Tuesday, March 21, 2017

What Makes WordPress a Better CMS to Generate Revenue from Websites

WordPress is a popular open source content management system used for website development, which means the source code of the software is available for anyone to study, modify and play with.

Nowadays numerous people have found ways to earn money with WordPress. There are many different ways by which one can earn an online living online with it. Have you ever thought of making money using WordPress? If yes, this detailed post is a great learning experience for you where we will be discussing 5 proven ways to make money with WordPress.

1. Development of Plugins
Developing a WordPress website, one must be aware of one thing – any website can’t be developed without using plugins. Everyone uses plugins to add extra features that help run a WordPress website successfully. There are thousands of plugins available in WordPress – some are available free of cost and some are paid ones.

If anyone can make a plugin, which the audience must be interested in buying can become a source of income. The best way is to analyse a few existing plugins that are making decent money and create a better version to start the inflow of the income.

If you are thinking to make money by selling WordPress plugins, make sure to create them by focusing on a specific need. Any individual can sell their WordPress plugins at CodeCanyon. One can also make money by working on custom plugin projects. Such projects are also available on freelancing sites like Freelancer, Elance, Odesk, etc.

2. Develop WordPress Themes
One can also earn money by developing WordPress Themes. It is important to know to whom designing of themes needs to be done, or else you will end up finding zero audience for your theme.
There are so many companies which are designing beautiful themes for WordPress sites. For instance, StudioPress and Thesis are some of them for building quality and appealing themes for WordPress websites.

WordPress themes can be sold at Themeforest, Creative Market, Mojo Themes or one can sell them from your own website.


3. Customization of Themes
Many developers are making decent incomes offering website, theme and/or plugin customization services on websites like Upwork and Freelancer. One can also offer services through their own website. If there are many WordPress users who can install a theme, but they don’t have the technical ability to make changes for page layouts, custom post types, etc. This is one area where one can offer services.

4. Monetize your Blogs
In addition to offering products or services on the blog, one can generate additional income. One can make money using affiliate marketing, selling ads, sponsored reviews, etc within the blogs.

Most marketplaces and service providers offer affiliate programs. Some of the famous ones include Themeforest, Shareasale, CJ Affiliate and Creative Market. Just signup for an account and add links in posts.

To sell ads one can sign up for a Google AdSense account and insert the code to let Google’s network handle the ads and one can get a check each month.

5. Start your own Website
In the online world, it is always recommended to start a website for the business. Make your own WordPress related blog. A dedicated page with offer and services can be made to attract clients. Mention your previous work in the portfolio, and include few testimonials. Try to engage with influential people to create a thriving network around your blog to get more clients.

If any individual can do any of the above and know how to sell your product and services, you will have ample number of chances to earn good money using WordPress. Also, try to figure out what your target audience wants; this way you can plan what to develop for future. Also, there are many prestigious web development institutes offering various topics related to CMS course in content like theme development, plugin development, theme customization and much more.

Do you know any more strategies to earn money online using WordPress? Please share them in the comment section.

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