Taking your blog to the next level: over 50 resources for bloggers

Resources for bloggers

This blog is on my mind 24/7. Even if I don’t post for a day or two, I’m constantly working on it by doing research, taking pictures, writing down content ideas, drafting posts, etc.

As much as I don’t like to admit this, I’m not the most organized person in the world. Because I believe that personal development is a lifelong process, I decided to really work on myself a little. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been doing tons of pinning, researching and bookmarking. I came across some awesome blogs, tons of which contain very valuable and useful information about blogging. Because a lot of you are bloggers yourself (or maybe some of you are thinking about starting a blog) I thought that I’d share some of those “resources” with you guys!

RESOURCES FOR BLOGGERS

I’ve separated these “resources” for bloggers into a few different categories: “Tips for beginning bloggers,” “Productivity and organization, “Growing your blog traffic,” “Social media & more,” “Blog photography,” and “Creating content.”

Tips for beginning bloggers

• Find your blogging niche– by Elle and Company Design 
• SEO Basics for bloggers– by the Wonder Forrest
• Tips for beginning bloggers– by All Things E
• How to start a blog– by Embracing Simple
• How to start a blog– by Become a Blogger (one of my favorite blogs about blogging, I set up my hosting, domain and wordpress blog all from the scratch with the help of Leslie’s videos and blog posts)
• Top tips for beginning bloggers– by All things E
• HTML Cheat Sheet for Beginners– by the Blog Stylist
• How to blog– by Amy Lynn Andrews
• How to write an epic about page– by Collective Mil
• Everything you need to know about blogging– by He and I

Productivity and organization

• How to blog consistently by Free Borboleta
• How to plan and write blog posts– by Printed Ink Designs
• How to get people to read your blog– By Liz Marie Blog
• How to stop procrastinating– by Thirteen Thoughts
• How to create a blogging space at home– by Media Marmalade
• How to organize your blog– by Tico and Tina
• 5 apps for blog productivity– by A girl, obsessed 
• Blog post planning marker board– by Beautiful Mess (one of my favorite blogs, evah!)
• 6 daily habits for success– by Nourish
• 35 ways to improve your blog– by The Kardia
• 5 ways to keep your blog life organized-by The Nectar Collective
• How to organize your blog post ideas-by Tanea
• How to be organized, each and every week– by The Well

Growing your blog traffic

• 15 places to promote your blog post– by Kaleidoscope
• 12 places to promote your content after you hit publish– by Twelveskip
• 3 tips for growing your traffic– by Olyvia
• 3 ways to grow your traffic without google search– by Twelveskip
• How to attract readers to your blog– by Live Randomly Simple
• 13 ways to drive traffic to old blog posts– by The Nectar Collective
• 44 ways to get massive loads of blog readers– by Stay at Home Susie
• Easy ways to promote your blog when you’re bored– by The Kardia

Social media & more

• How to make a media kit that rocks-by The Blog Maven
• Social media 101– by the Sunny Patch
• Twitter 101– by Mrs. Tee Love Life Laughter
• How to grow your blog with Pinterest– by Rain on a Tin Roof
• How to use Pinterest to Grow Your Blog– by Thirteen Thoughts
• 10 useful blogging websites every blogger should know– by One Dog Woof

Blog photography

• How to create vibrant color photographs– by Beautiful Mess
• Photography tips for bloggers & DSLR basics– by Thirteen Thoughts
• How to take brighter photos for your blog– by Thirteen Thoughts
• 20 Photography tips and tricks– by Beautiful Mess
• 10 Photography tips [not only] for bloggers– by Thirteen Thoughts

Creating content

• 32 of the most popular blog-post ideas– by The Blog Stylist
• What to blog about when you’re out of ideas– by Thirteen Thoughts
• 20 quality content blog post ideas– by Printed Ink Designs
• How to refresh old blog posts– by The Deliberate Mom
• 51 types of blog posts to help grow your traffic– by Regina
• 6 steps to creating effective high-quality content– by Painted Summers
• 50 ideas for blog posts– by The College Prepster
• How to maximize your content– by Media Marmalade
• How to keep coming up with blog content– by The Alisha Nicole
• How to come up with original content– by Elle and Company Design
• 10 ways to create an eye-catching content and stand out– by Army Wife to Suburban Life
• Creating share-worthy blog posts– by Regina

I hope you found these useful! Don’t forget to follow my Blogging board on Pinterest. Let me know down below if you know of any other great articles/blogs that I should check out!