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Which is the Best Paid Wordpress theme available for conversions?

by alex2017
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Hi Warriors,

I am considering buying thrive themes for my upcoming blog (on making money online). My main consideration is visitors signing up to my email list. Building a lot of content is the 2nd stage. Do you think there are any better alternatives with a comparable price tag ($19 per month)? Thanks for all answers in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Originally Posted by alex2017 View Post

    Best Paid Wordpress theme available for conversions?
    Alex,

    My own personal opinion is that you can use any number of great themes for WordPress (even some free ones) and be quite successful in converting prospects. The theme isn't really what converts . . . it's your ability to offer prospects what they are looking for. When you help a prospect solve his problem or fulfill his desire, he will subscribe, or buy, or take the action you request. The theme has little to do with conversion.

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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Steve nailed it.

    It doesn't matter whether the theme costs $19 per month or nothing. The theme doesn't convert. The offer-to-audience match is what converts. Start with one of the WP free default themes.

    Unless, of course, you are the one recommending premium themes via an affiliate link. Then getting the right theme (meaning one purchased after following said affiliate link) is absolutely essential - for the affiliate.
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    • Profile picture of the author anayb
      If you're trying to building a brand, then UX (and underlying technology) always comes first; the best theme is something you build from scratch--not any ready-made theme. Your presence should be very unique in the world wide web. I am simply reluctant to put any efforts in marketing/driving traffic to any public-facing web properties that aren't very UNIQUE in terms of its design and content. Conversion would be a piece of cake in case you were able to build trust and relation with your visitors. In this way, you can sell anything, yes anything even the products your customers even haven't heard about. So, making money shouldn't be your top priority; its user-experience, and a great web presence. Sales will follow.
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      • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
        Originally Posted by alex2017 View Post

        My main consideration is visitors signing up to my email list.
        This much like how currencies were invented. In the past we bartered for the goods we needed.

        In the internet space you need to trade something that is specifically worth more to the person who wants it than they value their privacy. You are ultimately asking permission from them to enter a relationship.

        You need to make them an honest offer.

        Originally Posted by anayb View Post

        I am simply reluctant to put any efforts in marketing/driving traffic to any public-facing web properties that aren't very UNIQUE in terms of its design and content. Conversion would be a piece of cake in case you were able to build trust and relation with your visitors. In this way, you can sell anything, yes anything even the products your customers even haven't heard about. So, making money shouldn't be your top priority; its user-experience, and a great web presence. Sales will follow.
        What do you sell?

        Great user experience doesn't amount to sales.

        Yes a user should have a great experience but sales come from having something people want and making an offer for them to buy.

        Designing the user experience comes over time.

        Without sales there is no development of UX because you go broke before you've had a chance to succeed.

        It is the kind of BS that gets people bogged down when really all they need to do is to create or find a product that matches the market and then make a good offer.

        Sure there are steps to convert cold traffic and move them down a pathway or funnel but as Steve and John noted the product market match is something that comes WAY BEFORE the choice of themes, design and many other considerations.

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        • Profile picture of the author anayb
          Originally Posted by Oziboomer View Post



          What do you sell?

          Great user experience doesn't amount to sales.

          Yes a user should have a great experience but sales come from having something people want and making an offer for them to buy.

          Without sales there is no development of UX because you go broke before you've had a chance to succeed.

          Branded content is the name of my game. Ever heard the term NATIVE ADVERTISING?
          I publish stories that are supported by an outside partner or advertiser, such as Microsoft and Bill Gates Foundation. You sign a contract with Big Companies. Many news organisations, from The New York Times and The Guardian now use this model to support their operations. In my biz model, the UX, the underlying technology as well as tremendous site functionalities are more important. I capture leads, and do newsletter marketing but do not promote any products besides branded content.

          I just finished building up a cms that I started to code in 2011. Its technology is cutting edge and competitive to the technology used by major media brands such as Buzzfeed. I am reluctant to take shortcuts, and anything I do is engineering-driven. I can produce videos dynamically to any numbers (of course limited by my server capacity), and they're fully animated, high-quality, HD types out of text and images. For that I have developed a serious AI system. These are the overview of my products. I don't sell my underlying tech products but building brands. I am even not interested to sell affiliate products but growing my user base. Growing user base is my first priority. To me being successful does not equate to selling $37 ebook here and there for pocket changes. I don't do it. Hope, you understood what I tried to say.
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          • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
            Originally Posted by anayb View Post

            Branded content is the name of my game. Ever heard the term NATIVE ADVERTISING?
            I publish stories that are supported by an outside partner or advertiser, such as Microsoft and Bill Gates Foundation. You sign a contract with Big Companies. Many news organisations, from The New York Times and The Guardian now use this model to support their operations. In my biz model, the UX, the underlying technology as well as tremendous site functionalities are more important. I capture leads, and do newsletter marketing but do not promote any products besides branded content.

