Sunday, September 9, 2012

WordPress Plugins For Bloggers - Make Your Blog The Best It Can Be

By Kent Farmer


Making money on the Internet is something people want to do. It is even more natural to want to make that money by doing what you love. When it comes to blogging, this is what you need to be doing. You have to have a plan of action, and also a blog that is extremely well designed, with great content - this is how you will generate your online income. The majority of the responsibility of this falls to you and the content you create. Some of it, however, is held by your blog's functionality. A blog that runs with WordPress is ideal, simply because there are so many plug-ins available that can do so many things. Now, let's take a look at a few of them.

Some selling advertising on your blog is something that many bloggers aspire to do, You can do this in an assortment of ways. The best ways to monetize a blog include selling advertising space, for going through an ad network. You can add advertisements to your blog with certain plug-ins including the WP125 Ad Manager. It is so easy to put 125x125 ads on your website or blog. You can do this when selling space. All you have to do is switch them around, and upload them the way you want. Try not to sell these types of ads and do all the work manually. This can be automated.

Slick Social Share Buttons are a great way to make sure that your blog is available through all of the various social media portals online. Publishing a great blog post is ideal, but there is so much more you need to do. People need to be able to find your post, and share it, all over the Internet. What makes this one of the best social media plugins online is that it is up to date. You can post on newer social media sites, and pin your post there using services like Stumble Upon or Pinterest to name a few. You have to be able to share things on the net. Everyone wants to share, but it must be fast and easy.

Another WordPress plug-in you should try is Subscribe to Comments. It displays a little "check" box that people can check to receive email notifications when more comments are posted onto a blog post that they found interesting enough to comment on themselves. By doing this, it will be easier to keep your readers on your website longer. It is not obtrusive either. It is simply a checkbox, nothing more than that. Anyone that decides to post on your blog has to also enter in their e-mail address. There is no other information required. And when you have an update, they are sent an e-mail.

In conclusion, plug-ins for WordPress blogs are very plentiful. It could be difficult trying to find the right plug-ins for your website. Even though we have talked about just a few things, there is so much more to learn on your own. It basically comes down to utilizing the plug-ins we have presented, and finding more on your own. No need to get every WordPress plug-in. That would be overkill. In essence, by adding these plug-ins, you are enhancing the user experience, making your blog much more functional and user-friendly. As you work and learn you'll figure out what you need to help you get to where you need to go.




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