Blogging Tools
I've been a year since I started my own personal development blog. During this time, I've come to use some really cool resources to enhance my blogging activities.
So I've made this list with some of the tools which I use most with my blogging activities. I know I am not reinventing the wheel, but here's a part of what I've been using. Hopefully it will be useful to someone.
Enjoy!
Amazing Images (CC0, most are from public domain)
(most images are part of the public domain and can be used both personally and commercially, but I do suggest you check the license before using them in any form of content, some pics might need just a simple attribution)SEO and Content
- Soovle - it will help you find keywords related to your search
- CopyScape - Find out who copied your content
- Post Title Generator - try this out when you run out of title ideas
- SEOCentro - a collection of tools to help out with search engine optimization (like SEO Analyzer, meta tag analyzer, keyword density, keyword suggestions
- Internet Marketing Ninjas - another huge collection of SEO tools, on-page optimization, page speed, header checker and... the list goes on
- Facebook's Debug Tool - Check if your articles are ready for sharing to Facebook. This tool was also useful when Facebook wasn't picking up updates to the original article. A manual scrape always did the trick.
Miscellaneous
Compressor.IO - I just love this tool! It will shrink the physical size of your images, but preserving their quality as much as possible.Canva - Anytime you need a tool to create quotes or nice pics to share on social media, Canva is the place to go. Use in tandem with public domain images found in the previous list. Accesible from the browser.
Be Funky - When you need to create a funky collage. Accesible from the browser.
Online Chart - Good looking charts.
Gif Maker - Upload your images and create a gif out of them
Word Clouds - You will be creating word clouds with this one.
Typography Editor - Another tool to edit and create images, quotes.
ColorWheel - When you need to make sure two or more colors go well together. Thank you, Adobe.
Alt-Codes - Special ASCII characters, like ☺♫☼♥😍
Kawaii Faces - some one-line ASCII art like ☆(❁‿❁)☆
TextFac.es - some more one-line ASCII art like ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Gif Maker - Upload your images and create a gif out of them
Gimp - One of the best open source tools to edit your images. Has a lot of functions similar to Photoshop, but it's easier to use. Also free. Needs to be downloaded and installed locally.
Audacity - The best open source audio editor. I was amazed to discover that this little tool was able to open up an 8-hour long mp3 file with no problems, whilst Adobe Audition kept crashing on the same file. I was impressed with it then, and I am now. To process mp3 files, you will need to download a separate plugin (3 clicks away). Needs download and local install.
Automation
MailChimp - the perfect beginner's solution to build a list of subscribers list, free for the first 2000 subscribers.Hootsuite - helps with scheduling your social media activity. It allows you to schedule up to 3 popular social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and so on).
MailMunch - Provides subscriber forms that can be integrated in any blog or site.
Very helpful!!! thanks a ton.
you're most welcome
Thank you very much. I think it's very helpful.
@munteanu I just joined #SteemIt a few days ago are there any resources you can point me to, like cheat sheets for creating beautiful blog posts here?
When I post images for example and I want it centered how do I accomplish this?
Or I have seen some posts that have fancy paragraph dividers or even when starting a new paragraph how do I get the indentation?
Any help on this would be highly appreciated!
My handle is @bit-trader I also gave ya a follow!😁
Thank you I do think that this is a great list, and I have been looking for better ways to blog, since I was not into social media before SteemIt.
Cool, happy it helps!
Looks like it will.
A ton of content, blogging tools and inspiration - this is a huge help, for new Steemit member's!
Thanks for all the tools 😉
You're welcome @qiobi
to enhance our blogging activities, we can use these tools. Specially SEO and Site/Blog Maintenance is the most important tools for our blog or website. I think, It will be very helpful for me and everyone.
I wish there was a way I could index this post for quick reference at a later time.
bookmark it in the browser
I hadn't thought of that, thanks.
this is a treasure trove of useful tools - I don't think you realize how significant compiling this list really is. I think if you used all the tags available ( you have 5 you can use) this post would have generated a larger response. You're a blogger, but you're also a writer, so that tag and writing are naturals to use. Good work. I'm re-steeming and following you, muntenau
thanks john! it was my first article, so I missed some tags here and here. small correction, it's "munteanu" :) Romanian name.
OH, so sorry, I left out an a munteanu - got it!
no worries
I used your topic generator and gave you credit today on https://steemit.com/til/@smysullivan/how-not-knowing-blogging-makes-you-a-rookie Thank you again for the helpful tools.
hehe awesome
Thank you
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Useful links!
awesome!
Thank you for sharing these tools. I would like to mention how useful Grammarly can be to correct your small mistakes. It attaches itself to various places where you type. I wouldn't be without it, expecially when Im in a hurry to get my comments or posts out there.
Perfect to start a new journey for me as a newbie. Godbless
Thanks. the information is useful to me