Top 10 Essential Tools Every Skilled Blogger Needs

As a skilled blogger you need to make the most of the content that you are working so hard to produce.

There are plenty of tools to help you do that, and a lot of them can be obtained free of charge.

To be competitive in the blogging scene you need to do what the competition is doing and a lot more.

So to avoid being left behind improve your functionality and efficiency by taking the time to view the different blogging tools in the list below:

1. BuzzSumo

Are you worried that you�ll create content that�s already out there?

It would be frustrating to create a high quality blog post only to find out later other bloggers have tackled the exact same topic. Use BuzzSumo to avoid this problem.

This tool allows you to see high quality content that�s already written on a particular topic and it can help see what content to skip over.

2. CopyGator

Via CopyGator and the power of RSS feeds you can track the people that might be stealing content from your site. Every time a person takes your content the RSS feed will let you know.

You�ll need to include link backs to your own site in the RSS feed for this to work. High quality content is hard to produce and you must protect it when it�s published online. Lifehacker also suggests going down the legal route to knock down the copycat material.

3. Grammarly

To refine your content and reduce the occurrence of mistakes you can get Grammarly, which integrates into the WordPress editor. It helps catch a number of grammar mistakes that might have been left in.

Even the veteran bloggers out there make mistakes from time to time. As we suggests some great tools and for those who do not want to invest in a personal editor can rely on Grammarly as the next best thing.

4. Canva

Images make a post more appealing, but if you�re a writer you might have little idea how to create custom images. Canva is a tool that allows you to create your own custom images without much of a hassle.

They offer a number of free templates that can be used to very quickly create an image that matches the content of the blog. You can use Canva to create images for other activities such as social media.

5. Ahrefs

This is a keyword tool that gives you the chance to locate those keywords that have little competition yet a decent amount of traffic.

There is a 2 week trial, which you can use in order to find out if it�s worth the cost and functions properly. It can be a good alternative to the Keyword Planner tool from Google if you feel it doesn�t provide the functionality that�s needed.

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