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  • 10 Recommended WordPress Affiliate Plugins

    Affiliate marketers using WordPress know that integrating the right plugins will increase efficiency and usability, which will maximize the performance of the sites. These ten will each prove to be a worthwhile plugin to your toolkit, a step toward greater success.

    1. WordPress Link Cloaking Program: if you like to include links to your selected affiliate programs or products in your posts, but don’t like to take the time to do it – or don’t want to forget to do it – this program will do it for you. Designate word groups or phrases and when you type them into your content a link will be automatically created.
    2. phpBay Pro: if you are an eBay affiliate, then this is definitely a plugin that you should be running on your blog to embed eBay listings that are easily optimised for search engines. A similarly polished plugin is available from the developer for Amazon affiliates.

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    3. AdRotator from Clickbank: this plugin may be used with Adsense or function as an alternative to it if you’re unhappy with the low return on the Adsense ads that get fed to your site. It will randomly select an ad from your specified collection and display the advertisement where you want it.
    4. Amazon Media Manager: a must for affiliates with Amazon and Amazon Marketplace, this plugin does just what you’d expect. It allows you the simplest way to adds products from Amazon to your WordPress blog, and keeps track of what you’ve added, allowing for quick and easy organization.
    5. Wp-Amazon: seamless synchronization is simplified even more by making the entire Amazon catalog available through WordPress. It creates an “Insert from Amazon” link for below your posting area on entry and edit pages. Click it and open a search page for Amazon.com that allows you to peruse what’s there by product lines.
    6. CafePress WordPress Plugin: this tool lets you effortless combine the PrestoGifto API, the CafePress API, and WordPress functions to crafts your pages. Product layout is simplified, thumbnails can be added and their size adjusted, and you select from a wide inventory of fonts, colors and styles. Choose any of the nearly 60 million products CafePress sells and feature them anywhere on your page, including sidebars or footers, or create their own unique page if you wish.
    7. Chitika eMiniMalls Sidebar widget for WordPress v2.0: a lot of affiliates are having fun and success with Chitika, and this widget let’s you skip the course on HTML and simply drag and drop a Chitika eMiniMall into your sidebar.
    8. Bidvertiser WP Widget: this tool allows you to make use of BidVertiser ads on your blog or site with just a couple of clicks.
    9. Adsense Deluxe: the beauty of this plugin is that it allows you to easily add Google or Yahoo! ads into your content wherever you want. Never need to cut and paste Adsense code again! And you control which ads you employ.
    10. Adsense Injection: this is another plugin that allows you to optimize your Adsense usage. This one takes random paragraph breaks in your content and interjects Adsense code. You can choose the colors and formats you want the otherwise random selections to be chosen from. There’s one injection per article, which includes 1-3 ads.

    If creating pages that consistently make money is your goal, these 10 WordPress plugins will give you the business in the best possible way. Each is a proven winner when it comes to producing a healthier bottom line.

    James Adams is a blogger and designer who works as a contributor and editor of the CreativeCloud design blog for an ecommerce store specialising in the HP 339 ink cartridge and other media supplies. He covers topics ranging from modern art to vintage print ads to gadgets and printed media design.

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  • 4 Examples of Content Marketing You Should Get to Know

    If you’re reading this post you most likely know a thing or two about content marketing. Content marketing is basically the process of not only creating great content but sharing that content to attract traffic, engage audiences, and maybe even get some natural backlinks to your domain. The process is twofold: writing or producing that great content, and then sharing it. If it’s good enough, the links back to your site will follow. But what content types can you use to best utilize this form of marketing? Let’s examine a few:
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    Authority Posts

    Writing great content is an acquired skill. The hardest part is coming up with a unique idea and then executing it. Thankfully, there are many people in our industry who have done the tough thinking for you; it’s just up to you to figure out how to apply that to your brand. Top 10 lists, tip posts, research oriented posts, guidelines, and how-to’s are a few examples of authority type posts that are great for content marketing. Placing them on your site and then promoting via social media, social bookmarking, through friends and family, and with other techniques is just one example of content marketing.

    Videos

    Using videos is yet another example of this form of marketing. Developing a blog post or page on your site with embedded videos alongside your content is a great idea. Posting a top 10 list of the best videos of all time in your industry or giving a compilation of how-to instructional videos all in one place can provide you with traffic and links back to your site. That is, if the content and accompanying video are worthy of a look see.

    Q&A

    Have you ever had a client or prospective customer ask you a question? Of course you have. Yet one other way to use content marketing to help promote your site is to answer these questions on your website. Sometimes those questions are asked by searchers hundreds or even thousands of times per month. Doing a bit of keyword research can yield results that may just surprise you, all lost opportunities if you currently don’t have a piece of content on your site that could get ranked for that phrase.

    Infographics

    People go crazy about infographics these days. Have a knack for Photo Shop? Try your hand at a handy infographic. There are so many different kinds of infographics: statistical based, timeline based, process based, or geo based. Using some creativity and a bit of skill you’re sure to produce an infographic that will spurn tweets, comments, and links.

    The four types of content marketing listed above are just a few of the ways you can market your website. Have some tips or suggestions with regards to content marketing? Leave your feedback in the comments below!

    About the Author:

    Steve Lazuka is the President of content marketing company, Interactive Media, based in Ohio. His company helps clients with their website content writing needs, including content marketing and promotion. Follow him on Twitter @SteveLazuka.

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  • 10 Tips For an Effective LinkedIn Profile

    With the job market tight and qualified graduates continuing to pour from colleges and universities, making use of networking sites such as LinkedIn may mean the difference between finding a job and being unemployed. But how can you make the most of such a site and really make your LinkedIn profile shine? If you’re looking for some ways to improve your LinkedIn profile, here are ten tips you might find useful.

