Looking for a WordPress plugin which will convert any WordPress theme into an affiliate review site?  A recently released premium WordPress plugin called WP Review Engine will do exactly that!

The plugin combines with a WordPress theme to make it easy to provide information on a range of product providers (such as insurance providers), with an optional thumbnail image and a button linking out to the provider’s site.  Can you imagine combining this plugin/theme with affiliate links?   That could be quite the revenue generator!

Some other things I like about this theme/plugin combo:

• You can also provide your own rating of each product, with your chosen custom fields to emphasize industry-specific features.
• Those custom fields may also be used within a Comparison Table displayed on the homepage and/or category pages.
• Visitors may also provide reviews of the products with star ratings.

WP Review Engine Plugin Listed Features:

• Ajax star ratings for comments / testimonials (definable by individual post or by category)
• Site Editor’s rating
• Optional Links to Thumbnail Images & Affiliate Link URLs
• Add Custom Fields to Posts to suit content
• Comparison Table Management
• Auto Generation of Comments
• SEO Friendly
• Compatible with any WordPress Theme (auto embed star ratings, custom fields, and thumbnail images)
• Control Order of Posts (Order by Rating, Comment numbers or Entry Date)
• Custom Sidebar Widgets (Top rated posts and Most recent comments)
• API for customization of ratings positioning, custom field usage, external links, post thumbnail images, etc.
• CSV import

Here is a sample of how the two themes (that come with the plugin) look:

WP Review Engine Clean Theme:

WP Review Engine Classic Blue Theme:

WP Review Engine Price Options:

• Single License ($79.95)
• Unlimited License: ($139.95)

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There are some high quality advertising premium WordPress plugins on the market, one of which is the popular Billboard plugin from iThemes.   This new premium WordPress plugin has been privately used with some iThemes themes, but is now available to anyone for only $39.95 (this price allows you to use the plugin on multiple sites).

Here are the features that the Billboard plugin boasts:

• Photo galleries — like from your recent trip
• Social icons that link to your profiles — on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
• Profile photos of all your blog’s authors
• Covers of books that you’ve reviewed — then link to your Amazon affiliate code

Learn more about the Billboard Advertising WordPress plugin.

Are you looking for another way to monetize your WordPress blog?   In the past we’ve talked about a new premium WordPress plugin called Auction Thumbs.   It seems people are quickly discovering just how much money can be made online with the eBay affiliate program, so it is no surprise to me that competitors are quickly popping up.  The latest premium WordPress plugin to offer this type of functionality is the PHP Bay Pro.

PHP Bay Pro lets you take advantage of the 80 million auctions on eBay by adding relevant auctions to your WordPress blog.   When users click on the auctions, they are in turn taken to that exact auction on eBay.   Then once people buy ANY item on eBay, you earn a commission, even if it wasn’t what you referred them for.  In fact, you get commission for any auctions won over the next 7 days by that person.   And in case that wasn’t good enough, if someone signs up for an eBay account within 7 days of clicking on your eBay auction link, you also get a very nice commission (can be as high as $40.00 I believe, but usually around $15.00 each).

Here is the feature list that comes with PHP Bay Pro:

• Earn revenue through the Ebay Partner Network or other popular programs like PepperJam, Mediaplex, TradeDoubler or Affilinet!
• Add keyword rich Ebay items to your php based web site that encourage impulsive buys!
• Easily Integrate into any New or Existing WordPress Blog!
• Thousands of free Wordpress templates available across the web to create virtually any type of site!
• Not Javascript based! Auction listings are 100% pure html based creating additional targeted content for your site!
• List auction items regionally from 17 different countries!
• List items by postal code (zip code) for localized results.
• List items from specific Ebay categories.
• Listings displayed in language and currency of selected country.
• Listings displayed in rows or specified number of columns for a Web 2.0 look and feel!
• Access to our active members only forum that offers a tremendous value in how to get more out of phpBay Pro, strategies, tips and tricks and much more!
• Use on as many sites as you own! phpBay Pro is not limited to one domain. It can be used on one, or hundreds of sites with one license!
• Comprehensive user manual with illustrations, in PDF format, for both the WordPress version and the API version, that will walk you through, step-by-step, to install and get working quickly with phpBay Pro!
• Upgrades are free for the life of the product! phpBay Pro is nearly two years old with three major upgrades made with suggestions from our user base!

One thing I will say is that if you are considering buying this premium WordPress plugin, make sure the topic your WordPress blog(s) covers will convert well on eBay.  Product based websites which cover something that is often bought on eBay seems to convert the best (electronics, pictures, etc.).   If your blog covers free products or some sort of service, chances are using a WordPress plugin like this won’t be worth your effort and will annoy your readers.

If you decide you’re interested in PHP Bay Pro, you’ll want to buy it soon.   It is currently available for only $79.00, but it appears they plan to raise this price in the near future.   If you’ve tried this plugin before, write your review in the comments!

When most people start out blogging, it is usually because they love to blog. Remember those days? Over time, you either quit or continue to grow as a blogger, and it is almost inevitable that at some point you will start to look into monetizing your blog.

Whether you are using Google AdSense (PPC), affiliate marketing, or direct advertising sales, there is nothing wrong with getting paid for doing what you love to do. In fact in many ways, getting paid can cause you to work harder and up both the quality and quantity of your work on your WordPress blog!

One of the many problems with selling direct advertising is that it can sometimes be a pain to manage, and it often takes you away from what you love to do, which is blogging. It is kind of like small business owners who love their job, but hate all the paperwork and accounting that is involved with running and managing their own business.

