find out even more interesting tools and why they are so cool! AI Tools We’ll Cover I had to note it. is amazing for many things. It’s useful to create templates for many repetitive tasks involving text. . ChatGPT ChatGPT is just a fantastic corrector. It helps you correct your sentences live and is embedded in most text inputs from any website and even on your phone, whether you are typing a tweet, an email, or a LinkedIn post. Grammarly I’ve had the chance to be one of the early testers being a ambassador, and it is impressive. I love being able to summarize a long article or video into a few lines. I used it myself for my own articles to create social posts since you can customize the output pretty well to get the length you want, and the summaries are better than what I usually do. They have lots of other features I talk about in the video too. . Cohere Cohere Otter.ai is amazing during your remote meetings. It will automatically summarize what you talk about and split into the different topics you covered. This is incredibly useful for interviews or long meetings that cover a wide variety of topics. . Otter.ai has many features, but the one I most enjoy is how it automatically organizes your content. There are templates for pretty much everything, like meeting summaries. . mem.ai Mem.ai Tune in to the video to learn what I mean by that! The most useful tool is… the future! Watch the video https://youtu.be/jO10C1FFM0E?embedable=true&transcript=true

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A Short Story "Hi, sugar baby." Me: Friend: "Hello." "How is it going with the targets we talked about getting new clients?" Me: "I have been trying. Only for this AI thing... I have lost two opportunities to work already." Friend: "What do you mean, " Me: AI thing? "I mean, the AI tools that are used to test to see if the contents are genuine or not." Friend: "Oh, of course. So, how does that concern you? You are one of the finest and most badass writers I have had the privilege to work with over the years." Me: "So did I, until some content AI originality-checking tools said my works were too perfect to have been written by humans." Friend: Intro We have been lied to when told that AI will not take away our jobs. Real-life testimonies and experiments prove that AI tools have been robbing humans of jobs. Well…, and will continue to do so. The above chat was a conversation between a friend, who is a colleague, and me. She writes smartly and uses different AI tools to support her content creation process, such as checking for plagiarism, fixing complex grammatical issues with content, and making content readable. However, she has never spun an article to rewrite it or cheat the writing process. In fact, she did not bother to sign up for or use ChatGPT because she considers it a professional cheat. She had lost two opportunities to land two potential clients because the client uploaded her content to an AI tool that could allegedly judge whether the content was AI-generated or human-generated. The client did not read the entire document. He only lets the AI do the job, and her work came back as AI-generated. Disappointed and confounded, she asked for the tool and tried it herself. To her surprise, the result came back affirmative as being AI-written, about 95%. She tried another, too; that had a lesser score but also said it was mostly AI-written. As she made some adjustments and rechecked, she had a typographical error, and the score came back as 75% humanly written. She saw the error and fixed it; the score went back to 95% AI. The logic behind this particular tool turned out to be that human-written content contains flaws and errors. Wow! So, what is the point of grammar and other writing aid tools? It looks like the developers never thought about that. First, it was the reCAPTCHA I thought it was funny and ironic that machines now ask humans to confirm that they are humans. First, it was the reCAPTCHA images, letters, signs, and ticks to prove to machines (web hosts) that we are humans. Resume Scanners/ATS I decided to experiment with different resume tools (Applicants Tracking System, or ATS) to scan my resume and see the eligibility of my competence for a particular job description. First, it was resume “Worded” too. Truly, the tool identified some weaknesses in the uploaded resume. My challenge, however, was that the AI could not pick up important sections of my work, such as skills. I used "skills" and varied it with "professional skills," and "skills (professional)," but the tool couldn't even recognize these labels as headers. Its absence made it score low. Furthermore, it identified headers (job titles and roles) as bullet points explaining job descriptions. Hence, the recommendation to start each bullet point with "action verbs" is illogical. In case you are wondering if I put a bullet before the enterprise where I had worked and the roles, no, I didn't. There was also the issue of the brevity of points. I was to cut bullet points short, which is relative anyway. If you've ever written a resume, you know how difficult (almost impossible) it is to discuss actions, roles, and impacts of your role in measurable metrics in 15-20 words. Ironically, in the example given by the tool on how to start a bullet point with an action word, it was longer than most of what I wrote. Following all recommendations, the resume still got hooked on an 80-margin score for this particular tool. The tool only considers a 90% score and above for jobs. I tried another ATS tool, whose only option was to pick up keywords in the document, not sections. It failed to use a contextual analysis of words, sentences, and phrases. It fails to identify synonyms or alternative words for all possible dictionary words that an applicant can use! For instance, if the job description required a degree in a related course and the tool was encoded to scan for a "university degree," if you had a college degree in a related