Late Night Internet Marketing with Mark Mason -- Affiliate Marketing Tips, Online Business Advice, Email Marketing and SEO
WordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketing and vending machines. In this episode I talk about what my mom has to say about vending machines and then I welcome
WordPress Guru Dustin Hartzler from YourWebsiteEngineer.com the house. Dustin talks all about his favorite must-have WordPress plugins.
This is part 1 of a 2-part interview interview with Dustin.
In this episode of the Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast I talk about plugins.
* Techniques for picking the right plugin.
* Google what you are looking for ( function + WordPress plugin )
* Most links will open up in the WordPress repository
* Then here's what I check
* Does the plugin have a large banner graphic. This is a relatively new feature within the plugin directory. It helps me know whether the plugin developers took the time to design something creative
* Next I look at the LAST UPDATED field. I has to have had a revision in the last 6 months for me to consider it
* Then I look at the number of downloads. If it has a lot, 10,000 or more, it's probably legit
* Lastly, I always look to see if it contains screenshots. Lots of plugins don't so it's hard to know which ones are good by seeing what the plugin looks like installed.
* Then I will highlight the plugin name and go back into WordPress and search within WordPress. This makes it much easier to install (you don't have to download, etc.)
* Backup
* Backup Buddy (
http://ithemes.com )
* BackWP Up (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/ )
* WordPress Backup to Dropbox (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/)
* Security
* Better WP Security (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/ )
* WordFence (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/ )
* Spam
* Akismet (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/ )
* Antispam Bee (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antispam-bee/ )
* SEO
* WordPress SEO by Yoast (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/ )
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