Playing with WordPress 2.5

This guest post is written by Lara Kulpa, owner of Anubis Marketing. The company’s services include blog design and development, search engine optimization, and internet marketing.

Well it’s been a few weeks now and I’ve had the chance to play around with the new version of WordPress, 2.5. I have to say that so far I’m pretty pleased with it, but it definitely takes some getting used to.

For starters, let me assure you that as with any WordPress upgrade, it’s a simple process to do. You delete and reinstall a couple folders, overwrite the rest, and run the script. Quite the…

Why WordPress? My First Podcast

Tuesday my first-ever podcast was released, an interview (about ten minutes long) with Ken Rayment at Better Process Podcast.

Our topic was why industrial firms should use WordPress as a platform for their websites, whether or not they have a blog.

The podcast was quite an experience, one that gave me a greater appreciation of how difficult it is to think on your feet when the microphone is on. Ken was easy to talk to, but I found myself wanting to say ten things at once. It’s sure a lot easier on a keyboard! I’ll probably look for more opportunities to do podcasts,…

Use WordPress for Your Company Web Site

Transitioning from Blogger to WordPress would have been impossible for me without the help of Lara Kulpa, an incredibly talented WordPress developer I met through my blogging friend Liz Strauss. (Thank you, Liz!)

Lara and I are teaming up to help companies build Web sites and/or blogs in WordPress. From my point of view as a sales and marketing strategist, I can see enormous sales and marketing value in the WordPress approach. For a look at the technical benefits of WordPress, here are insights from Lara.

Interview with Lara Kulpa, Anubis Marketing.

1. How long have you been working with WordPress?
I discovered it back…

Word Sell Waiting for WordPress

We were hoping to transfer my Web site and this blog to their new WordPress home today, but due to technical difficulties we have to wait, hopefully not long.

I’m beginning to think WordPress would be an excellent platform for many small and midsize company Web sites, whether a blog is involved or not.

1. Easy to set up.
2. Reasonable cost.
3. Incredible flexibility to add and change Web pages.
4. And for us habitual tweakers, fast and cost-free editing.

Those are some pretty big benefits, especially for a company that’s growing and evolving, like Word Sell, Inc.

Word Sell Likes WordPress

So far, so good with rebuilding my website and blog in WordPress. The more I see of WordPress, the better I like it.

1. Back end navigation is intuitive.

2. With a seemingly endless supply of plug-ins, a website can become about as robust as you want it to be.

3. Having the ability to create new web pages and tweak current web pages without having to go through a professional (and often expensive) programmer saves time and money.

4. Making my blog part of my overall site makes all the sense in the world. It makes it easy for the reader to browse…