Would it be like a blog with links to products you are promoting?
Hi Josephine,
Landing pages are great to have. I have seen a few plugins that assist you in creating one.
Personally instead of a landing page, I am using a static page which seems to be working out for me. I did find it an easier and effective alternative.
Best wishes,
Michael
You don't have to create a landing page on the homepage if this is what you mean. Kyle has a blog roll in his examples and this is what I do as well. Other affiliates have landing pages to collect emails.
There is no right or wrong here, you can test it by yourself and decide what you prefer.
P.S. A landing page cannot help you to get more traffic or get more sales... It's only a way to collect more emails.
Good explanation about using landing pages. I decided to add a sign-up form on the sidebar of my homepage, which is a page to welcome a visitor to my site.
It does depend how you define a landing page! Theoretically every website has a landing page it is the page you land on when you first go there. You can set this page on the dashboard to anything you want so landing page could be to an offer or an about page or whatever you want to present to the world as the first page of your website. Different niche is required different techniques
As with most things in affiliate marketing and SEO the answer is "it depends".
You have to take 2 major things into account. The first is user experience and the other is visitor intent.
As a general rule of thumb use pages for evergreen content and blog posts for more time relevant content.
The evergreen content will generally be targeting more competitive search terms which will require lots of work and link building effort over time. However this ever green content can be better converting that a simple blog post.
When I referred to the user intent I am talking about the sales funnel which goes along the lines of the following:
Going from TOF (Top of the Funnel) to MOF (Middle of Funnel) to BOF (Bottom of the funnel)
5. Attention
4. Awareness
3. Discover
2. Consider
1. Customer
The attention phase would certainly be a blog post targeting a longer tail keyword. Awareness and discovery phase would generally be some sort of pillar content
The lander would generally be the final push to convert. These work best when people already know something about you or your product so best not getting first time visitors to those pages.
Great info, Rudi!
As a matter of fact, I'm going to copy, paste and save it for later. Thank you so much for taking time to respond to us, one and all!
Abel
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Should every website have a landing page?
Would it be like a blog with links to products you are promoting?
Hi Josephine,
Landing pages are great to have. I have seen a few plugins that assist you in creating one.
Personally instead of a landing page, I am using a static page which seems to be working out for me. I did find it an easier and effective alternative.
Best wishes,
Michael
You don't have to create a landing page on the homepage if this is what you mean. Kyle has a blog roll in his examples and this is what I do as well. Other affiliates have landing pages to collect emails.
There is no right or wrong here, you can test it by yourself and decide what you prefer.
P.S. A landing page cannot help you to get more traffic or get more sales... It's only a way to collect more emails.
Good explanation about using landing pages. I decided to add a sign-up form on the sidebar of my homepage, which is a page to welcome a visitor to my site.
It does depend how you define a landing page! Theoretically every website has a landing page it is the page you land on when you first go there. You can set this page on the dashboard to anything you want so landing page could be to an offer or an about page or whatever you want to present to the world as the first page of your website. Different niche is required different techniques
As with most things in affiliate marketing and SEO the answer is "it depends".
You have to take 2 major things into account. The first is user experience and the other is visitor intent.
As a general rule of thumb use pages for evergreen content and blog posts for more time relevant content.
The evergreen content will generally be targeting more competitive search terms which will require lots of work and link building effort over time. However this ever green content can be better converting that a simple blog post.
When I referred to the user intent I am talking about the sales funnel which goes along the lines of the following:
Going from TOF (Top of the Funnel) to MOF (Middle of Funnel) to BOF (Bottom of the funnel)
5. Attention
4. Awareness
3. Discover
2. Consider
1. Customer
The attention phase would certainly be a blog post targeting a longer tail keyword. Awareness and discovery phase would generally be some sort of pillar content
The lander would generally be the final push to convert. These work best when people already know something about you or your product so best not getting first time visitors to those pages.
Great info, Rudi!
As a matter of fact, I'm going to copy, paste and save it for later. Thank you so much for taking time to respond to us, one and all!
Abel
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I'm trying to backup my website. Where is the best place for the website to be stored? I not sure.
Dropbox or Google Drive are my choices. You can setup Updraft so it will only keep the last X number of backups so you don't' have to worry about filling up your free storage with tons of backups. I keep three in total. My current, plus the last two previous.
