Friday, June 18th, 2010
We saved the biggest and best for last with this social media site post! Wordpress is a content management system most often associated with hosting blogs. What a lot of people don't know about Wordpress is its seemingly endless possibilities. Currently, we build of our sites in Wordpress because it allows us to give our users control over updating their content with a simple interface. We haven't had to say no to a functionality request yet and here are some examples of sites we've built in Wordpress:
Notice that they look and standard like any other site, however what you can't see is how amazing things are behind the scenes. Each one of our users is able to change the content on their whole site and we include a blog with training so our users are encouraged to get active in social media and help create their own search engine optimization with fresh, relevant content.
Some of the highlights of using Wordpress include its integration with other social media platforms. We suggest using your blog as your social media hub. It's a place to direct traffic and saturate with keywords. It's also a great opportunity to talk to your audience about what you are interested in and know to establish yourself as an expert in the community.
There are some tough competitors out there for Wordpress with similar functionality. We don't mean to say Wordpress is necessarily better but we are comfortable there and can ensure quality results. Also, Wordpress just released their new version – TODAY! So, you know it's a system that is maintained and evolving. here are some other reasons we love Wordpress:
Wordpress was started in 2003 and has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world
4 out of 5 users prefer Wordpress to other services like Blogger
Wordpress just added themes that are optimized for mobile phones
Used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of users everyday
Open-sourced project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it
Committed to making the latest blogging technologies available to their users
Fully Customizable Interfaces allow for well-branded blogs
Utilizes robust tools such as an integrated blacklist and an open proxy checker, as well as additional plug-ins, to protect you from spam
Allows visitors to your site to leave comments on individual entries; you can enable/disable comments on a per post basis
Allows for easy importing
Intelligent text formatting and typographical niceties give blogs a nicer look and feel
Wordpress links allow you to create, maintain and update any number of blogrolls through your administration interface, which is quicker than external blogroll managers
Keep your eyes out for lots more Wordpress posts on specific plug-ins and site functionality! Contact us today for more information on your own site or blog development!
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