Blogging Tools: Feedly
Feedly is similar to Google Reader. In fact it is one of the most popular alternatives to Google Reader if you're looking for something different. Feedly can be used on your iOS, Android, and the Web. That makes it more versatile for blog readers.
Feedly let's you import and add blogs or websites that you would like to actively read every time they get updated. It's an awesome way to keep updated with information from various blogs/websites you follow but can never keep track of.
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Blogging Tools: Markup.io
Markup.io lets you share ideas by drawing on any webpage you want. You can draw on webpages with a variety of tools they offer. This is an excellent way to express your thoughts, clarify your point of view, or you just want to edit the webpage/images you plan to share in your posts.
Markup.io is very convenient because it requires no download, everything is done in your browser. You can also grab their bookmarking icon for an easy shortcut to Markup.io whenever you want to edit a webpage.
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Blogging Tools: Repost.Us
Repost.Us is all about content discovery and content distribution. I find the concept of repost to be one of a kind. I haven't quite found something like it yet. The concept is simple: legally republish content from anywhere on the web.
Repost lets bloggers and website owners the right to republish complete articles with all the images, links, and videos attached to it legally. You can also sign up with them and distribute your own post content to anyone who wants to use it on their website/blogs.
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12 Cheatsheets For Bloggers To Bookmark
Bloggers make up a large part of the web. Just about everyone has a blog or blogs for some other blogger. Below are 12 helpful cheat-sheets for those bloggers/bloggers to-be to bookmark for future reference.
Blogging Tools: Reachli
Reachli is another popular way to market your visual content across the web with your social media. Reachli says their goal is: "To ensure we deliver the highest payouts on the market and only work with the best.
We're always available to answer any of your questions."
In order to reach their goal, they let publishers easily post their content on their social media accounts, the web, and your mobile devices. Reachli also gives you post suggestions, and the option of earning more money by using their in-image advertising. With Reachli you can reach and traffic a wider audience.
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Blogging Tools: Zemanta
Zemanta is a blogging tool made for both publishers and advertisers. Zemanta's goal is to get you more readers to your blog. In fact they state, "Up to 10% more page views. 5% more unique visitors." Zemanta is a unique way of getting related posts on your blog by using other blogger's posts.
I had used Zemanta at one point on this blog and found it very user friendly. I had an easy time finding content to use as "related posts" to my blog. I recommend bloggers who want to decrease their bounce rate and get more views to use Zemanta to start off with.
For more information, visit the link.
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Blogging Tools: Storify
Storify helps you collect media all over the web and share/embed it anywhere you want to. In essence, Storify is just another way to get more traffic and get your content noticed. You don't have to come up with all your information for your posts, Storify let's you write your own posts while using social media elements to gather material for your stories.
I took the time to make a Storify story, you can view it here: 11 Fun Musicals To Watch This Summer.
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Blogging Tools: Easel.ly
Easel.ly is a good place to share your visual ideas online. In other words, Easel.ly should be one of the first places a blogger should go if they want to make their own infographics. I know you've seen plenty of them around the web, but the thing is that they are costly to make. It's also costly to hire someone else to make one for you.
Easel.ly gives you the tools to make your infographics for free. They let you choose what template to you want to use, and the rest is as easy as entering your information for each infographic you make. The only major downside is the lack of vhemes (visual theme templates), but since they are in beta it's understandable. It doesn't hurt to try them out to see if making infographics is your thing.
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Blogging Tools: E.ggtimer
Here we go. I'm starting a little challenge for myself. I want to see if I can come up with 100 posts that introduces a blogging tool that bloggers, like myself, can use. This will be an experience for me since I'm always on the look out for more promising tools that can fully optimize my blog.
First up is:
E.ggtimer is a very nifty tool that could benefit bloggers. As the name suggests, E.ggtimer is a web-based count down timer that you can use anywhere. E.ggtimer isn't quite like any other online timer. It counts down via URL variable which means that all you have to do is enter a URL of the time you want. For example, if you want to set aside 30 minutes for writing your blog post, all you have to enter is this URL: http://e.ggtimer.com/30minutes and it will start your countdown.
That's the lovely thing about E.ggtimer. You can enter any variable combination you want. It allows you to set up the timer for seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years. This timer won't let you down when you aim to stick to a schedule for writing your posts, researching, or even taking a break.
