Chrome extensions are not the first thing that pops into your head when you think about tools for your business.

But I've managed a whole episode on them, that too just for bloggers.

What chrome extensions, when added to your toolkit, makes blogging a much more efficient, pleasurable experience?

Extensions for recording videos of you using a tool, screenshots for a tutorial, outreach, making your browser faster and much more.

A sort of follow-up to the last episode that dealt with hosting your blog on WordPress sites. This one's about the use of videos in your blog posts.

Should you use videos? If so, when? The benefits and disadvantages of using videos. 

After that, comes the question of where do you host videos for your blog. Directly uploading to your webiste is a no-go.

We talk about all the great options like surprise, surprise YouTube, the lower-traffic but more creative-centric Vimeo, the recording and hosting option Loom and a few others.

Again, the question that is answered is what is the video hosting option for YOU.

WordPress hosting is something I've become very familiar with in the last 3 months, having worked on my blog in that time.

One of the things I chose not to do was publishing on places like Medium or Bloggr. It is easier to publish, but will be a lot tougher to monetize down the line.

So I had to go through the process of learning what hosting is, types of hosting and hosting options. That's what this episode is about.

If you're blogging seriously or semi-seriously, WordPress hosting is an unavoidable question you'll need to answer.

I talk about why it's the best way to go. And then later about the options you can choose from. SiteGround, WPX, BlueHost and other great dedicated WordPress hosting options.

Link to post:  https://actionabletools.com/wordpress-hosting-plan/ 

Note-making tools are a necessity in any business. A place to create, store and manage documents with the option to collaborate on them with others.

This is where tools like Evernote come into play. Why is Evernote the option I chose as the example? What specific feature make that the first note-making tool that came to my head?

There are other tools like Notion, OneNote, Google Keep etc. that you can use too. Some of them with clear benefits over Evernote in some areas, while lagging behind in others.

So which tools should you invest time and money in? Or which tool should choose in your situation?

All that and more is discussed on this episode.

The logical first step to discussing tools is talk about procuring them. Finding the right tools for your business and how best to utilize them.

This can be quite daunting considering the amount of tools you can find to do any one task.

But fortunately a lot of deal sites have popped up that has made their business to find, review and sell great tools at a discount.

Chief among them AppSumo. The gold standard for tool curation of all types. Marketing, sales, content creation, task management, accounting, web development and everything else under the sun. 

I talk about AppSumo and why they're as good as they are. And where else can you find great tool curation.

What am I trying to do through the Actionable tools show? What sort of tools am I discussing?

This episode covers the why and the what of Actionable tools.