1. A secret photo-editing 📷 weapon.

If you’re a Photoshop user, you know what a pain it can be to cut around a person in an image to remove the background. Doable, of course, but very time consuming and particular. Enter Removal.ai — an artificial intelligence app that does it for you. Your photo cropping just got WAY easier.

Remove image backgrounds with ease. [via Removal.ai]

2. You need a monthly giving program. 📅

Conceptually, we all know that monthly giving is a good idea. But all too often, it falls down the priority list in favor of major giving or other “critical” initiatives. But here’s the deal: “one-time donors renew, on average, at a rate of 45%. Monthly donors renew, on average, at a rate of nearly 90%.” Moral of the story: It’s time to ramp up your monthly giving program.

Why (and how) to cultivate monthly donors. [via Clarification]

3. Some of the best blog 🗒️ advice we’ve ever read.

When smart, talented writers reflect on their processes and lessons learned, we listen. This insight from CXL blogger Derek Gleeson hit so many nails on the head: from not wasting time on things that are good enough, to building in time to think, to updating old content because people are still reading it. (Yes, yes, and yes.) If you’re writing on the internet, this is worth the read.

How to make your blog better. [via CXL]

4. How to create variable ✍️ fonts.

Design nerds, raise your hands. This one is for you. Check out this helpful video tutorial and article about variable web fonts and learn how you can modify axes on a single font file (we told you this was for the design nerds…). Upside for everyone: fewer uploads, more readable websites, and less work. Wins all around.

A free tutorial on web fonts. [via Envato Tuts+]

5. Let’s talk about 🤯 burnout.

In a conversation with a friend recently, one of our team members put words to how we’re all feeling (whether we acknowledge it or not), noting that “right now, we are all in a constant and perpetually fragile emotional state.” Welcome to life in a pandemic! What this also means is that we’re all at risk of burnout. Luckily, one of our favorite thinkers, Adam Grant, has some insights on the scary (and very real) feeling of work being just too much. (Once you listen to this episode, check out all of the WorkLife podcast. We’re big fans.)

How to cope with burnout. [via The WorkLife Podcast from TED]