Blogging is an art, and using the right blogging tools will make your art rise and shine!
This is an epic list of blogging tools to which you can refer (hint: bookmark it!), and find new tools to enhance your blogging experience as well as the experience of your readers!
This epic list of blogging tools consists of resources for all types of bloggers whether professional, part-time or personal. I have structured them into various sections, allowing you to evaluate and choose the right tool for the right purpose.
Though the list of available tools is long, every tool is useful in its own way. I also offer a one-line comment for each tool as a quick but helpful reference.
I have personally used at least 75% of the tools mentioned below, and the remaining 25% are suggested by bloggers whose opinions I read and I trust.
Note: Some of the links have my affiliate link ( I will buy coffee)
Page Contents
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Blogging Tools
Other miscellaneous blogging tools
Over to you: add your favorite tools in the comments
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Blogging Tools
Desktop blog editors
Desk desktop editor
Hemingway Editor: A great desktop writing tool which will enhance your writing. Get an instant reading level grade and word count. Available for Windows and Mac.
Frase: A web-based writing tool that integrated with WordPress, medium and a few other platforms. It uses AI technology to help you improve your content.
Desk: This will pull you away from all the distractions and help you focus on writing. Available for Mac OS, and the cost is affordable.
Open Live Writer: Best desktop editor for Windows OS, and you can publish directly from your desktop.
Blogo: Desktop publishing tool for Mac that supports WordPress.
Evernote: I use this to take quick notes on my iPhone, and it’s available via cloud syncing.
Content idea generation tools
Content idea generation tools
BuzzSumo : Enter a website or a topic to find the most shared and engaging content.
Ahrefs Content explorer: Similar to Buzzsumo but with more data.
Quora: Search for your keywords in a search box of Quora, and you will get unlimited ideas for your blog content.
Blog topic generator: Enter your keyword and it will give you post ideas.
Google Trends: Check the currently trending topics or find the search trend for any keyword of your choice.
Blog post title tool
Headline Analyzer
EMV tool: Checks the emotional marketing value of a title. The higher the EMV score is, the better it will perform on social media channels.
Headline Analyzer: This is the best tool in this lot. Regardless of what you know or don’t know about blogging, you will be churning out the best titles for your blog posts.
TweakBiz title generator: A comprehensive title generator by TweakBiz.
Potent C idea generator: Call it a content idea generator or a title generator – it functions as both.
UpWorthy title generator: The only viral topic generator you need.
Proof-reading tool
Grammarly
Grammarly: Saviour for a non-native English speaker like me. Helps with proof-reading, suggests words, is a great companion.
ProWriting Aid: Another popular grammar and spell checker tool. Supports multiple platforms.
Hemingway App: Free web-based tool to improve your writing. I’m sure you will end up bookmarking this one.
Stock images for blogs
Flickr Advanced search: Use Flickr Advance search to find images with a creative common license.
Google image search: Use images with an appropriate license which you can use on your blog.
Pixabay: Another great site where you can download high-quality images. You don’t have to give credit links.
Blog reading and content discovery tool
Content reading tools
Feedly: Subscribe to any blog feeds or search for your interested topic to discover new blogs to subscribe to.
Pocket: A “read it later” app which is also a productive app. Integrated into all the reading apps mentioned previously and lets you save articles for later reading.
Zest: This one is for marketers and available as a chrome add-on. Mobile apps coming soon.
Desktop Image/video recording + editing tools
Camtasia-recording-video
Camtasia: Available for both Windows and Mac OS, and let you record screencasts. Offers a one-month free trial.
Loom: A brand new tool which also offers desktop recording. You can use it to record screencast with your face in a bubble.
Snag it: Image capturing and editing tool for Mac and Windows OS. One of the best, and highly recommended for bloggers.
Image Optim: Mac Image compressor tool which optimizes your images for the web.
MPEG Streamclip: A powerful desktop video converter software for Windows and Mac. You can use it to convert, cut, trim and join videos. I usually use it to convert my video format to reduce the size of the video.
Audacity: A sound recorder tool for every major desktop OS. Useful for podcasters, as you can record and then edit your recordings.
TubeBuddy: If you are a Youtube publisher or video blogger, you should get Tubebuddy. This one tool can double your Youtube channel traffic & make it easier to manage your Youtube channel. Highly recommended for YouTube publishers.
Visitor stats and analytics tool
Google Analytics: The best solution for viewing advanced details about your blog traffic. Also shows live traffic status of your blog.
Jetpack plugin: Offers a module called “WordPress.com stats”, which allows you to see traffic details from your WordPress dashboard.
Outsourcing websites
Fiverr marketplace
Fiverr: Outsource things like YouTube video intros or buy social media likes & much more for only $5.
Freelancer: Great place to hire virtual assistants or freelancers to get a job done.
99designs: Crowd-sourcing websites for your web design needs. Cheap, but high quality.
Productivity tools: Take control of your time
headspace
Headspace: Tired of blogging constantly? Use Headspace and meditate for 5 minutes. You will thank me later!
