Hey Guys,
So today I want to get back to a little old school post type, I used to make list posts like all the time and you seemed to like them. I really need to post more here on IBB but I’m so busy these days with other things I can’t seem to find the time!
However today I am going to list off 5 must have tools of our blogging trade. Its up to you all to get in on the goods and start making money of your own! Not all these tools are money makers but they are worth having and doing regularly!
1. Twitter – Believe it or not a ton of bloggers have never heard of twitter or they have simply not found the time to fill out the 25 second form to get there twitter account. Granted twitter is time consuming and aggravating at times it really is a great tool that over time you can use and build up into a great advertising tool as well as a money maker! Be sure and follow me @shblogger today!
2. Facebook - Believe it or not but facebook is now for more then just your friends and family to connect! As a blogger you can use it to your advantage and create an account or page for your blog on facebook that people can become a fan of! Its easy to setup and well worth the few minutes of time, just be sure to update it every now and then so it doesn’t look dead!
3. Aweber – I have said it before and I will say it again, aweber is the best email marketing tool out there. Its easy to setup and use, not only that but I have seen significant growth since starting to use the hover pop up that it comes with! It seriously is worth the $20/mo and I suggest everyone get in on the goods!
4. WordPress - Really do I even need to list this? If your not using wordpress for your blog then your either Stupid or completely have no idea what your doing…. Seriously use wordpress people!
5. Flip Mino HD, Mac & iMovie - If you ever want to get your name out there on sites like YouTube or Vidler then you need a flip vid cam, a mac and imovie for video editing and of course a little spunk to get noticed! I have made lots of posts on video blogging that you can checkout 
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great post and very informative tools thanks for sharing with us.
Its easy to setup and well worth the few minutes of time, just be sure to update it every now and then so it doesn’t look dead!nice and informative post thanks.
No.5 is optional but yea I do have them as I myself realized too that its a good tool for marketing through a different channel.
I haven’t done a video post though, maybe in the future
Aweber is def a must-have!
I absolutely agree with the 5th tool , people who are not using wordpress are absolutely stupid.
Totally agree with your list. I haven’t tried nº5 and I have just started using Aweber. Great!!!
i think really it is very important while marketing to have 5 tools with us. Even i will definitely try video images too.
Your post shows the importance of social media. I’ve tried them all more than once with my websites and being in twitter and facebook, for example, has helped to raise the number of visits per day, which has increased my sales rate.
I definitely think that you need all of these tools to keep up with the current trend of the Internet. If you aren’t using any of these, I would highly recommend that you start because they are a huge part of what the Internet is becoming
Sure, we should really have these tools to promote and express the things in a way we want!
For me: wordpress, facebook and autoresponder. Thanks for the post.
Denis
You put it very well, in fact we have done such an attempt to do things , but in fact the result is a decrease of our visits .. But for me personally, respected video image??
I also think really it is very important while marketing to have 5 tools with us. Even i will definitely try video images too Make Money Beginners
You need a good understanding about internet to use this tools! am i correct?
You also use Ning ! It’s easy and can customize well
I like facebook the best, Twitter is good but I like all of the extra features you can use on FB especially the create a group setting.
I think for every blogger having an account on twitter and face book is necessary now a days. They are great social Networking platform to achieve required traffic
This is very nice approach and might be its increase your web traffic on your site as well. me Totally agreed
i want to join a college network on facebook but i dont have school’s e-mail.any advice ????
These tools can be more useful for some sort of the traffic. E. g. if you have entertainment blog than you can expect good success with the facebook. Why? Because people spend their time on facebook when they are boring or looking for entertainment. So it is targeted traffic.
yep, 5 really important tools, but that said, there are many more and each equally important like – digg, technorati etc…
3 of 5 on this list here. The only things I don’t have are #3 and #5. On videos, well I’m seriously considering to do that but haven’t had the time to do it yet. YouTube searches are going up the scale every month. Which is a very good indication to make your website visible there too.
I’m about to start my own blog and I was curious as to what would be the best possible blogging platform to use? I used Blogger back when it was all HTML none of these nifty widgets they seem to have now and it seems nicer when it comes to styling your blog, but I feel like Word press would be easier to get myself out there it’s more widely known.
I agree with all your thoughts posted there. There are many interesting tools that can give you a boost in relation to blog that you write in. This is just another opportunity to get more traffic to your site.
You are right that these are most necessary tools for our business. These are really very important. And have all these, I am new here at this blog.
Twitter is a must. One of the easiest ways to get traffic.
Ya i agree….All these are the powers of today….
I use 4 of those and perhaps I will start with the 5th from your list soon. For sure these are the tools more and more people use these days.
Hey Shannon ~ These are all great tools and I use them all except for the Mac part LOL … I can’t find the charger/usb cords for my camcorder so I recently starting using my Flip for my videos and it makes them such huGe files that I’m unable to even post one on my site (it’s about an hour and 1.1 gb) … any suggestions?
Hope you’re doing well … let’s get together! Let’s mean it!!!!!!!!!!!! *huGs*
Nice set of tools. I think, from those tools, you can expand for more ideas or new set of tolls for us to use.
I can see now that you rarely update this blog.
We are hoping to hear more tips from you.
Yes without the use of these website for promotion it will be useless finding clients. Use of these sites will be helpful in gaining great credibility and making our presence felt.
Good information for all of us regarding tools to get more targeted traffic to your blog or website.
There’s more to it but one step at a time is healthy for newcomers to the internet marketing world.
hey stopped over read through your site loved it and will be cming back again, you can check out my blog when you can http://fashionmadnessblog.blogspot.com . Cheers
I’ve seen many people is signing up Aweber to collect their mailing list, I believe that this could help in online business. I’m going to sign up aweber and start building mailing list too.
Thanks for the tips shannon.
Calvin
Pretty cool stuff there. i just started my blog. Maybe I can use some of this stuff.
good ideas, i admit, using all these twitters, facebooks and other stuff can really promote the website and connect you with visitors, thanks for sharing!
This article is absolutely fabulous, no joke.I seriously couldn’t have said this better myself.I will definitely gonna try this great post.
Out of all these, Facebook is the one to be on. Sure everyone waxes lyrical about Twitter, but it is full of spammy affiliate links and junk no one cares about.
Facebook has 300+ million active, yes ACTIVE users that spend around 20 minutes a day on the site. It is the perfect place to reach customers or potential customers.
Branding is now possible due to all the Facebook apps out there and if you have a business that isn’t on Facebook, you’re losing out people!
Roy
Great article i must say very well written thanks you so much for sharing with us thanks a lot.
Good post i bookmarked this post wonderful and useful post thanks.
These all the five tools are very informative for us.I will definitely gonna try this thanks.
These five tips are very valuable for marketing good post thanks a lot.
This is exactly what that i need very useful tools thanks.
These tools are very important for marketing thanks.
Again prepared a very nice article did. I followed with interest the article.
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Thanks man, I of course use youtube, but never thought of facebook or twitter as you described in the article. Thanks again, this should come in pretty helpful.
Now when you talk to the camera it will feel like you are talking to a person. You could name your new plate-person-friend something silly. That way you will smile when you look at the camera.
Just signed up to Aweber. Thanks for the tips.
Joe
Believe it or not, many blogger don’t like twitter. Some of them said that twitter is not useful. Although, some other blogger feel the power of twitter.
Awaber is one of the best email marketing tools. but it is not cheap. I believe for personal blogger, this tool is not needed.