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Considerations for WordPress Theme Selection

Though many new WordPress bloggers approach theme selection, and even further customization of their theme, from the esthetic and flashy presentation aspects, there are far more important things to think about. And, these things can make the difference in getting new visitors, keeping them, and ultimately doing business from your blog. Here are those very important things to help you to select the right theme

WordPress Plugins and Widgets

If you’re paying to host your WordPress blog, rather than using the free WordPress.com hosting, you will have the ability to select from thousands of plugins or “widgets” to accomplish a great many things.

  • Enhance the display characteristics of your WordPress blog
  • Increase the functionality of your blog
  • Add features that will appeal to your blog visitors
  • Improve the

Free or Hosted WordPress Blog?

I’ll begin and end this post with this:  “The serious blogger should spend the very small amount required to host their Wordpress blog.”

GoDaddy.com or another hosting provider will give you the ability to select a WordPress installation and have it done for you.  GoDaddy does it for about $60/year at the

Themes and WordPress Blog Design

WordPress is blogging software, but it need not look like it.  Too many people want to split the web world into “websites” and “blogs.”  They believe there is some extensive visible difference in the two, and that their site visitors can immediately differentiate between a “website” and a “blog.”  That’s not necessarily true.

First, you can

Content For A Consulting or Professional Blog

The difference in promoting yourself and services in the blogging world is that you really must SHOW what you know, not TELL what you know.  A high percentage of professional services blogs are ineffective at generating business because they are simply billboards, no different from a magazine ad saying “I Am The Greatest!”

This doesn’t work. 

Why Blogging Is Effective For Most Any Business

When blogs, or web logs, were brand new, they were almost exclusively personal journals for friends and family to read the musings of someone who liked to write about their experiences and feelings. The fact that, just a few short years later, there are tens of millions of business blogs is a testament to