Wunderlist: Manage your to-do list with Wanderlust. Available on all platforms, and stores data in the cloud.
Trello: A card-based task management tool. I have used it in the past, but have now shifted to Wunderlist. Still, Trello serves a different purpose and is very popular.
Rescuetime: Sends you weekly stats (configurable) of which site you spent the most time on during the previous week. A good idea to start taking note of your counter-productive activity, and save your precious time. Install, configure and it runs in the background.
Selfcontrol: App for Mac which lets you block access to certain sites. Try blocking Facebook, and notice how your productivity increases!
Keyword research tools
Google Keyword Planner: A Free and easy-to-use keyword research tool.
SEMRUSH: Atypical keyword tool that allows you to find keywords that a given website is ranking for. Use it to find long-tail keywords which are easy to rank for.
LongTailPro: Desktop-based (Windows & Mac) keyword research tool. Perfect for those who have little experience with keyword research.
SEO tools
Google Webmaster Tool: Free tool from Google which shows various data such as links to your website, duplicate content and keyword ranking.
Bing Webmaster Tool: Similar to Google Webmaster Tool, but for Bing search engine.
Integrity: Desktop tool for Mac which checks your blog for broken links (internal and external).
ScreamingFrog: Desktop SEO tool which lets you check your blog from the web-spiders point of view. Available for Windows, Ubuntu and Mac OS.
SiteBulb: Another great desktop based site crawling and auditing tool. I have discovered this recently and loving it.
KWfinder: I discovered this tool while doing research for this post. Guess what? I have fallen in love with it. I will share a detailed review soon, but for now you should bookmark and try it. The free plan lets you make 5 searches in 24 hours, which is pretty neat.
Social Media Tools
SocialPilot: New kid on the block of social media tools, but I love it as they offer an iOS app (and an Android app too).
BufferApp: This will never let your social media profile run out of content. Also offers a mobile app called “Daily”, which lets you add high-quality content to your social media profiles.
Hootsuite: Best social media dashboard tool for managing all social media channels from a single dashboard. Supports Google Plus, and you can auto-post content from your blog’s RSS feed. (Free 30-day trial)
AgoraPulse: One of the best social media management tool of 2019. Do try their mobile app and you will thank me later.
Postplanner: Post scheduling tool for Facebook which is constantly updated with new features, and helps you to take care of Facebook’s edge rank algorithm. (Free trial.)
Tailwind: Perfect for Instagram and Pinterest scheduling.
ClickToTweet: Create a single link to tweet. You can use it within your blog post to increase your number of tweets.
This is an epic list of blogging tools to which you can refer (hint: bookmark it!), and find new tools to enhance your blogging experience as well as the experience of your readers!
This epic list of blogging tools consists of resources for all types of bloggers whether professional, part-time or personal. I have structured them into various sections, allowing you to evaluate and choose the right tool for the right purpose.
Though the list of available tools is long, every tool is useful in its own way. I also offer a one-line comment for each tool as a quick but helpful reference.
I have personally used at least 75% of the tools mentioned below, and the remaining 25% are suggested by bloggers whose opinions I read and I trust.
Note: Some of the links have my affiliate link ( I will buy coffee)
Page Contents
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Blogging Tools
Other miscellaneous blogging tools
Over to you: add your favorite tools in the comments
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet of Blogging Tools
Desktop blog editors
Desk desktop editor
Hemingway Editor: A great desktop writing tool which will enhance your writing. Get an instant reading level grade and word count. Available for Windows and Mac.
Frase: A web-based writing tool that integrated with WordPress, medium and a few other platforms. It uses AI technology to help you improve your content.
Desk: This will pull you away from all the distractions and help you focus on writing. Available for Mac OS, and the cost is affordable.
Open Live Writer: Best desktop editor for Windows OS, and you can publish directly from your desktop.
Blogo: Desktop publishing tool for Mac that supports WordPress.
Evernote: I use this to take quick notes on my iPhone, and it’s available via cloud syncing.
Content idea generation tools
Content idea generation tools
BuzzSumo : Enter a website or a topic to find the most shared and engaging content.
Ahrefs Content explorer: Similar to Buzzsumo but with more data.
Quora: Search for your keywords in a search box of Quora, and you will get unlimited ideas for your blog content.
Blog topic generator: Enter your keyword and it will give you post ideas.
Google Trends: Check the currently trending topics or find the search trend for any keyword of your choice.
Blog post title tool
Headline Analyzer
EMV tool: Checks the emotional marketing value of a title. The higher the EMV score is, the better it will perform on social media channels.
Headline Analyzer: This is the best tool in this lot. Regardless of what you know or don’t know about blogging, you will be churning out the best titles for your blog posts.
TweakBiz title generator: A comprehensive title generator by TweakBiz.
Potent C idea generator: Call it a content idea generator or a title generator – it functions as both.
UpWorthy title generator: The only viral topic generator you need.
Proof-reading tool
Grammarly
Grammarly: Saviour for a non-native English speaker like me. Helps with proof-reading, suggests words, is a great companion.
