comment now for a free theme with your "wordpress business + mentoring package" for the first 3 commenters

I have had so many requests from small businesses for websites that I can no longer ignore that it is an important part of what We-Learn offers. So I am pleased to announce that I have put together a couple of great packages for WordPress installations focused on small business. But in true We-Learn style there is an emphasis on empowering organisations to DIY their own websites.

Here is how the WordPress Business + Mentoring Package works and how we can do it so fast:

• I get together with you in my office or yours and we nut out how you want the site to look
• We build the theme together using web design software called Artisteer and I upload it and install the new theme along with some plugins to your hosted wordpress installation. (To do this you need a hosting provider that supports PHP and allows you to install a database. I like using cPanel because it is easy and quick to do a WordPress installation especially with Fantastico installed.)
• As I install the plugins I show you how to do it and get you to do some yourself
• I mentor you and get you to put the content in yourself with my assistance so that you are learning to operate your CMS
• We get the framework and the look and feel sorted in 2-4 hours then you go and do the rest yourself
• You have access to me for a month after via email, Skype, twitter or phone to iron out any problems you have along the way

This package is designed to empower business owners and provide them with skills and knowledge to manage their own site.The mentoring includes tips and tricks on how to incorporate web2.0 and Social Media into your business and website, analysis of your business to see what plugins would best meet your business needs.

To learn more about what the service offers and to see the prices go to our self managed sites page.

So to celebrate the new product I am offering a free theme design for the first three people to commenter. This is a saving of $200.00! All you need to do is go to the comments section and post a comment to let me know you are interested in the package. I will use the email address that you put in the email field in the comment form to contact you to discuss how I can help you out.

If you know anyone in busness in Adelaide (or anywhere else for that matter) who you think might be interested in this service, make sure to retweet this post to them (or let them know some other way )

I took the opportunity today to finally change my website from Joomla to WordPress. When I first put my site together in Joomla it was a steep learning curve and I never really got to terms with the “articles” “categories” way that that Joomla worked.

Whenever I put sites up for clients I have found WordPress to be much more user friendly as a CMS. The other great aspect of WordPress is the sheer ease of adding plugins and widgets. My philosophy when it comes to building sites for clients is centred on creating sites that the client can completely manage themselves. For this reason I tend to recommend WordPress as I believe it is the superior CMS based on usability and it also makes an ideal starting block for many small businesses.

I welcome any comments on this assertion especially as this is my first post on the new site and it marks the start of my New Years Resolution to start practicing what I preach and get some serious blogging happening again.