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If you have been following my content for a while, you will know that I love things that are cheap or free. There are a lot of resources on the big world wide web but there are tools that require a small free if you want to succeed in this blogging world. I will list as many free tools as I can but I will also list the ones that will help grow your business.
Starting a Blog
1.Hosting: For a new blog, a great starting post is bluehost. You can get started for as little as $2.65
2. WordPress: With every hosting platform, you need a good content management system and wordpress is by far a great platform. Beware that I would avoid wordpress.com because all of your content belongs to wordpress but with wordpress.org, your content belongs to you and you are able to monetize your site.
Newsletter/Subscription
3. Mailchimp Powered by MailChimp – FREE – You get this service for free for your first 1000 subscribers. Its a good starting point.
4. Pixabay – FREE – great stock photos to use on your site.
5. Canva – FREE- great to create all of your image content. Pinterest pins, blog feature images, Instagram feeds.
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Social Media
Buffer – FREE – scheduled post for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – Paid Version available
Crowdfire – FREE – great for growing your Twitter account – Paid Version available
Tailwind – FREE for 30 days – Paid version available
Boardbooster – Great for scheduled pins – Paid Version available As of 27th June 2018, Boardbooster will ease to operate anymore.
Create your social media account – facebook, twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, google plus, bloglovin, stumble upon is now called mix
BLOGPOST WRITING
Yoast SEO – improve your SEO score
Social Warfare – social media share buttons
Google Analytics – statistic tracker
I hope you find these resources useful but if you want succeed as a blogger, you need to be willing to learn, unlearn, relearn and learn again.
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