I'm a big fan of Grammarly - it's a must-use. I also use Compressor.io to reduce the size of photos. Atomic Reach also has a free plugin to check structure, grammar, spelling and tone.

Great article, thanks.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

This is the best single post on this topic I have ever read. Chack a block full of goodies. Thank you!

Wow. Thank you so much. I'm glad you found it so useful!

I agree. Brilliant article. Helps me out a lot.

Thanks Brent! As bloggers, don't we always have good intentions? haha :) So many things to do and so little time. Deep linking (and tweeting, etc.) to the evergreen content in your new posts is so helpful for keeping people on your site.

Really appreciate the work you did here. Got some great ideas and tools.

Thanks Gordon. I appreciate the compliment. We here at SME give it our all to make sure you get the good content. :) I'm so glad you found it useful!

Excellent article.

Thanks for reading Kartik! I'm curious if there was a tool that stood out to you?

I'm pretty sure this list just saved me lots of hours a week in content creation, planning and sharing! I knew my routine felt a little clunky. Thanks for all the awesome resources and helping to save me from having to put in late nights working on client business strategy work because I spent too long trying to get my content out into the world :)

Thank you, Nunzio. This is great to hear. Let us know how your process is streamlined!

Realy helpful article !! thank you for writing

Thanks, Abdullah!

Amazingly well crafted piece. I wish you the gift of longevity and constant renewal, as you have a tangible gift in craftsmanship and detail.

Wow Mel I wonder how long it took you to write this epic blog. I love the information about reviving old blog posts. I do use canva a lot, and have checked out buzzsumo. I have not come across grammarly. I am guilty of using large images so will make sure I check the size for my blog posts and test my site load speed. Thanks for sharing. All the best. Cheers Kim :)

Thanks for commenting, Kim! I'm glad the tips and tools are useful for you. Definitely check your images -- they're a big drain on loading time. Cheers!

Very good article! Lots of great tips and sites to check out!

What an outstanding article! Thank you for all of your hard work.

Thanks, Melanie, I knew about some of these tools but not all of them. I will check them out for my blog. Page speed is always an issue. With the focus more on images than text nowadays your have to decide how much speed you're willing to trade for readability.

Gzip ninja is also a very good plugin for compression, btw a very good article Melanie looking forward to more from your side.

Thank you for this wonderful article Melanie! Most of these tools are a must for employee that are on social media industry people also forget that these are free! Images are also a good thing to show your viewers about your services, business etc. Some viewer/reader will just scroll the page some of them don't even wait for the image to finish especially when it's loading so slow because of the unnecessary high def.

Thx Melanie, very useful. For a moment I thought you were going to omit Evernote, but you saved the best until last.

Another source of Images is http://deathtothestockphoto... you subscribe for free and get 10 super srtiking images per month

Great article Melanie,

There are lot of wordpress plugins and at times it happens that we miss some important one. You have done the great job by compiling this check-list.

I personally use evernote even to jot down ideas.

Thanks for this fantastic tips, very useful: will try a few!

Thanks a mill...I wrote down four sites.

Hey great list been shared here Melanie.. Thanks for sharing,.

Thanks very important for someone who is totally blogger. Cannot express much words to you as it is one of the best content for the beginners as well as for the Middle level blogger.

Thank you soo much .. this is really good article, it gave very helpful tools and new ideas for my business ... that's really good

This is great! Some are no-brainers, which I think is funny that I totally needed to be reminded of. Thank you!

Thanks for putting this article together, some truly awesome tools. Love the Hemmingway Editor as I'm always over complicating topics.

Loved number 7. Even if you don't use it as intended, it will probably make you laugh.

Thanks for the post Melanie. Extremely useful! I've tried out several of your suggestions right away:)

What a ripper post! SME writers just rock the blogosphere :)

Take a look at this idea I just generated: How to Stay Popular in the Blogging World
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Thank you for this. I am building a website for our retail business and felt overwhelmed by the idea of blogging. This eased some of the fear.

Amazing article and very helpful links shared in it. Just what a blogger would need.

Thanks for your article. Every piece of the info is very useful. I will be tweeting this right away

This is the BEST all inclusive info article on Blogging I've ever read. Whew what was a mouthful. Anyhow, thank you so much Melanie. This post is going to keep my butt busy for weeks.

Thanks for this helpful Blog. You have shared with us some awesome tips :)

I used a WordPress plugin that I found interesting. So I would like to recommend it.

The plugin helps me quickly create and customize images before inserting them in my blog post.

Check at: https://wordpress.org/plugi...

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