Experts Tips – Meet Devesh Sharma From WPKube

Hello Readers,

It’s really exciting to meet you all with an expert’s tips category post. This time I’ve acquired some valuable tips from a WordPress expert, Devesh Sharma from WPKube which is an excellent source for the WordPress blogging community.

I’ve contacted him through Facebook and requested to provide some helpful replies to boost your blogging performance.

He readily accepted my demand and kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to answer my questions. Before checking his obliging reactions, I would like to tell few words about him and his active WordPress blog.

About Devesh Sharma

Devesh Sharma is a 20-year-old blogger who lives in Jaipur, India. He is an affiliate marketer, blogger, avid gamer and serial entrepreneur who likes to write the information on WordPress.

He is pursuing his under graduation and loves the idea of working from home. He has been working online since 2009 and owned a blog named “Technshare”.

He started to make money online with affiliate products & WordPress services and sold his blog for 4-figures through Flippa.com.

After selling his first blog, he involved with freelancing jobs and spent valuable time to give his helping hand to the WordPress users. All these natural progressions nudged him to build and maintain a popular blog “WPKube”.

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Devesh monetized his blog with Affiliate marketing, sponsored reviews & ad sales and he is the young veteran of the blogging community.

He believes that guest blogging is a great way to generate traffic and get new connections with modest efforts. Thus, he had contributed his awesome guest post on some active blogs like SEMrush.com, Searchenginejournal.com, Basicblogtips, BloggingWizard etc.

About WPKube

WPKube is a WordPress niche blog that offers tips & tutorials related to WordPress plugins and themes. From this resource site, a newbie blogger could expand his knowledge on WordPress as it has indispensable data with good readability.

It is a community-based site where it encourages the readers to engage well with the blog posts and put their necessities on WordPress. Not only these, but this splendid blog also contains awesome interviews with interesting members, who are doing surprising stuff for the WordPress community.

If you show your regular presence to this incredible blog, then it is possible to keep you update with most recent WordPress announcements, releases, and exclusive offers.

Besides, you may read the honest reviews of various WordPress themes which would help you to get a remarkable theme for your blog. If you’re an advanced WordPress blogger/designer, you may find many how-to articles over here.

In the year 2013, a coupon section has been added to this blog to give discounts for several products related to WordPress.

Now you may read the precise replies of Devesh Sharma!

Experts Tips – Devesh Sharma from WPKube

Hi Devesh,

1. According to you, what/how would be the future of WordPress? Which CMS has the ability to beat WordPress?

WordPress is here to stay, mainly because of its flexibility.

There’s an amazing amount of free plugins and WordPress tutorials available that can help you create just any type of website without spending tens of thousands of dollars.

Many large content publishing and software companies use WordPress to power their websites including Nasa, Quartz, TechCrunch, Time, and Fortune.

In the upcoming years, we will be seeing a lot more people using WordPress for building web-based applications like HappyTables and RestaurantEngine.

2. Tell about your blogging strategies and important WP plugins which you’re using on your blog.

There are plenty of blogging and marketing strategies that you can use to improve your site, but I have only tested a handful of them such as Guest Posting, Blog Commenting, Publishing Quality Content, and Networking. I will explain each one of them in a minute.

Guest Posting

I know Google has said that Guest blogging is dead, but it is still very much alive if it is done properly. Here’s a great article about why guest blogging isn’t dead by WordStream.

Blog Commenting

I use to comment on other people’s blogs to generate traffic; it gave me some great results and helped me attract new guest authors on my previous site – Technshare. Now, I use this strategy as a part of networking.

Creating quality content

The time is over when you could get away with publishing 500 words post (yes, there are a few exceptions), if you really want to succeed with marketing, then you need to write quality posts. The quickest way to start by is building resource pages like I did with my WordPress Handbook post.

Networking

It essentially means building a relationship with other bloggers. You don’t have to be a big-time blogger or authority figure to start networking. You just need to have a good Twitter/Facebook profile. Having your own blog is a plus, as it will help you with your overall brand.

Apart from the above-mentioned strategies, I also use social media tools such as JustRetweet, ViralContentBuzz, Buffer app, and Triberr to help me get more social media shares.

Here are some WordPress plugins that I use:

WordPress SEO by Yoast – It is one of the best and most powerful plugins available for WordPress.

Gravity Forms – Gravity Forms is a fantastic form management solution for WP. It is very useful for creating a different type of forms.

nRelate – nRelate is a third-party related post plugin. It comes with highly configurable settings which allow you to display different designs of related posts. And it doesn’t consume a lot of resources because it utilizes the nrelate servers.

