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WordPress for your small business site or blog

For most small businesses and solopreneurs, WordPress is one of the best choices for a fully functional, feature rich website. It is a free Content Management System (CMS) that allows the average website business owner to look after their content and perform minor design tweaks without the need for expensive Web Design applications or special knowledge of coding.

Some of the top reasons to use WordPress for Your Small Business Website

  • SEO – right out of the box, WordPress provides nearly everything for good search engine optimization (SEO). With the help of some good SEO plugins, WordPress virtually takes care of on-page optimization, from a technical standpoint.
  • Content management – WordPress visual editor, makes updating your sites content very easy. Create posts, pages, etc., easily.
  • WordPress plugins – There is a thriving ecosystem of developers creating themes and plug-ins for WordPress users. Plugins essentially increases its functionality and provides the ability to extend your website with polls, contact forms, ratings, widgets, or hundreds of other without having to hire a web designer.
  • Support – If you do run into problems or have some questions, there is a massive community that provides help, tutorials, videos, etc.. All your troubles are essential just a search away.

Below you will find several articles that will help you further improve your WordPress experience and with it, build and create a successful online business.

To Your Success!

Free WordPress Themes, Shocking Facts You Need To Know

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A couple of weeks ago, I have stumbled upon an interesting analysis regarding “free WordPress Themes”. While this is specific to Themes, I believe that it also applies to just about anything free. Maybe, this is one of those moments that I should take the time to say that although there are a vast amount [...]

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Turn Your WordPress Site Into A Membership site, And Profit From It

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What is a membership site? Essentially a membership site is a secured part of a website where users can only access content you provide via a password protected area. One of the reasons to create a membership site is due to its potential in obtaining recurring income. However, that’s not all as membership sites are [...]

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Thesis Skin With Built In Control Panel?

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Hello everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful new year and to kick start 2011, I am going to share with you about Hesham’s new service, launched later last year. The service, which he calls Thesis Awesome (aff link) is nothing more than pre-designed themes (skins or child themes), specifically tailored for Thesis users. [...]

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11 Must Have WordPress Plugins For Your Home Based Business

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Not so long ago, I have shared with all of you the top SEO WordPress plugins I am using here. These plugins, which are all free btw, have been tested not only here but in several other websites I manage and up until now, even with the latest version of WordPress installed, I have not [...]

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Akismet Alternative: GASP Anti Spambot

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Lately, there has been some buzz about Growmap’s Anti Spambot (GASP), a WordPress plugin, in the sphere. Developed by none other than Andy Bailey of CommentLuv, GASP is already being considered by some to be a real alternative to Akismet. As many of you may know, the popular Akismet is a WordPress plugin, whose main [...]

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The Battle Between Thesis And WordPress

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If you haven’t yet heard about it, there has been a very heated “battle” between Thesis developer Chris Pearson and WordPress headed by Matt Mullenweg. Before anything else, the reason why I am writing about this is because I am a Thesis user and an affiliate, while at the same time running it over the [...]

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Top Ad Management Plugins For WordPress

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Ad management plugins are just like any other plugins on WordPress. They are there to save you time and most importantly allows a non tech savvy user to enjoy functionality which would otherwise be impossible if it were not for the community of people that make this possible. Thing is, there are plugins all over [...]

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Top SEO Plugins For WordPress

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Not so long ago I have decided to move from Blogger to WordPress. I have to admit that as of today I am glad that I made that move as I am completely satisfied with WordPress and its ease of use. Although I have not yet tried these plugins for Thelonious, I have done some [...]

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WordPress Thelonious Version 3.0 Released

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Today, I have seen an awful lot of buzz on Twitter about the official release of WordPress Version 3.0. The much awaited WordPress 3.0 is now available for download or auto update in your current WP dashboard. The Official Release Of WordPress Thelonious 3.0 Here is what they have to say: Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress [...]

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Make Money Online Promoting Headway

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What is Headway? Headway is a WP premium theme that has been recently launched creating an awful lot of buzz lately and is a serious contender to its peers. You might be asking why I am recommending this product as iBlogZone is proudly powered by Thesis and I love it. Thesis is great and if [...]

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How To Migrate From Blogger To WordPress: Part 3/3

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By now, you should already have your new WordPress powered website up and running. Obviously there are still some things you should do, to ensure that your new WordPress website is in good working order. Following below are some extra tips that you should do after installing and successfully importing your blogger blog to WordPress. [...]

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How To Migrate From Blogger To WordPress: Part 2/3

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Now that you have made your plan, let us see what you should have done by now in order to make this transition from Blogger to WordPress (part 1), as smooth as possible. What You Need To Convert Blogger To WordPress 1) Decision: You have decided that this is what you want to do. 2) [...]

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