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		<title>Tools any business can use to manage time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing time is more about learning to manage yourself around the time that you have. There are many ways to go about finding ways to self-manage in a way that saves the most time for money making activities, as opposed to time wasting activities. You already know what a money making activity is, and you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Managing time is more about <strong>learning to manage yourself around the time that you have</strong>. There are many ways to go about finding ways to self-manage in a way that saves the most time for money making activities, as opposed to time wasting activities. You already know what a money making activity is, and you probably know deep down what a time waster is, but you feel powerless to get it together. </p>
<p>Fortunately, there are tools to <strong>help you get a handle on your time</strong>, forcing you to focus business activities toward money making (billable) activities. A few ideas are:</p>
<p><strong>Dovico Software</strong> &#8212; A really good software that helps you manage not just time, but projects is <a href="http://www.dovico.com/" title="dovico" target="_blank">Dovico Software</a>. You can use it on your computer and via your iPhone, which enables you to take it with you on the road. This can be invaluable to the on the go business person.</p>
<p><strong>Google Calendar</strong> &#8212; Most mobile phones will integrate with <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/" title="Google Calendar" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a>, and it can obviously be used on your computer or tablet device. Another really great feature is that you can invite as many people as you want to view the Google Calendar and add to the calendar. </p>
<p><strong>Easy Time Tracking Software</strong> &#8212; Another really good software product is called <a href="http://www.easytimetracking.net/" title="easytimetracking" target="_blank">Easy Time Tracking</a>. Easy time tracking software has a free version you can try. This software allows you to track time, handle expense reports, and even invoice your clients and has multiple user support.</p>
<p><strong>Freshbooks</strong> &#8212; This is a web based solution which <strong>enables you to track time, expenses, your entire staff, accounting and offers personal branding</strong>. With <a href="http://www.freshbooks.com/" title="freshbooks" target="_blank">Freshbooks</a>, you can get quite a large free version in which you can use to track your own time if you set up dummy accounts to track time you&#8217;re spending on non money making tasks.</p>
<p><strong>Paper Planners</strong> &#8212; If you don&#8217;t want to use software, stick to your paper day planner, but actually use it for what it&#8217;s meant to be used for. Before you put something in it, make sure you know it&#8217;s a business essential money-making task. It helps to have a special planner for personal time which you keep totally separate from business time, and vice versa. Some name brands for these are <strong><a href="http://www.weekdate.com/" title="weekdate" target="_blank">WeekDate</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://plannerpads.com/index.asp" title="plannerpads" target="_blank">Planner Pad Organizer</a></strong>, and the well known, <strong><a href="http://www.dayrunner.com/" title="dayrunner" target="_blank">Day Runner</a></strong> brand.</p>
<p>A really awesome <strong>time management tool</strong> will help you prioritize, schedule, and focus on the goals you&#8217;ve set for your business. It&#8217;s individual preference that will determine what type of tools you use to organize yourself and manage your time. Your choice will also depend on what kind of business you have, how many employees or contractors you have, and on what goals you&#8217;ve chosen to focus. </p>
<p>The important factor is that a plan is implemented that <strong>discovers and redirects time wasters</strong>, putting the <strong>focus back on accomplishing money making tasks in your business</strong>. Either software or traditional methods can work, but <em>they will only work well if you actually implement them</em>. While setting your system up can take some time, it will be more than worth it once it&#8217;s done.</p>
<p>You might be interested to read more about <a href="http://ibusinessowner.org/time-management-success-secrets-for-business-owners/" title="Time Management Success Secrets for Business Owners" target="_blank">Time Management Success Secrets for Business Owners</a></p>
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		<title>Ping Services for WordPress – What Are They?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Business</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ping servies for WordPress is something that every blogger must know about when it comes to setting up a blog that they can monetize. If you think this is useless, then think again. But first, you need to understand what a ping service is and why you need it for your blog&#8217;s search engine promotion. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Ping servies for WordPress is something that every blogger must know about when it comes to setting up a blog that they can monetize. If you think this is useless, then think again. But first, you need to understand what a ping service is and why you need it for your blog&#8217;s search engine promotion. After that, you can get a better understanding as to why it is of vital importance.</p>
