The Leokoo.com Weekly Curated Newsletter

Intro

Five more days to Black Friday, is your wallet ready?

And we are now at issue 4! Black Friday is coming really soon and some WordPress plugins are already on sale. While GridPane won't be doing any more lifetime deals, we recommend that you grab yourself a developer license during this Black Friday season as their prices are going up.

I apologize as the WordPress Black Friday Cyber Monday list hasn't been updated yet, but you'll see it updated by Monday morning. I was working on the AppSumo Black Friday deals article as AppSumo is launching their BFCM campaign in slightly more than 12 hours.

I also apologize for the late newsletter, as I was chipping down from an initial 34 articles to 10, which is the number we are recommended to have. Should I increase it to 12 or 15? Please let us know via the WPStarters Facebook Group.

For discussion on this week's newsletter, see you in the group :)

News

Structured data for beginners: New and free training course!

Structured data is important for SEO as Google uses structured data to understand the content of your site. It also helps your site stand out from your competitors.

We highly recommend Yoast's free structured data training course for beginners. While Yoast's training will use the Yoast SEO plugin, you can easily use SEOPress or RankMath instead.

The Plus Addons for Gutenberg Plugin to Launch Soon

The Plus Addons for Gutenberg plugin is launching soon. As a fan of the Plus Addons for Elementor, POSIMYTH Team's entry into the world of Gutenberg blocks is a huge vote for the Gutenberg system.

The Gutenberg Addons plugin will have similar blocks to the Elementor Addons, but with more options and features. Justin Tadlock gives us an in-depth coverage of the upcoming Gutenberg plugin.

Recommended Articles

Best practices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday pages

If you are a merchant or a blogger covering the upcoming Black Friday sales, Google Search Central has some timely advice on best practices ensuring your site gets more traffic.

Getting Started With Google Tag Manager: A Beginner's Guide : Social Media Examiner

Are you trying to understand Google Tag Manager? Don't worry, you are not alone. GTM (or Google Tag Manager), can look intimidating. That's why Social Media Examiner's guide is a Godsend.

In three easy-to-understand parts, you will have GTM installed and configured for your site.

The Designer's Guide To Web Typography | Elementor

Do you build sites for clients or for yourself? If yes, you need to check out Elementor's guide on web typography. As getting your typography right goes a long way to a beautiful site, this guide it a recommended read.

Exit-Intent Pop-ups: Why and How to Use Them on WordPress

While exit-intent pop-ups aren't new, not many sites implement them yet. MailPoet hopes to fix this by helping us understand why we should all be using exit-intent pop-ups and how do we go about doing it.

The cool thing about MailPoet's article are the backing statistics and the best practices of optimizing your conversion rates with exit-intent pop-ups.

Reviews & Comparisons

DigitalOcean vs AWS vs Google Cloud vs Linode vs Vultr: Which is Best for Hosting WordPress?

If you are into self-managed WordPress or managing hosting for clients via control panels such as GridPane, Runcloud or ServerAvatar, SpinupWP has done an insightful comparison on whether you should be on DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr, Amazon Lightsail or Google Cloud

Profitable Tools & Resources

Best AppSumo Black Friday Deals 2020: Curated and Commented

Yes, AppSumo is never far away from getting us a great deal, even during Black Friday. For this year's Black Friday, they are even doing a massive giveaway with a Tesla 3 car as the main prize.

They are rumored to have 15 deals prepared for Black Friday, and while this list might change, we already have our AppSumo Black Friday page up. The page is filled with recommended and non-recommended deals. Read on to find out which got our approval.

Best Black Friday Cyber Monday WordPress Deals 2020

And yes, don't forget to bookmark and check out our recommended Black Friday & Cyber Monday WordPress deals for 2020. The list is being updated even as we speak, and you'll see more than a hundred deals on the page by Monday.

From experience, we should hit close to 200 deals before Black Friday begins on Friday.