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WordPress is not only a CMS (content management system) – it is also a means of earning a living for many people. Many developers and freelancers are making a living from their use of WordPress, by selling themes, plugins, services or consultancy. And for those who are not into development, WordPress can also be used to earn money through product promotion. What this means is that you can endorse someone’s product with your unique tracking link (affiliate link), and you will get a commission from the associated sales. Read and learn:  What is Affiliate Marketing & FAQ Particularly if you are blogging on WordPress, you can easily recommend a premium product that you are using (most of the premium WordPress products have an affiliate program), and when a user buys the product based on your referral, you will be making money from the process. This income could amount to anywhere from $1-$500 per product. In this post, I will be shar...

Have you ever heard about the “ Google Tax ” or Google , Amazon or Facebook Tax ”. As per the recent Union Budget our finance minister Mr Arun Jaitley had talked about introducing a tax on an income as accrued to a foreign e-commerce company out of India. What is Google , Amazon or Facebook Tax ? As per the recent announcement, a person who makes a payment to a non-resident technology company need to withhold 6% Tax on the gross amount being paid as an equalization levy (More on this with an example is given in the further section of this post). The said rule applies to a company who does not have a permanent establishment in India and only in case wherein the total payment being made exceeds Rs. 1 lakh for a particular financial year for availing certain specified services. What are the services which come under this rule? Specified services include online advertisement or any other services for using digital advertising space and this list may be expanded soon. On an e-comme...

Some hear about startups being bought for millions by big companies, and hatch plans to start their own internet business. Others nurture online business ideas that they think will shake the web for long-time before taking the leap of entrepreneurship. While there is nothing bad in dreaming big, it is important to keep the realities of starting and running an online business in mind. When it comes to starting a web business, there are hundreds of details to be mastered but let’s just focus on 11Cs under the most critical phases of starting an e-venture. And it only makes sense to begin where it really begins. Initial research and planning ‘Little can be accomplished without planning’. The statement holds true for almost everything challenging in life. Whether you want to start an online store or something completely unique, you need a blueprint, a roadmap or whatever you want to call it. And in order to do that, you need: 1) Clarity – The process of planning cannot begin unl...

Whenever we talk about WordPress SEO, WordPress duplicate content is one thing which every SEO professional will suggest you to avoid. It doesn’t mean when people say “WordPress is SEO optimized” they are lying, they are right, but the duplicate content issue in WordPress arises because of many reasons. Today, we will look into some of the basic reasons and will try to fix it one by one. Whenever we talk about WordPress, one common comment which you will always get “WordPress is SEO optimized”. That’s true but not completely. You can start a website on WordPress and expect to start ranking well. By option for WordPress as your Website/Blogging platform, you have taken a wise decision but that’s not all. There are many things which you need to do from the first day when you start using WordPress. What exactly is WordPress duplicate content issue? Content which is the same but can be accessed by two URL. This could be within your blog or could be on some copy-paste blog. For exampl...

Are you one of the Amazon U.S. affiliate who is struggling with receiving affiliate payment? Well, you are not alone as many others from various part of the world are in the same situation as you. If you are from countries like U.S., U.K, you can receive payment via payment method such as direct bank deposit. If you are from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, SriLanka or other countries where the direct deposit is not available, here I’m sharing the way to receive payment. This question was asked by one of our readers in the forum: This method is tested & tried by me, so you can use it without any issue. For late comers, you can read this guide & this one to learn about Amazon affiliate program. Receiving Amazon U.S. Affiliate commission using Payoneer: I have talked a lot about Payoneer earlier & if you are not aware of Payoneer let me quickly explain it for you. Payoneer is a service like Paypal that can be used to send & receive payment. What u...

Have you ever thought what Affiliate marketing integration with your service/product can do for you business? Like you, even I had no idea what it could do. Though, I heard a lot of great things about it & finally gave a shot to integrate affiliate marketing with my WordPress plugins buiness. In simple words. this post is case study of my experience of implementing affiliate program for my digital products. I wouldn’t try to paint my brand into a great pacture rather I would share up’s & down’s after implementing affiliate program for my product. So grab a cup of cofee & get ready to learn something which costed my money & considerable time to understand the truth of affiliate marketing from a product owner perspective. Affiliate marketing business can be similar to a roller coaster ride. It can be full of ups and downs both for the product owner and the affiliate marketer. As a product owner, we ( Plugmatter team ) have been riding this affiliate marketing “roller ...

Your contact forms on blogs serve a better job than just letting your readers contact you. If you have created your contact form in a way that filters out useless contact messages, you might end up saving a lot of time (Stay productive) & getting those details from the readers, which helps you to take better business decision & serve them faster. This is no brainer that copy (Text) on the contact page, service page, sidebar should complement each other. I believe you have already got the copywriting part sorted out, & let me make your task easier with these hand-picked best Form builder WordPress plugins. When it comes to WordPress which now powers 22% of the websites in the world, there are many form builder plugins out there. Newbie bloggers usually stick with basic contact form builder plugin such as Contact form 7 of the one that is offered by Jetpack plugin. A blogger who is managing their blog as a business or offering services, usually use an advanced fo...

Placing the right number of & modern social sharing buttons can increase your social media sharing by great extent. From past one week, I have been testing not so new free tool call SumoMe to add social media sharing button here at ShoutMeLoud. My experience with the SumoMe was pretty solid & finally after testing. I’m sharing the complete guide to getting social media sharing button on your blog. The good thing is, even if you are a BlogSpot blogger or using any other platform than WordPress, you can still add these modern looking social media sharing button on your blog. I will share the stats, features & other stuff by the end. First, let’s quickly follow the steps mentioned & Let’s add social media sharing button on your blog. How to add Social media sharing buttons on your Website: Head over to Sumome SML landing page & add your blog URL to get started. On the next page, enter your name & email to complete the registration. On the next page, yo...