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Consistent content creation is one of the hardest parts of online marketing, especially if you are not armed with the right content creation tools to get the job done.

No matter how hard you sit and think and squeeze your fists and click your bright red heels it’s always a struggle to come up with new content ideas.

This is one of the hardest things to work out after you have figured out how to start a blog.

And, even when you do have a new idea, how do you know if you’ve written it well and it will perform?

Thankfully these content creation tools are here to take the sting out of it.
Table Of Contents

1 – Feedly

2 – Quora (not for the reason you would think)

3 – AnswerThePublic

4 – Flipboard

5 – Content Gems

6 – Udemy

7 – Pocket

8 – Hubspot Blog Topic Generator

9 – Portent Idea Generator

10 – Google Docs

11 – Hemingway

12 – Scrivener

13 – Powerpoint

14 – Headline Analyzer

15 – Facebook Instant Articles

What Are The Best Content Creation Tools?

1 – Feedly

Feedly shows you all of the relevant feeds in your niche under a quick search, and consistently updates new content into your feed each and every day.

So, you’re never out of the loop.

But what makes it a good content creation tool?

Feedly
Because by adding your competitors into the tool you’re able to see:

New content when it’s published
The hot trends you need to talk about
Where you can add blog comments to drive traffic back to your blog
Steal content ideas that you can Skyscraper
Curate content for your social media feeds
For example, when I look at my Affiliate & SEO feed every morning, I’m greeted with everything my competitors have been doing:
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And you can take it one step further and narrow it down to each individual competitor:

Feedly competitors
And you get all of this for the grand total of…free.

Plus with the new Feedly integrations, like with Zapier and IFTTT, you can curate content directly onto your blog, tweet them or store them in pocket:

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You have to upgrade to Feedly Pro for these ($5.41 per month) so if they’ll come in handy, I’d definitely recommend using them.

2 – Quora (not for the reason you would think)

The usual reason to use Quora is quoted as, “Find out what your audience is asking about and create content about it!”, which is great and all, but I have a different variation on why you should be using it.

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It’s not only to find ideas to write about but to actually write about your content.

Let me explain…

Darren Rowse says one of the best outcomes from Blog Commenting is that you’re immersed and it often births new ideas for blog content because you’re forced to write about a specific topic or angle and share your opinion.

And, he’s not wrong.

By using Quora for this you’re able to do it for all of your platforms, too.

Finding questions and answering them you force yourself to create content more frequently and cement your opinions. Which is where content ideas come from.

I left this comment when someone was asking about email marketing & blogging–

Quora answer
Which led to me write a much more detailed guide about email marketing along with my full personal strategy & copies of all of the emails that I send out as part of my autoresponder.

Instead of just looking for questions and writing your answers somewhere else, commit to writing answers there and look for the content ideas that come from them.

There’s a much better way to answer questions on your own platform coming up next…

3 – AnswerThePublic

AnswerThePublic helps you find questions online and is one of my favorite pieces of content creation software.

All you have to do is enter a keyword & you can find all the questions your audience are asking about it.

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You have it return the questions in a table format like you see above.

Or if you prefer visual content creation tools you can use the visualization wheel format which you can see below-

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The best course of action here is to be broad.

If you find a question that has been poorly answered you’ve just found a content idea and a place to distribute it. Well done you, pat on the back.

4 – Flipboard

Where you would use Feedly to target your competitors, you should use Flipboard to find new competitors and even more on-the-pulse trends.

Flipboard is available on your phone, and desktop, and most Samsung Phone users will already be well acquainted with it (swipe right on your home screen).

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Now, stories of Taylor Swift’s love life aside, you can set it up to follow specific channels and topics. And, it’ll bring you all the relevant stories that have been submitted to Flipboard up to this very moment.

If I type in Plumbing – a hard topic to create content about – you’re given this extensive list of topics (it goes on beyond the image):

plumbing flip board content
For your Plumber’s social media feed or blog you now have a virtual cheese board of content ideas to choose from, curate and skyscraper.

From this list I’ve already got:

10 Quirky Ways To Decorate Your Pipes
Natural Bath Designs (That Don’t Need To Be Natural)
15 DIY Bathmats You Can Make For Under $10
How To Create A Household Sink And Drain Unblocker
This is one of those content development tools you can check every day just for fresh inspiration, and can delve into much more deeply when you’re really stuck for an idea.
And, guess what? It’s free.

5 – Content Gems

Content Gems is a keyword specific content finder that is great for your Search Engine Marketers out there.

Simply take a keyword – preferably a root keyword – and put it into their search bar:

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This will bring up all content and sites containing, or relevant to, that keyword:

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You can even use it to exclude or contain an exact match of that keyword, too.

This content creation tool is free for one interest (keyword) but you can upgrade.

6 – Udemy

Udemy is an online course tool where you can learn just about anything.

And the courses are a content creators dream. Why?

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No matter your niche is there is a course for you to look at and, all of the course curriculums are content goldmines.

Let me choose one of the arts and crafts courses from above.