Floating Social Bar – Lets you add five social media buttons to your site.

Akismet – Akismet is the best solution for protecting your website from webspam.

OptinMonster – This one is a bit expensive WordPress plugin but provides the essential features to build a powerful email list. Just check the OptinMonster Review and make sure to get it for effective list building. 

3. I’ve read your interviews and have seen you in expert’s list at many times! Just say, how bloggers can get a good reputation in Blogosphere?

Thanks. Well, it is all about building your brand image and relationship with influential bloggers.

4. Why WordPress is your preferred niche? Provide some helpful tips to maintain a healthy WordPress blog.

When I started Technshare, WordPress was the topic that I often wrote about. And I was also doing a lot of freelance work at that time. So it was a natural progression to start a resource site solely focused on WordPress.

Write Consistently

Publishing new content consistently will help you get regular subscribers. It doesn’t have to be daily; you can set the schedule to weekly, or even monthly. The only thing that really matters here is that you stick to a regular schedule.

Keep regular backups

This is something that you need to take very seriously, even if your blog is just a few weeks old or doesn’t generate any serious revenue. Things like server crash, blogs get hacked and developers messing up the site, happens more often than you think. So it’s important that you take some time out and set up a decent backup solution. 

Optimize your site for Search engines

One of the first things that you need to do to maintain a healthy WordPress blog is to optimize your site for search engines. You should start by installing WordPress SEO or All-in-one SEO plugin.

Site speed and responsive design – None of these things use to matter up until a few years ago, but now they do, in fact, according to a study was done by SearchMetrics, site speed is one of the major factors that Google takes into account when ranking a website.

5. Name some blogs that inspire you the most. Tell about future plans. Also, give your advice for the people who want to blog in WordPress medium.

Backlinko – Brian Dean, because he shares simple yet effective actionable tips on link building.

Blogging Wizard – I have seen first-hand how Adam Connell created a powerful blogging resource for bloggers, and it only took him a few months to go from zero to thousands of visitors per month. If you want to get some feasible advice on blogging and social media, then you may follow this guy.

My current plan is to keep helping WordPress users when I can through my WordPress resource site. I am planning on releasing a few free themes and plugins before the end of 2014. I also plan to become a regular contributor on authority sites in my niche such as SEJ and SEMRush.

If your sole focus is to start a WordPress related site to do theme roundups or generate money via promoting theme shops, then don’t because it has become a very crowded (and competitive) niche in the recent years. There are a lot more sites about WordPress than there were before.

But creating a WordPress resource site is not hard; you can do it, considering you are willing to put a lot of work and efforts into the project.

Thanks a lot, Devesh for spending your valuable time to offer your helpful answers for my readers. I hope that your responses would engage my pretty readers well.

@ readers

Devesh Sharma is one of the inspiring personalities for the bloggers who use WordPress as he has done an excellent job for bringing resources together.

His blog “WPKube” boasts easy to follow WordPress guides & tutorials and thus I’d recommend his productive blog to get tips on WordPress and hosting.

I hope that you’ll visit his blog to grab some innovative WordPress details and get impress with the quality content he produces on his blog.

If you need any help in new theme set-up or any other WordPress assistance, you may reach him through his blog’s contact form. Share your views on this expert’s tips category post in the comment section. 


19 thoughts on “Experts Tips – Meet Devesh Sharma From WPKube”

  1. Hi Nirmala,
    what an interesting interview you made here!

    I’ve heard about Devesh since when I started blogging back in 2010,
    he’s a very experienced marketer.

    He shared great blogging tips here.
    I don’t use a plugin or third service to backup my site,
    I do it manually, every month (on my desktop pc and on my 2 Tera external hard disk).

    I like also the statement about guest blogging.
    I recently started again to contribute to other sites.
    As mentioned, if used properly, I believe is really powerful!
    (And Google safe).

    May I ask Devesh a question?
    What happened to Blokube?
    I see it is down, since few weeks already.

    Thanks to Devesh for the suggestions.
    And thank you Nirmala for such interesting information!

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      Hi Erik sir,

      It is a great surprise to get your good comment over here, thanks 🙂

      Yes, many of us knew Devesh from long as he is the founder of the popular social bookmarking site “Blokube” and yes, this site is down since few weeks. Hope he’ll answer to your question.

      Yeah, even according to me, guest blogging is not dead and it has great effect if it is done in a helpful way. Good to hear that you’ve started to contribute your awesome guest posts on various blogs. I’ve seen your presence in TTW and it is an amazing post for the bloggers on email-marketing.

