May 29th in Social Media, Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .
Top social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ all have the potential to drive a ton of traffic to your website. You need to have great content to stand a chance though. But that’s not all. You should also encourage your visitors to share your content with their friends and contacts on those sites. Here are 8 WordPress plugins that let you do just that:
Social Traffic Pop: one of the best social media popup plugins around. It shows your visitors a popup box, encouraging them to like, +1, and tweet your posts.
Exit Through Google +1: a popup plugin for Google+ that encourages your visitors to vote for your content before leaving your website through an external link. [click to continue…]
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May 8th in Social Media, Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .
Social sites such as Facebook and Twitter have millions of members. Many of these folks visit your website too. Letting your visitors log on to your website using their social IDs is a smart idea. For starters, it makes the process more convenient for them. It also help your community gain more registered members. Social Login is a WordPress plugin that adds this functionality to your website.
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May 1st in Social Media by Wordpress Jedi .
These days we hear a lot about sites such as Pinterest. But it is not the only game in town. BO.LT is another exciting social page sharing community that lets you find and share exciting pages with others. BO.LT may not get as much traffic as top social networking sites such as Facebook. But it could bring image-heavy sites more visitors. It does happen to have a share button you can add to your pages so people can share your content on BO.LT.
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April 11th in Social Media, Wordpress Tips by Wordpress Jedi .
Google’s search engine results pages have gone through many changes in the past few months. If you use Google a lot, you have probably seen results from Google+ showing up in the SERPs. You may have also noticed that some search engine listings show up with their authors’ picture and description right beneath them. You can get those rich snippets as long as you implement the Google Authorship markup on your site. You can always do this manually by following the below instructions.
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April 2nd in Social Media, Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .
Most of us love Pinterest. It is an addictive social network that could make you a whole lot less productive. Pinterest has the potential to drive you a ton of traffic if you implement the right strategy for it. There is nothing wrong with allowing certain photos on your site to get pinned by others on Pinterest. But what if you want to prevent some of your work from showing up on Pinterest? These 3 Pinterest Block plugins implement that option for you:
Pinterest Block: allows you to block Pinterest from certain sections of your site (e.g. pages, individual posts, blog homepage). It is simple but gets the job done. [click to continue…]
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February 22nd in Social Media, Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .
In the past couple of months, we have been covering Pinterest a lot on this site. It is all for a good reason. Pinterest is rising and can be a huge traffic driver for bloggers (especially those who share images, videos, and other types of captivating content on their sites). In order to have success with Pinterest, you should not only contribute to the community all the time, you should also take time to promote your Pinterest profile on your website. These 3 Pinterest widget plugins let you do that:
Pinterest RSS Widget: uses your profile’s RSS feeds to grab your latest activity on Pinterest. The widget lets you change its title, thumbnail dimensions, and other options.
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