Social signals have an effect on the ranking of articles and websites.
In the article 200 Google ranking factors , Brian Dean revealed many ranking factors related to social signals.
No doubt about it:
Specific social signals such as shares, clicks or tweets are important factors in improving website rankings.
Improved rankings help increase traffic…
… and increased traffic will lead to increased conversions for the website.
That’s your end goal right?
Increased social traffic is also a sign that your website is getting a lot of attention.
If you don’t figure out how to drive traffic from social media, you’re falling behind the competition in your niche.
So how to increase social signals to your website?
This is a fairly common strategy being applied by many bloggers:
Lock content that’s important to your readers. To see such important content readers must like and share the article.
This strategy makes it easy to spread your website or article very quickly on social media.
But of course to be successful you have to have something on hand that is really important to your readers. Something they want to unlock the content of.
For example, a trick that helps solve a reader’s problem that has not been shared elsewhere. Or a valuable book.
And one more thing you need:
It’s a plugin that helps you lock content.
Still don’t know which plugin to use?
If so, I suggest you use MyThemeShop ‘s Content Locker plugin.
A powerful plugin, simple to use and lightweight without affecting page loading speed.
If you have limited time to read this article, you can watch the video below to know more about the Content Locker plugin:
If you want to know more about the plugin and how to use it, keep reading.
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Outstanding features of Content Locker plugin
Like other MyThemeShops plugins, Content Locker includes 2 versions: free and paid. The paid version has a post-promotional price of $27.
Below are the differences between the two versions:
A few worthwhile features of the plugin:
16 locker skins for you to choose from:
These interfaces are beautifully designed and eye-catching. With 16 skins, you can easily customize the look and feel of your theme.
Full 2 types of lockers
The first type of lock is called Social Locker. This type requires the user to take a share action if they want to see the content.
The second type of lock is called the Siginin Locker. This type requires the user to log in with a social media account or email to see the content.
This style is suitable for email list building strategy. User account information will be included in an email marketing service such as MailChimp.
The plugin integrates with many popular email marketing service providers today. So you can rest assured that the provider you are using will be supported.
Analysis and reporting tools
With a content locker plugin the reporting section is very important. Because through these numbers you can evaluate the effectiveness of the content locking strategy.
Content Locker is fully equipped with analysis and reporting tools. In particular, it can also integrate with Google Analytics.
Manual document
The manual is extremely detailed. You can download the documentation as a zip file in the Dashboard of MyThemeShop.
Besides, the guide is also integrated into the plugin for your convenience.
How to lock content using Content Locker
Here I will quickly guide how to lock content with style 1 (Social Locker). You can refer to the documentation if you are having trouble using the plugin.
Step 1 : Install and activate the plugin. You access the Dashboard of MyThemeShop and download the plugin in the form of a zip file.
Then you install and activate the plugin. See instructions for installing a WordPress plugin here.
Step 2 : Set up social app to connect Content Locker plugin with social network accounts
For the content locker to work, you need to create a social app for the respective social networks.
How to do the details you go to Content Locker -> How to use
Step 3 : Vietnameseize the text in the front end. Go to Content Locker -> Settings -> Front-end Text . And re-translate the English text into Vietnamese
Step 4 : Create content locker. You can choose one of two styles: social locker and Sign-in locker.
Here I will give an example of how to create a social locker.
Details of the items in the screen have been explained thoroughly by MyThemeShop in the documentation. If there’s a field you don’t know, you can read the documentation or test it yourself.
Go to Content Locker -> Social Locker
Enter the name of the locker. Then you go to each social network to activate and configure. By default Like, Tweet, G +1 will be enabled.
Switch to the General tab to edit the contents of the locker box. Here you can choose Theme for locker, button layout and Overlap Mode.
If you need advanced configuration you can switch to the Visibility and Advanced tabs . Otherwise, it’s okay.
Finally click the Publish button .
So you have created a locker. Notice the plugin allows you to use multiple lockers on one post.
Now you move on to using the locker to lock the content.
Step 5 : Use locker
Go to the post whose content you want to lock. You have 2 ways to use the locker. One is that you can use the shortcode that comes with the locker created in the above step.
But the second way is probably simpler. The plugin has a built-in button with a lock icon in the tools section of the post editor.
Now you just need to select the content you need to lock.
Click on the lock icon. And choose the type of locker you want.
A dialog box pops up. You choose the locker you created. And click the OK button.
Now the short code will be automatically generated. Have you checked to see if it’s correct?
If everything is fine, you just need to review the article on the front end.
This is the result after a few minutes of experience with the content locker plugin:
About the price of Content Locker Pro plugin
By default when you buy this plugin at MyThemeShop, the discount code will be applied automatically for only $27.
Epilogue
Content Locker is a content locking plugin that MyThemeShop just created this year.
In the past I have tried using a few content locking plugins. But Content Locker offers a different experience.
I consider it as the best WordPress content locking plugin available today.
Everything from configuration and usage is very simple. There’s no problem. Creating a locker and using the locker is quick.
The locker interface is very nice.
Content Locker is definitely an effective tool in your social traffic growth strategy.
You can try the free version today. If you love it, upgrade to the pro version.
If you have any problem related to this plugin, please share in the comment section below.
