Producing good quality content is a challenge for many bloggers and content marketers. Blogs that have good content have better following which can help boost credibility and sales. Coming up with a good topic to write about on a regular basis can be difficult because you need to keep readers engaged and in order to create a high volume of quality content, you need the right tools to make you efficient. Here are some tools you can use to create better content for your newsletters and blogs.
1. Headline Tools
Yes, it’s only a few words but it can make readers read the whole article or close the tab. Writing the correct headline means getting better traffic compared to the wrong one. Some of the best and easy to use online tools include Title-Generator.com, CoSchedule.com a headline analyzer and Portent.com’s title maker.
2. Topic Generator
Coming up with ideas for engaging high quality content can also be hard. Luckily, tools like Hubspot’s Blog Topic Generator is free and easy to use. You can also Portent.com. It does not only give title suggestions but content strategy too. ContentIdeaGenerator.com helps you come up with ideas for blogs, articles, Tweets, press releases and many more.
3. Evernote
Evernote is not just for note-taking. You can also utilize it to make better content by using it to save posts and pages that have great research or ideas for posts you can refer to later. This is better than bookmarking because you can add your personal notes like “idea for next blog” or “great statistic for reference”.
4. Google Docs Research Tool
Fans of Google Docs already know this. Activate the research panel by going to Tools > Research or pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I. A research panel will pop out and you use this to research Google for any resource. It can also be used to insert links to your post.
5. Infographics
Infographics are useful in a blog because they convey complex data in visual form that is easy to understand to help you create better content. You can create and insert infographics to your blogs and articles by using Piktochart or infogr.am
6. Interactive Content
If you want to increase readership, try putting in some interactive content to your blog. Interactive content are essentially clickable images. For instance, you can have different images when readers hover their mouse on a certain part of the image. You can try Thinglink for this to help create better content.
7. Memes
If you’ve been using the internet during the last few years, you’re probably familiar with the meme. Generally, it is a picture with big text that represents internet culture. Memes are popping up in blog posts lately because they are easy to make, very visual and casual. Plus, they are amusing and funny. Make a meme by clicking Memegenerator.net.
8. Slideshows
Many people get intimidated when they click on a blog and see how long it is. While it is important to give readers important information that they can use, you also have to create better content and make it engaging so that you won’t bore readers out of their minds. One way to do this is by presenting important points by using a slideshow. But don’t worry because there are tools like Haiku Deck that will help you crate slideshows like a pro.
9. Scrivener
Blogs are usually short and sweet. However, there are times when you need to impart more so your content is longer than usual. For this kind of task you need Scrivener to compose and structure long documents. This tool is usually used by novelists and writers but bloggers can also use it to structure ideas, take notes, view your research as you write and compose constituent pieces of your text. In other words, it is an all around tool that consolidates separate tools in one application.
10. Word2CleanHTML
Most bloggers and writers use Google Docs or MS Word to compose their work. The problem happens when you paste content to WordPress and hell breaks loose. Suddenly there is too much spacing or the link is not working or the bullet points are not aligned. In some cases it can take time to sort through the chaos of your (mutilated) work. Word2CleanHTML converts your MS Word or Google Doc into HTML. Just paste your content, click “generate” and you can now paste clean HTML code directly to your WordPress for better and cleaner results.
