Comments on: Using WordPress as a small business website

By: jpallen

jpallen — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:17:00 +0000

Thanks Dipankar. You’ve got a great site for WordPress business users, and the steps in your methodology match well with my experience. Thanks for sharing it.

By: Dipankar

Dipankar — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:43:14 +0000

Hi JP,

Great insights. I didn’t know that only 36% of small businesses in the US have websites. I’m glad that you are educating the future entrepreneurs and business owners that WordPress can be used as a CMS. In my experience, I found most small business owners generally want a website and do not really care about a blog. Most are pleasantly surprised that WP is so easy to use and maintain.

I have developed a methodology of developing WordPress websites which I call IDOL. Here’s a brief intro to it – http://www.wpresscoach.com/idol-methodology-wordpress-small-business.html

Cheers,

Dipankar

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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:25:45 +0000

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By: Newt Barrett

Newt Barrett — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:46:26 +0000

J.P.
Thanks for the shout out.
The NextBusNews.com site is something that my company worked on with NextBus. I am a WordPress fanatic and have helped create a number of WordPress sites–including my own. I write a lot about WP at ContentMarketingToday.com
You might want to take a look at some just launched sites: http://www.swfloridabusinessnews.com, http://www.5advise.com, http://www.mimismanners.com, and my book site, http://www.getcontentgetcustomers.com. They are very different, but all built with WP.
One of the things I love about WP is that I can prototype a website very quickly, even though I am not really a techie.
I guess I should add that I believe that delivering relevant and valuable content is every bit as critical as the web design.
Cheers,
Newt