3 Links for you - #2

🌟 My 3 links of the week - I regularly share 3 articles, tools, newsletters, or resources that are inspiring, useful - or simply perfect for procrastinating 😜 Have fun discovering them! 🙌

🎨 1️⃣ Inspiration: Public Work The visual database Public.work offers image material from publicly accessible, license-free sources. Enter search terms such as "red" or "nautical" and you will be taken to a beautiful, clickable mood board. Ideal for brainstorming or creating mood boards - and best of all: all images can be downloaded directly. So much better than AI-generated imagery! 🤩

🌍 2️⃣ Newsletter: What happened last week Journalist Sham Jaff curates relevant news and background information from countries in the global South in this newsletter - topics that are often missing in European news bubbles, but which significantly expand the big picture. A recommended reading with heart and brain! And yes, you can also support this financially 🤑

💡 3️⃣ Marketing: 5 social media trends (DE only) This guest article (currently without paywall at W&V) summarizes the most important social media trends in 2025 once again. From "QUGC" to "brandformance" and "brand fandom". I find the idea of "Quality User Generated Content" particularly exciting - high-quality looking content that still breathes authenticity can also convince markets of UGC that usually rely on premium content for their brand.