If I click on How To Paint With Acrylics… it’ll show me the course page and course curriculum (the list of everything that happens on the course):

udemy course cirriculum shot
Here you have access to an entirely new article, with a perfect structure. Let me show you through the power of subheadings:

What is acrylic painting (and why should you care)
Getting Started: How To Choose A Reference Photo And Backdrop
How To Create Perfect Darks
When Should You Add White?
Making It [Colour]…
Making Your [Shape] More Lifelike
How To Add Extra Colours
Finishing The Job
This strategy could be an article in itself.

But, in short, you have tried and tested content that people are willing to pay for, so it’s worth you turning it into a free article (or download) that you can market with.

Just be sure your end product is different and you’ve got gold.

7 – Pocket

You’re busy and have things to do. Pocket helps you save the content that you see doing your day-to-day tasks (that you always forget about later) and store it so you can come back to it. All at the click of a button.

pocket
Same rules as Feedly and Flipboard apply, just delayed until you get some free time to look at them.

8 – Hubspot Blog Topic Generator

If you’re still really in a pinch for ideas, the HubSpot idea generator can be great for getting the juices flowing.

These ideas are simple, but the headlines they give you may spark the right part of your brain & give you a creative idea.

blog ideas generator
Enter three different nouns and it’ll give you a list of headlines based on them. You may need to work through a few cycles and try a few variations, but it’s content, right?

9 – Portent Idea Generator

This is the last straw for content creation ideas, but if you’re really stuck, use this.

Portent created a random content idea generator that shows you headlines out of the weird and wonderful. Enter your topic and it’ll show you a suggestion like this:

dog training content creation ideas
Like I say, this is your life raft if you really need a content idea. But, it never hurts to have a final stopping place.

10 – Google Docs

Okay, now you’ve got your content ideas, let’s take a look at the best ways to create them.

Google Docs is a free way to replace Microsoft Office, and I’d argue that it’s better.

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It contains Excel, Powerpoint and Word equivalents. And you don’t lose any important features by using it.

The big reasons why you need to use this though is the collaboration features.

You can share your documents, add comments and create beautiful looking pieces that can be turned into any other form of document also.

Google docs content creation
This, combined with Google Drive, is perfect for any remote work as well as in-house work between multiple computers. I use it to create all of my: blog posts, sales copy, articles and for any external writers I use to submit work.

11 – Hemingway

Hemingway is an editing tool that shows you how to improve your writing based on lessons from Ernest Hemingway.

Let me explain…

hemingway editor
If you copy and paste your writing into the tool it shows you all of these different colours based on different rules.

Here’s the key to putting it into perspective:

hemingway app key
By using this grid you can go through and edit the text to sound clear, crisp and have a little more pop.

Here’s the improved version from before:

hemingway after picture
If you don’t have an in-house editor, or can’t afford to hire one, it’s a great way to edit the parts of your content that need to be edited and save time by not worrying about the rest.

There’s a free version for your browser, and the premium goes for a one-off payment of $19.99 and can be used on your desktop.

12 – Scrivener

This tool is designed for people writing books and long form content.

You can turn your segments – like the area between subheadings or chapters – into different documents but still keep the flow of the document:

scrivener
The easy to use side panel allows you to swap seamlessly between areas – great for one of those mid-flow ideas – and the research board works like a bulletin board where you can just drop your latest ideas and pages you need to link to:

scrivener sidebar screenshot
If you’re in the habit of creating eBooks and really, really long form content like this article, you can’t go wrong with this tool. Once done, export it to a .doc and you can turn it into an easily downloadable PDF or Amazon Kindle book.

Grab a free 30 day trial on their site, or drop $45 for the product right away.

13 – Powerpoint

Okay, I know I just told you not to use Microsoft Office, but I’d recommend having a Powerpoint tool (or the Google Docs equivalent) in your arsenal for your content creation.

Why?

Because it makes creating actionable parts of your content so much simpler.

What do I mean? Take a look at this image:

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That image was used by adding a screenshot from my phone into Powerpoint and then adding shapes onto it to make it: more actionable and easier to understand.

And, according to research from Moz, custom images like this make your content more shareable and linkable.

You’ve probably already got this weapon in your arsenal. If not, use the Google Slides version here.

14 – Headline Analyzer

In the wake of Clickbait – which has been proven to be bad for you and the reader – it’s getting harder to write good headlines that people want to click and will trust.

Which is what makes CoSchedule’s headline analyser a must have:

headline analyzer
Enter your headline and get given a headline score:

Headline score
Along with a bunch of suggestions of how you can improve it-

title creation tool suggestions
This content creation tool is essential because you probably don’t put in the time and effort needed to write a great headline.

And, knowing where to improve never hurt anyone.

Not bad for free title creation tool either.

15 – Facebook Instant Articles

Facebook instant articles are still new to most marketers , but there’s a good chance you’ve been reading them unawares.

Born from Paper, their failed attempt at collecting news from your feed, Instant Articles are native to Facebook, but still link up with your site. How does that work?

facebook instant articles
By connecting to the Instant Articles tool on Facebook, you can integrate it with your WordPress software so that your articles will show natively on the site. Meaning they load quicker and your bounce rates go down.

