20 Blogging Tools You Need to Build Your Awesome Blog Today

Starting a blog is a wonderful way to position yourself as an authority in your industry. It can grow recognition for your brand, or simply share your experiences interacting with the world. However, you will need 20 blogging tools to help you.

Building a blog from scratch can take loads of time that you may not have. Especially if you want to write top-notch content or do all sorts of search-engine magic behind the scenes.

Why Tools?

Blogging tools streamline your workflow, saving time and effort. They help optimize content for search engines, schedule posts, and analyze performance metrics.

With powerful writing aids and formatting options, you can produce high-quality, engaging posts efficiently.

Automation handles tedious tasks, freeing you to focus on creating valuable content that attracts and retains readers.

Luckily, there are 20 blogging tools out there to help you wade through the trenches and keep your audience engaged. However, the trick is figuring out which ones are right for you.

On that note, here are 20 blogging tools plus a bonus tool that will help you find content to write about. As well as write quality posts, and grow traffic to your blog.

1. The Right Bloggers Versatile Tool

This writing tool will help you write better and faster.  Not only for your blog but for your social media posts and ads.

Do you know that feeling when you get writer’s block? Your writing pad or your computer is blank and you cannot think of where to begin? This tool is definitely for you!

However, not only do they offer you writing tools they offer social media, sales and seo tools all in one with over 75 tools today.

You can see why it’s one of my favorite blogging tools of all today in the video below.

2. Link Whisper For Internal Linking

Link Whisper makes blogging a breeze. This internal linking tool scans your content, suggests relevant links, and inserts them with one click.

No more hunting for anchor text – Link Whisper does the heavy lifting. It’s a massive time-saver that boosts SEO by adding smart internal links effortlessly.

Link Whisper’s intuitive interface lets you review and tweak suggestions before publishing. Streamline your workflow and watch your rankings rise with this must-have blogging tool.

I don’t know why I waited years to use this tool. It’s been a huge timesaver for me and I’m sure it will be for you.

3. Making Videos From Your Blog Posts

Making videos from blog posts is a breeze with Fliki. Simply copy and paste your blog content, and Fliki automatically converts it into an engaging video complete with text-to-speech narration and visuals.

It’s a game-changer for content creators looking to repurpose their written work and reach new audiences on video platforms.

With Fliki, you can effortlessly turn your blog posts into videos, saving time and expanding your content’s reach.

You can see mine over on Pinterest where I’ve been making video pins for the past month with Fliki.

4. WordPress Is A Must For Your 20 Blogging Tools

The most popular CMS (Content Management System) out there, WordPress is a must-have when starting your blog.

Not only can it house all of your content, but it also supports a number of useful plugins (some of which are listed below) to add cool features to your site that don’t require any code.

You can select from a wide range of templates to create your posts. Then use their analytics to determine how well your blog is performing on any given day, month, or year.

And, if you already have a website, you can easily add it to WordPress.

5. Keywords Everywhere

Before you begin writing posts, you need to do keyword research in your niche to see what kind of topics your audience is searching for. Keywords Everywhere is a great (free!) tool to help you do just that.

This browser add-on is exactly what it sounds like – a way to track the search volume for keywords, well, everywhere.

It gives you an automatic list of search volume, CPC (cost-per-click), and data for competing keywords on all of the main sites you use, including Google, YouTube, and Bing.

6. SEMrush For Better SEO

If you’re willing to allocate a little cash toward your SEO (search engine optimization) efforts, SEMrush is well worth the investment.

Their toolkit is helpful for both blog writers and content marketers, as it does a full keyword analysis for both your own blog and your competitors’.

You can find information on both organic and paid keywords, in addition to determining where your blog’s “content gaps” are. This is a great addition to your blogging tools if you don’t use it.

However, it may be costly for newer bloggers out there.

7. Feedly – A Must For Blogging Tools

This RSS feed is a great way to see what your competitors are writing about. It allows you to organize topics (“feeds”)  by category, and discover new blogs that you may not have known about in your niche.

However, you can either sign up to Feedly for free and create a limited number of feeds, or opt for a paying plan if you want to go all-out on your blog hunt.  

