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The Best Blogging Resources For 2020

Being a blogger is a full time gig, and knowing what tools to invest in is key to take your blogging game to the next level! From organizational tools to free stock photos to video creators and keyword research, here are all the blogging resources you need to take your blog to the next level! #Blogging

So, you want to start a blog in 2020 but there are so many resources and tools out there that you feel totally overwhelmed about where you should invest your money. Right?

Don’t worry because today, I’m going to list out a few tools that I personally find really useful. Investing in these resources will surely propel your business forward, make you super productive, and save your precious time.

Without further ado, let’s begin: the best blogging resources every blogger needs!

The Best Blogging Resources For 2020

For ease, I’ve broken down the list in several categories.

Productivity/Organization

1. Evernote

It’s a note-taking app that’ll help you to keep things organized. You can save notes of your future blog post ideas, topic researches, things you want to learn, and much more on this app.

2. Trello

It’s like a collaboration tool that organizes your different projects into specified boards. It’s really useful especially if you have a team.

3. Google calendar

This Free tool allows you to create events, multiple calendars, manage tasks, and even share them. Plus, you can sync it across multiple devices.

4. DropBox

It’s an online cloud storage tool. With this app, you can store, organize, and find all files that you need across multiple devices.

Stats tracking

5. Google Analytics

This is a totally free tool that provides you detailed data of your website visitors. This can help you to track which posts on your blog are doing better than others.

6. Statcounter

Allows you to check who has visited your website, where they’ve come from, and much more.

Graphic designing, images and video creation

7. Canva and Pic Monkey

They both are really great graphic designing tools that’ll allow you to create beautiful graphics for your blog and social media quickly and easily.

8. Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash

They all provide beautiful, free images and stock photos that you can download and use for any project.

9. Animoto

With this tool, you can create professional-quality videos for your products/services or content and share it everywhere for marketing purposes.

Content creation/keyword search/SEO

10. Grammarly

It helps you to find grammatical errors in your content and allows you to correct it. Plus, it also suggests better words and sentence formation that can further enhance the clarity of your article.

11. Coschedule, Sharethrough – Headline analyzers

As the name suggests, it tells you if your blog titles are good enough or not.

12. Google Keyword planner

A tool created by Google itself to find relevant keywords for your articles.

13. Yoast SEO Plugin

A WordPress plugin that checks your content for ideal SEO practices.

14. Semrush and Ahrefs

Powerful SEO tools that allow you to research your competitors, find keywords, and much more.

15. Ubersuggest and Keysearch

They’re the most affordable keyword research tools.

Social media management

16. Meet Edgar, Buffer, and Hootsuite

These tools help you to schedule and post your content at the best possible time throughout the day (The time when your audience is active online most) across various social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

17. Tailwind

Another powerful scheduler but ideal for Pinterest.

Email Services

18. Convertkit, Flodesk, and Mailchimp

They are all easy to use email automation tools. It’s fine if you don’t spend money on other tools if you’re just starting off but, don’t skip on this one.

Misc.

19. Teachable

It’s all in a one course hosting solution to sell your digital courses online.

20. Buzzsumo

It lets you find the most popular content for a given keyword.

21. Surveymonkey

It lets you create attractive survey forms for your readers and customers for free.

22. Google Alerts

It allows you to monitor the web mentions of your name, website, or even business. It’s really simple, you just enter a name or phrase and you’ll be alerted via email when Google finds a new mention on the web.

That’s all folks! Have any other useful blogging resources which you use to uplevel your game? Do mention your answers in the comments.