<p>In order to <strong>activate the ping list</strong> for your WordPress blog, you need to go to the dashboard for your blog. Under “Settings”, choose “Writing” and you will find an option called “Update Services” at the bottom of the page. This will then carry out to the future posts you will make on your blog wherein WordPress will automatically notify ping services that were included in the box upon the setup process whenever you have finished or published a new post. It will therefore send a message alert in various ping services on the web about this new post, hence your readers and some new readers on the web will be alerted when you have a new post. The default setup on the WordPress blogging platform has at least one entry with automatic ping service.</p>
<p>The advent of ping services joined in the bandwagon of <strong>RSS feeds and feed readers</strong>, which was mainstream at the time when SEO was just getting started. Over the years, a number of ping services were introduced into the market to provide all sorts of updates for web users, especially if they are trying to make money out of the blog. There are over a hundred of <strong>ping services</strong> recommended for WordPress bloggers. Since the ability of ping services to bring in additional traffic for blogs and websites, it has become one of the options used by website owners to generate the traffic they need.</p>
<p><strong>Pingomatic.com</strong> is one of the leading choices of ping services utilized by WordPress blog owners. It is owned by the WordPress Foundation and therefore explains why these two services are linked together. Choosing to tie up with this ping service will automatically update over 20 other ping services whenever you make an update to your blog posts. Other choices of top ping services to choose from include the following:<br />
•	Syndic8.com<br />
•	Blo.gs<br />
•	Blogdigger<br />
•	Google Blog Search<br />
•	SkyGrid<br />
•	My Yahoo!<br />
•	BlogStreet<br />
•	Superfeedr<br />
•	Feed Burner<br />
•	Collecta<br />
•	NewsGator, etc.</p>
<p>The ping services listed above are just some of the most popular options for ping services to use on a WordPress blog. You can therefore get started with these choices if you want to produce additional traffic to your blog, but you are free to experiment with several other new ping services in the industry. </p>
<p>A word of warning: <strong>avoid sending the same content on a ping service in a repeated manner</strong>. Or else, this will alert the system for ping services that you might be spamming, or that you can get banned from the site. Pinging your posts or content once should be enough, especially if you choose the right ping service for your WordPress blog. </p>
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		<title>Increase Conversion Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Business</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Do you want to increase conversion rates? There are a few great ways you can go about doing this that are so easy to do. </p>
<p>A great way to <strong>increase your conversion rates is by offering a bonus</strong> – this is guaranteed to increase your pay per click conversion rates. </p>
<p>A bonus is a free extra, make sure that you are actually offering this reward and that it is not a marketing ‘trick,’ or you will actually end up decreasing your conversion rates. This encourages a buyer to choose you over your competitors.</p>
<p>It’s so simple and it can be something as small as a voucher, a discount, or some bonus literature&#8230; But <strong>there is an even easier way to increase your conversion rates</strong>.</p>
<p>Did you know that you can do this easily just by rewording your bullet points? It’s so easy and I’m going to tell you exactly how to do it.</p>
<p>Firstly when you are writing your bullet points to increase conversion rates write, about HOW the information (PRODUCT) will help the reader improve their life. Don’t tell them what they are necessarily going to LEARN. </p>
<p>This is really important, just <strong>sell the benefits</strong> first. People want to know how this product is going to make their life better and why they can’t live without it. They don’t care at the first moment HOW this is going to happen. It’s good to keep a little mystery to a product at first, it makes them want to  learn more&#8230; and then you have just increased your conversion rates straight away!</p>
<p>Another handy tip is to add numbers, for example, ‘Find out 3 little known secrets to how to be content with your body RIGHT NOW!’ It adds to the intrigue and will hook people right off the bait. </p>
<p>If you want to increase your conversion rate with your bullet points stay away from elaborate or fancy language. People want to know what it is going to do for them, keep it simple, long words can bog down the point you are trying to make – no one cares how smart you can sound – they only care what your product can do for them.</p>
<p>If you are really serious about increasing your conversion rate I’d suggest creating an enemy in your bullet points. Create an ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ mentality where you are on the side of the reader – this will make them feel empowered.</p>
<p>It is the really simple things in the wording of your bullet points that is going to help you increase your conversion rates. Things like adding a time factor to create a sense of immediacy and using the word ‘YOU’ instead of the word ‘WE’ makes it about the reader not about you or the company.</p>
