As bloggers we have different tasks to do each day to keep our blogs moving forward, here is my list of the blogger tools I use every day to improve my blog and make my blogging a little less stressful.Some of these blogger tools may be some you know of, but never really put the time into using, so I hope this post will get you to see the benefits to putting them to work for you.
A Tool Isn’t A Tool Until You USE It!
At the end of the day, using these tools will help you build a stronger blog that will get you better results for the time and effort you put in.
My Blogger Tools List…
One of the first things I installed on my blog was Google Analytics. The amount of information you get is ridiculous, from where your traffic comes from, how long it stays, where it likes to go on your blog, etc..
I use this tool every day to see what marketing is working and what’s not. Another bonus is that Google Analytics is very easy to use.
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I use Google Keyword tool each time I write a new post. Once I have a post idea, I come here to search the keyword to use. You will get information on the best keyword to use for your post title and tags, but it also gives you a list of “similar” keywords people search for, this is important because ranking for similar keywords related to your main keyword will get you ranked higher for that keyword.
I stick to my main keyword to have no more then 10,000 monthly volume, this will give you the best chance to rank higher.
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This is one of those blogger tools that every blogger needs to use, PERIOD! Yes it is that good. The amount of info that Google Webmaster Tools will give you for FREE is crazy. You can test your blog and see what is working and what isn’t, also you can do A – B testing on different versions of your blog.
Try a different color scheme or sidebar size, etc.. test it before you actually make “Real Time” changes.
It took me some time to figure this tool out, but it is worth the time you put into learning how to use it.
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Blog Grader is a cool lil tool I use couple times a week. It let’s you see how your blog is doing in search engines, in social media, how much traffic your getting and much more.
Cool thing is they also have a Twitter Grader tool that let’s you see how your doing on Twitter.
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I go into full detail on my review of Ninja Affiliate
I use this plugin every day, recently I have started to use it for tracking banners ads in my sidebar to see which ads convert best and using it as a tracking tool for off blog marketing to track clicks and converstion.
As much as this tool works for me, I would buy it again if I had too.
Read my full review of Ninja Affiliate
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I screen grab everything haha I’m like addicted. I been using this tool almost daily for the past 6 months and it just gets better. It is a Firefox plugin, but I believe you can get it for Chrome too.
With the Pixlr grabber add-on I can Grab an image then Edit, Share, Save or Copy it.
I use the Pixlr Editor to edit my grab soon as I grab it, add text resize, etc..
I will be sharing a new way I promote a new post in an upcoming post, and this tool is what I use to do it all
Get the Pixlr Firefox Plugin