            I just finished building up a cms that I started to code in 2011. Its technology is cutting edge and competitive to the technology used by major media brands such as Buzzfeed. I am reluctant to take shortcuts, and anything I do is engineering-driven. I can produce videos dynamically to any numbers (of course limited by my server capacity), and they're fully animated, high-quality, HD types out of text and images. For that I have developed a serious AI system. These are the overview of my products. I don't sell my underlying tech products but building brands. I am even not interested to sell affiliate products but growing my user base. Growing user base is my first priority. To me being successful does not equate to selling $37 ebook here and there for pocket changes. I don't do it. Hope, you understood what I tried to say.
            So are Microsoft, Bill Gates Foundation, The Guardian, New York Times or Buzzfeed paying clients of yours?

            Maybe you can share some insights as to how you capture leads.

            It would be good to read some of your newsletters.

            Maybe you can share some of your publications so others can see how you have had success.

            Please give us a few examples of native advertising you have been involved in and have published.

            I've been fortunate over the years to have been published in New Scientist, The Sunday Times, UK, Sports Illustrated and in many other media both print, Internet, radio and television so I have a genuine interest in how you have been involved in the media.

            Are you coding your CMS with the eventual goal of being acquired?

            Do you have investors?

            Six years of coding is a substantial investment and I'm sure others would love to hear about your journey over this time and how it will pan out for you having invested your time in this project.

            Best regards,

            Ozi
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            • Profile picture of the author anayb
              Originally Posted by Oziboomer View Post

              So are Microsoft, Bill Gates Foundation, The Guardian, New York Times or Buzzfeed paying clients of yours?

              Maybe you can share some insights as to how you capture leads.

              It would be good to read some of your newsletters.

              Maybe you can share some of your publications so others can see how you have had success.

              Please give us a few examples of native advertising you have been involved in and have published.

              I've been fortunate over the years to have been published in New Scientist, The Sunday Times, UK, Sports Illustrated and in many other media both print, Internet, radio and television so I have a genuine interest in how you have been involved in the media.

              Are you coding your CMS with the eventual goal of being acquired?

              Do you have investors?

              Six years of coding is a substantial investment and I'm sure others would love to hear about your journey over this time and how it will pan out for you having invested your time in this project.

              Best regards,

              Ozi
              Hello Ozi,

              Always good to hear from like-minded people.

              I set the cases of The Guardian and New York Times as examples demonstrating native/sponsored ads can be a viable model given the fact that more and more people are blocking online ads and shifting their focus from Television to online videos/media.

              Yes, I have put significant time and efforts in computer programming. I believe coding can empower me with the control I wanted in my online ventures. From mid-2012 to 2015 I haven't made (or tried to make) a dime nor I have taken a day off (yes, not a single one) because I was much involved in practising code. I know it can be done with existing cms like Drupal and WordPress but I wanted something more mission-critical, more robust infrastructure that can sustain millions of hits with causing any problems. System architect was completely new to me. It took me some two years to successfully figure out the placement of hundreds of files, in the beginning I tried to build something without the support of any framework, but I was wrong soon I began to use Zend (version 1), a very complicated framework and too much learning curve. Then things became much simpler. Another problem is design. I changed the theme some 4 times in the last months. The current theme I have been developing looks alright.

              I haven't raised any funds so far. Only bootstrapped it with my own funds. But very soon I will be in talk with some investors both from India and U.S. I may need to open a office in USA because my target visitors are from that location. Right now, I am busy further developing the technology and lead capturing strategies. At one point I will completely stop doing the code myself and take the managerial role as I raise funds.

              Its not a single site but a media company with 21 large media sites (just like Time, Inc). My niche is fashion, health, fitness, food and organic gardening.

              People here want to hear how much you make in dollars, not what you have built. I plan to publish a new thread as I enter the millionaire club with all those credentials. Until then I need to work hard silently without anybody noticing me.

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              • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
                Originally Posted by anayb View Post

                People here want to hear how much you make in dollars, not what you have built.
                This is very true, since most, if not everyone here are looking for ways to make money, otherwise they would be members of a coding forum.
                I plan to publish a new thread as I enter the millionaire club with all those credentials. Until then I need to work hard silently without anybody noticing me.
                All those credentials have limited value. They certainly do not guarantee access to the 'millionaire's club.' I've yet to meet a millionaire coder.
                Until then I need to work hard silently without anybody noticing me.
                Don't worry. Your secret is safe with us.