<p>Make sure that when you are writing your bullets you utilise creative formatting to increase your conversion rate. You can create more dramatic points by simply italicising or bolding the font in part of the bullet point to really make the BENEFIT to the reader stand out. </p>
<p>People like this as it draws there eye immediately to what is in it for them. So use careful wording and offer your buyers an added bonus – this will guarantee you seeing an increase in your conversion rates and your revenue!</p>
<p>What have you got to lose?  </p>
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		<title>How To Write Headlines That Capture Attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Business</dc:creator>
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</p><p>Traffic. You need it. There are hundreds and thousands of “how to” manuals, systems, and web sites dedicated to this one topic. Traffic.</p>
<p>If you’re going to sell your product, people have to see it. If nobody visits your site, it is impossible to sell them anything.</p>
<p><strong>On the flip side of that same coin, once you get them to your site, you have about 10 seconds to capture their attention.</strong> They need to want your product right away, or at least want to know more.</p>
<p>Have you ever visited a site and either clicked the “back” button or redirected to another site right away? It happens all the time. <strong>You weren’t “captured” by the headline.</strong></p>
<p>I’m going to share with you my personal “how to” for writing headlines that “capture” attention…and help you to convert traffic to sales.</p>
<p>The Primary Headline is your biggest weapon of the sales page and should be used to showcase your biggest benefit to the reader.  It should be large text, bold, and with different colors to highlight the most important points.</p>
<p><strong>Answer these few questions for a start:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>What is the ultimate “best reason” someone should buy your product?</li>
<li>What is the most desirable result of buying your product to the reader?</li>
<li>What, above everything else, would be most beneficial about buying it to the reader?</li>
</ul>
<p>This is your chance to <strong>quickly summarize your entire salesletter in one or two eye-catching sentences that are GUARANTEED to be read by the visitor</strong> to your site.</p>
<p>Fire your biggest gun!  You don’t have any time to lose…they need to be “captured” by what your product can accomplish for them!</p>
<p><strong>Lay it all down…in one or two short sentences.</strong> What will the reader need to do, and what, in the end, will be the ULTIMATE reward for doing it? You can tell them details of how to do it later…for now, keep it simple, and keep the rewards in the forefront.</p>
<p>Do “this”, and get “that”. Having “this” will get you “that”. Cause and effect…a simple principle you’ve learned about since grade school. A simple cause leading to a highly rewarding effect…that’s what people are looking for.</p>
<blockquote><p>This model can take many forms, but the principle is always the same. Risk/reward. Input/outcome. Time invested/money earned. Etc…</p></blockquote>
<p>As with any type of advertisement or sales copy, there are some simple rules to follow in creating your headline…things that will help to boost the effect…</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Use Details</strong>.  The more specific you can be the better.  Not only does your statement seem more believable with specifics, but in many instances it can see more reachable. It’s not just “create a guide”, it’s “create a 10 step guide”. It’s not just “create a membership course”, it’s “get started with one lesson written…”</li>
<li><strong>Use Time Frames</strong>.  One of the things most people want is a “time frame”.  How long will this take?  When can I expect results?  It’s not just “earn money working from home”, it’s “make a living working JUST A FEW HOURS each week…” It’s “in as little as 48 hours…”</li>
<li><strong>Use Word Pictures</strong>.  Most people want the easiest route to their destination of choice.  Use word pictures to describe the ultimate result most desirable to the reader.  It’s not just “working at home”, it’s “working from the comfort of your easy chair”.</li>
</ul>
<p>So, there’s a lot to convey in your headline.  It sets the tone for your entire sales message, so spend some time developing it based on the things we’ve talked about here.</p>
<p><strong>You need to “capture” the readers’ attention right away</strong>…and the Primary Headline will be the first thing they read…that they’re almost guaranteed to read. Make it count.</p>
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		<title>5 Steps To Writing A Great Salesletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Business</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that having a great salesletter can make or break a product. You can sell a phenomenal product to a tightly focused audience, and if the sales copy is only marginal, your results will not be up to snuff. One of the problems with writing copy stems from being too close to [...]]]></description>
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</p><p>There is no doubt that having a <strong>great salesletter can make or break a product</strong>. You can sell a phenomenal product to a tightly focused audience, and if the sales copy is only marginal, your results will not be up to snuff.</p>
