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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...

When you start a new WordPress blog, one of the hardest choices you have to make is whichtheme to use. Needless to say, it can be a little overwhelming… WordPress is so popular that there are tens of thousands of themes to pick from. And things geteven harder when you have to pick between free and premium themes. Thankfully,there are some high-quality theme providers who you can go to when you start your search. ThemeIsle is definitely one of those providers. They have some of the most popular free themes in the WordPress theme database. Their Zerif Lite theme is the fifth most popular theme and their ShopIsle theme ranks at tenth. To have two themes in the ‘Top 10’ of the WordPress.org pop...

I’m not a native English speaker and here’s my confession: I’m a trained translator with a degree in my pocket. I speak English fairly well, but I never thought I would ever create content on my own. When I got to the English-speaking world of content marketing, I was lost, frustrated, and paralyzed with insecurity. I strongly doubted if I could ever enter a league of those smart guys who create killer content. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure if I could write anything high-quality at all. If you’ve ever been in my shoes, this article is for you. I’m going to share the tips and tricks that have worked (and still work) for me. To begin with, there are only two points you need to consider wh...

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...

On 15th August 2016,India celebrates its 70th Independence Day &being an Indian, here is how we are celebrating this day with our readers around the globe. This year celebration is going to be different for ShoutMeLoud readers around the globe, as we are offering Up to50% discountfrom 13th-16th August. The discount is on all of our products & I have listed the discount offer, coupon that you can avail right now. 70Th Independence day Discount from ShoutMeLoud Affiliate marketing eBook -50% flat discount ShoutMeLoud’s affiliate marketing eBook is the most desired & popular product from our store. We are offering 50% discount on Affiliate marketing eBook until 16th August 24.00 I...

Structuring a URL is mandatory for an enhanced user experience and search engine exposure. Online businesses are represented with the URLs so it needs to be meaningful, human readable and search engine friendly. Following are some of the tips that can help you in structuring the link addresses. 1. URLs shall be readable Use meaningful words in the URL to make it readable. Consumers are more likely to click on a website that makes sense to them. You can replace any abbreviation with words that can be a company name or a keyword for a better understanding of the visitors. 2. Eliminate IDs and numbers Eliminate the IDs, numbers, special characters and codes that are often generated by a bloggin...

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. ...

Are you completely confused about finding effective ways to promote your blog on social media? Navigating this minefield of Facebook marketing, twitter promoting and G Plus sharing feels like an overwhelming, paralyzing task at times. You may be ready to quit on social, to just publish a post and hope that the Blogging Fairies magically promote the post to interested, targeted, eager readers, without any effort on your part. Stop sniffing that Fairy Dust. Blogging doesn’t work that way. If you’re willing to give freely on social sites you will receive generously. The pain, suffering and frustration of having little or no blog traffic will dissolve into the happiness, contentment and satisfac...

Alibaba, as most of you know, is awholesale supplier website where you can interact with and purchase from suppliers all over the world. AliExpress is another offering from Alibaba. It is an online e-commerce store and acts as the retail arm of Alibaba. Although Alibaba is a reputed company, the quality of the sellers is not always consistent. A lot of times people have been cheated or have gotten below-par products. The best way to have a good experience from AliExpress is to prepare yourself. Here are 10AliExpress safety tips that will save you from being scammed. Look for Years Open, Feedback, and Buyer Protection 10AliExpress safety tips To avoid getting Scammed 1. When was the store o...

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...

Wow, you’ve just gotten a new visitor on your blog. Congratulations! From the look of things, theyfound your blog posts very interesting and are now wondering if you’re someone they can coect with.Who knows? Maybe you’re a good fit for a potential business partnership. So theydecide to find out more about you. Obviously, the firstplace to start finding more about you is the About Page. (Interestingly, the “About Page” is also the most viewed page of many popular websites.) Unfortunately, your new visitor can’tlocate your “About Page”, or worse, they saw one which sucked. Because of this, theydecide to take theirbusiness proposalsomewhere else because they came to conclusion that you’re not ...

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...

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...

As we were landing into the mid of an year, like everybody else, I retrospected and reevaluated my last year’s jouey. I thought it’s the perfect time to start making the changes which Ithought of doing few weeks back or last month or last year. When I brooded about what is that one habit which I want to improve upon and change is, the only thing which came into my mind was to stop complaining. As mindful I strive to be with my words, I always used to end up complaining, be it the weather, job, clothes, relationships, worldly situations, traffic, high prices etc..The list goes on. Have you ever thought of the amount of time you complain in a day. The thing is we have made ourselves so mise...

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...