625 - Essentials for your website: Tom talks Plugin Week Part 2

<p>This is part two of Plugin Week. Today, we're going to talk about essential plugins that just about every website needs. And then next episode will be a lesson on a bunch of other cool things we call them like bougie or boutique plugins that do all kinds of cool stuff.</p> <p><strong>Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 625</strong></p> <p><strong>How To Automate Your Business</strong> - <a href= "https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/</a></p> <p><a href="https://IMTCVA.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><img class="alignnone" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/123691/imtc_logo.png" alt= "entrepreneurship distance learning school, home based business, lifestyle business" width="402" height="136" /></a></p> <p><strong>Internet Marketing Training Center</strong> - <a href= "https://imtcva.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://imtcva.org/</a></p> <p><strong>Higher Education Webinar</strong> – <a href= "https://screwthecommute.com/webinars" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://screwthecommute.com/webinars</a></p> <p><strong>See Tom's Stuff</strong> – <a href= "https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates</a></p> <p>01:54 Tom's introduction to Plugin Week Part 2</p> <p>03:20 Making sure your websites are secure</p> <p>05:32 Taking backups of your websites and data</p> <p>07:56 A "security guard" for your websites</p> <p>09:28 Using an anti-spam plugin to keep out bad comments</p> <p>10:43 Scanning for broken links and how to fix them</p> <p>11:41 Seeing your website files from your Wordpress Dashboard</p> <p>13:00 Using a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plugin</p> <p>14:29 Converting your links to be easy on the eyes</p> <p>16:32 Allow your visitors to leave you a voice message</p> <p>17:18 Using a page builder to make your sites look professional</p> <p>19:37 Analytics for your websites to know who's visiting</p> <p>20:42 How to display your po