course, you could be disqualified. However, if you mention that you worked as a teaching assistant at a university, even if the field is irrelevant, your resume will pass to the next review stage. Taleo is one of the ATS tools used by top companies such as Toyota, Starbucks, Amazon, and several other companies. It uses the principle of keyword scan and keyword density (the frequency of keywords of interest. Grammar and Writing Aids In the early days of Grammarly, if you submitted your work to a client before a personal review, they would upload it to Grammarly and tell you it had a low score (often less than 90)—the same Grammarly that has trouble identifying how to use a verb following an uncountable noun. The same Grammarly that picks popular words as inaccuracies and suggests that you delete or replace commonly-used words (not necessarily in that context). Sometimes, it has no alternative suggestions for the same word it flags as a "word choice" error. The same AI tool that does not fully understand your writing tone or audience but picks passive voices as errors. On this, you will agree that the parameters in the "Goals" section are very limited. Grammarly marks every passive verb form as an “issue”, disregarding the tone or setting of your document. Some clients would even expect technical and industry-niched content to have the readability score of a basic school pupil. The same tool is the judge. Why do they think so? Because they assume that a higher readability score ALWAYS means content can be better understood, neglecting the target audience demographics. Plagiarism Checkers: Copyscape Pass!!?? 🙃 "Copyscape pass" was a popular addition to many job postings on freelance platforms in those days. It didn't matter if the idea was popular, if you wrote it your way or in your style, or even if you had first-hand knowledge of the subject; you lose the job or the client if Copyscape flags it! 1text.com may also be one of the most notorious plagiarism checkers in the AI content generation tool market. This 'guy' picks on strings of words and phrases as plagiarism. Hence, it is difficult to have an accurate score if you are writing technical articles on a specific industry or tool. For instance, in writing about JavaScript as a programming language, you must mention some words. 1text.com does not care whether your style, grammar, or context differs from other sources on the internet, nor does it care about your presentation. As long as there are similar word strings in one or two sentences, you are a culprit ⸻a plagiarist! RIP to the jobs AI made humans lose! The Sun Never Rose on Some Jobs So, our jobs are being snatched from us not because AI is replacing our many abilities as individuals but because it continues to stand in the way of opportunities that our skillset could have earned us. They are stolen right from our hands before they even land. Yet, the AI tools themselves cannot do those tasks as well as we can. No two AI tools are exactly the same, but we are at the mercy of fighting for slots with tools with different algorithms. It would be luck and chance that an applicant plays right into the tool the recruiter is using. Sadly, executive customers and clients of these professionals do not know this. Typically, there are business executives who barely have enough time to perform their essential functions but believe AI is perfect and makes the best decisions. So, as a content writer, I submit an article to a SaaS company executive, and he does not read it but uploads it to a plagiarism checker interface to check if it is original or not. Unfortunately, this man does not even know the judging criteria for what makes an AI tool reliable. For many digital content creators, AI can be a bad market in this regard. These tools are built with algorithms that capitalize on human weaknesses as though there are no other tools to help humans overcome their oversights and weaknesses. It becomes apparent that the level of creative thinking of an application development team determines how the application will function. The limit of the developer's wisdom is the application’s limit. Some deserving candidates will not advance in the industry unless humans stop jeopardizing human efforts and use meaningful algorithms and datasets to instruct their AI models. It is not AI vs. humans; it is . humans vs. humans with AI being the weapon A person who has an idea about developing an applicant tracking system for employers has not done well if all they do is sit with a team of top HR executives on desired qualities. They must also speak with employees and job seekers. Otherwise, those who will be employed will be those who can beat the system, not necessarily the best hands. Most of your software that undermines human efforts only want to sell more value to you in the name of a "premium" package. Don't tell me, "those who beat the system are the best hands." Oh, please; don't get me started! I have seen terrible product descriptions on Amazon and seen wrong information or inconsistent styles on . Google's first-page results I have seen spelling errors and grammatical blunders on some of our most respected information outlets on the internet. However, in a capitalist-tech world, managers and senior-level executives do not explore all the possibilities of a tool before adopting it. As long as a tool has a huge fund-raising and is sponsored by prominent tech names, it is assumed to be an authoritative application system. The Future I believe the future of artificial intelligence as an independent entity is impossible. However, the greatest potential of AI tools will be realized in full collaboration with humans. It is not to marginalize humans or continue to oppose them. I believe it is to support humans. AI startups and tech giants have to stop developing AI tools with the ambition to "catch" a culprit and instead use them as a tool to foster human collaboration and business development. Also published here

