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Recommend WordPress Plugins

Below is a list of WordPress plugins that ASANT Media recommends and uses for most of its projects. Let us install them for you.

GoCodes – A great solution to cloak and track affiliate links. Turns your long affiliate link into yoursite.com/go/affiliate Download.

Wishlist Member – A simple plugin that will instantly turn your WordPress website into a full on membership site – easily syncs up with several different payment gateways and a host of other 3rd party scripts. Download

Feedburner – A simple plugin that automatically redirects all feed slots on your site to the one you really want to share (ie your Feedburner feed). Download

All in One SEO – Allows you to easily optimize each individual post and page for search engines. Download

SEO Smart Links – Automatically links keywords. A good practice to increase your SEO is to link to pages wihin your sites. This plugin allows you to set keywords of your choice to be automatically linked when they are written.

You can make it link to any pages and/or articles you may refer to in a post. Also, you can see that HostMonster is a link, but what you don’t know is that it did it automatically because I already set what I wanted it to link to in the settings. Download

Subscribe to Comments – Gives commentators the option to subscribe to comments for a specific page. Helps keep conversation flowing because people may leave comments and then never come back. If they are given an email when somebody responds to their comment, then they will most likely revisit your site. Download

Post Views - Enables you to easily show most popular post and such. A great way for new users to see what your website is about. Download

Yet Another Related Post - Automatically grabs related posts based on your criteria. Also has a function, so you can add it to your RSS feed too. Also comes with convenient tags so you can customize it and put it wherever you want. Download

3 Reasons to Add Blog to Site

Whether you are selling one product or multiple, probably the best thing you can do for yourself is adding a blog to your e-commerce site.

Why it would benefit you:

  • Personal connection
  • Help Google ranking
  • Become an authority

Personal Connection

Unlike typical e-commerce sites, adding a blog allows for business to client interaction and gives customers a better chance of trusting the source.

Help Google Ranking

With many people “beating the system” or finding ways to cheat the Google system, things have changed. Adding a blog allows for owners to get better search results for many different keywords

Become an Authority

Content is king. One way to utilize a blog is by adding informative articles related to your business. The more people can learn from you; the better chance they look at you like an authority in the field and they will be more inclined to purchase your products.

Bottom Line: In the new era of Web 2.0, adding a blog not only allows you to develop a better relationship with your customers, but it can also drastically increase the profits. At the end of the day that is what we want, right?