Slow web sites irritate everyone. You do not want to visit even your own site, if it is loaded for too long. Now think about your visitors, who form their first impression of your internet project on a basis of those long seconds waiting, which they need to carry out before downloading the content of your site. In addition, Google has officially noted that the download speed of the pages is an important factor in ranking the site in the search engine results.
Let’s talk about specific numbers. Every second of site download waiting will cost you 7% of traffic for your project. If you are using the site to sell any goods or services, then every extra second of loading will result in a loss of revenue. Let`s suppose that your site has a turnover of $ 1,000 per day. In this case, every second delay at loading will cost you about $ 30 000 per year.
Now you understand how serious things are and it is time to move on how to overcome long load of your site on WordPress platform. We tried to collect only simple and effective ways to reduce the loading time of the site that do not require special knowledge in the field of programming and does not occupy a large amount of time on their implementation.
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How to Use MailChimp with WordPress
/0 Comments/in Beginners, Guides /by Wadim SkworzowEmail marketing is an important part of your project in WordPress. Consider the fact that 70% of your site`s visitors will not get back to you after the first visit. Are you willing to lose the biggest part of your potential audience? In addition, a protection from such serious traffic loss is not a difficult task. It is enough to wisely use ready-made tools – MailChimp mailing service, integrated WordPress functionality or additional features of special plugins.
Our choice has stopped on MailChimp, because it provides the most user-friendly interface and free service for newcomers. If your subscriber base has not yet reached 2000 people, you can use all the capabilities of the service for free. Then you will be offered to buy one of the existing packages of services at very reasonable prices. In any case, the start and initial testing does not require any financial investments.
Today we will talk about how to carry out initial MailChimp setup to work with the site on WordPress platform. A few simple steps will help you to understand that setting email campaign does not require extensive training or deep knowledge in the field of marketing or web development. In addition, we will address the theme of setting the most useful plugins to increase the effectiveness of your email campaigns – from the increase in the number of subscribers to the improvement of their interaction with your site.
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Top 8 Translation Plugins for WordPress
/1 Comment/in Plugins /by Wadim SkworzowHow many languages are supported by your site on WordPress? English only? In this case, you consciously limit the range of you site`s potential audience. To translate the text content of your site you do not need to know all the languages in the world. Plugin creators have taken care of this for you. Today you can install a plugin for automatic translation of almost all existent languages. Isn`t it an amazing opportunity for the exchange of information on a global scale?
Despite the apparent similarity, translation plugins can have different features and can support different number of languages. In addition, there are both free and paid plugins. Free services often provide additional features for a fee. But their basic functionality is free for use.
Let’s see what plugins are better to be used for giving your website a multilingual content. We will analyze the most popular plugins for automatic translation, find out their strengths and weaknesses. You just have to make a choice, which suits your individual needs.
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The Biggest Business Sites That Use WordPress
/0 Comments/in Beginners /by Wadim SkworzowDo you still think that WordPress platform exists exclusively for the little-known bloggers and startups in the web? We have a surprise for you! Convenience and functionality of WordPress has long been appreciated by many leaders in their fields of activity. Using WordPress is not a sign of a low budget or a small support team of a site. You will see the truth, when you meet the participants of our list of the biggest business projects using WordPress.
Here we present a list of the most interesting and well-known sites that are based on WordPress. Naturally, there are other interesting projects which trust WordPress. But we will focus on those that prove the irrefutable leadership of WordPress as the best platform for the sites in various topics.
We hope that these sites will become an example for all novice bloggers and businessmen in the web. Starting and developing your project on the internet with WordPress is the most profitable and interesting way to succeed.
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Basic Rules of Successful Social Media Marketing Strategy
/0 Comments/in Beginners, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowSocial media has become an integral part of any modern marketing strategy. Despite the widespread popularity of social media, many still do not have a clue how to approach the creation and implementation of strategies in this field of activity properly. Especially if you are a beginner, it would be difficult to identify the main landmarks of your own. Therefore, we have collected the basic rules for creating a successful marketing strategy in social media for you. Consistent adherence to these rules will allow you to better understand the social media, to find out something interesting about its structure and value. Also you can discover a minimum determination of the main aspects that you need to consult with experts in SMM.
All the tips in this article do not require special knowledge or training. They just require a little amount of your time and a desire to understand the insides of social media. On the other hand, you should not expect a stunning effect within the application of these rules in practice. Remember that they are the basis and not the secrets of success within one day (such thing does not exist in any field of activity).