Real-Life Stories About AI Taking Human Jobs

এআই-এর মানুষের চাকরি নেওয়ার বাস্তব-জীবনের গল্প

Geschichten aus dem wirklichen Leben über KI, die menschliche Jobs übernimmt

Historias de la vida real sobre la IA tomando trabajos humanos

Histoires vécues sur l'IA prenant des emplois humains

एआई मानव नौकरियां लेने के बारे में वास्तविक जीवन की कहानियां

AI が人間の仕事を奪う実話

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Histórias da vida real sobre a IA tomando empregos humanos

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Blogging is like a whirlwind, and it has gotten everyone caught up in it. For people all over the world, the online world has opened up avenues in terms of technology, careers, and more. These recent times have caused a sudden influx in online activity, owing to us being cooped up in our homes. Hence, for many of us, this is a great time to launch our online hobbies or careers. That's why here are some of the best tools that will help you kick start your blogging experience. G-Suite Being a content creator is no easy task, and it is straightforward to get lost in the sea of work. Keeping up with posts and orders can get messy if you're not organised. That's why we suggest, as our first pick, G-suite. This is an "all-in-one" package that gives you all essential services like Gmail, Drive, Notes, , Sheets and more. Docs As the name suggests, it is a Google Inc. product which means it comes with excellent online security and services like Vault, which retains all your information and a support helpline that is available 24 x 7. This is helpful for not only the business side of things but in your daily life as well. Grammarly Having perfect grammar in every sentence is a tricky thing, even if you're well versed in English. When you're blogging, and you're in a flow, misspelling a word or missing out on punctuation is reasonably common. However, mistakes like these can derail your blogpost. The easiest way to prevent this is by getting Grammarly. It's a great application that as you go on writing and suggests edits as well. It also presents synonyms for most words and allows you to save proper nouns for future use. You can use Grammarly on your phone as well as your PC, and utilize its features by paying a nominal fee. corrects your grammar Xero One of the trickiest things to keep track of when managing a blog is finance. It can get confusing to track the influx and outflux of money that you get through posts and sponsorships, which is where Xero comes into play. Xero is software that helps you track your expenses and gains, and accounts for all of your transactions.  It's also a great way to keep track of your pays and stats. Especially if you are involved in not only managing your blog but engage in some as well. guest post service Diigo If you're a blogger who focuses on trending topics or the news and you are always on the hunt to find out new items and sources, then there is no better tool for you than . It allows you to organise all the material that you find and categorise them. You can also highlight and underline critical pieces of information directly on web pages or PDF files. Diigo Best of all, you can collect and arrange all your sources so that you get a clear idea about your next post. You can also share your opinions with peers and understand others' viewpoints, which will add in more depth to your blogs. Canva Our fifth pick is this excellent site that allows you to design some beautiful images and graphics for your webpage. Pictures may seem redundant when you have a text-based blog, but a few key images that reflect your content and you are crucial. They help grab your user's attention so that they are interested in knowing what you have to offer. With the help of , you can not only design pictures but graphs and charts as well. It comes preloaded with some great templates, to make the process easier for you. Canva Can I Rank? Last but not least on our list is a new and revolutionary helper called ‘Can I Rank?’  As the name suggests, this is a tool that will give you a variety of tips and tricks with which you can increase the popularity of your blog. It is a godsend, especially for beginners who need assistance on figuring out the best keywords for them, how to get good traffic on their website and so on. This software makes the technical side of blogging much more accessible and approachable. Conclusion With the help of the tools and sites that we've mentioned above, you'll soon be well on your way to having a successful blog. You can use them all at once, or pick and choose the ones you need to improve your problem areas. Online content creation is all about experience and figuring things out. There is no perfect formula. All you need to do is work consistently and smartly, to get to where you want to be and our handpicked selection of tools will surely assist you in that journey.

