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Blogging Tools — Stock Photos

Haute Stock

This site has very beautiful images for websites to really elevate your brand.

Blogging Tools — Free Stock Photos

Unsplash

This is my favorite spot for free stock imagery that is beautiful and not at all cheesy.

Blogging Tools — Site Speed

GT Metrix

Like Tools Pingdom, this is a great resource to check your site speed and compare with Google Insights as well.

Blogging Tools

Tasty Pins

Makes it easy to have your blog pinnable.

Blogging Tools — Interactive Quizzes

Try Interact

Give your reader’s a quiz to engage and generate leads for your email list! This is great for coaches or even just a fun quiz for bloggers!

Blogging Tools — Site Speed Optimization

Page Weight imgIX

This is a great source to see how your images are impacting your site speed.

Blogging Tools — Writing

Grammarly

Blogging is a lot of writing, so it’s important to have your grammar and spelling correct! Grammarly is a huge help, I use the free version and works anywhere online like WordPress, Facebook, Gmail, etc. Even if you’re a grammar wiz, this is a great browser extension to have to help proofread your work!

Business Must-Haves — Blogging Tools

MailChimp

As a blogger, MailChimp is where you want to build your email list. It has the best ability to create beautiful custom templates (which I offer with my custom site services) and you can segment and automize lots of email campaigns to your subscribers.

SEO — Blogging Tools — Improve Site Speed

Pingdom

This is a great spot to check your site speed. It gives a few tips on how to improve it and seems to be more accurate than Google’s PageSpeed Insight.