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Dreamhost was started in 1997 and then veryfirst time I used Dreamhost hosting in 2008.Dreamhost is one of those hosting companies that are known for their good work and adding value to the whole industry. TodayI will be sharing Dreamhost promo code that will help you to get a discount tot $50 and onefree domain. In short you will be paying only $69 for one year of unlimited web hosting and onefree domain. Technically a domain itself cost $12, so here you will be paying only $10 for one year of hosting. I have also updatedDreamhost WordPress installation guide, to match with their new dashboard and WordPress installation process. Dreamhost Promo Code and Tips for this discount: Dreamhost is...

Imagine if you could send an email to users based on the exact actions they take. What if you could automatically email anyone who visited a specific page or clicked on a certain button? That would be pretty cool, right? With SendinBlue’s WordPress plugin, you can do just that. Without needing to know any code or set up detailed tracking. It’s a really nice tool. SendinBlue also functions as a complete email marketing service, letting you build subscriber lists and create beautiful email campaigns. Why should you care about all that? Because email marketing is important. I think all smart bloggers need to take advantage of email. That’s why I’m sharing about SendinBlue with you. You can crea...

The Clk.im Integrator monetization plugin is perfect for WordPress publishers looking to make money with their site. Many WordPress monetization plugins have limited functionality, which can be fatal for your monetization efforts. With Clk.im, the versatility of your ad serving goes to a whole new level. (The full functionality of the plugin is unlocked when you sign up for an “Expert”account.) In this article, we’ll go into greater depth of using these features to maximize the monetization potential of your WordPress site. We’ll also cover how you can create trackable shortened links for your entire site. These links will allow you to launch: Top-bar HTML ads Full-page interstitial ads Pop...

As a blogger, you’re probably always worried about writing interesting blog posts that your readers care about. But you can’t just spend time on blog posts – there’s another type of content that you need to focus on: Landing pages. If you ever want your readers to complete an action – like joining your newsletter or buying a product – you need a good landing page to convince them. In the past, you used to have to hire designers to create good landing pages. Luckily, you don’t have to do that any more thanks to some awesome services and WordPress plugins. There are now some great landing page creators that helpyou create beautiful landing pages for WordPress without the help of a designer. So...

Are you looking to move to managed WordPress hosting?If you’ve been using shared hosting but find it no longer powerful enough for you site, this post is for you. I’ve talked before about how shared hosting is best for a new blog. But as your blog traffic grows, you need to think about upgrading your hosting. Shared hosts can’t handle really high traffic sites, which means you’ll have to move up. All the way back in 2008, I started ShoutMeLoud on cheapshared DreamHost hosting. But as ShoutMeLoud grew, I knew I needed to upgrade my blog’s hosting to keep everything ruing smoothly. That’s why I eventually made the switch to managed WordPress hosting. I moved through a few managed hosts until ...

The whole world is moving their websites from HTTP to HTTPS! Why? Because it makes their sites secure &rumor has it thatsearch engines favor websites using the “https” protocol. Sooner or later, you will be moving your site to HTTPS. But before you do, you need to consider a few factors in order to make a successful migration from HTTP to HTTPS. In this article (& in upcoming articles), I will cover migration techniques for different scenarios. Here’s our first scenario: The site is hosted on a Nginx server. DNS is managed by CloudFlare. SSL certificate by Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt + Nginx + CloudFlare : Scenario 1 In this case, my hosting people configureda free SSL certificate ...

Tweet your post multiples times! Keep tweeting your old evergreen posts! Stop your old posts from dying by resharing it on social media! These are all pieces of advice you have likely heard before in order to keep driving traffic to your old blog posts. In fact, I have written several guides myself to help you overcome “dead, old post syndrome”. Today, I have an interesting Twitter plugin to share with you which will not only drive traffic to your old posts, but doesn’t make it look like you are tweeting the same thing over. Before we move ahead, I suggest you read these few posts to master the art of overcoming“dead, old posts syndrome”: If you have already used the popular Revive Old Post...

A robust email subscription list is the key to any successful online business regardless of the niche you’re in. A powerful email list not only helps you get more traffic but also lets you make a stronger bond with your audience. Its ability to generate online profit effectively makes it a cardinal marketing strategy of any website. Once you have a robust list, it becomes much easier to convince your trusted audience about your products, thus making the conversion process easier. Now the biggest question comes – How do you get more subscribers? Unquestionably, professionally designed optin forms along with some enticing incentives to subscribe are essential for developing email list optins. ...

If you are on self-hostedWordPress, chances are you are using an FTP client to make certain changes. If you aren’t, you will be using it so...

Plaing to buy a hosting for your WordPress blog or a website? Here is an exclusive discount coupon to save extra money on your Hosting bill. Shopping for best web-hostingis always a tough job and to make it easier for you, I have suggested some of the best hostings for your blog here. Hostgator is one of those hosting companies, which is there for long, and loved by millions of webmasters. It offers affordable shared hosting, and the unlimited resources help every entry level & mid-level blogger to get perfect hosting for their WordPress blog. One thing which inparticularI like about Hostgator is their excellent server quality. They also offer multiple ways to coect with support. Apart ...

