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6 Effective Ways To Make Money With WordPress

The internet has become a great medium for making money and a WordPress website is undoubtedly one of the best platforms for that. The WordPress comes with a lot of flexibility and facilities. If you have a WordPress website then you can use it to earn money in a lot of ways. All you need to do is to make sure that you are using the right strategies and utilizing the WordPress website to it’s fullest in order to make money with it. However, you have to be dedicated and work hard to earn that because you cannot make money without proper effort.

1. Selling plugins and gadgets

Every WordPress website user likes to use plugins and gadgets as they help them to make the websites more effective. There are many WordPress website owners who don’t even hesitate to buy plugins and gadgets if they find the tools worthy enough. If you know how to develop them then you can develop some SEO and security plugins and some fancy gadgets to sell them in your WordPress website.

2. Software business

If you are a software program developer then a WordPress website can be your best platform to sell; them. You can take it as a business opportunity to develop software programs and sell them through the WordPress website. You can even build a team of your own and start a web based software developing company. Even small but useful software programs can make you good money.

3. Content writing

The content writing has surely become one of the most effective ways of making fast money. There are many website owners who need SEO content writing services to promote themselves strategically. If you are a SEO content writer then you need to make a WordPress website or blog and then use it for content writing. People will surely hire you for advertisement and that can help you to make good amount of money.

Read Also: How to Use Written Content to Make A Living Onlineto

4. Money with AdSense

The Google AdSense has become an effective way of making money regularly. If you have a WordPress website and can pull traffic towards it then you can easily use AdSense to make money from it. However, the Google AdSense works only if you have a steady flow of visitors regularly. You will be getting paid every time your visitors click on the advertisements.

5. The affiliate marketing

The affiliate marketing has become very famous in last few years and it’s surely a great way to make money online with WordPress website. You have to use the website for Affiliate marketing and get your percentage depending on the use of those link s you share. You have to make sure that you attract a good amount of traffic towards your website.

6. Selling products

The online product selling business is one of the fastest growing businesses these days. You can sell anything and everything if you have the right strategies for that. You can develop your own WordPress website and then promote yourself with it properly. You can hire SEO and online marketing experts to make your product selling WordPress website popular. Once you have enough customers, you can start growing your business and make a lot of money.

5 Reasons You Need A Mobile Website WordPress Plugin

By Joe Pawlikowski / WordPress, WordPress Plugins

The way people view the web is changing. Go ahead, take a look at your Google Analytics numbers. You’ll see that more and more people are browsing the web from their smartphones. The problem is that they might not be getting the most out of your site. They’re using a small screen to view something that was designed for a screen three to five times larger. That is, unless you’ve installed a mobile website plugin for WordPress. There are many options, but these plugins can give your site a look and feel that was made for mobile.

mobile-ready

Here are five reasons that you need to install a mobile website WordPress plugin today.

1. Sleek look and feel

While each mobile website plugin provides a distinct look, they all come down to one thing: simplicity. What you’ll get with a mobile plugin is a listing of the latest headlines, followed by tags and categories and perhaps a small blurb. That’s the perfect amount of information for a mobile viewer. It flows, and it looks nice. There might not be fancy images, but that’s not necessary when viewing on a smartphone. Plus, users will have the choice of when to view those images, which comes in handy for Reasons Nos. 2 and 3.

2. Perfect for small-screen viewing

When you load a regular website on a mobile phone, it looks unnatural. Everything is small and unreadable, because you’re loading a site designed for a much larger screen. You have to zoom into read the articles. You probably have to scroll left and right to see everything on the screen. Since mobile website plugins list posts in reverse chronological order, you’re getting just the information you need, at a size that’s designed for a small screen. It’s really the perfect smartphone viewing experience.

3. Uses less data when loading

In an age where unlimited data plans really have hidden limits, data usage comes at a premium. When you load a normal website, it eats up tons of data. It has to load all the content, plus images and ads. That can eat valuable kilobytes from your monthly data plan. A mobile website is stripped down to the basics, so it uses very little data when loading. That means you can view more sites while using less data. See also: Optimize WordPress Blog Loading Time

4. Universal look across smartphones

There are dozens of different smartphone browsers. Beyond Safari for iPhone, the Android browser, and the BlackBerry browser, there are tons of third-party alternatives on each platform. A Samsung Galaxy from T-Mobile using the default Android browser might see a site differently than the same phone using the Dolphin browser. Using a mobile website means that every smartphone user will see the same thing. That’s not only beneficial for the user, but also beneficial in troubleshooting bugs and errors.

