10 Resources That’ll Make You Better at Blogs
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Although content is the king, there can be few problems you may encounter while blogging, to solve that I have handpicked 10 resources I have used and probably continue using in the near future:

1) Hubspot Resources:

Hubspot has always been there with its handpicked and awesome resources to help with all types of contents including blogs.

Whether that be their blog where Hubspot experts try to teach you some great tips on creating blog posts in a fun manner or their resources section which is absolutely free of cost very much useful and easy to understand.

Some examples of templates or resources include 6 blog post templates, how to start a successful blog, a Checklist for blogs, How to write well, etc.

Besides Ebooks Hubspot Academy also provides you free courses on blogging and witting effectively.

Also, Hubspot also conducts market research which can be useful to you for understanding a few things in your niche.

2) Niel Patel:

Useful for 2 things:

There ubersuggest which is an ultimate SEO tool that brings you robust features like Search volume, SEO tools, CPC, Keyword ideas, tips to beat your completion site, content ideas, etc.

While some of these features require your google sign in for showing stats or data.

Blog/Youtube channel:

From Q&A to popular entrepreneur/bloggers you may know to provide tips for templatizing your blog posts Niel Patel got you covered.

Although the focus is on SEO that doesn't compromise on things like content marketing, brand awareness, etc which can be easily learned on their blog.

YouTube channel

3) Grammarly:

If you have written few blog posts you might have realized that you have to re-read your posts a w times to eliminate things like spelling mistakes, sentence corrections, the overall tone of your writing, etc.

Grammarly rescues you from worrying about any of these by giving you real-time feedback about your writings and providing witting tips on the go.

Grammarly provides a chrome extension which like every other platform is free to use, this can be useful when creating or editing your documents on services like Google cloud,etc.

Other than that,

The service also comes in: Grammarly Keyboard for Android and IOS other than that you can download their official Windows Software or their Grammarly for Ms office which works with your MS office applications and lets you edit on the go.

When you are writing the only thing you need to worry about is your content delivery.

4) Problogger:

Darren Rowse is a popular name across the blogging industry for providing its resources and an entire community focused on helping each other at blogging.

ProBlogger has almost every solution related to blogging on their website which can be accessed by their: Blog posts, Ebooks, Free courses. hey even have their bestseller book ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Other than that ProBlogger is well known for its Job Board were experienced/un-experienced witters come to get their writing gigs from the ous niche.

Writers can filter these jobs according to their niche, demographics, duration, etc.

5) Hubspot Idea Generator:

If you are new to writing or struggle to come up with ideas to write about. This is a gem for you.

Hubspot idea Generator is pretty simple to use, you just need to enter up to 5 topics and then watch as Hubspot comes up with a list of great ideas for you.

After you have clicked the button to generate Ideas there are 2 choices: Either Settle for 5 ideas or provide a little information to download an excel sheet that consists of 250 Ideas… which can be enough to fill your website for over a year(give or take).

Also after I have started using this tool I have realized that I can think more about how the headings of my blog posts should be and what types of headlines create a snacky, fun and engaging content that readers want to read.

P.S. If you haven’t noticed I have provided link to all of these things in their title or near them…Back to business

6) Pixabay:

If your blog posts require photos that they do you might have been looking for a free alternative to Shutterstock.

Pixabay contains beautiful, High-resolution and variety of images to choose from. Pixabay lets you explore Vector Graphics, Images, Illustrations and even short videos relevant to you.

I take the rity of images for my post from here and so far they haven’t let me down.

You also get a choice to download an image in a specific resolution which I think is great because you don’t have to go through all that editing to reduce size of images to fit in your article.

Although the photos are completely free to use I do suggest when you download those photos provide credit to the photographer in your post.

7) Youtube channels:

When you learning to copwyrite proffessionaly why not learn from the people who have made their fortune from these.

You can find a lot of resources on YouTube to help with witting but here is what I use:

Dan Lok: Although he teaches a lot of principles about money and other life principles he also engages in the conversation of High-Income Skills and one of them is Copywriting.

He has also conducted webinars about how to write for money or posts about how to make a living of it.

8) SEMrush:

SEMrush is one of the leaders in providing SEO tools that can rank your website at top pages of Google.

Although it is a paid tool it also comes with trial.

Other than providing SEO services SEMrush offers free resources like: Webinars, Ebooks, Yearly Reports, Podcasts and their courses along with certifications.

9) Templatizing:

Once you have started writing blog posts I suggest that you templatize your posts so that each time when you write a post you don’t have to search for a thousand formulas on writing.

Along with that Templatizing can also shorten your duration while writing your posts in bulk.

Create a word document and like a blueprint set your writing rules, tips or tactics involved and refer to them whenever writing again.

If you need to understand more: Click here

10) Canva:

Canva is your ultimate pocket tool while creating custom templates, contents, images, quotes which you can later use in your blog posts.

You can create Designs, Logos, Invitations,etc and then later use the same templates again.

If you don’t know how to design or new to Canva you don’t have to worry as the service is extremely easy to use and also contains tutorials if you want to get more out of it.

That being said you can either use some free images provided by canva or pay to become a premium user.

Conclusion:

When you are writing the main focus should be on providing value and making your point.Remember Content is the king. Also do let me know what is your favorite tool from the above and if I have missed any… cause there are few comments them below.

Thanks for reading!
['Ajay Singh']
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