Ken Reno has developed a WordPress plugin any online marketer can put to good use,EZ Viral Contest WP Plugin. Contests attract attention and, more important, they attract viral sharing. As a result, they can bring a lot of traffic to your site, traffic that can see all your offers and opportunities. If you have a WordPress site, this plugin makes it easy to add a contest to your site so you can take advantage of the inherent viral effect. Reno is going a step farther. He is making this plugin available to you at no charge. It’s absolutely free. There’s not a lot more that needs to be... [...]
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Karissa Bell says, “WordPress users: Now would be an excellent time to make sure your system is up to date. The content management system rolled out an update Thursday that addressed a security flaw that affected millions of websites. The vulnerability, first spotted by security researchers at Sucuri, leaves affected websites susceptible to an attack that could allow others to take control of the sites. The flaw stems from a bad file within Genericons, which is preloaded into many WordPress sites by default, including the default TwentyFifteen theme and the JetPack plugin, according to researchers.... [...]
There’s a thriving marketing for online consulting for local businesses. There are many services you can offer, one of the most fundamental, one that many local businesses still need, is a website to attract customers. In fact, many local businesses need help with their online marketing and don’t know where to turn. They will invest thousands of dollars for a website that looks attractive and professional and represents them well. Now, it is easy to give them what the need, an attractive site that really pulls in people to their business. You can build a demo site in minutes with a new WordPress... [...]
Matt McGee says, “Hot on the heels of the 4.1.2 security release, WordPress has announced version 4.2, which is available now. This version of WordPress sports an updated Press This tool, which allows quick posting to your blog by quoting the text, video or images from another website. Press This works on mobile devices and as a desktop browser bookmarklet. Other new features include a streamlined plugin update process that eliminates the multiple page experience and does the updating inline with a single click. Also new is the ability to embed Tumblr and Kickstarter content just by pasting... [...]
Greg Sterling says, “Whether you call it Mobilegeddon, Mopocalypse or something else, Google’s mobile-friendly update arrives tomorrow. The update will be significant and potentially impact a large number of websites that aren’t mobile-friendly. Remarkably, some estimates suggest that as much as 40 percent of the top sites aren’t mobile friendly today. The best and fastest way to tell if you’re site is ready is to use Google’s mobile friendly testing tool. Barry Schwartz has written a comprehensive Mobilegeddon FAQ post on Search Engine Land that answers almost every question... [...]
In any marketing business, trust is the key to success. Trust seals are often essential to building trust. You have seen trust seals on many websites. They are those authoritative looking insignia issued by the Better Business Bureau, Verisign and others. Typically, having this endorsement of the ethics and legitimacy of the business does a lot to improve the sales on the site. Any online business can benefit by adding a trust seal to make potential customers more comfortable doing business with the site. However, there is also a downside to most trust seals, the cost, which is usually a hefty... [...]
Luther Landro, no stranger to IM NewsWatch readers, has released his latest tool for online marketers: Ultimate WordPress Branding. This new software helps marketers and consultants who build sites for others. When you show a sample WordPress site to a potential client or when you actually build a site and turn it over to a client, if it is a plain WP site, they can easily buy services from the lowest bidder, from any WordPress webmaster. But if you have tweaked the site to make it better and make it unique to you, then if they want to take advantage of the work you have done, they will need to... [...]
Most of our readers know the power of video to hold people’s attention. And most of you also know of the millions of free videos on YouTube. Probably, a number of you have embedded videos on your site to take advantage of the power of this free resource. This is all good, but it could be better. Naidy Phoon and his partner Zeeshan have built a WordPress plugin, called Ultimate Tube Monster, to intensify the power of YouTube videos on your site. Here’s how you can use it: Step 1 Find a Top Selling Product and a YouTube video Step 2 Link the Video to A Related Affiliate or CPA Offer using Step... [...]
Martin Crumlish just released WP Dollar 3.0. The first two versions were run-away best sellers among marketers operating Amazon affiliate sites. WP Dollar 3.0 is a plugin that you can use with any WordPress theme to build and manage your affiliate stores. It creates full stores on autopilot. Version 3 is a big advancement from the earlier version, and it comes with a developer’s license included, so you can build as affiliate stores in as many niches as you like. You can even go into business building sites for other marketers. For example, for the first time, in version 3, you can build mobile... [...]
During yesterday’s launch of WP She’s Viral Pro , the sales system broke down. Nobody was able to buy for a while. The launch was suspended, and some of you may not have come back later in the day to get your copy. It’s open again and IM NewsWatch has 8 top bonuses to make it even better. Why make the effort to get viral traffic? Well, there was a day when getting traffic to a website was easy. Using SEO with a few backlinks, was all it took. But with all of Google’s updates it’s not that easy anymore. Today, if you do get traffic that way, it’s fleeting at best. There’s always someone... [...]