Leverage Your Content Marketing with These 4 Tools

Monday Tips is a short list of the best finds across the internet to start your week off right.

Today I have some content resources to help you improve your blogging strategy. Here’s four links with tips and tricks to kick start your Monday.
Blogging takes planning, research, and original ideas. The right tools can help you stay organized and focused on the right topics. Would you like to improve your content marketing strategy? Take advantage of these online resources, and let me know how these work for you!

1) Plan and execute your ideas – dapulse

Creating stand-out content needs to first be organized into a focused plan. dapulse is a great tool that allows you to easily collaborate, share ideas, and manage your projects without complicated software. This tool is a great low-budget resource for creative teams in which goals and visions can be easily mapped out and worked on as a group. A free 30-day trial is available, and integration with apps like Google Docs and Dropbox is available.

2) Editorial management for WordPress – Edit Flow

If you need better content management, but don’t want separate software then you will enjoy this great resource for your WordPress website. Edit Flow is a free plugin that helps you create a custom calendar, manage editorial comments, define key stages to your workflow, draft a story budget, and more. It’s quick and easy to install, and includes options to add customization without coding.

3) Realtime cross media analytics – Zignal Labs

If your business has not been able to successfully find the right topics for your niche then this simple tool can help. Zignal Labs is a resource that helps you easily find the latest trends and stories as they unfold. Use the precise keyword search tool, and gain comprehensive insights in your industry with a dashboard that is always up to date.

4) Find profitable keywords – Long Tail Pro

Would you like to be able to find the best keywords for your target market? Long Tail Pro helps you discover what the competition is using, and how buyers respond to specific phrases. The intuitive platform provides hundreds of ideas from a main keyword, and is a must-have tool for SEO research. This resource will save you hours while providing important data such as SERP, Meta tags, Pagerank, and more. A low-cost monthly or yearly plan is available with a money-back guarantee.

Hopefully you will find these content tools useful to your business blogging strategy. Are there any that you would like to add as well?
Have fun with these Monday Tips and Tools.
Wishing you a FAN-tastic week!
Susan