Here are just a few tips that have been helpful to me  all this time. I just want to share…  Below I will list a few must have wordpress plugins, if you have others  to suggest, please don’t hesitate to  leave a comment , so I can also try them out.

If you already have your own blog, 0r are thinking 0f setting 0ne up, y0u’ve und0ubtedly read 0ne 0r m0re 0f the beginner’s guides to blogging that frequent the Internet. Blog 0ften and pr0vide unique, fresh, entertaining, accurate, and relevant information. That’s the c0ntent 0f virtually all 0f th0se articles, but this inf0rmation is 0nly g0ing t0 get y0u s0 far.

The information they provide will help y0u drive traffic to your blog, as l0ng as y0u stick at it, and s0me 0f the m0re in depth articles may even give y0u a basic sh0ve in the right g0ld paved direction. H0wever, there will c0me a time when y0u’re ready t0 take your blog to the next level.

Wordpress: Essential For A Successful Blog

First 0ff, I feel this has t0 be said - if y0u’re not using Wordpress then it’s highly likely that y0u’re missing out. Wordpress has the biggest collection of plugins, themes, and 0ther features of any blogging platform and, 0f c0urse, it’s free. Rather than spend money 0n using an0ther blogging platform, save your dollars t0 pay f0r a custom design 0r get help with marketing.

What Plugins Do For You

Plugins represent the greatest time saving additi0n t0 y0ur blog, as well as the greatest opportunity t0 add increased features and functi0ns that will help y0u take your blog to the next level.

A List Of “must have” Top Notch Plugins:

Google Sitemaps - The Google Sitemaps plugin automatically creates an XML sitemap, which can be submitted to many of the major search engines. It will also automatically inform them (ping) when you add any new p0sts 0r pages t0 y0ur blog.

Firestats - There are several in-depth stat packages available as plugins but our personal favorite is the Firestats package. It is crucial that you track and act on the stats for your website. Knowing how your readers found your site can help you with promotion and improve your profit levels by giving you a clearer picture of exactly what your visitors are looking for. It’s also good to know the topics that are working out and those that aren’t.

Social Bookmarking - The social bookmarking plugin adds the links to the bottom of your posts that lets readers quickly and conveniently bookmark a post with their preferred social bookmarking site. Some of these sites can help you generate traffic and even improve your search ranking.

All In One SEO - The All In One SEO plugin enables you to add a title, description, and keywords to each of your posts. These can help improve search engine results and make your posts appear cleaner in the search results. It can also be used to ensure that visitors are highly targeted.

Related Entries - It’s important to get traffic flowing around your posts because the more of your site a person views, the more likely they will be to click affiliate links or Adsense links. If your blog is entirely related to your business, they will be more likely to buy your products or pay for your services.

Adsense Deluxe - Don’t let the name fool you. Adsense Deluxe provides a fast and efficient method of adding Adsense code to any post or page, with just a single tag, but it also does the same for Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads.

Comment Subscription - The big benefit of a blog is that you can often persuade interested visitors to keep returning to your corner of the net. The comment subscription plug in further enables them to sign up and be notified of any responses to comments they have added.