Thereβs not much I love more than a cinnamon roll, but great blogging apps definitely hit that list! We spent Christmas break visiting with our family and enjoying our annual tradition of eating cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. Also over break I had an awesome jam session with my brother and sister-in-law who are both wonderfully into all things blogging. Iβm always surprised at how many new ideas and helpful sites are out there.
Since itβs a new year, I thought Iβd share a list of my 10 favorite blogging apps and tools. A few of these Iβve been using over the past year, and a few that are new to me. None of them have paid me for this promotion, I just really use and love them all and think theyβll help you to be a better blogger, business owner, social media sharer etc in 2015.
1. Canva
Graphic art for everyone! Thatβs the idea behind this awesome site. The site is filled with pre-loaded templates for social media, blogging, business card creation and even greeting card design. Just pick a layout, enter your text and be amazed.
2. Steller
Have you guys heard of Steller yet? I donβt tend to be an early adapter to much; I was years late to the Instagram party. But Steller is an app Iβve jumped head first into and I love it. I swear it is going to be the next big thing and even if not, I so enjoy it. The fabulous thing about the app is that you can create albums instead of just photos. So often I actually have 5 photos I want to share, but the feed only allows for one. In Steller I can create an album, mixing video, photos and text. A mini magazine for everything. Iβm thoroughly obsessed.
3. Hello Sign
A blogging app I use daily. Hello Sign is the best site for signing contracts, W9 forms and all the other goodies⦠from my phone, from the beach, from anywhere.
4. Brusheezy
Backgrounds, brushes and fun ways to play with photos. This site is like a blogging app scrapbook store of embellishments for blogs. I used it for our Thanksgiving pie roundup and have a couple other fun projects in mind. Itβs a great resource for giving a fun edge to photos, classroom newsletters and office reports.
5. Expensify
One of my New Yearβs resolutions is to get better at separating my work and life budgets. This nifty blogging app will make it so easy! Take photos of your receipts, track miles driven and time worked all in one place. Plus it will send a nice little report to whoever keeps your books.
Especially for small businesses, this can be a great way to expense out those necessary pieces in a completely legit way. I always say if you start the right way you wonβt find yourself sitting in a massive pile of receipts weeping and eating a cinnamon roll at tax time.
6. Longtailpro
I have never invested much in SEO for this site, but over the past year I have learned a ton! My brother and sister in law are really good at it and suggested this service to me. It is one that you do have to pay for but, if you are serious about increasing your online presence, it is well worth the investment. Iβve been using it latley and it is pretty awesome.
7. Portent
This is my new favorite tool! I almost donβt want to share it, but I will. Because I love you that much. Ever get stuck staring at a post title? Having great content and feeling super bored with titling it. Just put in the topic here and youβll have an awesome post title in seconds. I even used it for this post, just to make a point.
8. Trello
This is the year of big projects for A Subtle Revelry. We have a lot happening behind the scenes and Iβm so glad I learned about Trello. Itβs a list system on steroids, with check marks that I can check! Check marks make me very happy:). It is allowing me to keep everything in one spot as I change hats and projects throughout the day.
9. E.ggTimer
A genius way to keep on task. Say Iβm going to pop over to Pinterest for 5 minutesβ¦ then all of a sudden the work day is over. What the frick happened!?! Instead of getting lost for time, Iβve started setting the egg timer and it sends over a catchy little update when my time is up to keep me focused and moving forward.
I must sound like a doof, but I honestly didnβt know this tool existed before Christmas break. If you own a blog, or online business jump on there right now β itβs like a handy little report card right from google.
What about you? Do you have any favorite tips and tools use use for blogging, business owning, or general life organizing?
Happy Blogging this year! xoxo
11 Comments
Megan Hawkins
January 9, 2015 at 12:46 amOh my goodness, BLESS YOUR HEART! Canva is EXACTLY the thing I never knew I needed!
Wita | Design is Yay
January 9, 2015 at 1:26 amI used to use Trello, but then I switched to Teux Deux because I prefer the clean layout. Expensify sounds great, Iβll give that a try!
Monique | WritingMonique
January 9, 2015 at 8:36 amThese apps sound amazing! Eggtimer sounds like the thing I need right now!
Elisa
January 10, 2015 at 7:33 pmThese are great, thank you! I donβt have any brilliant blogging resources to share, but I did start using Rescue Time and I think itβs very interesting! It shows you where you spend most time online, which means that you can see what you can skip to gain some more time for more important tasks.
Victoria
January 13, 2015 at 9:36 pmElisa, that sounds amazing and also scary to find out:)
Meinhilde
January 11, 2015 at 8:52 pmThanks for the tips!
colleen pastoor
January 12, 2015 at 11:04 pmIβm falling in love with Trello too! I wasnβt loving it- but now Iβve figured out how to have it send me notifications (duh) and itβs awesome again!
Judith
May 28, 2015 at 1:38 amGreat apps. Definitely must try them. I use color note to write down all my odeas all the time. That way I wonβt forget a brilliant idea whilst shopping or whatever:)
Fajar
December 31, 2015 at 7:03 pmWow Thank you, since im new on blogging
this gonna be helpful ^_^
Debra
June 3, 2016 at 9:57 amAwesome list! Thanks for the tips and links!
Jasmine
July 29, 2016 at 12:13 pmI am super glad I found this post, I just started my blog and this is exactly what I needed.