Resources

Welcome to the Resources page! This is a carefully curated list of websites and tools that may assist you in blogging or managing your business. I'll be adding more resources as I find them, so be sure to check back frequently.


Blog and Social Media Tools

Ping-o-Matic  (increases traffic to your blog by alerting services to site updates)
Feedburner  ("...provides custom RSS feeds and management tools for bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers.")
Google Analytics  (top-notch web analytics)
Buffer  (social media management)
Hemingway Editor  (helps keep your writing clean and concise) 
Feedly  (collects content [feeds] in one place for ease-of-reading)
Readability Test Tool  (tests the readability of your content...super cool metrics)
Followerwonk  (helps you analyze and monitor your Twitter)
Hootsuite  (manage your social media from one user-friendly platform)
Copyscape   (protects your writing from theft; detects when your content has been stolen)
BuzzSumo  (use this to monitor where and how your content is being shared socially)
Trello  (content management system)
Blogger (intuitive, free blog-hosting platform)
WordPress  (considered by many to be the "Cadillac" of blogging platforms)


Graphic Design and Images

Canva  (design blogging, social media, and marketing materials)
Unsplash  (free stock images)
Pexels  (free stock images)
StockSnap  (free stock images)
Pixabay  (free stock images)

Money and Billing

Stripe  (online payments and billing)
GetHarvest  (time tracking and invoicing service)
Paypal  (online payment system)