HubSpot’s Alex Birkett has shared fifteen of the best WordPress contact form plugins for 2018. Birkett says, “There are tons of options out there, though. To demystify the selection process and help you select a tool, here are 15 WordPress form plugins. 1. HubSpot – Free Marketing Plugin for WordPress When it comes to WordPress form plugins, HubSpot’s very own pluginoffers some special advantages. First, it’s more than just your traditional form builder. It includes tools to help you convert visitors on your site, tool that help you in building an email list, generating and... [...]

Speed is critical for website success. Users won’t put up with slow sites, and search engines downgrade them. Savvy webmasters use a cache to store a “predigested” version of the most important data on their site, so that data can be delivered with minimal processing when a visitor clicks on it. The data is processed in advance, so that less processing needed while the visitor is waiting for results. There are several well-known caches for WordPress sites, The two best-known are Total Cache and Super Cache. Viper Cache was just released and may prove the be the fastest cache ever.... [...]

Being careless about your security can cause your downfall. Unfortunately, according to the Ponemon Institute, 73%+ of website owners are doing the same to their business, with little or no security in place. The door is wide open to hackers. Is your site one of them? The sad truth is that you’re never too small to get hacked. But there are answers to the hacking epidemic. Since 2012, Matt Garrett has been developing and refining his BlogDefender software that protects WordPress blogs from hacks and malware. Each year or so, he presents a refined version with new sophistication and adaptations... [...]

There’s a new piece of software that we just learned about. Check it out today because the price will rise at midnight EST Wednesday. Anywhere on your WP website, in your text, as a link for a graphic or in a sidebar, footer or header (literally, anywhere), you can make your advertisements specific to the country or city of your site visitor. It’s all done by the power of Covert Geo Targeter. This plug-in is very clever but super simple. It does one thing only, but it does it well. Covert Geo Targeter lets you insert your visitor’s location (country, city, state/area and country... [...]

It’s a fact that slow loading pages turn away impatient visitors and increase bounce rate for those who stay. The result is that you don’t get the benefit from the traffic you get: ► Your conversions are lower, ► Your bounce rates are higher, ► Your advertising costs are higher. This has been proven over and over in real life. According to Kissmetrics.com if your site takes 3 or more seconds to load you are losing 50% or more of your traffic due to visitor impatience. The problem is especially great for your mobile users since their phones usually have slower connections than... [...]

It’s harder than ever before to turn visitors into sales. They’re getting jaded and becoming blind to your banners, popups, and call to actions. Your ads need to get the attention of people whose attention is being pulled in a dozen directions. That’s why WP UltraPop was invented. It is a unique, innovative tool to display popups over your WordPress pages and posts. It offers ■ Multiple templates, ■ Multiple trigger events and ■ Multiple kinds of popups. In addition, Ad Blockers are now extremely common, bringing your sales and affiliate commissions even lower. But WP UltraPop isn’t... [...]

Moto Theme, version 2 is a premium WordPress theme created by the Himanshu Softtech Company, a ThemeForest and CodeCanyon Elite Author (where they are known as “KamleshYadav”). They have worked behind the scenes for over 20 6 Figure IM software launches. This impressive theme makes it easy to create: ► Sales Pages ► Landing Pages ► Blogs ► E-commerce sites ► Company websites ► Portfolio Pages ► and much more. They are offering Moto Theme, version 2 with a Developer’s License that lets you build as many sites as you want, for yourself or for your clients. (That’s important... [...]

If you assist local marketers in their online marketing, this new software may be something you should include on the WordPress websites you build or maintain for them. Site Ranker Pro is being released at 10 am EST. Its job is to rank local businesses for hundreds of highly targeted longtail keywords with just minutes of work. These long-tail keywords can create real “foot traffic” for local businesses. You may be able to charge $1,000/month and up for this service, according to the software developer. The developers of Site Ranker Pro have been using it for years, and they report... [...]

Azonity is a WordPress theme with an attractive design for Amazon affiliates who want automated Amazon affiliate stores in less than 5 minutes. During this holiday special, you can get a $20 discount off the regular price of Azonity with this coupon: XMAS20. This eCommerce theme offers you: ■ Fully responsive layout ■ Built-in Amazon products importer ■ Publish 100+ products in just a few clicks ■ Integrated Amazon review/rating system ■ SEO optimized & fast loading theme ■ Works with 9 Amazon affiliate programs (US, CA, etc) ■ Easy to use theme options panel We have arranged... [...]

StudioPress has introduced the Academy Pro WordPress theme for online courses and membership sites. It is a premium StudioPress theme designed specifically for people in the business of online content and community. Explaining the features of the theme, Brian Gardner says, “Yes, it’s quick and easy to customize, as you are increasingly requesting from us … and of course it looks great. You can rest assured it is well-crafted, search optimized, and secure. You would expect nothing less from StudioPress. But just looking good, having clean, SEO-friendly code, and being easy to maintain... [...]