Statistically, according to Buffer:

They load 10x quicker
People are 70% less likely to abandon your articles
They get shared an average of 30% more than other web based articles articles
And they include great features, like instant video playing, which can grip people to your content even more effectively.
If you’ve been browsing Facebook & clicked an article that loaded quicker than you can blink, this is how they did it.

best websites for content creators

How do you promote a product or service to the target audience? How do you develop and maintain the popularity of any kind of website? High-quality content is the ultimate key to success.

That leads us to a conclusion: a blog is the most efficient marketing tool you could think of. It gives you space to publish great pieces of content that bring you closer to your audience. These posts have to be useful, informative, engaging, and very easy to read. Those parameters seem simple, but the goal of creating efficient content is quite difficult to achieve.

What if you don’t have enough time to commit to content writing? What if you have no idea how to craft a piece your audience would like? What if you’re not a good writer, photographer, or video editor? If you’re facing any of these issues, there’s one thing you can do: outsource.

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Outsourcing your content creation comes with many advantages. Speeding up and facilitating the content creation process comes at the top of these advantages. The advantages are not limited to these, outsourcing also enhances customer-centred and valuable inbound content strategies in order to attract and engage website visitors.

Not to mention the fact that outsourcing keeps you away from complexity. Simply put, it serves as a bridge between you and specialized outsourcing services. All you need to do is to determine your editorial plan and leave the rest of the process to them. It will ensure that the blog section is always up to date. That will drastically affect the website performance and so analytics as well.

In the continuation, you’ll find a list of platforms you can use when you decide you want to outsource content creation to freelancers.

Shutterstock
The visual appeal of your post is extremely important. You can hire a professional photographer who would grasp your ideas in the perfect photos, or you can find affordable, but suitable photos on Shutterstock. The images the members of this platform provide are outstanding in quality and relevance.

If you need few photos, you can opt for buying an image pack that comes with a more reasonable price. If, on the other hand, you need to get different images for different posts, you can choose a monthly plan that will give you access to enough visual content for a reasonable price.

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Shutterstock also offers image editing tools to its users, as well as curated collection and a blog with awesome tips.

Semrush Marketplace
Another efficient and super-easy way to outsource quality content writing is Semrush Marketplace. This platform, launched in 2019 by Semrush, helps you fill your editorial calendar with all major content formats. With this content writing services platform, you can order any content – quickly and at a reasonable price. Blog articles, website copy, email newsletters, ebooks, press releases, or infographics – you name it! All of them created by seasoned professionals working within specific niches. What’s also worth highlighting is that with Semrush Marketplace, you can also produce content for particular countries in local languages.

EyeEm
There’s one possible problem with Shutterstock: too many people use it. Of course, it’s a resourceful platform that presents tons of photos you can choose from, but sometimes the choices are obvious and people have seen the same photographs all over the web.

EyeEm might be a better choice if you’re looking for more original photos to accompany your content. There are over 70 millions of photos in the library, provided by over 18 million photographers from all around the world.

Envato Market
If you don’t want to make great investment in visual content, but you still don’t want free photos that people see all over the web, you might like Envato Market – a platform that has a great library of extremely affordable images whose prices start from $1.

You’ll also find a great deal of free images, so check them out if you don’t want to pay.

Creative Market
Content creation goes way beyond writing text. It also involves different design tools that make each piece visually appealing. If you’re looking for the best design tools to use, Creative Market is the place for you. You’ll find great logo creators, as well as fonts and PowerPoint templates.

The products featured at the homepage are free for one week, so make sure to get the one you like before it’s gone. You can also hire an independent creator to boost the appearance of the content at your site, or you can pay an affordable price for the products that have been curated by the Creative Market team.

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A-Writer
Now we’re talking about actual outsourcing of the content writing process. This platform connects you with professional writers from relevant niches. If, for example, you’re maintaining a technology blog, you can outsource the content creation to a pro with an MA or PhD degree in a relevant field of study.

The service is efficient because it delivers custom-crafted content with no plagiarism in it. You’ll provide your precise instructions and A-Writer will assign an expert to follow them. Easy and effective.

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Fotolia
If you just started your blogging journey, you’re probably not ready to invest tons of money into the creation of visual content. Well, the Internet always offers solutions. At Fotolia, you can find royalty-free videos for a very affordable price. There’s no time limit to your license to use the videos you buy.

There are over 2 millions of video clips to choose from, so you’ll definitely find some that will be appropriate for the content you create.

VideoScribe
If your script is ready and you want to turn it into a video, you can use Video Scribe – a platform that lets you create whiteboard videos for a really cheap price. You can choose from different templates and create fun and engaging video content that will add value to your site.

Pond5
Let’s be honest: you can’t hire professional producers whenever you need video content for your site. Thus, you’re looking for affordable alternatives that will still give you the footage you need. Pod5 gives you access to a large library of clips you can get for your website. If you like what you see in the preview, you can buy it and use it to attract your audience.

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