{"id":24412,"date":"2023-01-07T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=24412"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:53:38","slug":"kenny-beats-workflow-secrets-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/kenny-beats-workflow-secrets-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Beats reveals his workflow secrets (free templates included)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;For me, templates have changed the game,&#8221; Kenny Beats tells us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was creating templates before I even knew they were templates. 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