A common mistake a new internet marketer makes is not gathering statistics about their blogs starting on day one. Getting feedback on what posts work, and what keywords are producing your traffic, allows you to focus on your markets desires, and target the proper offers for making real money.

The solution is to add Google Analytics to your Wordpress blog. With Google Analytics you will be able to track where your visitors come from by country (sometimes this is really eye opening), what browser they are using, how long they stayed on your site, and many other factors. You’ll also be able to see what sites sent you the traffic, if it is the search engines, the social bookmarking sites, another website, or even if people directly typed in your site’s URL. This information is critical to planning your future posts, and for determining where you need to promote your site.

Many people have not used Google Analytics since they are convinced they will need to put the code on every page of their blog. Luckily there is a great Google Analytics Plugin for Wordpress which will place the code in every post for you.

The plugin is very simple to install, here are the steps you need to follow :

1. Login to your Wordpress blog to access your Dashboard.
2. On left side, click tiny arrow on Plugins section then click ‘Add New’.
   
3. Type ‘Google Analyticator’ on search box, hit ‘Search Plugins’ button. Click ‘Install’.

   

4. Click ‘Install Now’ when description window appears.

   

5. Wordpress will do the installation for you, don’t forget to click ‘Activate Plugin’

   

6. Don’t close your blog, but now login to www.Google.com/analytics using your Gmail account. If you don’t have it, create it first.
7. If this is your first time on Google Analytics, you have to fill the ‘New Account Signup’ form until you have this code on your screen. Copy the tracking code given :

   

   Otherwise, just click ‘Add Website Profile’ on your existing Analytics account and you will find the tracking code after you type your URL.

   

8. Back to your Wordpress, click ‘Google Analytics’ on Settings section. Make it enable, click the ‘Authenticate with Google’ link to make the stats appear on your dashboard and the last thing to do is… type your tracking code.

   

   

9. Click ‘Save Changes’ on the bottom of your screen. Done! You will see your stats on your dashboard.

While Google Analytics is a great tool, it does have one minor issue for a marketer.  The statistics are not real-time. If you start a new marketing campaign and were wanting to watch the statistics through the day, you cannot. You will need to wait until the next day to see your results.

The Google Analytics for Wordpress will give you the important information you need to monitor and market to your niche. Without accurate data, you are throwing darts blindfolded, with Google Analytics, you’ll have a laser focus, and start hitting the marketing bulls-eye.

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You can make it easier for your readers to social bookmark your content, by adding one of the social bookmarking buttons plugins. Adding social bookmarking buttons to your blog, allows the reader to click a single button, which launches the social bookmarking site, and fills out a portion of the entries for them. These plugins normally include over 50 of the best social bookmarking sites in their list, with the most popular ones displaying as the buttons in front. This makes it more likely our excited readers will bookmark our site, which gives us more traffic, and more rankings.

Here is the steps for you to install my favorite social bookmarking plugin:

1. Login to your Wordpress blog to access your Dashboard.
2. On left side, click tiny arrow on Plugins section then click ‘Add New’.

   

3. Type ‘Social Bookmarking Reloaded’ on search box, hit ‘Search Plugins’ button. Click ‘Install’.

   

4. Click ‘Install Now’ when description window appears.

   

5. Wordpress will do the installation for you, don’t forget to click ‘Activate Plugin’.

   

6. To customize this plugins, click ‘Social Bookmarking R’ on Settings section.

   

7. If your blog is in English, change the ‘Display Title’, ‘Add’ and ‘to’ string. Also, if you want this buttons appear on every single post you have, choose ‘when a single post is viewed’.

   

8. Click ‘Save’.
9. You can choose which social bookmarking sites you want right on the bottom side of the ‘Options’ section and don’t forget to click ‘Save’ button once you choose it.

While the social bookmarking buttons are a great addition to your marketing strategy, it is not a total solution. It is great for having your readers bookmark your posts, but does not allow you, the marketer, to automate your social bookmarking to a variety of key social sites. For you this would still be a tedious task. Just adding the button is usually not enough, you may need to ask your readers to bookmark your post if they find it helpful. You’ll find that not all of the social bookmarking sites carry the same benefit, Digg is more powerful today than Delicious. By having a wide range of options for your readers, they may not bookmark on your preferred bookmarking site.

The good news, by using the social bookmarking plugin, you will definitely increase the percentage of readers who will take the time to bookmark your posts. This will give you a great boost in traffic, and as we all know, added traffic can mean extra dollars in the bank.

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