Maybe you have a website already or are considering getting your first website; which ever the reason you want a new website I’d encourage you to consider using word press as a content management system for your website. I am going to give you 5 good reasons why you should use WordPress as your content management system. (I could give you plenty more but these seemed to be the most important)

1. It is easy to learn. WordPress is like learning to ride a bike, you can learn the basics and start off with training wheels and also learn how to do some cool tricks as you become more familiar with it’s capabilities. There is a wide spectrum when it comes to the capabilities of web users. Some people are afraid to touch a keyboard… some people are afraid to let others do things for them. WordPress is great for both! Because of it’s popularity there are a countless number of tutorials and resources that teach people how to use their WordPress blog / cms. If it is support you want, have no fear… there is plenty of it.

2. You can maintain it yourself. Have you ever wanted to make a lot of changes to your copy and you had to call your web guy… every other day. Well guess what? Not any more! you can maintain your own site with ease; not to mention you don’t have to pay the web guys for correcting your typos any more either, or to add a new page. WordPress empowers you to be more independent you can be as independent as you feel comfortable being with wordpress. You can upgrade, install plugins (enhancements for your website), and manage your content all on your own! WordPress has made this easier for you to do.

3. It’s Very Flexible. If you just want a blog, a website with a blog, or even a website without a blog… wordpress is a great choice. Also from a developing standpoint it is a lot more efficient and effective for achieving these goals. You can even incorporate some e-commerce features utilizing plugins that will help you sell your products. You can do just about anything you want.

4. Free plug-ins (enhancements) galore. There are thousands of 100% free plug-ins that allow you to do many things some of which are: easily displaying YouTube and videos, creating payment buttons for PayPal, a booking calendar, rotating testimonies in the sidebar, receive mail from forms filled out on your website, SEO ehancements, run polls, social networking tools / facebook / twitter… The list goes on and on. Best of all they are easy to integrate!
See all the WordPress plug-ins here

5. Its SEO Friendly. Who has a website that doesn’t want to get found? It is important for people to find your website! WordPress is extremely Search Engine Friendly there are a ton of features and plug-ins that you can utilize to help people find your website via the search engines. You can easily customize meta tags and title tags with out having to delve into the code. You can customize your urls / permalinks to include your key words. I worked for an SEO firm for a little while and we used wordpress for all of our sites. When I asked the owner why we used wordpress he said, “WordPress has always stomped the search engines… always has… always will”

WordPress is great I have been using it for over 2 years and it continues to get better! I encourage anyone interested in creating a website to use WordPress. If you are interested in a custom wordpress website please feel free to contact me.

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