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Your WordPress Blog Checklist !
WordPress Checklist, James Francis, Online Marketing, Mentor, Barbara Blevins
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Your WordPress Blog Checklist !
With all the noise online about what you should have on your blog (plugins, themes, etc.), it’s sometimes difficult to “map out” what you actually need to have on your WordPress blog to make it successful.
James Francis, a highly successful online marketer and coach has kindly shared this -
Your Checklist - read the list below, and create or edit anything which you don’t currently have.
Let’s begin with your Blog Structure:
Home Page – should contain your latest posts (most recent at the top).
'About Me' Page – tell people about yourself, show them you’re actually human by adding a photo, and why they should listen to you - be personal !
'My Products' Page – provide links to your own products, if you have any.
If you don’t, change this to 'Resources', and promote important services and products which your readers need in order to succeed.
An example - in the Internet Marketing niche, you could provide links to AWeber, your autoresponder, or Hostgator, your preferred hosting service, and similar.
'Success Stories' Page – many people don’t have this page, but they’re truly missing out on a huge 'authority booster'.
Add all your testimonials and success stories from your visitors, subscribers and customers to this page.
Not only will it make you look super-awesome, but it’ll convince your prospects you’re more of an expert than your competitors.
'Contact Me' Page – always have a way for your potential and current customers to contact you.
Without this link, your customers will give up on you, and leave your page , and this is especially important if you are an affiliate marketer - you could see a huge refund and chargeback rate !
Also, if potential subscribers can’t ask you for information about the product you’re promoting, they’ll take the easy way out and look for something else to buy.
Make it easy for your audience to contact you !
Your Sidebar should follow in this order:
Opt- In Form – just a simple headline and opt-in form (and maybe an image of the free gift they’ll receive) to convert your blog’s visitors into email subscribers.
'Recent Posts' Widget – put your best foot forward and give your readers other free products and article of yours to read.
If they like your free stuff, they’ll check out your paid stuff too.
Promotional Banner - for a related affiliate offer, link to it directly using your affiliate link .
'Social Widget ' – give your readers other ways to build relationships with you.
This includes links to your Twitter profile, Facebook profile, and similar.
'Post Categories' Widget – for people who prefer to search your content by category.
'Archives' Widget – for people who prefer to search your content by date.
Remember, the goal of this widget (and the “Categories” widget) is to get people to check out as much of your content as possible.
It is important that your site is easy to navigate, and your blog posts easy to read.
If you follow the checklist, this should should improve the look of your post, which in turn will attract more readers !
More From James Francis - Click On The Website Link Above .
To Your Success !
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 | | Great information, thanks for sharing |
| | |  | | Great Information Barbara.Thanks For Sharing. |
| | |  | | Thanks Ralf - this helped me when I started blogging ! |
| | |  | | Great blogpost.Thanks for sharing the great content. Keep up the great work and ibo will reward you for your efforts. |
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