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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 list consists of resources for all types of bloggers whether professional, part-time or personal. We have structured them into various sections, allowing you to evaluate and choose the right tool for right purpose. Though the list of available tools is long, every tool is useful in its own way. We also put a one-line comment for each tool as a quick but helpful reference. (All Links Checked and Fixed!)

Blogging Software Self-Hosted : WordPress.org (recommended) B2evolution (alternative) Concrete5 (alternative) Free Tools : WordPress.com (yourblogname.wordpress.com) Blogger (yourblogname.blogspot.com) Tumblr (yourblogname.tumblr.com) Freemium Tools : TypePad (14 days free trial) Square Space (14 days free trial) Domain Research Tools Domize - Domain name search engine Domainr - Explore the entire domain name space Advanced Search/Premium Domains : Domain Search - Comprehensive searchable database of domain name registration Whois Lookup - Discover the people or organizations behind a domain name Additional Name Search : Trademark search - Search the USPTO's database of registered trademarks Photo and Image Galleries Flickr - Enables bloggers to find images with creative commons that allow commercial use Photo Pin - Tool makes it very simple to search creative commons photos Morgue File - Free stock photos Logo Design Tools Free : Squarespace logo - Logo made easy. Logo Garden - Start with free amazing logo. Logo Maker - Design a logo and use it on your site for free using their HTML code. Paid : Logo Type Maker - Design a logo for free and download a high-resolution version for $25 Graphic Spring - Create professional looking logos $39.99 Web Design and Development Services Up Work - Get more done with the help of the freelancer Freelancer - Work done easy with the freelancers Fiverr - Graphics, marketing, fun, and more online services for $5 Dribbble - Community of designers sharing screenshots of their work, process, and projects Behance - Discover the latest work from top online portfolios by creative professionals Design Contest - 1000s of professional designers compete for your business 99 Designs - Get the design you will love from community of designers Creative Book Covers - Stylish eBook covers at affordable prices Custom Fan Page Designs - Get your social media pages custom designed Code Mentor - Connects you with experts for urgent issue solving, technical advice, and code review Graphic and Web Design Tools Fotor - Free online photo editor, graphic designer and design templates with 300 million users from 230 countries. Canva - 100% free tool to create good graphics without designing skills. Picmonkey - Free easy photo editing! Add filters, frames, text, and effects. Gimp.org - Free software for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Pikto Chart - Infographic design app that helps to produce beautiful, high quality graphics (paid). Easel.ly - Is a simple web tool that empowers anyone to create and share powerful visuals. Infogram - Create infographics and interactive online charts. It's free and super-easy! Google Charts - Interactive charts and data tools that are powerful, simple to use, and free. My eCover Maker - Create your own 3D eBook cover online. Photovisi - Free online photo editing. Visme - Create interactive online presentations, infographics, animations and banners in HTML5. WordPress Themes WordPress Theme Detector - Free tool to find all the details about the WordPress theme used by a site. Free : WordPress.org Themes - Free WordPress themes directory. Fabulous Thems - Fabulous WordPress themes available for free. Flexi Themes - Amazing free WordPress themes site. Paid : Studio Press - Professionally designed premium WordPress themes. Elegant Themes - Beautiful premium WordPress themes. Theme Fuse - Premium WordPress themes and WordPress templates. DIY Themes - The ultimate design and template manager for WordPress. Woo Themes - Premium themes, plugins and ecommerce for WordPress. InkHive - Premium WordPress themes. RichWP - Responsive premium WordPress themes. Theme Forest - Various WordPress themes and templates. Magazine3 - Premium WordPress magazine themes. Themify - Drag and drop WordPress themes. Tesla Themes - Modern WordPress themes with clean design. My Theme Shop - Premium WordPress themes and plugins. Press75 - Premium WordPress themes. Video and Screen Recording Tools Cam Studio - Record all screen and audio activity on your computer Tech Smith - Free and simple way to start sharing images and short videos of your computer screen Flix Press - Create extraordinary videos online in minutes Intro Maker - Make your own Video with your Logo Video Scribe - Make your own whiteboard videos, fast SEO Tools Google Trends - Subscribe to get Trends email alerts for the topics you care about. Word Tracker - Reveal high performing keywords in minutes (Paid). LongTail Pro - Find profitable keywords faster (Paid). Uber Suggest - Free keyword tool that makes good use of different suggest services. Hit Tail - Long tail keyword tool, to help you increase your organic traffic (Paid). WebCEO Backlink Content Marketing Tools Trend Spottr - Supercharge