Blogging Elements

Indispensible Blogging Resources Every Blogger Must Know

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Ashwin in Blogging

A lot of things go into the success of any blog and one of them is access to some great resources. Looking at the image below, you will get a fair idea of some of the most critical elements for blogging.

Bubbl.us: This is a web-based mind-mapping and brain-storming tool which is incredibly easy to use and deploy to dig out those creative juices. It is very important to have a plan and ideate before every project and this tool is unmistakably important in that regard. Best of all, it is free to use. If you want to check out how it works, you don’t have to sign-up — just head over to the site and ‘Start brainstorming”. I really fell in love with their interface and it works pretty fast too.

abestweb.com: Some forums gather trash and some only the very best. I did mention ablakeforum.com and warriorforum.com. There is another forum called ABW(abestweb.com) which is full of rock-solid information which you would not have gotten even if you paid for it. Hey, but this is a free forum. Just sign-up and start reading up. I highly recommend you to do it right away and read the sticky posts. In the mood for a quick motivation? Read the Magic Bullet Thread.

Stephan Spencer: He says that he only keeps rambling about SEO, WordPress, Blogging, etc. His blog though  has more information than any idle ebook I had read so far. Make sure you go through and read every word he has to say on almost everything with regards to wordpress, SEO and blogging in general. I would go further to state that you must probably bookmark or subscribe his blog.

Seomoz.org: I didn’t think you wouldn’t know about this, but the site is so good that it needs an honourable mention. You might want to start with a free membership and then upgrade to a promembership. An unbelievably heavy, loaded, content rich site straight from the masters in SEO. The very best of the brains come together and make the site worth gold. Don’t forget to download some of their free guides and use their free SEO tools.

Jimwestergren.com: Want some real good information on wordpress SEO? Would you to read up on some of the best information there is? Apart from seomoz.org, I found this site to be a treasure trove for information. Take your time and go through the site slowly. If you are new to blogging, CSS and wordpress, you will need to spend much more time than needed. But this site is a bookmarking must.

Do feel free to share more resources, if you came across any. I know there are plenty out there and I will keep updating this post as often as I can.

Tags: Blogging, blogging resources, information in blogging, wordpress SEO