    1. Proofread

    Proofreading probably sounds like common sense, right? However, reviewing the information you place on your LinkedIn profile before you make it public can make a world of difference when it comes to presenting your profile information in a professional manner.
    10 Tips For an Effective LinkedIn Profile
    2. Have Someone Else Review Your Profile

    Proofreading isn’t always enough to ensure your profile is up to par and ready to be seen by the world. Therefore, before putting yourself out there, consider having someone else review the information Рpreferably an objective third party, not your mother, a spouse or significant other who may be looking to prop up your ego.

    3. Structure

    There’s another thing to consider before stepping back and resting on the laurels of the good work you’ve done on your profile. While you may have cut and pasted or copied information that you knew beforehand was proofread and polished from a resume or some other source, this doesn’t mean it made the transition to LinkedIn as you assumed it would. Once you’ve placed your information on LinkedIn, you should ensure it is presented as you want it to appear.

    4. A Proper Balance

    Okay, so you have your profile up and running with plenty of great information about yourself – now what? There is a fine line when creating your LinkedIn profile between blatant self-promotion and eating a little too much humble pie. Certainly you want to sing your praises, but you to much “me, me, me” can sound egotistical and be a turn off to those viewing your profile.

    5. Websites

    The “Website” portion of your LinkedIn profile can be a useful tool or a dangerous enemy. As a tool, you can use this section to guide people to other sites that might contain relevant information about you and your work. However, placing links to certain social networking or non-subject related sites could give away a little too much information about you and your personal life or distract those who are viewing your profile from more relevant information.

    6. Twitter

    Adding a link to your Twitter account on LinkedIn, could be a great way let people know you are up on latest social networking trends and give them easier access to information about you. Just remember, if you put it out there, the information it reveals becomes a part of how prospective employers might view you, your work ethic, and personality.

    7. A Professional Picture

    You probably won’t want your profile picture to be one of you hanging with your friends at a bar, doing body shots, or you in some sort of compromising or unprofessional pose. Even a picture with a child or significant other could be a detractor to some. You never know what messages even seemingly innocent images may send. A good headshot is typically the safest route to go.

    8. Staying Updated

    By check and updating your profile with regularly and when changes occur in your personal and work history, you can better avoid falling behind the curve when it comes to staying ahead of the competition. While a history of past work experience is important, most employers will likely want to know what you’ve been up to lately when it comes to keeping you and your resume current.

    9. Utilize Recommendations

    Getting recommendations from others on LinkedIn can be a useful tool in providing evidence of real world experience as well as work ethic and education.

    10. Specialties

    By listing areas and applications in which you are qualified or have certain experience, you may be able to set yourself apart from the competition. Be careful not to over-embellish though, as doing so can leave you looking bad if or when it comes to an interview and you are asked to explain or describe your supposed qualifications.

    This guest article was written by James Adams who works for Cartridge Save where he writes reviews of various products such as the HP 336 ink cartridge and helps manage their blog.

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  • The New Apple iPhone 4.0 OS Uncovered

    With the launch of the new iPhone 4.0 Operating System (OS) scheduled for release, there is already excited speculation. IPhone manufacturer, Apple, is keeping tight-lipped about many of the alleged new features and has only gone into detail about a few, but they have claimed recently that the new 4.0 version will contain over 100 new end-user features. So what are these new features that Apple has disclosed?

    What Apple has revealed about the iPhone 4.0 OS

    This will not come as a shock, but Apple has boldly claimed that this new upgrade will be a big deal. A few months before the proposed release, it is time to bash the promotion drum and start dangling the carrot.

    Apple is stating that the new 4.0 OS will offer more that 1500 new APIs for developers. The most interesting of these seems to be a new ability from the iPhone 4.0, for some apps to allow multitasking – albeit for specific purposes.

    Multitasking with the iPhone 4.0 OS

    Double-tapping the home button on the iPhone 4.0 will bring up an application switching tray. This tray shows active programs – like a dock for multitasking applications.

    So you can now switch quickly between apps and not have to close one first, before opening another. The old app is simply suspended and waits silently in the background, ready to be used again. It is essentially frozen and therefore does not consume any valuable CPU power.

    Other new features from the 4.0

    • The new OS will now include folders, allowing a user to arrange applications into ordered files, by means of a simple drag-and-drop operation.
    • Support for Bluetooth keyboards.
    • Apple is making the e-reader application and iPad online bookstore available to the iPhone via the 4.0 OS. This will be scaled to fit the smaller screens.
    • The ability to have mail from different email accounts dropped into one universal inbox.

    As mentioned, Apple is not revealing too much right now but expect more “feature-leaks” as the release date approaches.

    Some features that may not be so popular

    • Adverts in applications – Apple has stated that the new OS will feature adverts in applications. These will be similar to those found in various web pages and search engine results. The likelihood is that they will take the form of apps within apps. This is great news for developers, who can agree to include these adverts within their apps and receive 60% of the revenue, but not necessarily good news for users.
    • Backwards compatibility issues – If you own an iPhone 3G that was produced in 2009 and later then you will be fine. The iPhone 3G from 2008 can run the new 4.0 OS but will not be able to harness the new multitasking features. As of yet, there has been no official declaration as to whether non-3G, or previous, iPhones will be able to run the new OS, but it is doubtful.

    More news to follow…

    There are pros and cons to the new features of the 4.0 OS. Apple has so far only hinted at great things, but revealed very little. There is likely to be more announcements as the new OS nears its implementation date and though that has not been officially specified, it is thought to be in the coming months, as Apple usually brings out any new OS in June.

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