8. BuzzSumo For Ideas – Part of 20 Blogging Tools to Thrive

If you want your blog posts to go viral, BuzzSumo is the place to start looking for ideas. It allows you to type in a keyword, and see all of the trending articles surrounding the keyword.

Not only that, but the tool gives you insight into how many shares and backlinks each post has, breaking it down per social media network.

Additionally, the list of articles will keep you on topic, so you don’t end up choosing post titles that bear no relevance to your audience.

9. Answer the Public – A Visualization Blogging Tool

Are you a visual learner? If yes, you’re going to love this tool.

Answer the Public is a search query data visualization tool. In plain English, that means you can search for a topic and instantly get a visual “map” of all the questions, prepositions, and lists that exist related to your topic.

This gives you a hint into the kinds of questions your audience is asking and ensures you have a bank of relevant topics to write about.

And, if maps aren’t your thing, you can choose to view the queries as a list, with each one broken down by the number of searches there are for each query.

Another great blogging tool and you could use the graphics for your blog posts by Neil Patel.

10. My Stock Photos

One of the biggest struggles of blogging can be finding high-quality images that you have permission to use but don’t need to pay for.

My Stock Photos is the answer to these qualms, offering hundreds of beautiful, appealing images that will resonate with your readers.

You can use the search bar to find a specific photo you like, or just browse through all of their images until you find something you like.

Just try not to go too image nuts-; too many photos may distract your readers from the content itself. And if you can use your own photos, that is always best.

11. Grammarly For Editing

Checking over grammar can feel like a luxury nobody has time for, but it’s a necessary evil for creating good content. Luckily, Grammarly will do the dirty work for you!

Paste your text into the editor, and the platform will tell you exactly what’s wrong with it.

While that may not sound like the most encouraging experience, it will help you to improve your writing and tighten up your posts. Recently, I downloaded the Chrome extension for Grammarly and love it!

12. Hemingway App for Writing

Are you unsure about your writing style? Hemingway App will give you feedback on anything you write (and it has high standards!)

The App lets you know when you’re using too many adverbs, your sentences are too wordy, and when your writing is too passive.

Just copy the text of your post into the app for full analysis – you don’t even need an account to use it.

13. Yoast SEO Plugin – One of My Favorites of the 20 Blogging Tools

Remember those WordPress plugins we talked about earlier? Meet Yoast SEO, a plugin that helps optimize each blog post you write for search engines.

It provides a number of features that should ultimately help your blog come up when people search for terms related to what you write about – growing traffic to your blogging site.

Aside from being simple to install, the plugin tells you when your posts are readable and helps you to write optimized meta-descriptions. Plus you can create the perfect URL for each post.

Yoast SEO Premium has made it so easy for me here to write posts with SEO in mind.

I can write up a post and Yoast will grade it at the bottom. They will even highlight what needs to be fixed. However, you don’t always need all green buttons. It is just a guide, a nice guide for those who don’t like doing SEO.

14. Uptime Monitor – Know When You Site Goes Down

An uptime monitor continuously checks if your blog is online and accessible. It pings your site at regular intervals from various locations worldwide.

If your blog doesn’t respond within a set time, the monitor registers it as down. It alerts you immediately via email, SMS, or other notification channels.

This way, you’re instantly aware of any outages or performance issues, allowing you to quickly troubleshoot and minimize downtime’s impact on your visitors and revenue.

15. Moz Title Tag For Right Size Titles

Your Moz title tag needs to be the right length because Google only displays the first 50-60 characters in search results.

Longer titles get cut off, which hurts your click-through rate. Craft concise, keyword-rich titles that entice clicks by summarizing your content clearly.

Craft concise, keyword-rich titles that entice clicks by summarizing your content clearly. The ideal length lets your titles display fully and attract more visitors from Google.

This desktop app is FREE to use. I use it for all my blog posts titles to check the length quickly and easily.

16. Live Chat for Your Blog

Want to set your blog apart from everyone else’s? You may want to consider adding Live Chat.

While not the most critical element of a blog, giving your readers a chat option will make them feel like your content is more accessible because they can “talk” with you about it at any time.

