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The Best Tools to Grow Your Blog, Quickly!

Want to grow your blog? Are you confused as to which blog tools to use? Here are the BEST tools to grow your blog QUICKLY!

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I love blogging. What started as a hobby in 2010, has grown into a income earning opportunity. I learned that blogging takes money, time, and commitment. I’m always on the lookout for tools and resources to make my blog life easier and more successful. These are some of my top blogging tools that EVERY blogger should have. These resources will help you manage and grow your blog.

Appearance

A beautiful blog is the cornerstone of a successful blog. People want to enter your online “home” and be able to find and use everything you have available. They also feel more comfortable if your home is clean and simple.

ELEGANT THEMES – $89 /year or $249 /one time fee

A beautiful theme is essential to every great blog. There are MANY great themes available to select from, but I am MOST in love with DIVI from Elegant Themes. DIVI has great flexibility and you can make your website look the way YOU want it to look! There’s no limit to what you can create. Plus, with the purchase of an elegant themes package, you get access to DIVI Builder. I use the DIVI Builder to create beautiful landing pages for my products and resource pages (like this one). It gives a unique, professional look to your site!

Get your Elegant Themes Package

STUDIOPRESS – $99.95 per theme

The Studiopress themes are clean, professional, and elegant. With hundreds of themes to choose from, you’re sure to find a design you love! You can’t go wrong with one of these designs!

Get a Studiopress theme today

StudioPress Premium WordPress Themes

Time Management

There’s no doubt about it, blogging takes time. There are many great tools to help you manage your blogging time. These are my favourites.

Since time management is one of the biggest obstacles for bloggers, check out this online course to help you maximize your time and potential!

TIME MANAGEMENT FOR BLOGGERS ECOURSE – $47

I’m a fanatic when it comes to time management. I’ve compiled all of my time-saving blogging tips in this 10 module eCourse!

Learn how to save time blogging, today

COSCHEDULE – $15/month and up

Before I signed up for CoSchedule, I spent hours sharing content live to social media. However, CoSchedule cut my time on social media by at least 75%!

Sign up for a free 14-day trial of CoSchedule

CoSchedule: The Editorial Calendar For WordPress

Tailwind Visual Marketing Suite

TAILWIND – $9.99/month

I use Tailwind for all my pin scheduling. I love the ability to schedule pins from my pages and other bloggers’ pages. It’s quick, efficient, and has awesome built-in analytics.

Sign up for a free trial today

Goal Crushers

You’ve got to have goals and where there’s goals, you need goal crushers!

PASSION PLANNER – $30

If there is one thing that has helped me CRUSH my goals, it’s the Passion Planner. After buying my first Passion Planner in 2015, I wrote an eBook, a parenting workbook, designed a dexule homeschool planner, and launched an eCourse. The Passion Planner helps you map out and work towards realizing your dreams! It’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made.

Start crushing your goals today

Do you wonder how you can make your blog grow? Have you ever done strategic blog planning? Blog planning tips and a FREE strategic planning template is available for download. This is a MUST-HAVE resource for bloggers who want to make their blogs grow!

 

STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR YOUR BLOG – Free

In order to grow your blog, you need a vision. This strategic planning template helps you map out the steps you need to take to have a successful blog. Sign up for my newsletter to get your strategic planning kit.

Get your free strategic planning template today

Learning

In order to succeed, you need to learn from the experts! I’ve taken a number of courses and read various books which have contributed to my blogging success. I highly recommend any of these resources.

Pinning Perfect – $249

Prior to taking this course I had about 1600 followers and got about 42 repins per day. I now gain about 250 new followers every month and average about 400 repins per day.

Grow your Pinterest traffic today

Pinning Perfect class

How to Master Tailwind

HOW TO MASTER TAILWIND – $67

I was hesitant to take this ecourse because I had been using Tailwind for over a year, but I learned so much! My pinning time decreased greatly (from 2-3 hours per week to 15-20 minutes per week). Plus my repins have been steadily going up! If you have Tailwind, this course is a MUST-HAVE!

Learn how to master Tailwind today

HOW TO BLOG FOR PROFIT – $15.99

This is one of my favourite blogging books. Ruth Soukup is the brain behind the successful blog, Living Well & Spending Less. I love her insights and this book walks you through the process of building a successful blog.

Get this awesome book today

Images

Every blog needs great images. However, what if you’re not a good photographer? Here are some of my favourite places to get images for my blog.

UNSPLASH – Free

The photos on Unsplash are gorgeous. They don’t require attribution and they’re 100% free!

PIXABAY – Free

This is another great source for images which are free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. No attribution required!

DEPOSITPHOTOS – Photos are as low as $1 each

If you can’t find free creative common photos, depositphotos is a great place to turn to for your image needs. Get high quality photos for as low as $1 each!

Snag some great photos today

Stock Images

STENCIL – $9/month (PRO version)

Long ago (when I first started blogging) I used Microsoft Paint to make my blog graphics (what can I say, I was naive). Then I started using PicMonkey which improved my graphics tremendously! However, Stencil has revolutionized how I create social media images. Between its inhouse library of 860,000 creative commons images, its social media templates, and drag & drop editor, I can make images for all of my social media sites in less than 20 minutes! This online photo editing program is POWERFUL. I’ve tried many other online editors but Stencil, by far, is my favourite!

Start making better blog graphics today

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