10 Reasons Small Businesses Need a WordPress Site

Diana Huff outlines some very good reasons indeed. If you feel ready to learn to update your own site then WordPress is the very bet choice. Not only is it the very most frequently used site development software in the world, it’s also FREE. That’s right, you heard me, it’s FREE, $0, nada. Now that doesn’t mean that you don’t need help getting your site up and running because there is a big difference between updating content and site development. But I feel that most of my clients can learn to make simple updates with ease. That’s why I build training time into my proposals.

Wordpress began as a blogging platform and it still retains it’s blogging capabilites, but now it’s a real Content Management System as well. And, there are so many plugins available (many free) that you can do just about anything you want within your site. Read the entire article here.

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270+ Online Business Tools from Mashable

So many apps. So little time. That means you need help finding useful tools and here is a big list that may help you sort things out. Or you can let me take care of that for you and I’ll do an assessment of what’s working and what’s not, research the options, give you a list with pros and cons, costs, etc. and help you make a great choice,

For now you can take a look at this list if you like. You’ll find tools for accounting/billing, calendars & scheduling, project management, presentations, crowdsourcing, networking, customer relationship management, information management, human resources, marketing & publicity, ecommerce and more.

Check out the entire list of online tools here.

When you’re ready for help making sense of all the choices, call me 512-294-3271.

SEO Can Kill Your Business

by Nando-Caban-Mendez
at UpMarket

Nando is a super smart guy and makes some very astute points in this article. SEO is pervasive and there is lots of misinformation out there. Take a few minutes and read what he has to share. Then carefully consider your choices when it comes to SEO assistance.

In his article on Upmarket Nando helps you remember that what you really need is balance in you marketing approach, just like in all the others of your life and business. The extreme focus on SEO can make you forget to take care of other, simpler ways to reach out to your local market, neighbors and community.

Take a few minutes to read his wise words, then step back and reassess where your efforts might be best applied.

Learn all you can then ask for help when working to get your business known online.