Why I Recommend WordPress Websites

In Carrying Out My Research I Found That Not All CMS Are Made Equal

I’ve been working on this stuff for a while know and don’t claim to be an expert but I have carried out some research on the CMS (Content Management System) Platform and this is what I found. I used the Artisteer Software Programme to build WordPress, Drupal and Joomla CMS platforms. What I discovered after testing these CMS Platforms that all of which are very worthy, robust, and completely capable CMS platforms.

However when it was all said and done, I decided for a variety of reasons to opt in for WordPress (WP) as my preferred choice to use for myself and to recommend to my clients and associates. I set about to master WordPress design and development techniques so I could offer my services to my most valued clients as a WordPress Enthusiast and simply because it’s more user friendly, more diverse and a much more economical.

An-All-In-One Solution

The WordPress platform as a self-hosted solution delivers one of the most reliable and robust content management systems available. You can take all of the best of a static (brochure) site and apply so much more functionality via WordPress. WP allows you to incorporate your blog into your website content and your website content into your blog for an all-in-one solution that packs a very powerful punch and enables you the maximum amount of functionality, interactivity, control and flexibility over your own online presence. WordPress has come a long way in its journey to become the #1 blogging platform out there today. As the features and functionality have increased over time, the possibilities for what can be done with WordPress as a website solution have increased. With today’s features, WordPress can be used to create an entire site in most cases in addition to just a blog.

WP is Built for Communication

A WordPress website provides you with an amazing and fantastic opportunity to increase interactivity with your clients or customers as well as increase awareness of who you are and what you do, it allows you to freely share your expertise, interact with an audience, deliver targeted helpful/useful information, create incentive to learn, motivate your visitors to interact (subscribe and comment) with you, and provides additional value to your web presence while you continuously optimize your site daily by constantly generating fresh content for your site. Not to mention it’s a fantastic way to attract new customers and reinforce credibility and referrals from existing customers.

Very Easy (for you) to use

The WordPress Dashboard provides you with the most robust platform with nearly limitless options for how you design, build, and maintain your website and all online marketing efforts. WP, despite starting out as a blogging platform, now performs like a CMS on steroids, and enables you to intuitively and easily do all content, functionality and design updates and changes you want, all by yourself. Not only that, but WP comes stocked with a wide variety of very powerful automated SEO and social networking tools built in. This is what you get with the fully hosted version of WordPress Website that has its own Domain name.

My WordPress website design and development includes:

• Setup and installation of WordPress on your web hosting server or my hosting server.
• Installation and customization of a premium WP theme
• Installation and configuration of selected plugins from a list of “the best of” researched and tested WP plugins. Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress.

Affordable

Costs can vary depending on many variables for each individual project, but my prices for the design and development of a WordPress website starts at approximately $799.00 for a basic website, Compared to the cost for a Joomla or Drupal development, which can start anywhere between $4000, to $5000, this is an extremely smart investment for a CMS that is just as robust and, in my professional opinion, carries some notable advantages over the other CMS platforms.

But Waite I have Something Else to Share With You….

In saying this, I want to explain something very important, if you want a site for your own personal use and are not too fused on how it looks or the functionality or whether or not it looks the same as a million other sites then I suggest you look to the free versions of WordPress such as www.blogger.com. Blogger.com is owned by Google and it’s 100% free, however this does have its limitations, on the other hand you have www.wordpress.org which is also FREE but you will need to pay for hosting, know both of these blogging platforms are fantastic and will get you started, they are both excellent platforms, however I would not recommend that they are suitable for professional or business applications.

The reality is you don’t have to pay for WordPress, because the technology itself is free and because WP is so user-friendly, just about anyone who is computer savvy can install and set up a hosted WordPress website.

The difference being is the professional and business diversification, look and design aspect, and the ability for your website to achieve the desired result you’re business deserves by the presentation and functionality of you website.  Here I apply the expertise that gives your site that XFactor over your competition and the value of an SEO specialist to help your site to be found in the top of the search engines.

Not to mention that when you hire me, you don’t have to take time and resources away from running your business to build your website.