- "Introduction to SEO for Developers": A comprehensive overview of SEO.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider: Perfect for running SEO audits, finding status errors, missing alt text, and more. Free for crawling up to 500 pages.
- Technical SEO Markeup Generator: Perfect for adding structured data from Schema.org to your site.
- WebPageTest: A free site performance measurement tool
- Google Search Console: Google's free tool for getting all the pages on your site indexed in Google search. Will also point out possible status errors, high performing search terms, and any performance issues.
- Bing Webmaster Tools: Bing's tool for getting your site indexed in Bing search.
- Ahrefs: All-in-one SEO tool, from keyword search to site audits.
- AnswerThePublic: Tool for finding search terms and questions people ask around a keyword. It's free to search once per day; more than that you'll need to upgrade.
- Ubersuggest: Great for finding content ideas around keywords, among other SEO benefits.
- "An Introduction to Web Analytics": A comprehensive overview of web analytics.
- Google Analytics: The industry standard.
- Matomo Analytics: Complete Google Analytics replacement that's privacy focused; comes with free trial.
- Plausible Analytics: Lightweight privacy-focused analytics solution; free trial available.
- Simple Analytics: Privacy-focused analytics solution.
- Fathom Analytics: Lightweight privacy-focused analytics solution; free trial available.
- Shopify All-in-one online shop.
- Big Cartel: eCommerce platform for creatives.
- WooCommerce: Set up an ecommerce store for WordPress sites.
- Wix Stores: Set up an ecommerce store for Wix sites.
- E-junkie: For selling digital products.
- Payhip: For selling digital products.
- Podia: For selling digital products, courses, and more.
- Teachable: Selling online courses and coaching programs.
- "How Blog Post Syndication Works": A post that explains blog syndication, aka "cross-posting".
- "What's the best blogging platform for developers?": A blog post to help you figure out what's important in selecting a blog platform.
- DEV Community: An open source developer blogging and community platform. Allows you to categorize blog posts into tags, enables comments, and allows for blog syndication.
- Hashnode: Developer blogging and community platfor. Allows you to categorize blog posts into tags, enables comments, and allows for blog syndication. Also lets developers map their own domain to their blog.
- Canva: Can be used to design flyers, presentations, book covers, and more. Free tier and paid tiers available.
- SlidesGo: Beautiful and customizable Google Sheets and PowerPoint templates. Free and premium tiers available.
- Compressor.io: Compress images for faster page load speeds.
- Flickr: Search for images available under Creative Commons licenses.
- Pexels: Free stock images.
- Unsplash: Free stock images.
- Fiverr: Find everyone from book designers to editors to graphic designers to ghostwriters on Fiverr. I've been working with Fiverr freelancers for sometime with great success. (Note: Affiliate link)
- Upwork
- Wordy.com: Proofreading and copyediting services.
- 99designs: Designer marketplace.
- Carrd.co: Create a fully responsive landing page with absolute ease. Supports Markdown. Free and paid plans available. (Note: Affiliate link)
- Airtable: A powerful no-code relational database. Has a ton of templates for everything from task management to forms to content calendars to Kanban boards. (Note: Affiliate link)
- Notion: All-in-one solution for most workflow-related things, like building Wikis, taking notes, tracking tasks and projects, and more.
- Obsidian: App for everything from taking notes to building Wikis. Supports Markdown.
- Roam Research: App for organizing and connecting different notes and other pieces of information.
- Draft: A version control collaboration tool for writers. Supports Markdown.
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