Desktop Blogging – The Easy Route
So we all know about Blogging, and we all most certainly know the logistical problems it can be once you start running and promoting several blogs at the same time. But now we have the Social Media platforms to also deal with, you are all being pushed in so many directions all at the same time. How often do we hear it:
Throughout all this, either your brain is doing cart wheels on Mars or you are on your way to Burn Out failure. STOP, TAKE A DEEP BREATHE
We have some good news for you, keeping it short and sweet so that we can really get stuck right into as quickly as possible.
So you have your WordPress Blog all configured with plugin’s working correctly, auto tags plugin’s, social media coding, etc etc, its all running fantastic, but it is taking you forever to log in and out of them all and trying to remember which one your working on or the article you are writing. If only there was a simple way to connect up to them all at the same time, directly from your Desktop or even Mobile devices, well the good news is: YOU CAN – it is just a question of finding the right software to suit you.
Below we have detailed some of the more popular software packages available:


Functionality Includes: WYSIWYG Editor, Images, Flickr and YouTube Support, Spell Checker, Auto Replace, Full Unicode Support, Post Management and Searching, Word Counter and Blog Statistics, Drafts, Blog Autodiscovery, Integration with Feed Readers, File Attachments, Supports All Leading Blog Services, Pages, 20 High-Quality Smileys, Right Typography, Group Posting, Modern Interface and finally Categories and Tags.
Supports: WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Blogware, BlogHarbor, Squarespace, Drupal, Community Server, and other blog engines supporting MetaWeblog API, Blogger API, or Movable Type API.
Platform: MS Windows
Cost: Free Trail/€29.95
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Functionality Includes:Multiple accounts, WYSIWYG, Sidebars, Drag and drop, Music detection, Spellchecking, Crash recovery, Load and save drafts, Easily edit posts and a neat little trick Offline mode.
Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress, MSN Live Spaces, meta Weblog
Platform: Browser Compatabilty
Cost: Free
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A simple and easy method of, creating blog posts, and add photos, videos, and maps to tell your story. Writer works with many popular blog service providers such as WordPress, Blogger, and TypePad.
Supports:WordPress, Blogger, and TypePad
Platform:Mirosoft Windows
Cost:Free
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ecto is designed to make blogging much easier and yet give the users as much power as possible to manage their weblogs.
Functionality Includes:
Supports:Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
Platform:Windows and Mac
Cost:Free Trial / $19.95
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BloGTK is a weblog client that allows you to post to your weblog from GNOME without the need for a separate browser window.
Functionality Includes:
Supports:Blogger/Blogspot
WordPress and WordPress.com, Movable Type/Open Melody
b2evolution, Windows Live Spaces, Habari, LifeType, Expression Engine (autoconfiguration does not work), Serendipity
Platform:Linux
Cost:Free
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Drivel is a GNOME client for working with online journals, also known as weblogs or simply “blogs”. It retains a simple and elegant design while providing many powerful features and functionality.
Functionality Includes: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, and Atom journals including WordPress and Drupal
Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
Platform: Linux
Cost: Free
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GNOME blog is a desktop blogging application for Linux and Unix. Easy and quick to use to help you writing your great blog posts.
Functionality Includes:Simple to use interface, WYSIWYG styled text support, Panel popup allows entries can be written gradually over the course of a day, Spell checking, Drag and drop support for images
Supports:Advogato.org, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal.com, Pyblosxom, and any other blog using bloggerAPI or MetaWeblog
Platform:Linux and Unix
Cost:Free
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Functionality Includes:Read news, Compose messages, Browse, Keep informed, Synchronize, Email, Search, Organize, Download and Use MS Agent characters for speech synthesis.
Supports:Blogger, Metaweblog, MovableType or LiveJournal API supporting website
Platform:Windows
Cost:$24.95
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Functionality Includes:Using OAuth authorization for WordPress.com blogs, Using OAuth authorization for Blogger blogs, Added support for “Read more” in LiveJournal blog posts, Private posts in Posterous, Upload images by copy and paste (Chrome only)
Supports:WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, TypePad, LiveJournal, Windows Live Spaces and more
Platform:Browser Based Platform
Cost:Free
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Functionality Includes:Rich And HTML Text Editing, Media At Your Fingertips, Wildly Compatible, Easy File Uploads, Perfect Previews, Re-Blog It!, Your Editor Or Ours and Offline Freedom.
Supports:WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal, Drupal, and Vox and more.
Platform:Mac
Cost:$39.99
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Functionality Includes:Set up a blog in minutes via an intuitive wizard, Maintain multiple blogs, Effortlessly manage thousands of entries, Dynamically update blog content, Write entries offline (Dialup users), Publish your blog with a single click, Publish remotely to your blog via email, Read news with an integrated feed reader, Make posts from your favorite feeds, Create a unique layout with customizable templates, Import entries from RSS/Atom feeds, Set up flexible archiving options, Organize your entries by category or date, Save entries as drafts, Define your own custom template tags, Syndicate your blog via an RSS or Atom feed, Ping services like weblogs.com, BlogRolling, and Blo.gs, And much more…
Supports:LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
Platform:Windows, Mac OSx, Linux
Cost:Free
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This was a very informative post. So many options to help businesses get blogging. Thanks for providing truly valuable information Modern Marketing World.
Love this information. Thanks.
Lot’s of good stuff there! Did you think of me on this? LOL! Modern Marketing World ROCKS!
Very complete rundown of the available tools! Thanks Modern Marketing World!
Good to know
I love blogging although I have only written a couple but I said 2013 was going to be my year of the blog..thank Modern Marketing World..you rock!
Thanks for the motivation, I would like to do more than 1 or 2 blogs per week
This was great information. I have more than one blog, and these tools will help me a lot. Thank you.
Evening guys, its so good to hear you found the information useful – would love to get your feedback on any software you decide to try – having the knowledge is one thing to us, but to share it is even better – 🙂
Saving to read over later 🙂
I just bounced back into blogging this year.
Thank you Modern Marketing World for doing all the research on this subject! You’ve found so many great sources and have given so much great information to make it easier for everyone to get started!
Wow, that was a lot of research you did, thanks for sharing this information and all your hard work to get this together!
I had NO idea there were so many options out there to help keep track of multiple blogs. What an amazing list you compiled and it’s beyond informative. Heck I might even try to multi-blog now!
I had NO idea there were so many options out there to help keep track of multiple blogs. What an amazing list you compiled and it’s beyond informative. Heck I might even try to multi-blog now!
Great info!