Cheers,
Michael
Hi Josephine,
Like Jenny, I use Updraft Plus as my method of backing up my site. Personally I back up to my computer. It is not the safest just in case I have a computer crash. Recently I have been considering backing up to the Cloud. I also have a back up on an USB stick.
Best wishes,
Michael
I backup my site using 2 ways: I use Kyle's method by exporting it to my computer, I also backup using a plugin called Updraft Plus.
Updraft Plus is free, and I store it in Dropbox which is also free.
Yes, I also use two backup methods, the exporting and updraft plus methods. Dropbox is free and I also use it as my storage, you pay a yearly subscription for other storages such as Amazon S3, Google cloud and the like. There's also a Wp clone backup which I hear Marion say it has been updated .
I heard about the Wp Clone backup from Marion too. She uses it along with Updraft plus. I was thinking of doing this as well.
Ive tried it first but couldnt go through with it as i got the heads up that it was not tested. I got a bit sceptical and opted for updraft plus instead. But now that it's been updated I'll give it a try. She also spoke about FTP, I'm not sure how it works. I'm also concerned about too much plugins on my site as it seems like they can impact on site speed and performance.
FTP is file transfer protocol. I think the way you are doing it is fine, using the export method as well as the plugin method. Yes, too many plugins can be a cause for concern when it comes to speed. As long as the plugins are well coded, work well together and are up to date, and don't slow your site down, the amount you have isn't really a problem.
It'll be interesting to see the responses! That will be important information to have!!
Jeff
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Where should my backup be stored?
I'm trying to backup my website. Where is the best place for the website to be stored? I not sure.
Dropbox or Google Drive are my choices. You can setup Updraft so it will only keep the last X number of backups so you don't' have to worry about filling up your free storage with tons of backups. I keep three in total. My current, plus the last two previous.
Cheers,
Michael
Hi Josephine,
Like Jenny, I use Updraft Plus as my method of backing up my site. Personally I back up to my computer. It is not the safest just in case I have a computer crash. Recently I have been considering backing up to the Cloud. I also have a back up on an USB stick.
Best wishes,
Michael
I backup my site using 2 ways: I use Kyle's method by exporting it to my computer, I also backup using a plugin called Updraft Plus.
Updraft Plus is free, and I store it in Dropbox which is also free.
Yes, I also use two backup methods, the exporting and updraft plus methods. Dropbox is free and I also use it as my storage, you pay a yearly subscription for other storages such as Amazon S3, Google cloud and the like. There's also a Wp clone backup which I hear Marion say it has been updated .
I heard about the Wp Clone backup from Marion too. She uses it along with Updraft plus. I was thinking of doing this as well.
Ive tried it first but couldnt go through with it as i got the heads up that it was not tested. I got a bit sceptical and opted for updraft plus instead. But now that it's been updated I'll give it a try. She also spoke about FTP, I'm not sure how it works. I'm also concerned about too much plugins on my site as it seems like they can impact on site speed and performance.
FTP is file transfer protocol. I think the way you are doing it is fine, using the export method as well as the plugin method. Yes, too many plugins can be a cause for concern when it comes to speed. As long as the plugins are well coded, work well together and are up to date, and don't slow your site down, the amount you have isn't really a problem.
It'll be interesting to see the responses! That will be important information to have!!
Jeff
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I'm trying to place a banner on my post. Don't know how to do it.
Hey Josephine,
Seeing as Joe has already assisted you with this question, I have only one tidbit to offer you.
Here's how you can find any information you seek: Using Search to Find What You Want Hope you find this helpful.
Try this link. It should help you. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Joe How To Insert The Banner On Your Site
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How to install affiliate banners on my posts?
I'm trying to place a banner on my post. Don't know how to do it.
Hey Josephine,
Seeing as Joe has already assisted you with this question, I have only one tidbit to offer you.
Here's how you can find any information you seek: Using Search to Find What You Want Hope you find this helpful.
Try this link. It should help you. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Joe How To Insert The Banner On Your Site
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Not sure where to insert Google Adsense code. Help please
Hey Josephine,
Here are 2 of Marion's excellent tutorials on this: Easy Adsense Ads with Ad Inserter Plugin Applying for Adsense and Where to Paste the Code Hope you find this helpful.