Also, the chat option is pretty easy to add to your blog, allowing you to customize it however you want. One blogger that recently added a live chat is Donna Merrill – be sure to check it out!

This is on my radar for later this year, stay tuned!

17. Click to Tweet is Part of My 20 Blogging Tools

This social-media-driven tool is designed to help you promote your content on Twitter. It takes quotes from your content and turns them into “tweet about this” links, encouraging your audience to share them on Twitter.

You can add Click to Tweet as a WordPress Plugin or Google Chrome Extension, and it gives you analytics to track the performance of all of your links.

I prefer to use them at the bottom of each blog post so they don’t interfere with readers trying to read a helpful post.

18. Missing Lettr Making Social Media Scheduling A Breeze

Missing Lettr takes the hassle out of social media scheduling. It lets you batch create and schedule posts for multiple platforms in minutes.

The intuitive calendar view shows your planned content, so you can visualize and adjust your posting schedule effortlessly.

With just a few clicks, you can recycle evergreen posts to keep your feeds active without constantly creating new material. Missing Lettr streamlines your social media management, saving you valuable time.

I’ve been using this social media management tool for 2+ years and it has saved me a lot of time. It replaced my Agorapulse for scheduling X Twitter posts and LinkedIn.

19. Revive Old Post

Sharing your content is just as important as writing it, but it can be difficult to prioritize with everything else you have going on.

Revive Old Post takes the burden of remembering off your shoulders. This tool integrates with your WordPress posts and automatically shares some of your older blog content on all of your social media channels.

While it chooses posts at random, it helps you optimize each share by adding relevant hashtags and images – making each post, social media worthy.

20. Google Analytics – A Must For Your 20 Blogging Tools Collection

Building a successful blog means monitoring your progress and making adjustments as needed. In other words, you need to look at analytics to see how your blog is performing.

Free and intuitive, Google Analytics is the easiest way to track the traffic to your blog, both in live time on each individual post. It gives you insights such as time spent on a page, bounce rate, source of traffic, and the number of visitors each day.

Now, I visit my Google Analytics monthly to see how things are working and what needs tweaking and I recommend you do as well. It is of course FREE to use.

21. HubSpot’s Free Email Marketing Tools

HubSpot’s email software tools form a part of their comprehensive marketing platform which is built to help small businesses utilize the full power of email marketing to grow their businesses.

However, HubSpot’s email marketing toolset has a user-friendly interface and helps users craft visually appealing emails using drag-and-drop editors and pre-designed templates.

I like the drag and drop feature a lot. 

It’s because I (and you as well) don’t need to know any complicated code to create a well designed email that is opened and converts.

HubSpot also lets you test and compare your email campaigns using the inbuilt A/B testing capabilities. Using this feature you can optimize email performance and track open rates, click-through rates, and conversions you get. 

This is valuable data you need to make better campaigns in the future. And the best part is you won’t need to get an expensive dedicated analytics tool to obtain this valuable customer info. So with HubSpot you save a little bit of money as well.

You can also segment your contact lists for targeted messaging and set up automated email workflows to nurture leads. 

CRM Integration

Finally, integration with HubSpot’s CRM allows for personalized content based on customer data thus further improving conversion rates.

HubSpot’s free email tools are in my opinion a must for any blogger looking to capture visitors’ email addresses so they can market to them later.

And even if you aren’t that into email marketing you should still use the free tools HubSpot offers because it costs you nothing and over time you will build a decent email list to market your courses or affiliate products to.

In Conclusion of 20 Blogging Tools for You

There are many blogging tools today you can use to make your blog stand out. Be sure to stay on top of them by reading blogs like the Blogging Wizard to learn about the latest tools.

Of course, from time to time I update them here on Inspire to Thrive as well.

How many of these 20 blogging tools are you using for your blog today? I’d love to know more in the comments below from you.

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Lisa Sicard

Owner at Inspire To Thrive, Inc.

Lisa loves helping others to thrive online through Social Media, Blogging, and SEO. What good is knowledge if you cannot share it with others?

She has 30+ years of experience in marketing/advertising with 12 years of experience in content marketing, social media, blogging, and SEO.

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