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5 tools that will help you write better content

As a blogger, Iโ€™m always on the lookout for useful tools that will help me write better content – and now, I want to share some of my favourite discoveries with you. From tools that will help you make sure your blog posts are properly edited to apps for making sure your headlines work, thereโ€™s a little something for every stage of the blog post creation process. Read on to discover the 5 tools that will help you write better content.

5 tools that will help you write better content

1.ย ย ย  Grammarly

5 tools that will help you write better content

Most popular word processors donโ€™t have the best eye for errors; popular tools like Word only find some of your mistakes and they donโ€™t really get context to be able to spot many common errors. Thatโ€™s where Grammarly comes in โ€“ this useful tool can catch over 250 types of writing mistakes (with the paid version), such as grammatical errors, spelling errors and poor vocabulary.

Grammarly have a lot of extremely useful features that make the tool stand out; for one, it is very accurate at understanding the context of your phrases, so it can spot a lot of mistakes that would otherwise slip by. Plus, it actually tells you where you went wrong, so that you can learn from your mistakes and be better at avoiding them in the future:

5 tools that will help you write better content

Or:

5 tools that will help you write better content

When you make any poor vocabulary decisions, Grammarly will also provide useful vocabulary suggestions with plenty of synonyms so that you can use the best possible wording:

5 tools that will help you write better content

Another big benefit of using Grammarly? It can be used wherever youโ€™re writing content: directly on your browser when you get the extension (Both for Safari and Chrome) so that you can correct any emails, social updates and anything else you might write online, as well as on your desktop, for anything you write offline.

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2.ย ย ย  The Hemingway App

5 tools that will help you write better content

Hemingway, one of the most popular writers of all time, known for his succinct and powerful writing, served as inspiration for the popular content editor, the Hemingway App.

This tool is different from Grammarly, in the sense that, instead of checking your writing for any type of mistake, it helps you write content in the same vein as Hemingway: clear, bold content that gets to the point โ€“ and is easy to read.

As The New Yorker puts it, the Hemingway Editor will help you get back to the point whenever it looks like โ€œvanity seems to be getting the better of things.โ€

Obviously, the need for this tool will depend on the type of content youโ€™re writing. But, letโ€™s face it, more often than not, weโ€™re all sometimes thinking, โ€œjust get to the point already!โ€ when reading some blog posts.

The tool will grade your text in terms of readability and it will also help make your text clearer and more powerful by highlighting uneccessary adverbs, any passive voice usage as well as any complicated, yet dull words. And, if you worry about formatting (or about having to use a different tool for that), Hemingway does offer basic formatting features, such a bold and italics, different headline types, quotes, bullets and numbers and linking.

The Hemingway Editor can be downloaded and used on your desktop whether you have Internet or not โ€“ plus, it even integrates with WordPress and Medium, so that you publish or draft a blog post directly from the editor.

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3.ย ย ย  CoScheduleโ€™s Headline Analyzer

5 tools that will help you write better content

Iโ€™ve talked about headlines โ€“ and their importance โ€“ quite a few times on my blog. At the end of the day, if your headline is not good enough and it doesnโ€™t make people want to read your content, youโ€™re going to lose a lot of traffic and opportunities.

Writing powerful headlines that drive a lot of shares, clicks and traffic (and Iโ€™m not talking clickbait!), is somewhere between an art and a science. Thankfully for us, though, it tends to lean more towards a science โ€“ which is where tools like CoScheduleโ€™s Headline Analyzer come in.

Before using it to check your headline, scroll down the page to see CoScheduleโ€™s tips for writing powerful headlines โ€“ or, even better, check out my guide to writing better headlines here.

Next, itโ€™s time to check out how powerful your own headline is; simply enter the headline in the box provided, enter a few details when prompted and wait while they calculate your headlinesโ€™ score:

5 tools that will help you write better content

As you can see, your headline gets a total score and then it goes into a deeper analysis of the words use: common and uncommon words used, emotional words and powerful words used (these are great as they attract peoplesโ€™ attention and they get them to take action).

When you scroll down, youโ€™ll get a more in-depth analysis of your headline. For example, whether itโ€™s long enough (or too long):

5 tools that will help you write better content

Or whether youโ€™ve picked the right word to start and end with, as people tend to read the first 3 and the last 3 words from a headline:

5 tools that will help you write better content

As a plus, the analyzer also evaluates the sentiment behind your headline, as well as the top, most relevant keywords in your headline โ€“ the ones you should focus on and use in your content as well.

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4.ย ย ย  Byword App (for Mac users)

5 tools that will help you write better content

There really is something to be said about simply taking a pen and paper and writing your content the โ€œold schoolโ€ way โ€“ no distractions, no emails notifications popping up while you write, no pings from a new message on Facebookโ€ฆyou can actually just write.

Thatโ€™s why I love the Byword app for Mac โ€“ it allows you to write your content in a full screen, dark on light (or the opposite, for when youโ€™re writing in a low light), with no distractions surrounding your word processor – it’s no pen and paper, but it’s much better than some of the other word processors I’ve tried.

5 tools that will help you write better content

Byword has all the main features you could look for in a word processor (spelling and grammar checking, editing features, formatting features and so on) and a few very useful extras: you can publish your content directly from within the app to WordPress, Medium, Tumblr, Blogger and Evernote and the app can be used on different devices, so that you can access your content from wherever you are.

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5.ย ย ย  Readable

5 tools that will help you write better content

You might love what you write โ€“ and think it makes sense all the time โ€“ but that doesnโ€™t mean your readers will think so, too.

Readable attempts to help you figure out exactly how readable your content is. You can simply paste your content directly in the app, upload the document or provide the URL for the content you want to examine and the tool will get to work. Readable will then perform a host of readability tests (for e.g., the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, the Gunning-Fog Score and the SMOG index):

5 tools that will help you write better content

Youโ€™ll also find out how long the reading and speaking times are, what the keyword density is like and what the sentiment behind your text is like.

Once you find out what your score is, youโ€™ll also get some help for improving it; the tool identifies any sentences that are too long, it highlights any passive voice, any long and difficult words, as well as the adverbs used. As a plus, it even tells you if youโ€™ve used any clichรฉs:

5 tools that will help you write better content

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Conclusion: 5 tools that will help you write better content

If you want to become more productive and most importantly, to write better, more engaging and more readable content, youโ€™re sure to find a useful tool in this list to help you. Writing great content on a regular basis, consistently, is no easy feat โ€“ so whenever I find a tool that can help me become a better writer, a better blogger, I just need to try it.

What are some of the tools youโ€™re using when creating content? Let me know in the comments section and please share:)

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About Lilach Bullock


Hi, Iโ€™m Lilach, a serial entrepreneur! Iโ€™ve spent the last 2 decades starting, building, running, and selling businesses in a range of niches. Iโ€™ve also used all that knowledge to help hundreds of business owners level up and scale their businesses beyond their beliefs and expectations.

Iโ€™ve written content for authority publications like Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc, Twitter, Social Media Examiner and 100โ€™s other publications and my proudest achievement, won a Global Women Champions Award for outstanding contributions and leadership in business.

My biggest passion is sharing knowledge and actionable information with other business owners. I created this website to share my favorite tools, resources, events, tips, and tricks with entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, small business owners, and startups. Digital marketing knowledge should be accessible to all, so browse through and feel free to get in touch if you canโ€™t find what youโ€™re looking for!

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