Why Wordpress? 21 Smart People Answer The Question.

15 December 2009 Categories: social media, st petersburg, web design, web design

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Why WordPress?

That was the question I asked twenty one WordPress theme designers, developers and bloggers; I wanted to get a good balance – not just the theme developers who everyone has heard about! Their answers are very interesting, to say the least. I asked four and the answers will be published over the next couple of days. The questions are:

Why WordPress?
First question. Why WordPress? Why not Joomla! or Drupal or any of the other CMSes out there?

You have the power
Second question. Hypothetically, you have the power to change one thing in WordPress. What would that be?

Problems
Third. What do you see as the biggest problems facing the WP community at the moment?

The future?
Final question. The future? With just about anything possible with WordPress these days, where do you think the future lies for so ething still widely seen as a blogging platform?

Get their fascinating answers at the always-inspiring WPSHOUT!

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Small Business Blogging Writer’s Idea Generator

21 July 2009 Categories: social media, st petersburg, web design, web design

Call Seven North Web & Graphics Web Design at 727-894-5266 in St Petersburg, Florida to talk about setting a Wordpress website as the hub for your social media marketing program.

West Florida- St Petersburg - GRAYL'S HOTEL
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Say that you are blogging to create community and a better page-rank for your small St Petersburg Fl business. Say that you are flat out of inspiration for a compelling blog post. What the heck should you write about?

About.com to the rescue:

3. Conduct an Interview
You can contact a customer, distributor, supplier, manufacturer, or even an employee and ask if they would be interested in answering some questions to appear in an interview on your blog. Most people don’t mind the online exposure and interviews give your blog readers an inside look into your business.
4. Highlight Your Office, Employees and So On
Another way to give your blog readers a view into your business and help them make a personal connection with it (which leads to customer loyalty) is by inviting them behind the scenes. Post photos and stories about employees or photos of your office. Write about company events or anything else that lets your readers feel like they’re part of your “family.”

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10 Business Blog Posts
Business Blog Post Ideas to Keep Your Company Blog Interesting

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Establish A Consistent Social Media Presence

12 May 2009 Categories: social media, st petersburg, web design, web design

Web Design With Wordpress for Social Media Success in St Petersburg,Tampa Bay,Florida

Establish A Consistent Social Media Presence

St Pete’s Seven North Web & Graphics Social Media-Hub Website: Leveraging Wordpress for Easy SEO and Lower Cost.

Our Philosophy: You should have total control and ownership of your site’s look, function and content, your hosting choices and your domain.

Our Policy: You select your hosting and domain registry provider (we can assist you with this if desired); You do your own content management (we can get you started and provide training or manage it.for you if desired.)

Web Site Option One

We will:

  • Consult with your company about your Web Site, and
  • Build a Social Media HUB-Web Site designed specifically for your business.

You Get:

  • Theme Layout
  • One hour of Design Time
  • Web Log
  • Two Blog Entries
  • Content Pages
  • Two Social Media Connections (Face book, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr, etc.)
  • One Hour of Training- Content Management and Organic SEO Techniques.

We Install:

  • Your Web Ready Content
  • Links, Categories and Navigation
  • Search Engine Optimization Plugins
  • User-Centric Modifications
  • Comment-Spam Protection
  • Daily Backup System
  • Google Analytics or similar tracking system
  • Webmail Account
  • Wysiwyg editing aids
  • And more.

Starting At $599.00

Graphic Design: From business cards to billboards, we can design, manufacture and deliver all your print-media promotion at great prices.

Web Site Option Two

Includes Option One – PLUS

  • Custom or Premium Theme
  • One extra hour of design time -( Total two hours).
  • Four extra Social Media Connections (Total six)
  • Ten Web Log entries (Total twelve)
  • RSS News Feeds with content relevant to your industry.
  • 2 Hours of Training (*Total three hours*) option one plus: Writing for the web and SEO, Business blogging, Social media marketing, Netiquette.

We teach you how to run your Social Media Marketing Empire effectively and efficiently.

  1. Post to all your social applications at once, including your weblog – Free!
  2. Use RSS feeds and specialized searches to gather industry news and media daily that you can use to blog, microblog, bookmark etc., which increases your authority, web ranking and reader base – Free!
  3. Find out what customers are saying about you, your competitors and your industry in real time – Free!
  4. Find out who visits your page and from where – Free!
  5. Learn to use the free and honest way to increase your Search Engine Authority as recommended by Google – Free!
  6. Learn the easy way to write copy for the web using your branding key words naturally for organic SEO – Free!

Starting At $899.00

Call 727-894-5266 for more information.

*Re-pointing of existing domain ($40.00)
*Logo design, if required, is additional

Note: Security and feature updates to your Wordpress software and your plugins are necessary at irregular intervals. You may wish to perform these updates yourself, or you may wish for us to do this for you. At this time we charge fifty-five dollars an hour, with a fifteen-minute minimum. Most updates are quick and uneventful.


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