ProWriting Aid: Another popular grammar and spell checker tool. Supports multiple platforms.
Hemingway App: Free web-based tool to improve your writing. I’m sure you will end up bookmarking this one.
Stock images for blogs
Flickr Advanced search: Use Flickr Advance search to find images with a creative common license.
Google image search: Use images with an appropriate license which you can use on your blog.
Pixabay: Another great site where you can download high-quality images. You don’t have to give credit links.
Blog reading and content discovery tool
Content reading tools
Feedly: Subscribe to any blog feeds or search for your interested topic to discover new blogs to subscribe to.
Pocket: A “read it later” app which is also a productive app. Integrated into all the reading apps mentioned previously and lets you save articles for later reading.
Zest: This one is for marketers and available as a chrome add-on. Mobile apps coming soon.
Desktop Image/video recording + editing tools
Camtasia-recording-video
Camtasia: Available for both Windows and Mac OS, and let you record screencasts. Offers a one-month free trial.
Loom: A brand new tool which also offers desktop recording. You can use it to record screencast with your face in a bubble.
Snag it: Image capturing and editing tool for Mac and Windows OS. One of the best, and highly recommended for bloggers.
Image Optim: Mac Image compressor tool which optimizes your images for the web.
MPEG Streamclip: A powerful desktop video converter software for Windows and Mac. You can use it to convert, cut, trim and join videos. I usually use it to convert my video format to reduce the size of the video.
Audacity: A sound recorder tool for every major desktop OS. Useful for podcasters, as you can record and then edit your recordings.
TubeBuddy: If you are a Youtube publisher or video blogger, you should get Tubebuddy. This one tool can double your Youtube channel traffic & make it easier to manage your Youtube channel. Highly recommended for YouTube publishers.
Visitor stats and analytics tool
Google Analytics: The best solution for viewing advanced details about your blog traffic. Also shows live traffic status of your blog.
Jetpack plugin: Offers a module called “WordPress.com stats”, which allows you to see traffic details from your WordPress dashboard.
Outsourcing websites
Fiverr marketplace
Fiverr: Outsource things like YouTube video intros or buy social media likes & much more for only $5.
Freelancer: Great place to hire virtual assistants or freelancers to get a job done.
99designs: Crowd-sourcing websites for your web design needs. Cheap, but high quality.
Productivity tools: Take control of your time
headspace
Headspace: Tired of blogging constantly? Use Headspace and meditate for 5 minutes. You will thank me later!
Wunderlist: Manage your to-do list with Wanderlust. Available on all platforms, and stores data in the cloud.
Trello: A card-based task management tool. I have used it in the past, but have now shifted to Wunderlist. Still, Trello serves a different purpose and is very popular.
Rescuetime: Sends you weekly stats (configurable) of which site you spent the most time on during the previous week. A good idea to start taking note of your counter-productive activity, and save your precious time. Install, configure and it runs in the background.
Selfcontrol: App for Mac which lets you block access to certain sites. Try blocking Facebook, and notice how your productivity increases!
Keyword research tools
Google Keyword Planner: A Free and easy-to-use keyword research tool.
SEMRUSH: Atypical keyword tool that allows you to find keywords that a given website is ranking for. Use it to find long-tail keywords which are easy to rank for.
LongTailPro: Desktop-based (Windows & Mac) keyword research tool. Perfect for those who have little experience with keyword research.
SEO tools
Google Webmaster Tool: Free tool from Google which shows various data such as links to your website, duplicate content and keyword ranking.
Bing Webmaster Tool: Similar to Google Webmaster Tool, but for Bing search engine.
Integrity: Desktop tool for Mac which checks your blog for broken links (internal and external).
ScreamingFrog: Desktop SEO tool which lets you check your blog from the web-spiders point of view. Available for Windows, Ubuntu and Mac OS.
SiteBulb: Another great desktop based site crawling and auditing tool. I have discovered this recently and loving it.
KWfinder: I discovered this tool while doing research for this post. Guess what? I have fallen in love with it. I will share a detailed review soon, but for now you should bookmark and try it. The free plan lets you make 5 searches in 24 hours, which is pretty neat.
Social Media Tools
SocialPilot: New kid on the block of social media tools, but I love it as they offer an iOS app (and an Android app too).
BufferApp: This will never let your social media profile run out of content. Also offers a mobile app called “Daily”, which lets you add high-quality content to your social media profiles.
Hootsuite: Best social media dashboard tool for managing all social media channels from a single dashboard. Supports Google Plus, and you can auto-post content from your blog’s RSS feed. (Free 30-day trial)
AgoraPulse: One of the best social media management tool of 2019. Do try their mobile app and you will thank me later.
Postplanner: Post scheduling tool for Facebook which is constantly updated with new features, and helps you to take care of Facebook’s edge rank algorithm. (Free trial.)
Tailwind: Perfect for Instagram and Pinterest scheduling.
ClickToTweet: Create a single link to tweet. You can use it within your blog post to increase your number of tweets.
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