50 Blogging tools to help you work smarter, write faster and attract your readers
But the time and effort you put into a post are not enough to be a writer.
There are actually many extraordinary posts to build a fan base that can’t wait to read your next piece.
And the best way to present excellence in your posts is to use the right blogging tools.
I have been blogging for 1.5 years and have tried hundreds of tools to accelerate my success in blogging.
Most of them I stopped using and some I have been using till now.
Here are some that I still use in my daily writing.
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1. Portent Title Maker
Enter a topic and get a catchy title for your post in a second!
2. Blog About
Create creative titles for these topics: saving time, saving money, productivity, a challenge, management, customer service, preparation, development, your opinion and improvement.
3. Quora
Answer the questions of people in your area of expertise as well as increase your presence. You can write about it on a blog post, then link it back to Quora.
4. Tweak Your Biz
Generate hundreds of blog titles with one topic.
Write smarter and faster
5. Grammarly
Guarantees that everything you write is “easy to read, effective and mistake-free”.
6. Hemingway
Highlight parts of your writing that are difficult to read, so that you can simplify it.
7. Title Capitalization
Automatically capitalize your blog title.
8. Egg Timer
Countdowns how much time you should spend writing.
9. Moom
Windows easily moves and zooms from one display to another so that you can see everything you’re doing on your Mac. It’s $ 10, but worth every minute of your day.
10. Calm Writer
Write unnoticed with this simple (but professional) text editor.
11. Readability test tool
Calculates the readability of your blog post, which tells you how easy it is to digest your content.
12. Coschedule Title Analyzer
Analyzes the overall structure, originality, and readability of your titles.
13. Trello
Track and organize your work from the big picture to the small details.
14. Evernote
Make notes on your computer and mobile device and share them with others, no matter where you are.
15. Workflow
Organize your notes, ideas, and lists in one place.
Create an email list
16. Rabbat
Collect emails on the medium and your personal site. The moment you hit “Publish”, Rabbat automatically sends the newsletter to your subscribers.
17. Mailchimp
Manage your customers, send emails and track your results.
18. Campaign Monitor
Send beautiful, customized email marketing campaigns to your customers.
Find free, high-quality images
Below is a list of 10 websites where you can get royalty-free images for your blog.
20. Stocksnap.io
21. Pexels
22. Getrefe
23. Albumarium
24. Librestock
25. LifeOfPix
26. Fancy Crave
27. Magdeleine
Customize images, quotes, and art
29. Canva
Create beautiful design and professional graphics by just drag and drop. Perfect for blog posts, advertisements, social media, and web presentations.
30. Pablo
Create cool designs for your social media: Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Linkedin.
31. Stencil
Turn images into attractive designs for your blog.
32. Quotes Cover
Turn simple quotes into amazing quotes pictures. Use it for social media, e-cards, desktop or mobile wallpapers, posters, or print designs.
Create infographics
33. Piktochart
Create high-quality infographics using 500+ professionally designed templates.
Record video and gifs
34. Screencast-O-Matic
Record and share what’s happening on your screen. Free if the recording is less than 15 minutes.
35. Licecap
Create animated GIFs by recording content on your screen.
Promote your content in a big way
36. IFTTT
Create or select pre-made scripts to automate tasks with the “if this than that,” statement.
37. Zapier
The same purpose as IFTTT, in addition to more focus on businesses.
38. Buffer
Pre-schedule your posts and share content on your social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram). You can schedule up to 10 free at any time.
39. Tweet jukebox
Now called social jukebox. Recycle your tweets and automatically schedule your posts on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Outreach for influencers
40. Who.is
Search people’s emails with their IP address, domain name, or website. Use this as a last resort when outreaching.
41. Alexa
Indicates the ranking of a site worldwide.
42. Click to tweet
Create a Tweet CTA link for your blog post or email.
43. Bloglovin’
Follow and join bloggers in the same industry.
Track analytics
44. Google Analytics
Tracks where and how much traffic your blog is receiving and produces reports to aid your marketing.
45. Google Webmaster Tools
Gives you detailed information and statistics on how Google sees and crawls your website.
46. Typeform
Get user Feedback through conversational surveys, quizzes, contests, product feedback, landing pages, and more.
For serious bloggers
47. iA Writer
A simple and neat text editor designed to give you a focused writing experience for business proposals, essays, white papers, poems, novels, and more.
48. Butterick’s Practical Typography
49. Pixelmator
Enhance your photos with Pixelmator’s advanced features: paintings, effects, layers, vectors, color adjustments, corrections, and more.
50. PicMonkey
Turn your idea into a reality by designing, editing, and putting them together in a collage.