Without further ado, sharing the 7 handy resources for bloggers.
Pixabay
A picture speaks a thousand words, they say. Yet, bloggers are very apprehensive of adding quality images to their posts.
Inc.com has stated that Posts that include images produce 650 percent higher engagement than text-only posts.
Posts that include images produce 650 percent higher engagement than text-only posts. Click To TweetPixabay is a great resource for finding quality images to suit your chosen topic and at other times, the images can act as good picture prompts too.
BuzzSumo
We type word after word meticulously. Balancing our work, family and our blogs has become as normal as breathing. But have you ever thought about the content you create? Does your audience like to read about it? How do they engage with it?
BuzzSumo is a great app that gives you a lot of insight into the engagement your content garners. You can also search by keyword and it would open up a lot of variations along the same lines, helping you see things in perspectives you might not even have thought of.
Google Trends
Google Trends gives the ability to gain insights into the stories/topics that are currently trending. You also have the option to explore the trends with respect to a particular topic specific for a geography or time period or both. This is a great option to have if you like to discuss current topics on your blog.
Hemingway Editor
As writers, we live in our own little heaven and forget what we are inflicting upon our readers; like this sentence for example which just goes on and shows no signs of stopping anywhere until I absolutely put my mind to it and stop it for the sake of stopping it because hey, I can go on as long as I want. Whereas, this sentence is better it is shorter and easy to read. This is how the Hemingway app helps you – by becoming your beta reader and telling you how easy or difficult your writing is.
Grammarly
There could not have been a better description for this tool than what is given on their home page.
Grammarly even has a Chrome extension – so convenient!
Quora
We all know Quora right? Sure, everyone is on Quora. We ask questions, stalk people because we like their answers and there are times when Quora feels like intellectual porn! Just think of the number of questions that are asked every day. They could make up for a million blog posts. Sure we are not the authority to answer all the questions. Which is why there are topics! Follow the topics that are relevant to your blogs, get inspired by the questions and convert the answers to blog posts. Lo and behold.. no more writers block!
Meme Generator
Writing is fun, so should reading. Memes have taken the internet by storm and adding one or two relevant memes to your blog posts keep them light-hearted and fun. With MemeGenerator, you could choose one of their readily available options or choose to create a meme of your own. You can thank me later. Don’t forget to have fun!
What are some of your favourite resources? Please share with me in the comments and as learning about new Resources For Bloggers is always a great thing. You never know when it might come handy.
Today is Day 2 of WriteTribe Festival of Words where the prompt was to share a resource.
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Ok. I am bookmarking this. I haven’t use any of these. Do I even qualify as a blogger?
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Oh pinne. Onnu poye koche. I don’t think your comment even deserves a reply.
PS. I hope that you read it in the tone I had in mind. Allenkil pani medikkum 😛
I agree. Even I may not qualify as a blogger too.
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Wow! I really needed this information. Thank you so much-needed Bhavya 😊😘
Glad to be of help, Apeksha
Great shared Bhavya! We know grammarly is the one for me, right 😉
This is a great informative post, I can see myself coming back to it for help!
Ha ha ha Z..You are one funny woman. Let me tell you a secret, the need for Grammarly is the need of the hour for so many of us, some don’t even realize that they need it. You are better off.
This was another educative post for me after Shalini’s post on Canva on Write Tribe. I am bookmarking it to come back after the Write Tribe festival gets over to read more about the resources you have mentioned here.
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Glad that my post could add on to your knowledge.
Liked all the resources you mentioned. I love Quora,buzzsumo and Pixabay. Have to check the meme generator.
Have fun with the Meme Generator Amrita
Thats amazing. Feel like a kid getting an interesting toy! Thanks Bhavya for this resourceful, informative and educative post. Cant wait to explore these tools/apps. Never knew many of them earlier. -Anagha from Team Mocktailmommies
You are welcome Anagha. Looks like finally your comments are coming through hassle free 😀
I too wondered whether this prompt was related to blogging or in general…. but your tips are really useful. I didn’t know about BuzzSumo and Meme Generator. Will definitely try them out. Thanks!
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Wow! This is so helpful. I use just one of these resources, but I guess now I will eventually add all these
Yeah, they are indeed helpful resources.
Great resources, Bhavya. I did not know about several of these so I’ve made a note of all those for use in future.
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Sure Sreedeep. Have fun with them 🙂
I use Quora and Pixabay, regularly. Have to check out Hemmingway Editor and Google Trends.
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Pixabay, Quora and Grammarly! I should definitely check out the rest. Thanks for this, Bhavya. Bookmarking!
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Have fun the other tools 🙂
Bhavya, dude, I bow to you!!
I have to bookmark this blog. I have been into content writing for over two years but blogs are fairly new for me. It’s very different from just writing content and putting it online. I so needed this list!! XOXO for this!
I wasn’t aware of any of the resource except for Quora. Its a details post you have here. Will try meme generator for sure 😀