Use These Tools for Blogging to Start Your Online Business

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

Happy Labor Day! Today I have some tools to help make blogging a full-time reality. Here’s four links with tips and tricks to kick start your Monday.
Becoming a content creator for a living can be a challenge if you don’t know which tools to use. By tapping into the resources you can become successful with your new blog. There are several ways to make your writing and publishing a lot easier. Do you want to start your own freelance business? Take advantage of these top tools, and let me know how these work for you!

1) Improve word choice and writing style – WordCounter

Count the words in your articles, and correct your writing instantly. WordCounter is a smart way to check your work before you hit that publish button. Just go to their website and start typing or paste your document into their editor box. An exact character and word count is also included in this free tool.

2) Manage multiple projects – Wunderlist

Do you need to organize your content all in one place? Wunderlist provides a platform to organize your ideas, create a calendar, set important reminders, and more. Collaborate with anyone from either a computer or smart device. This is a great way to note your ideas as they come to you as well as plan a schedule for your blog.

3) Make SEO simple – Yoast

You don’t need to be an SEO expert in order to optimize your blog posts. Yoast can be added as a free plugin in WordPress and will help you to create posts that show up well in search. The tool will help spot keyword placement improvements as well as the readability of your articles. Avoid confusing Google’s search engine with duplicate content while fixing technical errors at the same time.

4) Avoid costly plagiarism mistakes – Small SEO Tools

Double check your rewrites and steer clear from any legal problems from your content. Small SEO Tools is a simple tool that helps you easily discover what’s already been published online. Just paste your article onto their website and check your posts for free before they go live. A free plugin for WordPress is also available for download.

Hopefully you will find these tools useful to your new blogging business. 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