5. More revenue opportunities

So many ads nowadays use Adobe Flash. That’s a problem for mobile browsers, because many of them don’t support Flash at all. If you serve ads in Flash form, that is, zero iPhone users will see your ads. While there is a Flash plugin for Android, it provides a poor experience; many Android users have uninstalled it completely. Mobile websites, however, can support different types of ads. That gives you an opportunity to make money on impressions.

Every blog should install a plugin that gives smartphone users a better experience. There are many, many options for the WordPress platform. Some free ones, such as WordPress Mobile Pack, can get the job done well. But established bloggers with an income stream should consider a premium option. They provide more choices, meaning you get a better experience for you and your readers. Whatever you do, don’t let this one slide. Creating a useful mobile website is an opportunity that no blogger should ignore.

1. Wp-Thumbie

related-2-post-thumbnails

A simple clean yet stylish WP Related posts plugin. It Display a list of related posts along with thumbnail images of those posts for the current post.You can select the number of posts to be display on articles or on feed.You can choose to exclude posts from certain categories as well as exclude pages.

2. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site. It is best related post plugin easy to configure and use. But it have no thumbnails with related posts..

3. nrelate Related Content

nrelated posts

The best way to display related content: Thumbnails or Text, on all your pages. One of my favorite Best Related Posts Plugins For WordPress. It is very easy to use. It contains 5 skins which you can change hover, different thumbnail size etc.

4. WordPress Related Posts

WordPress Related Posts Plugin will generate a related posts via WordPress tags, and add the related posts to feed. It also contain option of adding thumbnail. One of disadvantage is it contains a link at end of post as far as we know. But over all it is best easy to configure.

5. Related Posts Thumbnails

This plugin will add related posts thumbnails after the post. Plugin allows to customize thumbnail sizes, display settings and type of relation. This is at no.5 Related Post PLugin

That’s all. If i miss any best WP plugin then let me know in comment section.

3+1 Ways to Optimize and Speed Up WordPress Blog

By Rahul Kuntala / WordPress, WordPress Plugins

All right. Let’s gear up some questions about your blog performance now.. Have you ever thought about your blog’s loading time?

No.. than It’s time to think about it now..

Speed up WordPress

Why?

Because it’s not only essential to maintain a friendly SEO blog but also for your readers engagement. If you want to increase your readership or to decrease your bounce rate, you need to focus on decreasing your blog loading time. The faster it loads the better it is. Following are the few best ways to Speed Up WordPress.

1. Use WP Cache Plugin:

This is by far the best WP plugin many blogs are using to clear the cache to speed up the blog. You can clean up your cache memory all the time whenever you loading new plugins or deactivating them.

W3 Total Cache Plugin

Installation guide:

Download the plugin here
Unzip the file
Upload the plugin to your Plugins folder via FTP or Admin area
Inside the Plugins section of your WordPress control panel activate the plugin
Under the Dashboard click on W3 Total Cache and use it..

2. Optimize Image Size:

Decrease the image size by tools like image optimizer, shrink pictures, picresize etc.

Or you can simply use this WP plugin WP Smush.it (This reduces image file sizes and improves your blog’s performance)

And try to use the images in the following 3 formats.

.PNG
.JPG or
.GIF

These are the best extensions to save your images and decreasing your images size means you are decreasing your blog’s loading time.

3. Clean Up Your WP Database:

Use this plugin called WP Database Optimizer (This plugin allows you to make automated scheduled database optimization. You can specify how long in between automated optimization).

Installation guide:

Download the plugin here
Unzip the file
Upload the plugin to your Plugins folder via FTP or Admin area
Inside the Plugins section of your WordPress control panel activate the plugin
Under the Dashboard click on WP Database Optimizer and use it..

