Blogely

Pros: Very rarely I come across a platform that is sound, well thought out, highly functional, and yet - so easy to use. With the need to maintain 5 blogs that I manage - the entire lifecycle of blog posts - from the research, drafting, editing, SEO optimization was taking a very long time, and a lot of freelance effort. With Blogely, the complexity and effort were reduced by a factor of 5, and quality significantly improved. It is an amazing tool, that has already paid its price many times over in my business.

Cons: Not really a con, but more AI capabilities, such as an AI-based generation of the SEO summary would be absolutely great.

Overall: Blogely is a great product, and truly a time saver with all the blog-related things. It saves a lot of time, and not only facilitates article preparation, and editing, but also posting.

Pros: The research tools are fantastic. They fit the way I work perfectly. It is almost as if the developer designed them around my needs. As a writer in a large number of industries, being able to quickly research B2B and B2C topics is vital. Blogely does this with ease. I especially like their Chrome extension which replicated my multi-app, cut and paste technique elegantly. For serious research needs, Blogely provides a comprehensive tool that simplifies the task enormously. In a nutshell, after you enter your search terms, the app imports the top 100 Google SERP results into Blogely where you can peruse them at your leisure rather than opening individual links. Attribution is a breeze and a robust plagiarism checker, CopyLeaks enables me to document that my content is original. One of the most powerful tools is the publishing capability. Link your WordPress or other blog site management tool and with a single click, you can post your content and never open WP! When a client wants to see samples of my work, I can deliver a digital portfolio in a fraction of the time it used to take.

Cons: I'd like a little more control over the formatting of text, something closer to Word or the importation of a Word doc. However, I am quite satisfied with the results from the Blogely rich text editor. It in no way compromises the quality of the finished product. I'd also like a touch more flexibility in how text flows around images, but again it is not a deal-breaker as the results are beautiful when published.

Overall: Blogely comes with fantastic support when a question arises. The app has allowed me to streamline my research process and content creation, making me more productive. The document I can deliver to my clients is backed up with all my notes, sources of information and proof of originality. Since everything is tied to a specific article, if someone asks me to cite my source, it is a piece of cake to do it. It's my daily use content creation app.