It wasn't that long ago that we brought you an exclusive view of 7 really Superfly Plugins for Wordpress. But low and behold our ever resourceful colleague John appears to have missed a couple key ones. Now he said we could call him a dufus..but I don't know…
Instead, we offer up 4 more that should whet your appetite for WordPress, particularly around marketing capabilities. Just for fun, we'll give you the other seven as a reminder to John to get with the program.
In case you have forgotten what WordPress is, it is an open source blog content management system. It operates using php code and mySQL databases. WordPress has pretty much become the future of blogging (or at least this type of system). It is one of many CMS’s that is open-source and therefore offers a large base of plugins.
Now many of us already know that blogging is a way to make money from home, etc., etc., etc… But did you also know that there are plugins specifically developed for marketing your blog? That’s right!
Marketing Your WordPress Blog
If you already have a WordPress site, great. If you don’t, get one. Now that that is out of the way, let’s get to some marketing.
Blog marketing is huge topic right now and has been for some time. The best ways to market and monetize blogs comes from creating a blog that holds interest for the public, posting quality content and well placed advertising on your blog.
For some additional great blog marketing tips you can visit ProBlogger.com. But I am here to show you blog marketing specifically developed for WordPress. And the great part, there is hardly any work involved.
- Mowser Wordpress Mobile
With the huge push toward ensuring you are mobile, a plugin that does it for you would be great! Well, here it is. This plugin redirects site viewers who are on mobile phones to a mobile optimized version of the page. Stay ahead of your competition with this one.
- Google AdSense for Feeds
In addition to working with AdSense on your site, you should have it in your feed as well. And now you can, with ease. This plugin makes it easy to add ads directly to your feed.
- WP Super Cache
This is a great plugin that facilitates easy page viewing and quick loading for users. The plugin generates static HTML files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a HTML file is generated, your web server will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts.
- WP Super Edit
If you want great edit enhancements to spruce up your posts you need this plugin. SE gives you control over a variety of other items in your editor including tables, tags, flash files, and more.
Installation of Plugins
I have installed all four of these plugins myself and can verify that they do work. Now as with a lot of open source, you may run into compatibility problems with other plugins that you run. However, I run all four of these along with a large amount of other plugins and I don’t seem to have any problems. I have also run them on a variety of themes and again, have had no problems and have seen traffic increases in as little as 24 hours.
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