3 Useful Stats Plugins for Wordpress

Sometimes you need to take control, and use some on-page stats tools to understand visitor behavior.  Not to say that other, off site tools like Google Analytics aren’t useful, but most bloggers I know are in their Google Analytics account, or even their hosting account stats program, far less than they are in their publishing (Wordpress) administration panel.  Of course Google provides valuable data, but how often do you login to Google Analytics?  I went on a quest to find complimentary tools, allow me to share them here.
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Free Membership Site Training from WishList Member

Membership sites are a great business model for online marketers, and this year there seems to be more buzz than ever about that topic.  There are business decisions about how to go about having a membership site, and then there are technical issues, such as what software is available for managing a membership site.  Stu McLaren and Tracy Childers developed a membership site plugin for wordpress which was reviewed here some time ago.  Now they are offering help to business owners who need to get there arms around everything membership sites, in a special video training series. Read more

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Review of Free SEO Plugin for Wordpress by Jeff Johnson

With business blogging, it is of no value if there is no traffic. Blogs are wonderful for search engine fodder, but how do you know the blog is configured optimally for the search engines. Do you know if your blog is mis-configured it can actually irritate the search engines and discourage them from visiting? Do you have the time to review all the possible things (plugins, etc.) you can do to optimize your blog, and implement them properly so content is easily read and visited often by the search engines? I just finished installing a Free SEO Plugin for Wordpress, one I wish I had a long time ago. Let me tell you more. Read more

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Review of Wishlist Member Wordpress Membership Software Plug-in

You’ve invested time in your business blog. You are getting traffic, and people are commenting on your blog. Certainly you can monetize the site with ads, but what if you wanted give subscribers an option for paid access to premium content, month to month? There has been a lot of buzz about paid membership sites as an online business model, and rightly so, they are a great passive revenue model. In this post I’ll review this Wordpress plug-in that turns your blog into a membership site.

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