Blogging Resources
If you are always looking for better ways to improve your blog then you’ll love this page.
Below I’d like to share all the best tools and resources that made a huge impact on me and Bloggingthing. I hope it will serve as an intuitive roadmap that makes your life easier.
Enjoy!
Table of Content
Most recommended
It’s in our nature to look for the very best, so here are the top three tools that spiced up my blogging life. While they are user-friendly and powerful, I think what really sets them apart is how they inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
BlueHost
BlueHost is designed to help you build and run a WordPress site in one click. A great budget host recommended by several movers and shakers like Pat Flynn, Darren Rowse and even WordPress.
Official Website:
https://www.bluehost.com/
Wealthy Affiliate
An excellent online course and community to learn about blogging and affiliate marketing. What makes this platform exceptional is that their membership also comes with a reliable WordPress hosting – which I use to host Bloggingthing.
Cool feature: Make sure to check out their SiteComment and SiteFeedback features, they are one of a kind!
Official Website:
http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com/
Theme Forest
Theme Forest is a large marketplace of gorgeous website designs. If you are a serious blogger, you will need robust features and supports only available when using premium themes.
Official Website:
http://themeforest.net/
Monetization
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is no doubt an industry standard. A must-have for every online marketers.
Official Website:
https://www.google.com/analytics/
Ahrefs
A link analysis tool with a massive index of over a trillion links. If you are into link building, then you will need a powerful tool like Ahrefs.
Official Website:
https://ahrefs.com/
MozBar
A toolbar for Chrome and Firefox that shows you the Page Authority and Domain Authority on search engines and pages you’re on.
Official Website:
https://moz.com/tools/seo-toolbar/
Shareholic
A free all-in-one content amplification suite. What I love most about this tool is its’ highly customizable floating share buttons – that you see on every page of Bloggingthing.
Official Website:
https://shareaholic.com/
Design
Theme Forest
Theme Forest is a large marketplace of gorgeous website designs. If you are a serious blogger, you will need robust features and supports only available when using premium themes.
Official Website:
http://themeforest.net/
Canva
If you do your own graphics then you NEED a tool like Canva. With a variety of templates and design guides, Canva allows anyone to create professional and stunning visuals for their site or social media.
Cool Feature: You can buy stock images for as cheap as $1 each for a one time use on Canva.
Official Website:
https://www.canva.com/
Photoshop CS2
At almost a thousand dollars, Photoshop is certainly expensive for non-designers. The good news is Photoshop CS2 was released for free by Adobe since 2013. An excellent tool for graphic editing once you learn to use it.
Official Website:
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689-adobe-photoshop-cs2.html
Productivity
Fiverr
A nifty marketplace to hire freelancers for just about anything you can think of. Fiverr is best known for their hire rate starting at only $5. Take a look around and you may find some real gems for a quarter the price elsewhere.
Official Website:
https://www.fiverr.com/
PeoplePerHour
PeoplePerHour is also a marketplace to hire freelancer but the hire rate varies among sellers. This means you may receive more quality and complex works done.
Official Website:
http://www.peopleperhour.com/
Inspiration
There are always something new to learn, and reading is the best way to improve yourself. Here are the books that I read and re-read for guidance and motivations.
By journeying her first year of blogging, Chelsea Lords made the most genuine and detailed case study of how to monetize your blog.
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