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Tips to Quickly Index Your WordPress Site By Google
/0 Comments/in SEO, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowYou have already started the project in WordPress platform and you are proud with the completed work? Of course, you have already passed the most difficult stage in the life of your internet project. Nevertheless, its life has just begun, and it means that a large layer of work is still ahead. Now you are looking forward to an exciting journey in the world of SEO, where the party is ruled by Google. Do not be afraid of the big difficulties, because WordPress and Google provide their customers with a friendly interface and comprehensive assistance in the form of various manuals.
But where to start your journey to success in a good position in the search results? How not to make a mistake at the first corner and make the Google indexing of your site fast and painless? This will be discussed in detail in this article.
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How Much Should You Spend on a WordPress Site
/1 Comment/in Beginners, Guides /by Wadim SkworzowWordPress is a free platform for sites. But how much should the owner of the site pay actually to make it user friendly and successful? This question can not be answered in one statement. First of all, you should consider the fact that the majority of material expenditure for the start and support of any web project on WordPress platform can be replaced by the cost of your own time. If you have the desire to do everything by yourself, you can save funds considerably. But for many business people the purchase of ready-made solutions for WordPress is an optimal option.
Let`s consistently understand, from which parts consists the cost of creating and maintaining a website on WordPress. This will help you to make the right conclusion on what you can save, and what is better to buy as a ready-made product in your concrete case. We will try to parse the entire multi-faceted site maintenance process on WordPress platform, but will not go deeply into detail for not be ing distracted by the particular matters.
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How To Keep WordPress Secure
/0 Comments/in Security, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowSecurity has always been one of the most important indicators of the site`s success. Security ensures the stability of your internet project, the level of safeness of your data and the degree of site visitors care (no one wants to visit dangerous sites and get viruses).
The good news is that any site on the WordPress platform initially has an excellent safety level. This achievement is reasonably because of constant work of WordPress experts over the safety of the projects on this platform. As soon as there is a definite threat, WordPress admin panel offers to download updates to protect your site. It is really well-honed and reliable system.
So why there is a need to write about WordPress site security? It is all about the human factor. Lack of experience in site administration, reckless installation of plugins, add-ons and themes from untrusted sources, and the use of poor hosting – all these factors can threaten the security of your site even on a proven and reliable platform like WordPress. Let’s try to figure out how to secure your internet project from yourself.
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How To Speed Up WordPress Site: 8 Simple Tricks
/0 Comments/in SEO, Tips /by Wadim SkworzowSlow web sites irritate everyone. You do not want to visit even your own site, if it is loaded for too long. Now think about your visitors, who form their first impression of your internet project on a basis of those long seconds waiting, which they need to carry out before downloading the content of your site. In addition, Google has officially noted that the download speed of the pages is an important factor in ranking the site in the search engine results.
Let’s talk about specific numbers. Every second of site download waiting will cost you 7% of traffic for your project. If you are using the site to sell any goods or services, then every extra second of loading will result in a loss of revenue. Let`s suppose that your site has a turnover of $ 1,000 per day. In this case, every second delay at loading will cost you about $ 30 000 per year.
Now you understand how serious things are and it is time to move on how to overcome long load of your site on WordPress platform. We tried to collect only simple and effective ways to reduce the loading time of the site that do not require special knowledge in the field of programming and does not occupy a large amount of time on their implementation.
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Best Selling WordPress Themes for Creative People
/0 Comments/in Themes /by Wadim SkworzowThe choice between lots of WordPress themes often becomes difficult for many novice users. The variety of themes is really amazing. The question is: what things you should focus, if you do not have a clear idea of how your site will look? One option is to trust the taste of the community.
If you want to know what themes are the most popular, the simplest and accurate way is to pay attention to the bestsellers. Themes that are sold best of all are the trusted by the international community of bloggers products.
Let’s find out what WordPress themes are bestsellers on ThemeForest. Perhaps it will help you make a choice in favor of the best themes for your personal website or blog.
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How to Style Contact Form 7 With Ninja Kick: Contact Form Plugin
/1 Comment/in Guides, Plugins, Staff Picks /by Adam KriegerThere are many reasons why you’d need a contact form on your WordPress website. You can use them to produce leads, provide customer service, get feedback, give quotes and book appointments among other things. Web forms are a problem that has been solved many times over. Finding a plugin to help is usually the most practical solution. Unless you are a good web programmer and you can bang out a web form in a couple minutes, there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel.
Recently we published a post on how to Styling Contact Form 7 in WordPress. While Contact Form 7 is an awesome contact form plugin and easy to use, you may want something a little more powerful. Perhaps you are looking for ways to make your form stand out so you get as many responses as possible. One way to build a killer contact form is to use Looks Awesome’s Ninja Kick: Contact Form plugin. Use it to create a engaging forms and record your submissions. Read more →