<p>One of the problems with writing copy stems from being too close to a project. If it is your product, sometimes it’s hard to step back and realize that the reasons you love it might not translate to someone else. It’s a lot like having kids. What is adorable or wonderful about your kid to you might be peculiar or irritating to someone else. Now maybe if they get to know your child, they’d find them adorable, too. That’s the purpose of the salesletter.</p>
<p>Your product is your “baby” at the moment. You’re already sold on it. You need to step back and try to think of what would make you spend your money on it if it wasn’t yours already.</p>
<p>So how do you do it? <strong>How do you write a great salesletter?</strong> I’m glad you asked…</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Grab Attention</strong>: You MUST get the reader’s attention quickly. A pre-head, and then a main headline should grab hold of the reader and make them want to know more. If possible, you want to give the ultimate reward for the product right in the headline. If it is easy, requires little time or effort, and/or has a big payoff, the reader should be hooked with the possible results right away.<br />
- What is the ultimate “best reason” someone should buy your product?<br />
- What is the most desirable result of buying your product to the reader?<br />
- What, above everything else, would be most beneficial about buying it?<br />
This is your chance to quickly encapsulate your entire salesletter in one, eye-catching sentence that is GUARANTEED to be read by the visitor to your site.<br />
Fire your biggest gun!</li>
<li><strong>State the Problem</strong>: Your reader must find out why they need your product. What problem are you solving? What are the frustrations that you can alleviate with your product, manual, report? Many times, there are multiple problems that can be listed to make sure you address every angle possible.<br />
I generally prefer to use the “3 Reasons Why”, or “5 Problems With” approach. Make a list of problems or issues that you know your audience deals with, and then explain a few details about these problems. Make them feel personal.</li>
<li><strong>Introduce the Product</strong>: Give details about your product, what will be included, and why it’s an answer to what your prospects are looking for. You’ll want to list solutions in direct answer to the problems described above. Brag on yourself a little, but do it in a humble manner. If you are the expert, be the expert. Tell them why your product can answer their concerns, solve their problems.</li>
<li><strong>Give Plenty of Details</strong>: People want meat, not tofu. You must present the meat of what your prospects will be getting when they part with their hard earned cash. Bullet lists, subject or chapter heads, examples of real content. The more content shared here, the more they know they’ll get with the product, and the more valuable it will be to them. If you have proof, testimonials, etc…these are great information about the product, too, if used sparingly and properly.</li>
<li><strong>Call to Action</strong>: In sales, this is the close. You must give the reader a reason to act. Ask them to buy, set a limit, or offer a bonus for quick action. Offer a satisfaction guarantee, too. Make them feel at once compelled to buy, as well as comfortable with buying.</li>
</ol>
<p>There are a lot of ways to put a good salesletter together. Use the tools you have, and your own experience, to promote your baby. Make sure you incorporate these 5 steps, and you’ll be on your way to sales copy that really sells.</p>
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		<title>WordPress &#8211; Website Design Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Online Business</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that if you don’t have a website presence these days, you are behind the times. The Internet is a useful tool to grow an online enterprise or two and to draw attention to your brick and mortar business. Along those same lines is the variety of tools available for creating that website presence. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It seems that if you don’t have a website presence these days, you are behind the times. The Internet is a useful tool to grow an online enterprise or two and to draw attention to your brick and mortar business. Along those same lines is the variety of tools available for creating that website presence.</p>
<p>It is hard to know which tool to use especially if the person has <strong>no technical knowledge</strong> to speak of. Understanding website and coding jargon requires a semester long course for most of us to get our heads around the concepts. With that in mind, many of these technical people have made it easy for the rest of us to enjoy existence in cyberspace. They take care of the technical side and offer us the chance to set up websites the easy way.</p>
<p>One such tool is WordPress. WordPress has gained a huge following since its inception. It is a popular <strong>blogging tool</strong> that offers <strong>open-space software</strong> for anyone who wants to begin a blog. </p>
<p>The software is free to install and use. Many businesses use WordPress as a platform for a blog to accompany their website. It is easy to integrate because it has only a few requirements to get started. These requirements are met by most web hosting sites anyway.</p>
<p>Besides its popular use as a blogging platform, users have discovered that WordPress can be used as website design software as well. With a variety of free themes to fit almost any need, this software can create a simple or quite complex website. It’s your choice.</p>
<p>In this report, we will discuss the WordPress design tool. It is popular, but what is behind the hype? Can it really help? Read on to find out information on:</p>
