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For those of you who don’t know what WordPress is, it is a blog content management system. It operates using php code and databases. WordPress has pretty much become the future of blogging (or at least this type of system). It is one of many CMS’s that is open-source and therefore offers a large base of plug-ins.
Now many of us already know that blogging is a way to make money from home, etc., etc., etc… But did you also know that there are plug-ins specifically developed for marketing your blog? That’s right!
Marketing Your WordPress Blog
If you already have a WordPress site, great; if you don’t, get one. Now that that is out of the way, let’s get to some marketing.
Blog marketing is huge topic right now and has been for some time. The best ways to market and monetize blogs comes from creating a blog that holds interest for the public, posting quality content, and well placed advertising on your blog. For some additional great blog marketing tips you can visit ProBlogger.com. But I am here to show you blog marketing specifically developed for WordPress.
And the great part, there is hardly any work involved.
4 Great WordPress Plug-ins
I mentioned already that well placed advertisements help monetize a blog, but how do you manage it? With the Adsense Manager plugin. This is a great plug-in for ad management. Not only does it aid in managing AdSense ads, it works with Amazon, AdBrite, and other ad companies.
With the All In One SEO WordPress plug-in you can find here, your search engine headaches are over.. This plug-in offers full SEO for each post as well as using global settings. Set specific keywords for each post or create descriptions for search engines to easily find, you can do it all with this one.
Mobile marketing was discussed in my last post and here it comes up again. With the huge push toward ensuring you are mobile, a plug-in that does it for you would be great! Well, here it is. It’s the Mowser WordPress Mobile and it redirects site viewers who are on mobile phones to a mobile optimized version of the page.
In addition to working with AdSense on your site, you should have it in your feed as well. And now you can, with ease even. The Google AdSense for Feeds plug-in makes it easy to add ads directly to your feed. And more ads means more money!
Now you too can market your blog with ease. Check back for more great tips on how to market, monetize and drive traffic to your site.
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