Fortunately as WordPress bloggers, there is a solution available to us in the form of a premium WordPress plugin called OIO Publisher. This is an incredible WordPress plugin that will completely automate the entire advertising process on your blog. In fact, chances are that you have seen people using it (including many high profile bloggers), but just not realized this plugin is what they were using to control the entire process from their WordPress dashboard.

When you purchase OIO Publisher, you’ll receive a WordPress plugin and be able to get an API key for each blog you want to use it on. The plugin will actually create an OIO Publisher tab in your dashboard where you can manage your blogs advertisements (designate how many links, paid reviews, inline ads, banners, or custom advertising your blog will have available), create and manage an affiliate program for products or services on your blog from your dashboard, and even see statistics regarding your advertisements! Possibly my favorite feature of this plugin is that you can even set the plugin to send weekly reports to your advertisers or place your statistical information into their marketplace.

The best part about this premium plugin is that it will just about manage everything for you for a one-time fee of $37.00. Once purchased, you then have access to use the plugin on as many blogs as you would like, as well as get access to their downloadable sales platform, marketplace, and all of the other features mentioned above! You also get free updates each time the plugin is updated.

In my opinion, the value of this plugin heavily outweighs the low price, but if you’d like to see for yourself the plugin in action, I recommend you check out a demo of OIOPublisher. The demonstation allows you to view how it will look on your blog and how you can manage everything from your WordPress dashboard.

When I first ran across the WP SEO Sniper premium WordPress plugin, I wasn’t really sure what exactly to expect. After all, there is a popular free SEO WordPress plugin called All-in-One SEO Pack that has really become popular within the WordPress community. 

Being the premium WordPress plugin fan that I am, I immediately picked up a copy of SEO Sniper and began to test it out to try to get an idea of how it compared to the previously mentioned All-in-One SEO Pack.   For the purpose of this review, I will be comparing the two plugins to each other throughout this post.

After getting SEO Sniper uploaded and activated, I jumped over to the plugin settings panel and began to dig through the available features. I have to admit, I was instantly impressed!

From what I can tell, All-in-One SEO Pack is designed specifically for anyone to upload and activate for instant improved SEO, meaning it is designed for someone that doesn’t have any SEO knowledge.

SEO Sniper was created for those serious about SEO so that they can easily practice advanced SEO techniques on their WordPress blogs directly from their blog’s WordPress dashboard. They even offer 3 user profiles, so you can set the plugin to Mild, Moderate, or Aggressive.

Although things are displayed a little differently, it appears that SEO Sniper includes everything that use get with All-in-One SEO Pack, but it takes your control over your blogs SEO to a whole new level.

The plugin was based upon Dan Thies’ SEO Fast Start manual, allowing you to easily implement Dan’s strategies on your WordPress blog. Based upon Dan’s suggestions, you should be:

• Preventing paged indexes and archives from being indexed by the search engines.
• Selectively nofollow links to the main index page from anywhere on your blog.
• Crafting a custom page title, meta keywords, and meta description for the blog home page.
• Nofollow category links on the category pages.
• Nofollow category links on the individual posts.
• Nofollow category links on the individual pages.
• Noindex all tag archives.
• Nofollow all internal tag links.
• Automatically build a footer page menu.
• Inserting Google Analytics code and Google site verification code.
• Specify if and where you want to nofollow links to the page.
• Specify if you want to prevent the page from being indexed by the spiders.
• Crafting a custom page title, meta keywords, and meta description.
• Prevent the page from being included in the WordPress list of pages.
• Specify a custom CSS file to be applied.
• Perform a 301 redirection on the page. (This is great for those wanting to cloak affiliate links)
• Linking the page or post to other pages and posts with custom anchor text.

Unlike All-in-One SEO Pack, with SEO Sniper, you can do it all!

• Give your important content more PageRank by cutting out redundant pages.
• Preserves more PageRank to be shared amongst your lower level content pages.
• Make your entry in the search engines stand out and entice more clicks.
• Push more PageRank down to your individual posts.
• Preserve more PageRank to be shared amongst your posts.
• Preserve more PageRank to be shared amongst your pages.
• Since tags are mostly for human benefit, the value of having tag archives in the search engine index is debatable.
• Preserve more PageRank to go to your valuable content.
• Give your blog a fully SEO’d footer menu with selective nofollows on the links.
• Include your Google code without having to edit your theme files.
• Precisely control how PageRank flows to a page.
• Keep unimportant content out of the search engine index completely.
• Make your entry in the search engines stand out and entice more clicks.
• Keep unimportant pages out of the list of pages. Many themes use the page list to build a main top menu. Control which pages appear in that important menu.
• Individually style a particular post or page if you wish to do so.
• Send request for, and the original PageRank, from a redundant post or page to a new post or page.
• Implement SEO Fast Start Tiered Pairing or Circular Navigation techniques on your posts and pages to give each post or page as much PageRank as possible.

Like All-in-One SEO Pack, you get an actual menu in your Write panel that gives you full control over that particular post, even going as far as to give you things like the ability to do a 301 redirect for that particular post (pictures above).

Overall I am very impressed with this plugin, though you should already be comfortable with basic SEO techniques before upgrading to this WordPress plugin.

If you decide to give SEO Sniper a try, remember that you have a 56-day money back guarantee, so it is essentially risk free. The author also promises regular plugin updates as WordPress changes, so you know it will be supported over time, unlike many free WordPress plugins.

You may also want to try it in conjunction with WP Affiliate Pro, as I have personally found that the two premium plugins work really well together.