If you have been following me at all, you know I love systems and ways to make life easier. Don’t we all though?
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Today I am going to share with you a few online tools I use that I use that are pretty inexpensive or free to help streamline all the ways I keep up with blogging and social media throughout the months.
- Planoly for Instagram– My ALL TIME favorite online system right now. Free or just $9.99/ month I can easily plan out my entire month for blog posts. It is desktop and mobile compatible, so if you need to be on the go and schedule out your posts, this is a great tool. I have not really found something I don’t like about it. If you are looking for a system to see and plan out your Insta posts, start with their free trial and I assure you, you will look no farther!
- Facebook Scheduler- Recently I listened to a podcaster who was talking about social media. Did you know in order for your Facebook posts (at least on business pages!) to be seen, you need to be posting AT LEAST four times per day? This is so crazy and quite honestly, who has the time to be positing over 4 times a day! Not this girl. So I started using the Facebook scheduler. Honestly I know algorithms are all messed up, and I am not even trying to figure them out, but I will tell you, I have been planning out these 4 times/ day and posting them and have seen a trajectory on the up in my insights. Plus, it has made me go back to previous weddings and sessions I have shot and share more photos. We shall see how long I can keep this up for, but for the time being, I am really loving these!
- Quickbooks– Disclaimer here. Not free at all, but completely worth the investment. For someone who hates bookkeeping, I have been using quickbooks for the last few years and finally feel like I am starting to get the hang of it. On my list of to do’s this moth though, is to hand over the bookkeeping side of things to a real live bookkeeper who can easily go online and organize everything.
- She Reads Truth– I am LOVING this online Bible reading plan. I use the app on my phone to keep up with my Bible reading, but also use the desktop version when I sit down at my desk. There is no reason why I can’t read my Bible on a daily basis without this online tool!
- Audiable– Not only am I reading my Bible online, but I have been listening to a few online books this past winter. My kids have also loved this app and desktop tool, plus we even have it for our kindle, so that wherever we leave off if we are listening in the car, we can pick it back up at home. This past summer, the kids and I listened to over 20 books and we plan to do the same or more this summer!
- Blog Stomp– Need help with blog posts? Pinterest photos? Blog stomp is a great tool to compress the images that you need for your blog posts. I use this for almost all my posts and I can literally put together an entire wedding post in less than 10 minutes. Check them out if you are looking for an incredible tool for blogging!
- Fundy– Fundy has been my go to album designer. I love the way that it creates proofs for my clients to view that are in low resolution as also the way it literally creates an album for me in minutes.
What online tools are you loving? Please share them with me! I am always looking for more tools to make my life easier, especially in busy season!