<p>* WordPress.com versus WordPress.org<br />
* Business and personal ventures that will benefit from a website designed using WordPress<br />
* Reasons why so many people love WordPress<br />
* Advantages for bloggers using WordPress<br />
* Advantages for website owners using WordPress<br />
* Other design ideas that can be accomplished using WordPress</p>
<h2>WORDPRESS AS A WEBSITE DESIGN TOOL</h2>
<p>WordPress.com versus WordPress.org</p>
<p>Many may not realize that there is a difference. Sometimes we type in the wrong extension for a URL and get misdirected to the wrong site. Typing in dot com versus dot org still brings you to a WordPress site. The problem is that each has a different purpose.</p>
<p><strong>WordPress.com</strong> is a website that hosts a variety of blogs for free. Users can sign up here and create their own blog. They will have the extension, @wordpress.com in their blog name because the site is owned by WordPress.</p>
<p>WordPress.com is actually a use of the WordPress multi-user platform. With this platform, several blogs can be run off of one installed application of WordPress. Universities, magazines, and newspapers can operate on this type of system. There is one host, but others can feature a blog under the umbrella. It is a great way to bring people together within your organization or offer it as a business perk for using your service.</p>
<p>With a blog at WordPress.com, someone who is not technically minded can create a web presence for themselves and have very little knowledge of the more technical side. Sure, you’ll want to learn about HTML, php, coding, pinging, and other blogging terms but to get started, that type of background is not needed on WordPress.com.</p>
<p>Lots of things go into blogging and running a website for that matter. For instance, files need to be backed up in case they are ever lost, upgrades to the software need to be downloaded, and security needs to be monitored. With a blog on WordPress.com all of those things are handled by the server owner. Even the software is automatically downloaded when you sign up for a blog.</p>
<p>A great influx of web traffic won’t bother your blog. The servers can support it and won’t crash or go down for any reason. The site is secure so you can log into your blog without worries about security issues. </p>
<p>There are drawbacks to this design, however. Because everyone is operating under one server, themes and other design options are at a minimum. Plug-ins to customize the blog are not offered here. This is not a worry for many who are new to blogging and want a simple blog where they can post interesting content and learn the ins and outs of blogging. WordPress.com is a good start.</p>
<p><strong>WordPress.org</strong> is altogether different. Even the software installed on your computer is not exactly the same. The software needed to run a WordPress blog or website is free to install on any computer. What is required is a website or blogging host that can support the WordPress software. </p>
<p>To use the software, WordPress requires a web host to be able to:</p>
<p>* Support PHP scripts (a programmable language used in WordPress)<br />
* Provide MySQL database access<br />
* Apache web server (not required but better to run the software)</p>
<p>WordPress.org is used by businesses to start a blog for their website. The blog can be used for customer feedback or whatever else that they have in mind. It is not required by WordPress that a blogger have their own domain name but if the blog is associated with a business website, it is best to identify it with that domain name. A unique domain name that doesn’t have the web host’s name attached will work better for you.</p>
<p>With WordPress.org, a person downloads the software onto their computer. Downloading the zip file of the software will give you access to all of the files needed to set up a blog that has access to a SQL database and an ASCII editor. Doing this requires a little more knowledge. Utilizing WordPress tutorials will help you get through it.</p>
<p>Most web hosts will support WordPress, but there are some that are ranked better than others at providing the most for your money.<br />
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<p>Hosting will run about 10 dollars a month. It is better to pay to own a domain name of your own design that doesn’t require the host’s extension.</p>
<p>WordPress is web-based software that needs a server to operate. With your web host, the software has the added option of uploading plug-ins, new themes, and the ability to tweak the code used by WordPress to customize the blog or website to your specifications.</p>
<p>For people who want to work with a wider variety of options WordPress.org provides what they need. Folks with the technical expertise to upgrade, change, and work with code, WordPress is a way to get what you need with ease. There exists a community of techies just waiting to chat with other WordPress users. If you need technical help, this friendly community of experts is the ones to consult.</p>
<p>The major drawbacks to WordPress.org come in the form of manual labor. Users must upgrade the software themselves when a new version is available. They are also responsible for blocking SPAM and backing up files. While you do get more in the way of design control, the knowledge is needed to operate it.</p>
<p><strong>Sites that can Use WordPress</strong></p>