There are three ways:
1. Copy the code, go to the WordPress Dashboard, click on the header.php file, and paste it before </head>
2. Ask support to do that process for you.
3. Install a plugin
If these instructions are not helpful, you can check how to do the process on any relevant videos on YouTube.
Hi - the easiest way is to install the "insert headers and footers" plugin. When you have activated it you will see two boxes. Paste the code in the top box, the header box.
You won't see any changes on your site. This piece of code simply allows Google to inspect your site first before they approve you. They will expect to see lots of content and daily traffic. It can take up to 3 weeks before you get a decision.
I need help adding google adsense code?
Not sure where to insert Google Adsense code. Help please
Hey Josephine,
Here are 2 of Marion's excellent tutorials on this: Easy Adsense Ads with Ad Inserter Plugin Applying for Adsense and Where to Paste the Code Hope you find this helpful.
There are three ways:
1. Copy the code, go to the WordPress Dashboard, click on the header.php file, and paste it before </head>
2. Ask support to do that process for you.
3. Install a plugin
If these instructions are not helpful, you can check how to do the process on any relevant videos on YouTube.
Hi - the easiest way is to install the "insert headers and footers" plugin. When you have activated it you will see two boxes. Paste the code in the top box, the header box.
You won't see any changes on your site. This piece of code simply allows Google to inspect your site first before they approve you. They will expect to see lots of content and daily traffic. It can take up to 3 weeks before you get a decision.
I’m trying to add design to my site. No matter what I do, there are no changes or addition to my site. I might change my theme. Any suggestions?
Yes, it can be a problem of the theme. When you save the changes, it should update your website.
You can send a message to support to check if they can help you or just find another theme. Some free themes have many issues.
Hi Jo,
I spoke to my coach about it as my theme was limited and he suggested changing it to one that would customize easier going forward.
This is pretty easy. When you look at the themes, click on demo and see what it says about customisation before choosing it. The good ones say easy customization or words to that effect.
Hope this helps.
Then load and make your changes. Worth the time.
Regards Lily 😊
Keep clicking and see what would happen. I learned more this way backed up by the training I learned.
To make it convenient, open 2 tabs, one to make changes and click on "Publish", the other to click on the refresh button and see the changes. Make sure to refresh every time. This works even better if you have 2 screens, but it is not necessary.
If doing this does not fix the problem, you may need to buy the "Pro" or upgrade version of the theme. I refuse to pay for anything until I make some $$, so I would go for a different theme. Wealthy Affiliate makes it easy to transfer themes.
J
Hi Josephine
Different themes allow different changes - colours, fonts etc.
Have you tried going to Appearance > Customise and then worked your way through the options offered there? That is where you usually see what changes you can make.
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How do I make changes on my site?
I’m trying to add design to my site. No matter what I do, there are no changes or addition to my site. I might change my theme. Any suggestions?
Yes, it can be a problem of the theme. When you save the changes, it should update your website.
You can send a message to support to check if they can help you or just find another theme. Some free themes have many issues.
Hi Jo,
I spoke to my coach about it as my theme was limited and he suggested changing it to one that would customize easier going forward.
This is pretty easy. When you look at the themes, click on demo and see what it says about customisation before choosing it. The good ones say easy customization or words to that effect.
Hope this helps.
Then load and make your changes. Worth the time.
Regards Lily 😊
Keep clicking and see what would happen. I learned more this way backed up by the training I learned.
To make it convenient, open 2 tabs, one to make changes and click on "Publish", the other to click on the refresh button and see the changes. Make sure to refresh every time. This works even better if you have 2 screens, but it is not necessary.
If doing this does not fix the problem, you may need to buy the "Pro" or upgrade version of the theme. I refuse to pay for anything until I make some $$, so I would go for a different theme. Wealthy Affiliate makes it easy to transfer themes.
J
Hi Josephine
Different themes allow different changes - colours, fonts etc.
Have you tried going to Appearance > Customise and then worked your way through the options offered there? That is where you usually see what changes you can make.
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Some terrific advice and clarity in these answers.
Lily 🌞