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The idea to create a website came to me in the economics university. I used to make a living as a freelance tech expert and dreamed of monetizing my writings with more profit. A website with appeared to be the best solution. It matched both my mobile-nerd interests and the rapidly growing market demand. mobile app reviews That’s frankly ironic, but mobile apps are not only the objects of reviews. They’re also my best companions for all daily routines and content creation. Apps help me manage Freepps.top anywhere I go, so I decided to tell you about the most crucial of them. 1. Google Docs – Content Creation Since my platform is article-driven but doesn’t require too deep editing, Google Docs perfectly deals with everything and doesn’t take a line in the budget. It’s also a unique tool for collaboration. As a chief editor, I love checking and offering changes to articles made by staff writers and collaborators from my iPhone or iPad and get notified on Gmail when the work is done. Quick access sharing saves the day quite often when I don’t have enough time to finish urgent pieces for the blog. Finally, the free integration of other services by Google lightens up the burden of dealing with numerous accounts. Customers and writers love to get in touch via Google Docs as it’s so easy to set up and use, let alone automatic saving, instant cloud backup, cross-platform sync, and an option to integrate it into the website publisher. It’s the most versatile free solution, so I recommend you to deeply. study it 2. Grammarly – Always Check Yourself We all use this app on all devices at Freepps.top to avoid making mistakes in articles and messages by accident. No matter how big your audience is, you are responsible for every word you publish. Grammarly is picky enough to help you with that, especially when the pace is overwhelming. 3. PayPal – Universal Payment Tool Proceeding daily payments is a basic daily routine for both beginner-level and popular websites. PayPal offers a universal toolbox for covering staff work, SEO expenses, and for making any other transfers internationally. 4. WordPress – Run A Site On The Go If your coding skills leave much to be desired and the budget is low, WordPress is the best solution to create a website and run it until you start grossing enough to hire a webmaster. The mobile version of the service is perfect for posting on the go, monitoring website stats, fixing issues, and answering to users’ comments. WordPress , so it’s the foremost option to consider. runs over 30% of the web 5. Canva – When There’s No Good Free Stock Images Free stocks, such as Pixabay, usually help to find high-quality images for articles. However, a moment when there’s no suitable pic always comes at the most inconvenient time. That’s where Canva lets you pick up one of 60,000+ beautiful templates, tune them to fit your needs, and copy straight to the publisher within minutes. Did I Throw Away The Computer? The level of portability and an impressive functionary of apps can make you more mobile than ever. Apps gave me the opportunity to give more time to my family, self-development, and traveling. The computer is still needed for dealing with large amounts of work and complicated setups, but you can give it up for anything else.

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Reading your article over and over, scrutinizing for even a minor mistake and then sending it to the editor, is what writers find the most tedious part of writing. And, this long process can make you hate your writing skills. But, this process can be cut short. Various writing tools will not only make your editing process easy or say on-the-spot but will also help you in improving your skills. Below is the list of editing tools that bloggers use to improve their writing and edit their articles. Have a look. 1. Grammarly The majority of the writers use Grammarly for editing their articles. It can be easily integrated on WordPress, Google Chrome, and can also be installed as the keyboard in the mobile phones. So, no matter what you are using to write your blog, Grammarly will be there for your assistance. It helps in correcting grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, passive voice, and many other minors and major grammar errors. You can choose the tone of your article as per your domain of the website. However, if you are worried about the cost of Grammarly, then you can just use it for free for the lifetime. Though, if you want to use its all options then it’s worth to purchase it. If you are confused about investing in the Grammarly, read the article – – is it worth the hype or not? Grammarly Review 2. ProWritingAid It is one of the most famous style editors. Like other editing tools, ProWritingAid also checks for the grammar errors, misuse of punctuations, overuse words, spelling mistakes, passive voice, etc. but it also looks for the writing styles. This editing software is the best for improving your writing skills. It gives an in-depth report of all the errors they have made. This helps them in learning grammar techniques while writing blogs. Also, its features like finding the right words, remove repetitive words, point out the clichés, and many others which you can read from the . ProWritingAid review 3. Hemingway Editor Hemingway Editor is another editing tool that bloggers use to learn quickly and it edits fast. The best part about this editing tool is it has different color codes for types of error writers make. For example, a wordy sentence is highlighted with the yellow color and other errors are highlighted by red color. It gives more clarity and power to write up by eliminating errors like adverbs, passive voice, and complicated words. 4. Ginger Software Ginger Software also ranks among the top editing tools that can help bloggers in improving their writing skills. It has an inbuilt sentence rephraser that helps in simplifying the complicated or long sentences. It has its own dictionary and a translator that can translate the text onto 50 other languages. Ginger software is more like a personal trainer who pinpoints your every grammatical mistake and helps you in writing a more effective article. 5. WebSpellChecker The best thing about WebSpellChecker is it gives you two options to edit your content. Either you can correct your content while writing or you can choose another option that allows you to correct in another window without making changes in your writing. The software indicates the mistake by underlining it and when you over the cursor then you can correct it. This way you can correct and publish an impeccable article on your blog site. 6. Ninja Essays Ninja Essays is an online editing services company. It hires writers with post-graduation degrees, PhDs so that they can edit the content of their customers. If you do not believe in robots and technology which claims to edit your content accurately then this service is only for you. The real editors and proofreaders will check your content before making it public. They edit content for mistakes like wordiness, grammar errors, complicated sentences and other minor mistakes like typos, punctuations, and spelling errors. Final Words All of the above-mentioned editing tools will definitely make your editing process easier. They will make you learn from your mistakes and help you in . improving your writing skills Being a blogger you need to be quick with your content and have so many tasks to do at a time that it becomes necessary to minimize some tasks. Using editing tools can help you in focusing on other works.

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