WordPress is great for affiliate marketing. Here are some tips to give your WordPress a boost in the right direction.
PLUGINS
JetPack Plugin
wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack
This plugin comes installed with WordPress and includes several basic tools including backup, uptime monitor, share buttons, etc.
This is great if you are DIY and just started.
Opt in Monster
wordpress.org/plugins/optinmonster/
It gives you opt in forms for your site. When visitors scroll to the top and are about the exit, it will come up with a pop up opt in form (exit pop).
Revive Old Post
wordpress.org/plugins/tweet-old-post
You can re-post old articles to social media. You can set filters to post evergreen articles to social media again.
Ad rotate
wordpress.org/plugins/adrotate/
This is an ad management program. It let’s your post ads with widgets or short code. It also runs A/B tests. It rotates different offers automatically.
Full Story
help.fullstory.com/integrate/139792
It records video of people searching your website. You can see which visitors clicked where on your site.
You can see not only who is clicking on which ads, you can also see where people get stuck or have problems in your site like a checkout cart.
Yoast SEO Plug in
wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
All in One SEO Pack
wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Allows you to optimize with Meta Description and Tags.
It also allows you to customize the image and description for Social Media with open graph data.
THEMES
AppThemes
www.appthemes.com/themes
Clipper theme helps you make a coupon site.
Woo Themes
woocommerce.com
Woo Commerce let’s your turn off the shopping cart function and let’s you convert it into an affiliate link site.
StudioPress
my.studiopress.com/themes
This is a great theme for review sites.
Optimize Press
www.optimizepress.com
Wish List Member plugin let’s your create a membership site to sell info courses.
SPEED
Speed is vitally important for usability and SEO. Faster sites will increase your conversion rate. A 3 second or higher load time will decrease conversion.
W3 Total Cache
wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache
Improves the SEO and user experience of your site by increasing website performance, reducing download times via features like content delivery network (CDN) integration.
Use a CDN Network
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network
Host your website in servers around the world to make it faster by using servers local to the user.
SECURITY/BACK-UP
CloudFlare
wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare
Firewall for your server. Protects against DDOS attacks.
WordFence
wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence
Prevents hacking by preventing multiple failed logins.
WP Stage Coach
wpstagecoach.com
Allow you to update plugins and see if it breaks your site. If something goes wrong, you can roll it back. It creates recovery points.
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