                Thank you.
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                • Profile picture of the author anayb
                  Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

                  This is very true, since most, if not everyone here are looking for ways to make money, otherwise they would be members of a coding forum.

                  All those credentials have limited value. They certainly do not guarantee access to the 'millionaire's club.' I've yet to meet a millionaire coder.

                  Don't worry. Your secret is safe with us.

                  Thank you.
                  I'm sure you haven't met a millionaire coder BECAUSE their ships are normally sailed in the same direction, and your direction might be different. Besides, they prefer to associate with like-minded people; its perfectly alright that you haven't encountered a single one BUT that doesn't guarantee they don't exist.

                  I am going to give you some examples of billionaire coders. Tell us whether you have met them or not. Most people would agree with me that they exist. Another important fact, before they went to becoming billionaires they were millionaires also.

                  (1) Bill gates
                  (2) Larry Page
                  (3) Elon Musk
                  (4) Facebook founder, I'm sorry I can't recall her name.

                  I don't care whether I have the required credentials to enter the millionaire club or not I only care about the valuation of my company as per my investors and other industry experts as long as I got a major stake in there.


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                  • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
                    Originally Posted by anayb View Post

                    I'm sure you haven't met a millionaire coder BECAUSE their ships are normally sailed in the same direction, and your direction might be different. Besides, they prefer to associate with like-minded people; its perfectly alright that you haven't encountered a single one BUT that doesn't guarantee they don't exist.
                    I never said they didn't. Just stated that I have never met one and wouldn't expect to find one, here. No need to get defensive. :-)

                    I am going to give you some examples of billionaire coders. Tell us whether you have met them or not. Most people would agree with me that they exist. Another important fact, before they went to becoming billionaires they were millionaires also.

                    (1) Bill gates
                    (2) Larry Page
                    (3) Elon Musk
                    (4) Facebook founder, I'm sorry I can't recall her name.
                    Then how famous can she be. :-)

                    I don't care whether I have the required credentials to enter the millionaire club or not I only care about the valuation of my company as per my investors and other industry experts as long as I got a major stake in there.
                    Only time will tell. Wishing you all the luck.

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      • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
        Originally Posted by anayb View Post

        the best theme is something you build from scratch--not any ready-made theme.
        That's really ridiculous. So - what do the 99.5% of people in IM that can't code WP themes, do? Simply quit? lol

        Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Originally Posted by alex2017 View Post

    Hi Warriors,

    I am considering buying thrive themes for my upcoming blog (on making money online). My main consideration is visitors signing up to my email list. Building a lot of content is the 2nd stage. Do you think there are any better alternatives with a comparable price tag ($19 per month)? Thanks for all answers in advance.
    Step One: Get targeted traffic to the page, regardless of theme.


    Step Two: Maximize the traffic through good use of headlines and call to actions and offer.
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    • Profile picture of the author trobo
      Just make sure you pick a theme that is lightweight and has a fast loading time.

      This is VERY important!!!

      Also, if you customize or make any changes to the theme - make sure to do it in a "child them" so any updates will not delete the changes you made.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brent Stangel
    Stop screwing around and get OptimizePress.
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    • Profile picture of the author AlexFurfaroSEO
      Nice list there Allen Mack. I've used a cpuple of those myself.

      Conversion for me has always been about the pictures and copy. On one project I was having success, I split tested switching themes and never saw any changes in results. The landing page was quality regardless of the theme it was on.
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  • Profile picture of the author hsahadath
    Hey Alex,
    There are a lot of paid themes options for you.
    But my best choice is Thrive theme.
    It is really excellent. I am using from the beginning and I have no problem with this theme.
    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Originally Posted by anayb View Post

    (4) Facebook founder, I'm sorry I can't recall her name.

    Best,
    Anay
    Originally Posted by OptedIn View Post

    Then how famous can she be. :-)

    Frank
    She has a really funny name for a "she" - Mark Zuckerberg. Methinks the lady is a dude...

    Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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    • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      She has a really funny name for a "she" - Mark Zuckerberg. Methinks the lady is a dude...

      Not that there's anything wrong with that.
      I thought the OP was implying that someone preceded Mr. Zuckerberg in the evolution of the company. I was going to ask Mark for clarification the next time I saw him.

      Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidStathamoff
    A theme can not force users to sign up to newsletters. Theme or plugins can only make the work somewhat easy, but it can not get you exactly what you want in this case. Only merit of your content can maximize the number of sign ups for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author alex2017
      I agree that content is far more important. But, with equally good content, I think that a sophisticated web site will convert much better than a poorly looking one. I asked the question - considering all the other factors being same.
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