Starting a blog is hard work. In this post I will show you 12 amazing free blogging resources that you can start using today! Are you excited to read on…. I hope so. There are tons of free resources and I’ve tried and tested many. These are my favorite and save you some time by recommending these
Visual Content
Visual content is the Queen of online marketing. Photoshop and Adobe are great tools to use for creating visual content, yet they come at a price. Here are some alternative great tools to help you create quality and engaging content without the extra cost.
1. Canva
Canva is a free graphic design platform that’s great for making Visual content. It’s also a great tool for creating content your audience can print out such as posters and leaflets. Canva is my favorite tool for all bloggers hence being number one on this list.
Canva is completely free to use. You can upgrade to their paid plan for more templates and advanced features. As your blog grows this is one of the few platforms that I recommending upgrading to the pro. It will save you so much time!
2. Adobe Spark
Adobe Spark is a free alternative to Adobe Illustrator and photoshop.Adobe ‘Spark helps to create visual content giving it a professional-looking, attention-graphic. Pick a design template, add your photo and text, and resize your creation and you’re done.
Email Marketing
Email Marketing is an important part of your blog, but often missed in the early days of setting up tour blog.
3. MailerLite
MailerLite is free for up to 1,000 subscribers, and once you surpass this, you can upgrade your account. I’ve tried several other Email Marketing tools but found this to be the simplest and easiest to use. It is very user-friendly which is great for all blogger newbies. MailerLite also offers free landing pages and tracking reports. When you first sign up you will receive 14-day free access to their premium features including live chat, template library, auto resend, and promotion pop-ups. No credit card needed and at the end of the 14 days if you do not upgrade you will be on the free plan. So you have nothing to lose.
Keyword Research
Here are my favorite keyword tools that will help you to find the right keywords for your blog posts.
4. Google
Enter a keyword or phrase into the Google search engine and scroll down the page. Google will auto complete your results with the most searched for phases that are associated with your target term.
5. Pinterest
Enter a keyword or phrase into Pinterest search area and it will bring up popular suggestions based on your keyword or phrase. Very like how Google search works.
6. Urber Suggest
Uber suggest is a free SEO tool that generates new keyword ideas and suggestions. This tool also provides content ideas based on your search.
Blog Writing Resources
To create awesome blogs and content you should become good at copywriting; paying attention to grammar and spelling. Therefore writing no easy task.
Luckily, there are plenty of tools online that can help to improve your writing, grammar skills and spelling helping you deliver great content each and every time. Here is my favorite. There are many others available that are good but this one is the one I always use.
7. Grammarly
Grammarly is a free online writing assistant. Grammarly scans your text for common grammatical mistakes.
8.Hemingway
While Grammarly is great for checking grammar and spelling mistakes, Hemingway is great for checking readability. They are both fantastic tools to use.
Free Stock Image Sites
A well-designed blog needs images. These sites below have stock images you can use on your blog posts
9. Canva
Canva has lots of free stock photos, which can you can use on your blog.
10. Unsplash
Unsplash has a huge selection of photos.
10. Pexels
Pexels is another great site for free stock images
Site speed Checker
Making sure that your site is fast gets given a higher priority in Google Search algorithms and is a vital factor when setting up a site.
11. Pingdon
Enter your blog address on Pingdom website and pingdom will give you a breakdown of how your site performs in terms of speed, against all other sites online.
Create Online Courses
One of the best things you can offer on your blog are courses, ebooks and other digital downloads.
12. Teachable
Teachable is an excellent platform for providing your own online courses. The site and platform are very intuitive and building your own course is quite simple. Teachable offers both a free and paid plan. the free plan is good for bloggers who are starting on their journey of creating online courses.
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