8 essential online tools I cannot blog without

Every blogger needs to take and edit images, write incredible posts and share them on social media but we all have our own ways of doing things. I’ve put together a list of online tools that I think every blogger should use to create and promote their content. These are all tools that I love and depend on, and I think you should too!

Canva

I use Canva a lot at work to create graphics for our social media accounts but it comes in especially handy for creating graphics for my blog. There’s a huge range of fonts and thousands of free and paid images you can use, plus they have image templates for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and loads more!

Buffer

Buffer is just one of many free scheduling tools available and, if I’m honest, I find Buffer so reliable and easy to use that I don’t feel like I need to try anything else! It’s got a built-in optimal timing tool to predict the best times to schedule posts throughout the day and you can schedule posts to all of your favourite social media accounts.

Google Analytics

This one goes without saying! Every blogger should be using some sort of analytics system to track their website traffic. Google Analytics is probably the best analytics system available and it’s free so why not give it a try? It’s a bit complicated in places but you’ll pick it up in no time.

Bloglovin’

This is a controversial one but I personally love Bloglovin’. It’s easy to set up and once it’s done it does all the rest for you. When you publish a post it automatically gets shared on Bloglovin’ and all of the blogs you love are in one place, what more could you ask for?

Snappa

This one is very new to me, in fact I hadn’t heard of it until last week, but I fell in love with it instantly. It’s kinda like Canva, you can design and create images for your blog and social media accounts. All the images on Snappa are free to use but unfortunately they don’t let you save your designs like you can with Canva. It’s definitely worth a try though! I love it.

Toodledo

Toodledo is a lifesaver for me. I’m constantly coming up with blog post ideas in my head but unless I write them down I forget them. With Toodledo you can set tasks, write notes and make lists. The desktop version is good but they have a handy mobile app too which is great for when you think of something when you’re away from the computer.

Twitter

For me, Twitter is crucial in getting my posts out there. It’s where most of my traffic comes from and it’s all thanks to retweet accounts. They do a fantastic job at retweeting hundreds of posts a day and helping to promote and grow small blogs like mine. Twitter blogger chats are also fantastic for connecting with and getting know other bloggers.

Statusbrew

Statusbrew’s main use is for finding out who’s unfollowed you on Twitter and, if you want to, unfollowing them back. That’s not all it does though. You can also find new people to follow based on who you already follow, filter down inactive accounts that you’re following and also spam accounts.

Let me know, do you use any of these tools already? Have I mentioned any of your favourites? If you’ve never used some of these tools before, do you think you’ll try them out? If you do let me know how it goes!

Images from Creative Convex