If you have a moment please stop by Wordpress and VOTE for my idea for future releases.
Click Here to vote <- you will need to register (which you should anyway so you can vote and rate all the great plugins you use.)
My idea is simple. Currently you can only select ONE default role with wordpress. This means when a visitor registers on your blog they are set to for example susbcriber.
You then have to manually change each user to their role in the admin section.
What if you created new roles (maybe you have a blog for VA’s and you want the OPTION for user to register as a VA or a Business owner ) and you want the user to select the right one when they register.
My suggestion is for WordPress to:
instead of a ‘default role’ on the general settings page ;
allow admins to select either
a Default role
OR
select MULTIPLE user roles to be included within a DROP DOWN to be included on the user registration page
So please go vote for my idea – and if you are looking for a way to create CUSTOM roles in WordPress you should check out Justin T’s Member Role WordPress Plugin.
Free Valentines Day Vector icons and stock art
By · CommentsPromoting some valentine’s day affiliate programs and need some valentine’s day stock art or Valentine’s Day icons ? Here’s a list of FIVE free heart vector icon sets:
Free JPG and EPS web 2.0 style heart icons
Free Valentine Cookie Heart and candy icons
Vector Hearts and Valentine Wallpapers
Valentine’s Day Vector Icon Set
Hope these help promote your Valentine’s Day affiliate programs! Be sure to check out the Cookie Surprise Affiliate Program. It’s a great affiliate program with tons of Valentines Day Creatives.
Affiliate Banners Need a Call To Action
By · CommentsLets look at affiliate banners. Most of us want to monotize our blogs or website publications and affiliate or cpa programs are a great way to do that. Running affiliate banners that stink are a BAD way to ‘attempt’ to monetize your blog.
Take a look at the affiliate banners on your site. Do they have a call to action ?
The 125 banners to the right all have NO call to action. I found these on a blog which is interesting as I often here from bloggers that they won’t run affiliate programs because they don’t earn revenue.
You will find many small affiliate merchants that offer in house affiliate programs do not have hours of experience monitoring large volumes of ad impressions, clicks, and sales that a dedicated affiliate manager has. So their creative goals are usually to brand their business and look great. Or they simply don’t have the expereince to create the banners you need. The same holds true for some graphic artists, they design based on design not sales.
This will NOT help you as an affiliate drive converting (purchasing) visitors through your affiliate links.
I have watched a campaign receiving over 20 000 US only impressions a day go from a click through rate of .05 % to 1.1% simply by changing the creative to include a clear call to action and offer statement.
So how could these banners generate more qualifying clicks ? By including a simple clear call to action such as:
1. Click here
2. Shop Now
3. Buy Now Read More→
Cookie Suprises Valentine’s Day Affiliate Program
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Mom bloggers, parenting websites, website publishers, children’s party, children sites … all a great fit for Cookie Surprises Affiliate program this Valentines day.
If you are searching for affiliate programs to promote for Valentines Day, be sure to register for Cookie Surprises affiliate program.
Her Affiliate Manager will help you with custom creative as needed to successfully promote Cookie Surprise’s Valentine Day Affiliate Campaign.
Cookie Surprises Valentine’s Day Affiliate Program includes;
Fresh New Creative
Animated banners
Dedicated Affiliate Manager to help you create custom articles, creative, and posts.
Key Words for adsense campaigns
If you haven’t yet, be sure to also register as a partner with Her Affiliate Manager.
WordPress Post Plugin – Side bar post display
By · CommentsI am searching high and low for the Wordpress template tag that allows you to list your posts by categorey in a sidebar. Of course this has lead me to not yet find an answer to my question, but I have been playing with some great Wordpress plugings for displaying your posts in your side bar.
I like the Category Posts Widget. It is light weight and has most of the features your average blogger would need.
Display thumbnail images via WP 2.9’s new post thumbnail feature.
Set how many posts to show.
Set which category the posts should come form.
Show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.
Show the post date.
Show the comment count.
Option to make the widget title link to the category page.
Multiple widgets.
Another great side bar widget for wordpress is Query Posts Justin Tadlock. It allows you to display posts by tag, category, author, time/date, custom field key and/or value.
Choose any number.
Order by various terms.
Show pages.
Show the full post, excerpt, or even order them in a list.
And much more…
Justin’s side bar widget is a bit more ‘techy’ but all of his plugins get high ratings from me.
