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As someone who got to know the importance of developing a personal brand and learning in public, I restarted my blogging journey two months ago with Hashnode. Prior to that, I had been actively writing blogs on various platforms, including Blogger and WordPress for the past two years. Through this experience of two years of other blogging platforms and a short 2 months at Hashnode, I have firsthand experience of how powerful Hashnode and Hashnode Pro are compared to their competitors.
Join me on an exploration of my experience with Hashnode Pro. Together, let's uncover the remarkable features, untap the potential for monetization, dive into advanced analytics, witness the transformative power of connecting with a vibrant community of like-minded individuals. how Hashnode Pro has redefined the way I approach blogging.
Firstly, let me clarify that I have not purchased the Hashnode Pro subscription (due to financial constraints). However, I have read multiple blogs and articles about it, and I believe I now have enough knowledge to talk about it.
Starting with the features, here are some of the features of Hashnode pro:
Custom domain: You can connect your own custom domain to your Hashnode blog, to make it look more professional.
Custom CSS: Hashnode Pro users can add custom CSS to their blog. This means that you can tweak the design of your blog to your liking without any limitations. While other will have a monotonous theme, you would stand out from crowd.
Newsletters: You can create beautiful newsletters and send them to your readers with Hashnode Pro. Newsletters are an effective way to keep your readers engaged and up to date with your latest content.
Subscriber Management: You can manage your subscribers on Hashnode Pro. You can view your subscriber list, export it, and analyze it to improve your blogging strategy. Similar to YouTube analytics, you can know how your subcribers are and device a better strategy to write the most helpful and most viewed blogs.
Advanced Analytics: Hashnode Pro users get access to advanced analytics such as real-time traffic, audience demographics, and engagement metrics.
Collaborate with teams: You can use Hashnode pro to collaborate with your team members on your blog. Team members can contribute to your posts, edit them, and even publish them.
No Ads: Another advantage of Hashnode Pro is that it does not show any ads on your blog. Basically your viewers get to see some ads when they read your blog. That is done by Hashnode to sustain their economics since they are allowing you to use there platform for free. With Hashnode pro, you can have a ad free blog so that your user can have a better experience of reading your blog.
Private Blogging: Hashnode Pro users can create private blogs that are not visible to the public. This feature is useful for those who want to share their personal thoughts with a select group of people.
Priority support: Hashnode Pro users get priority support from the Hashnode team, which means that if they run into any issues, they get a quick response.
I got to know about these features through internet, some videos and the official hashnode website. I think having you own newsletter and the being able to use custom CSS in your blog are the two best features of Hashnode pro. Having your own newsletter can open up a lot financial opportunities and would be a great way to connect with your followers. Other than that having no ads can be very helpful and know about your audience can be very helpful to write better selling blogs.
We can easily say, Blogging and making a personal brand in tech has never been easier. AI can handle the "undesirable part" of blogging so that you can focus on your content. Hashnode pro can be a great tool to play around if you financially well enough to buy it. In my humble opinion, definately Hashnode pro is a wroth it investment, at least I would do it in near future.
This article is around Hashnode Pro, but one awesome feature you get even for free is the Rix AL chatbot, that can help you around editing your blogs. Want an example, The conclusion of this blog has been written by Rix, so that I can focus on the main content. cool, right ?
Conclusion
In conclusion, Hashnode Pro is a powerful platform for bloggers that offers many useful features including custom domains, custom CSS, newsletters, subscriber management, advanced analytics, team collaboration, and priority support. It also offers the advantage of having no ads on your blog and the ability to create private blogs. Although it comes at a cost, it is undoubtedly worth the investment for those who are financially capable of buying it. With Hashnode Pro, making a personal brand in the tech industry has never been easier. Additionally, the Rix AI chatbot is a useful and free feature that can help with editing your blogs. Overall, Hashnode Pro can greatly transform the way you approach blogging and can provide many opportunities for monetization and community building.
I would like to end this article with this line someone told me when I was afraid of writing my first blog on Hashnode: "Just write it once. The worst-case is nobody reads it except you. Writing terrible blogs is inevitable, write terrible ones early so that you reach the point of writing better blogs early."
Thank you for your time.
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