      Thanks again for your great appreciation, your presence inspires me to work hard and as I told early, will reach you to grab some tips for my experts tips category post 🙂

  2. Hey Nirmala mam,

    It was an awesome interview of Devesh Sharma, i know about him from a long time when i started blogging in 2013 end.
    Really he shares some great valuable tips with his audience.
    I had automated my WordPress blog for backup on daily basis.
    Guest Blogging is one of the best way of creating high quality backlinks.
    I had contributed 3 articles to 3 different blog in my 1st month of blogging and going to contribute more.

    Thanks for sharing
    Regards
    Suprabhat

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      Hi Suprabhat,

      Good to see you again on my blog 🙂
      It is really great that you’ve already know Devesh. I had stumbled with his tips and felt that I need to learn a lot of stuffs related to WordPress.
      Yes, contributing quality guest posts not only yield backlinks but also our credibility. I would say that you’ve a great start with 3 guest posts in just 1 month, keep doing your good work.

      Stay tuned to leave your thoughts here 🙂

      1. Thanks for appreciating my works,

        I am doing a lot of hard work this days to create a authority as well as community. I want to turn “Blogging into Living” which need hard work. I had seen many pro bloggers had done this.
        But i had just started as a college student it is very hard for me to give time to studies as well as blogging

        Regards
        Suprabhat

  3. Hi Nirmala

    Let me term it a unique blog interview post because of the questions you asked him.
    I also heard a lot about Devesh and thank you I got to know more about him here in this post.

    His each answer is full of professionalism which shows he already reached the level of pro blogger and that is why gives a mature advice.

    He recommends the OptinMonster with the remarks though a little costly but do wonderfs for building your email list. This is called never compromising on quality just to please your readers.

    Thanks a lot for sharing this quite informative post.

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      Every passionate wanna be unique Mi Muba, I’m sure you agree with my point. Devesh is a great guy and I know him since last year as I’m regular to his social bookmarking site Blokube.

      Yes, his reactions were awesome and have learned many fresh things. Many of the experts using OptinMonster for email marketing, so thinking to get the same.

      Your regularity is much appreciated, you’re always welcome to share your views here 🙂

  4. Hello Madam Nirmala,

    I was somehow skeptical in reading this interview of yours, I was expecting the usual questions mostly asked during blogging interviews but this was completely different filled with lots of intelligent questions and interesting answers wee delivered by Devesh.
    Trust me, I have learnt a lot. Thanks for this and please do have a great day.

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      Hi Emmanuel,

      A warm welcome to my blog again. Glad you liked my questions to Devesh and yes, don’t wanna repeat the same like other. Not only you, I too got impressed with his precise replies and learned a lot from his straight forward answers.

      I always trust you and respect your creativity. Cheers, you’ve learned so many things through this experts tips category post. Keep sharing your thoughts here 🙂

  5. Hello Nirmala, How you doing?

    Its been really long since the last time I’ve visited your blog and I guess its because i was busy with my academic stuff so couldn’t check the favorite blogs.

    Well the interview is really awesome and my bad I just came to know about devesh and I must say he is doing really great at his blog.

    Thanks

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      Welcome back Samir 🙂

      I’m fine and hope the same on your side too. It is important to give priority to educational stuff and glad to know that MMF is your preferred blog, thanks 😀

      Yeah, Devesh is a young smart guy, passionate blogger. I feel good that you came to know him through my blog. Keep visiting when you find time 🙂

  6. Hi Nirmala,

    Its always great to know about such people who have achieved a lot in their blogging career.
    I have visited his website and found it helpful for many people.

    I agree with Devesh’s point regarding the future of WordPress. It is flexible so it will not go anywhere.

    Blog commenting is always the best way to drive traffic to your blog and making connections.

    Thanks for making use aware about Devesh.

    Have a great weekend.:)

    ~Ravi

  7. hello nirmala mam
    this is amazing interview here, glad to see Devesh here, in every interview lots of new things shared for all bloggers. thanks for this interview here.

  8. Great tips by Devesh.. Just peeped into your website as well. And literally stuck on to it..so many new things to learn..

    Nirmala , thank you for introducing yet another blogger gem to us. The intro helped me quite a lot…

  9. Hello Nirmala Mam,

    Awesome post !!! I liked it, your expert tips category posts all are superb and it’s really inspirational thing for new bloggers to this blogosphere.

    I got to know the secrets stuffs of Devesh, thanks once again !!!

    You keep rocking Mam

    Siva

    1. Nirmala Santhakumar

      A warm welcome to my blog Siva, Glad you’ve found the experts tips category posts useful 🙂

      Thanks for your kind words, stay tuned to grab more secrets from various experts 🙂

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