<p>What we want to know is who can use WordPress for their website design. Users of the WordPress.org software have found that the features enable them to expand beyond just blogging. Those that know about codes are able to work behind the scenes with the code. It is easy to manipulate with very few problems. So many options exist for free plug-ins and themes that people find WordPress an excellent option for building websites.</p>
<p>If you aren’t design savvy, hiring a designer is not a bad idea. Tell them that you want to use WordPress as the software for the site. They will work within this software application to provide the services you want your website to perform. </p>
<p>Be sure that the designer explains how to change themes, upload files, pictures, and video, and how to use the content management system as a whole. Once trained, any website owner will see how uncomplicated the software will be when changing and adding to the look and content on the site.</p>
<p><strong>Churches</strong></p>
<p>A church is an organization that has major influence in the lives of a community. Besides opening its doors on Sunday and for various activities through the week, a church can continue to reach parishioners and others twenty-four hours a day with a website. This website keeps people connected to God and their congregation no matter where in the world they find themselves at that moment.</p>
<p>Items like the weekly bulletin can be updated and posted on the website. The church can post the weekly sermons in video and/or transcript form for others to view and read. This way they can create a running archive of all of the pastor’s sermons, special events speakers, and other topics of interest. Each item can have its own page. Post Sunday school lessons so they can be studied ahead of time.</p>
<p><strong>Magazines</strong></p>
<p>Web magazines have a unique opportunity with WordPress. Use it to create category pages. Each department of the magazine or newspaper will have a page where they post relevant news stories. The front page will be left for headline stories. </p>
<p>With WordPress, these pages can be managed and organized to suit any need that the magazine has. With a print magazine, stories that cannot be used in the paper copy can be rolled into the appropriate category and showcased in the online version. Pictures and video are easily paired with news stories to give a more professional look that doesn’t resemble a blog at all.</p>
<p><strong>Brick and Mortar Businesses</strong></p>
<p>It doesn’t matter if you operate a real estate business, a tourism business, a crafting business, or what have you. WordPress has a theme and a plug-in that will enhance your product. With WordPress.org, it is okay to sell merchandise on your website. Feel free to set up a page with items for sale and upload thumbnail pictures and create descriptions.</p>
<p>A business that is looking to grow can offer polls of their customers to gauge what they find satisfying or dissatisfying about their service. Set up a web chat on the site to provide useful advice to customers and other visitors. For a real estate company, the chat could consist of offering advice about t real estate investing and criteria to look for when buying a home.</p>
<p>Answer questions that come from feedback given in the store. Customers who mail back comment cards can get acknowledgement of their suggestions and solutions for their problems. Use administrative tools to collect statistics on everything from unique visitors to poll answers.</p>
<p><strong>Reviews</strong></p>
<p>If it’s one thing that people value it is the opinion of others with experience. Use WordPress to create a review site. The reviews could be about movies, the latest household products, computer software and gadgetry, books, food, and the like. Set up a category for each type of review you intend to publish on the site. </p>
<p>Keep content fresh and up-to-date so viewers will stay interested. Include pictures of the items, videos of items being used, and video clips if you plan to review movies. Adding more plug-in features and changing the theme every once in a while enhances the feel of the site. New movies come out each week and people use reviews to decide which movie is worth the seven dollars or more to see on the big screen or not.</p>
<p><strong>Photo Ops</strong></p>
<p>Let’s say that you want to get into stock photography. Use WordPress to create a gallery of your best photos for sale. Divide the pictures by theme for easier viewing by potential customers. Include posts or articles on how-to’s for photography buffs, tourism stories about photo destinations, and how to use your website.</p>
<p>It is up to you how many pictures are arranged per page and what size. Before letting the updated page go live, review its contents to see that the code worked. </p>
<h2>ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS</h2>
<p>Creating a blog or website offers distinct advantages to businesses. Whether you are just starting out or looking for new solutions to grow the business, WordPress is there to meet the need.</p>
<p>People are looking for information and solutions. Blogs, blog-like websites, and RSS feeds speed up the obtaining of this information. With each, content needs to be kept new and fresh to keep the attention of the customer and other viewers. A stagnant blog or website is dead and wasting your time.</p>
<p>With WordPress, it is easy to make updates to content, change themes, and manage the entire thing with little effort. Changing a theme doesn’t mean configuring the entire site. As often as you need a fresh look, go for it and see instant results.</p>
<p><strong>Blog User Benefits</strong></p>