ThemeForest & CodeCanyon are two very popular places to buy premium WordPress themes & plugins. Here at ShoutMeLoud, we have featured many useful themes & plugins from these stores. (At the end of this post, you will findlinks to those articles.) One of the challenges that users like you & me face after purchasing aproduct from both of these stores is updating. I have purchased a few plugins (like WP LinkStatus)& it’s a pain to download updated versions and manually update them. Well, today is a good day, as now we have an official WordPress plugin called WP Envato Market that will make the updating process automatic. Sound good? In this tutorial, you will lea how to use...

Online courses started a couple of years back, but they arenowbecoming the primary way many people are leaing and getting proficient in various fields. It is: The Rise of the Autodidact and DIY’ers “Autodidact” is a person who teaches themselves. “DIY”means “Do It Yourself”. When I started my first web development business, I had no idea how tocodeand I knew nothing of web development. Armed with a few courses and some online content, I taught myself Python. With this knowledge, I approached a client and closed my first $3,000 e-commerce website project.(I was a commerce major in school.) More and more people are picking up money making skills through online courses and content. A person ma...

Let’s start this article with a story about Steve Jobs and Mac. Many years back, during testing, the Mac took a few minutes to start up. Steve Jobs was furious that it took so long. He had this to say: “Well, let’s say you can shave 10 seconds off of the boot time. Multiply that by five million users and that’s 50 million seconds, every single day. Over a year, that’s probably dozens of lifetimes. So if you make it boot ten seconds faster, you’ve saved a dozen lives. That’s really worth it, don’t you think?” The Mac series of laptops are definitely some of the most solid devices out there compared to their numerous competitors. Compared to Windows, the Mac is: Blazingly fast Not prone to vi...

Keywords are one of the most critical and important parts of SEO. The basic foundation of SEO is keyword research. Afterwards,other factors like on-page optimization, quality of content, a good site UI, and some other factors come into the picture. Many companies invest thousands of dollars to pay for keyword research toget such targeted content. But you don’t need to do that. Just follow this guide… The keywords you choose to focus on for your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts are critical to the success of your website’s rank. Choosing the right keywords isn’t always easy or intuitive and you need a lot of data to know whether a given keyword will work for you. If you are completel...

Comment spam is the harsh reality and every green behind the ears, enthusiastic, unprepared blogger will be staggered by the sheer volume they receive of it. WordPress can help, but you need to mentally prepare yourself for the hard fact that more than 99% of the comments you will receive is going to be spam. If you leave the issue unattended, the spam can quite literally overtake your site database and get you permanently baed from search engine index. The first thing on your to-do list should be to prepare your website admin (backend) to help you deal with such massive amounts of bull. That’s where WordPress bloggers have an advantage. As much spam there is, there are quite a handful of po...

Optimizing images & using aCDN has become essential for online publishing. A few days back, I talked about thebest image compression WordPress pluginswhere I highlighted some great solutions for compressing images on your blog. Butnot everyone is using the WordPress platform for their website. Many of us are blogging on various other platforms like BlogSpot, Tumblr, orsomething else. What’s the best image compression solution for these users? Well, this is whereonline image compression tools come into the picture. Whenyou search online for photo compressor tools, you will be awestruck bythe sheer number of tools available. To make your work easier andsave you some time, I’m listing some...

For me, traveling is freedom. If you are a travel blogger, Igive you a standing ovation. Being a digital nomad, I understand how tough it is to blog while traveling. I also know that it’s even tougher tomonetize your travel blog. There are many travel bloggers who often get sponsorship for traveling (like free tripswithall expenses covered), but not everyone is so lucky at the begiing of their blogging career. Travel blogging is a popular & profitable niche that can generategreat amounts of revenue using various monetization methods. Some of the most popular monetization methods are: *** Today I will be telling you aboutsome of the best affiliate programs that you can use for your travel...

Do you have a mobile app in Google play store but you are not getting enough downloads? or Are you plaing to have a mobile app in the future? If yes, this article is for you. Creating an app and the process of uploading it and optimizing it to get the best results are equally important tasks. Here are the best ways to optimize yourmobile app to get best results. Table of Contents Getting Discovered – Understanding App store Optimization How are Apps Ranked in Google play? Optimize Mobile Appfor better store search Importance of Screenshots, Videos and Graphics Reviews, Rating and User experience Social Factors and Benefits Targeting Potential and correct Users Other Important Factors ASO – ...

There are many WordPress plugins out there and every day a new and exciting WordPress plugin is launched either on WordPress plugin repo or on any premium WordPress marketplace. I like discovering new WordPress plugins and especially when a popular website is using it, I find it quite tempting to know what plugins that website is using. There are few ways by which you can find the list if plugins on a WordPress blog, but there is no way to know the complete list until blog plugin folder is publicly accessible or you have FTP login for that blog. Though there are still few work-around to get the list of plugins which I will list down here. Before that you should check out my earlier post on...

Marketing is one of those things in life that can be a mystery if you don’t dive deep. Even the self-portrayed marketing gurus do not know an ounce of marketing. People think marketing is about putting in money somewhere and seeing people come to your website or application in droves. If this was true then everybody would be successful. I would actually like you to do an experiment on Facebook marketing and see how that works for you. By the time you get the hang of it, it will take a lot of time. It’s a guarantee. Why is marketing hard? Let’s rephrase that. Why is marketing challenging? Marketing is challenging because it’s constantly changing. That’s the truth. Platforms of marketing chan...