content marketing for brands and publishers. Contently - Best solution for high-end brand publishing. Soovle - Search suggestions and completions from the top providers on the internet. Slide Share - Share what you know and love through presentations, infographics, documents. Click to Tweet - The easiest way to promote and advertise your stuff on Twitter. Triberr - Community of bloggers come together to read and share great content. Deliver it - Save time, share smarter, and engage your audience everywhere. Copywriting and Content Tools Golden Ratio Typography Calculator - Discover the perfect typography for your site. Copy Scape - Search for copies of your page on the web. Zen Writer (PC) - Only you and your thoughts. Google Alerts - Monitor the web for interesting new content. Word Counter - Web-based word counter. Calibre - One stop solution for all your e-book needs. Scrivener - Writing software for Mac and Windows. Divvy HQ - Content planning and workflow tool. Diigo - Is a multi-tool for knowledge management and better reading. Topic Generator - Don't know what to blog about? This tool will help. HTML Cleaner - Convert Word content to clean html code Email Marketing Tools AWeber - Email marketing services and software solutions for small business. Mail Chimp - The best way to design, send, and share email newsletters. Mad Mimi - Simple way to send newsletters, grow your subscribers and manage your emails. Campaign Monitor - Easy to attract subscribers and send them beautiful email newsletters. Constant Contact - Suite of tools to help you reach, engage, and acquire new customers through email. Litmus - Test and track your email campaigns, so you can put your best design forward. Vero - Send emails based on what your customers do. Customer.io - Send targeted human messages to your users, by utilizing their unique interactions with your business. Ever Contact - Keep your contacts always up-to-date Site Analytics and Optimization Tools Google Analytics - Web analytics and reporting. Pingdom Tools - Free website speed test tool. Google PageSpeed - Check speed of your website on all devices. Click Tale - Better digital customer experience better business. Crazy Egg - Visualize where your visitors click. Unbounce - Build, publish and A/B test landing pages without technical skills. Hub Spot - Inbound marketing software platform that helps companies attract visitors. Visual Website Optimizer - A/B Testing Software for Marketers. Optimizely - Improve conversions through A/B testing, split testing and multivariate testing. Mix Panel - Advanced analytics platform in the world for mobile and web. Clicky - Real time web analytics. Broken Link Check - Free tool to check for broken links. Custom Email Sign Up Tools Mail Munch - Grow your email list. Optin Monster - Get more email subscribers. Popup Domination - Grow Your Email List Using the World's Leading Email Capture Software. Hello Bar - Header bar to display your message. Lead Pages - The easiest way to create mobile friendly landing pages. Optimize Press - Is the new way to create high converting landing pages and sales pages. Sumo - Free toolkit for growing your traffic Social Media and Marketing Tools Loomly - Social media content management tool WordPress Mail - A free WordPress newsletter with a roundup of WordPress news and articles. Sprout Social - Social media management tool created to help businesses find new customers and grow their social media presence. Hoot Suite - Leading social media dashboard to manage and measure your social networks. Buffer App - Buffer is the easiest way to publish on social media. Follower Wonk - Twitter analytics: find, analyze, and optimize for social growth. Unified - A Facebook analytics company. Social Studio - Run integrated campaigns across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and your websites. Manage Flitter - Critically acclaimed set of Twitter tools. Twitonomy - Twitter analytics and much more. Tag Board - Search any hashtags. Audience - Analyze, engage and monetize your Twitter audience. Bitly - Link shortener tool. Viral Tag - The best Pinterest management tool for brands. Tail Wind App - Pinterest analytics, management and listening. Agora Pulse - Complete toolbox for Facebook and Twitter. Short Stack - Run contests and promotions from Facebook or anywhere. Need Tagger - Helps you find customers, generate leads and attract followers on Twitter. Commun.it - Twitter community management dashboard. Viral Content Bee - Social media sharing made easy. Nimble - Simple solution to combine CRM systems with the social media. Demographics Pro - Twitter audience analytics for marketing professionals. True Social Metrics - Calculate and improve the economic impact of social media marketing on your business. Moz Analytics - Software for managing inbound marketing and local SEO. Sysomos - Social media monitoring and analytics tools. Buzz Sumo - Identify the most shared links and key influencers for any topic. Ok to Post - Measure all of your social media marketing from one powerful platform. Intercom - Shows you who is using your product and makes it easy to personally communicate with them through behavior-driven email and in-app messages.

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