5 Free tools for you to write awesome blog posts

You are a newbie at blogging. And like many, your search for information about blogging, about blog hosting, about images, well almost about everything that goes with a blog. And then you visit known blogs and gawk at the displayed information. Everything is so perfect, eye-catching, and yes, presented in a concise way. And you want your blog just like that, right? Do not despair. Help is at hand and you have 5 free tools to help you create an awesome blog post. And let me also tell you, you need to work at it to get the perfect look and feel.
5 Free Tools
1. Grammarly
This one is the ultimate grammar checker. A good blogger writes in a clear and concise way. No matter how good a subject expert you are, poor grammar can put readers off. So check your grammar using this wonderful tool. Check the screenshot attached. This tool has a premium version as well and you get extral features if you upgrade.

Grammarly- the ultimate grammar checker
2. Instapaper
As a blogger, you must have an excellent research skill and that brings us to many useful URLs to explore. You may want to save some of these links to refer later or increase your knowledge on a specific topic. Sometime back, I used to bookmark these links. But as I progressed, I found that simply bookmarking them is not enough. I needed something more concrete, more helpful. Instapaper answered my needs. This free tool has some excellent features which fulfil your requirements to a great extent.To keep all your URLs sorted-Instapaper You can create folders and sort the links. There is an archive section where you can keep links which you found useful enough to go back to it again and again. You can also store videos. Furthermore, it has a very simple and user-friendly interface. The ease of use is a huge plus-point of this free tool.
3. Canva
While visiting other blogs; you must have wondered about the stunning images posted there. You too can make such images using a wonderful free image editing tool “Canva”. Read my blog post to know how pictures contribute towards your blog. Canva answers your need for making beautiful images for various social platforms, like, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and many more. It has a large number of excellent layouts to choose from. You also have the flexibility of using your own images, replacing the ones provided by it and can apply filters, change the brightness, hue, and saturation of the images.

Canva- the image editor for awesome imageYou can also play around with the fonts and choose one that meets your needs. In short, “Canva” lets you do anything that would make your image perfect. It also has a paid version. Here you get more templates and number of folders to keep your designs sorted. As a result, you can go back to your design later and make some more changes to make it more visually appealing.
4. ProWritingAid
This is an excellent writing and editing tool. It gives you a thorough check of your blog post. It checks various aspects like grammar, spelling, style, vocabulary, and other areas which make your blog post easy to read and understand. Moreover, It is user-friendly and also provides a readability score.

ProWrititngAid to help you write better

ProWritingAid helps you develop as a writer while giving you tips to improve your writing style by giving you an overall score, checks grammar, spelling, and style as well.

5. Hubspot
As a blogger there comes a time when you are at a loss for ideas. The most common question is “what am I going to write about?” This is a dilemma which every blogger faces. Hubspot’s blog idea generator is a great help. It has a unique way of generating blog ideas from the three nouns that you supply. For every three nouns supplied it comes up with at least 5 blog ideas. With HubSpot, you are never short of ideas.

HubSpot - the blog idea generator
Here are the 5 free tools I found useful at the beginning. Yes, there are many, many more which can help you in your blogging career. But as a beginner, these 5 free tools I found very useful. Try these for an awesome blog post.

17 Comments

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      Sukanya
      June 26, 2018 - 4:45 am

      Thanks Lisa. So you are a Canva lover too! What about knowing other design tools which will make your blog stunningly beautiful? Watch out for my next blog post. 🙂

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    June 25, 2018 - 12:47 pm

    I’ve never heard of instapaper so that’s something I have to check out! I see so many people recommending Canva to new bloggers and no one ever mentions one very important thing; their TOS states that they have a right to every image you make using their site. This is something that new bloggers and any blogger using Canva should be aware of.

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      Sukanya
      June 26, 2018 - 4:43 am

      True. But check my upcoming blog post where I will talk about other stunning designing tools apart from Canva. You can use these as well. Thank you for commenting on my post.

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    June 25, 2018 - 12:48 pm

    Canva is a bloggers best friend, no doubt!!

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      Sukanya
      June 26, 2018 - 4:40 am

      Yes. No doubt. Please check out my next post too. I will be talking about some awesome design tools apart from Canva.

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    June 25, 2018 - 2:26 pm

    Sukukanya,
    Thank you for these tools. I am a new blogger and I am always so excited when I discover yet another tool that will make blogging easier. I will definitely be using Instapaper and Hubspot.The last post I wrote took so long due to lengthy research and coordinating all those links. This is awesome an I am glad I came across your post. And I loove Grammarly. It saves me embarrassing errors daily.

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      Sukanya
      June 26, 2018 - 4:39 am

      Thanks Jane. I am happy that some of the tools I mentioned in my post will be of use to you. I personally like Instapaper very much. I am sure, it will be of great help to you too!

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    Jacline Adhiambo
    June 27, 2018 - 2:14 pm

    Hi, I am a new blogger and thank you for sharing these free tools. They will go a long way in helping me in this new venture.

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      Sukanya
      June 28, 2018 - 11:47 am

      I will be happy if you find these tools helpful in your blogging. Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing in your career. All the best.

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    June 28, 2018 - 2:31 pm

    I love Canva, but now I”m really interested in playing with Hubspot! Thanks for the suggestions!

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      Sukanya
      June 28, 2018 - 4:30 pm

      Thanks for the comment. Try Hubspot. You will like it.

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      Sukanya
      June 30, 2018 - 4:30 am

      Check others too! 🙂

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    June 30, 2018 - 5:13 am

    Really useful post. Except canva I’m not using any one of those. Thanks for sharing

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      Sukanya
      June 30, 2018 - 5:55 am

      Try using others too!

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    July 1, 2018 - 6:06 am

    Very useful. I am going to bookmark the post.

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