<p>WordPress was originally designed as a tool for bloggers. It was one of a long line of free blog hosting services, but it offered more to the average blogger than other sites. Bloggers here could use their own domain name and weren’t required to use the name of the webhost if they did not want to.</p>
<p>The site, WordPress.com and WordPress.org became popular because of the benefits it offered to bloggers that exceeded that of other sites. Also, WordPress designers continued to better the application, iron out bugs, and compete with other blogging sites to offer a top notch blog.</p>
<p>A blogger using either site will be pleased with the offerings. There are custom themes and plug-ins for any type of tweaking you want to do. A blog can be basic, like those offered on WordPress.com or more complex like WordPress.org.</p>
<p>A blogger under the WordPress.com umbrella gets automatic software updates, security monitoring, pinging, spell check, and file backup. These services are offered for free. Anyone needing it can go through a tutorial to learn about creating posts, categories, and uploading to the blog.</p>
<p>More advanced bloggers can gain access to more advanced features with WordPress.org. Some bloggers use their blog as an e-commerce site. They can upload a payment option; create a page for viewing items for sale, and other features to enhance that part of their business.</p>
<p><strong>Website Designer Benefits</strong></p>
<p>Someone with the design know-how can create a website from this blogging tool. With all of the plug-ins and available themes, the site can look any way that the owner wants it to. Creative individuals have more gadgets to play with when they install WordPress software.</p>
<p>A site can be used as a functional tool for virtual businesses. Let’s say that you own a writing business. WordPress software can be used to organize a site where writers communicate about current and future projects. This would also work for a magazine that assigns stories to writers.</p>
<p>WordPress can be configured so that content is displayed in a more website friendly format and not the traditional “post” format of a blog. Visitors can still comment on articles if you choose that option. Other users can be granted access to the website and given privileges to do a number of things.  For instance, a magazine has one editor but many department heads. Each can access the category page that pertains to them. Posting feedback privately to article authors is also possible.</p>
<h2>OTHER DESIGN IDEAS</h2>
<p><strong>Widgets</strong></p>
<p>What are widgets anyway? Widgets are those applications that work within the sidebars on a page. They allow the user to customize links that their viewers can follow to find specific information. </p>
<p>These are most useful for blog users. The newest WordPress themes are widget-ready so it is a matter of clicking and dragging the features into the toolbar. They can add boxes that describe their online status for instant messaging programs, blogrolls, Meta tags, article archives, a listing of categories, and so forth. </p>
<p>Those using WordPress as a website and content management system can utilize widgets also. An article archive is helpful for new people who want to know what it has to offer them. Widgets can be used to highlight most popular product searches, most popular article searches, latest searches, and more. Choose the widget options that will help your business.</p>
<p><strong>Social Networking Site</strong></p>
<p>WordPress as a blogging tool can be used to bring more people to your business. With its popularity it could quickly become another social networking phenomenon. Using blogging software to run a website has distinct advantages. Visitors can comment on your articles and posts. You can respond and begin a conversation.</p>
<p>With pings, trackbacks, and links to your profiles on other networking sites, people will find your WordPress blog or business website. With a unique look and a variety of plug-ins at your disposal, any WordPress user can create a following that others will want to know about.</p>
<p><strong>Multi User Platform</strong></p>
<p>Schools like Harvard are using the multi user platform. This can take off as a way to form small communities of bloggers. One entity owns the website and allows others to use the bandwidth to create their own blog. It could be a small business, a community group that wants to attract members, or a high school class who wants to keep in touch. </p>
<p>Someone with an enterprising new idea can use the WordPress multi user platform in conjunction with other blogging tools to set up their own social networks. It can stay small or have the potential to grow enormously. The ease of use of WordPress software makes this a viable design idea for entrepreneurial users.</p>
<p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong></p>
<p>Do you currently use WordPress? Maybe you have been thinking about it but haven’t yet been convinced to try. For people who want to take a chance without a lot of risk, go to WordPress.com and set up a blog. Use themes and templates to get the look you want and learn what you can about how WordPress works. While you’re at it, increase the traffic to your blog site with SEO content, trackbacks, and pings.</p>
<p>Those who are ready to take the next step can find a web host and step up to WordPress.org. If you have a bit of technical knowledge and the vision to grow, let WordPress help you to do it effortlessly. Get connected to all the major search engines and have your content ranked high to be easily found by others.</p>
<p>WordPress has proven that it can deliver what people need and still be user-friendly.</p>
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