4. Avoid Too Many Plugins:

Last but not least, don’t use unwanted plugins which effects your blog loading time relatively high. Try to use the top plugins which suits your requirements and needs.

You can check your blog loading time using the following tools.

Pingdom
whichloadsfaster or
searchmetricsrapid

And there are several more ways you can speed up your blog loading time by:

Using free CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Using the better web hosting provider like HostGator
By reducing the widgets in your sidebar

Advantages of having a faster loading blog:

You can have the following benefits if you use the above methods to speed up your blog.

It essentially improves your blog’s credibility

Your visitors or readers will be happy with your blog performance

Low bounce rate (it effects certainly)

Good PR and Alexa Rank (yeah, of course)

and many more…

Your Turn:

If you know extra tools more than the above to check a blog’s loading time or any more ideas/tips on speeding up a blog in your mind – do share them below.

This is a guest post by Rahul Kuntala who blogs at LearnBlogTips

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Stylish & Cute Subscription Form Widget For Blogs

By Ammar Ali / Blogger, WordPress, WordPress Widgets

subscribe box v1 demo abt Most of peoples want simple, clean yet Stylish and Cute Subscription Form for their WordPress and Blogger/blogspot Blogs. Today we came with Stylish and Cute Subscription Form Widget For Blogs , Easy to edit subscription form dozed with new CSS effects. This widget will keep your sidebar neat and clean and will surely attract visitors to subscribe. Follow following steps to add this Stylish and Cute Subscription Form Widget to WordPress and Blogspot

Tip: Copy the code given below and paste it inside this editor to see a live demo.

Live Demo

Adding Stylish and Cute Subscription Form Widget

You just need to place a code to your blog widget Follow following steps to add Stylish and Cute Subscription Form Widget to WordPress and Blogger.

Adding To Blogger

Go to Design > Page Elements.
Click Add A Gadget.
In Add A Gadget window, select HTML/Javascript .
Copy the code below and paste it inside the content box.
Save the gadget.
Drag the gadget and reposition it under Blog Posts gadget.
Click Save button (top right hand corner).

Adding To WordPress

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Available Widgets.
Drag Text widget into a sidebar.
Paste in the code.
Save.

Note: If This widget is not working on you blogspot and wordpress blogs then download this code and place it as a widget nstead of give below.

 <style>
.abt-email{
background:url(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3mMr7bVkJEA/T2mKAcZEBkI/AAAAAAAAAZI/IWMC_nG_foU/h120/service-email.jpg) no-repeat -8px 10px ;
width:240px;
padding:10px 0 0 65px;
float:left;
font-size:1.2em;
font-weight:bold;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
color:#0084CE;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px 1px #eee;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
}

.abt-emailsubmit{
background:#9B9895;
cursor:pointer;
color:#fff;
border:none;
padding:4.4px;
text-shadow:0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
-moz-border-radius:6px;
-webkit-border-radius:6px;
border-radius:6px;
font:12px sans-serif; box-shadow:inset 4px 4px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);

}
.abt-emailsubmit:hover{
background:#0084CE; box-shadow:inset 8px 8px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}
.textarea{background: #fff !important;box-shadow:inset 4px 4px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
border: 1px solid #d2d2d2;
padding: 0px 8px 0px 8px;
color: #888; font-size: 12px;
height: 25px; width: 165px;
border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
margin:0px; }

</style>

<div class='abt-email'>
Subscribe via Email
<form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" id="feedform" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=AllBloggingTips', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
<input gtbfieldid="3" class="textarea" name="email" onblur="if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Enter email address here&quot;;}" onfocus="if (this.value == &quot;Enter email address here&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}" value="Enter email address here" type="text" />
<input type="hidden" value="AllBloggingTips" name="uri"/><input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/>
<input class="abt-emailsubmit" value="Submit" type="submit" />
</form> 

</div>

Now make these changes,

Now replace AllBloggingTips with your Feedburner Email Feed link. You can get it by visiting your feedburner account then navigate to Publicize and then to Email Subscriptions.
Replace AllBloggingTips with your feed title. It appear at the end of your feed link. In my case it is AllBloggingTips

Save your widget and view your blog to see it showcasing live! :)

That’s All!

Do let me know if you needed any help in customizing the widget.