Every blog starts humble- well, at least most do. If you have a niche, and do a great job, well, next thing you know, you’ve got a million dollar business.
Here is what 247WallSt.com decided were the top 25 blogs- based on their financial value- take a look:
financial values on blogs.
Gawker, Huffington Post and Drudge report are at the top of the heap- but don’t let that stop you. There are opportunities untapped- just find your niche and jump in.
“But, I don’t want to have a blog for a website”- we hear it all the time. The reality is, WordPress is a Content Publishing system using a database. It really doesn’t care what your site looks like, it’s just the tool to manage that content.
I don’t call it a Content Management System anymore- because, it’s really not managing the content, you are. It helps you publish to the web what you need to publish, in the easiest way possible. We use other CMS systems like Drupal and Joomla- however, they require a steeper learning curve than WordPress- making them less likely to help you be prolific. Google prefers prolific – trust me.
We found the Thesis theme about 6 months ago. It’s a paid theme- something we typically don’t strongly recommend, however, from a developers standpoint, Thesis gives us all the tools we need to make a site do almost anything. For us, that’s worth it.
The Krispy Kreme UK site done in Thesis
For you- it means you can have a site that looks great, and doesn’t look like a “WordPress” site. The developer of Thesis-Â Chris Pearson, is an active member of the WordPress community. He understands the idea of supporting his theme, and has been building a community of users. He’s on Twitter- Personified
Which brings us to the site that doesn’t look like WordPress (and there are many of them) that I thought I’d highlight today- Krispy Kreme UK. Take a look at the screen shot- or wander over to the site.
And, if you don’t want to pay for Thesis, there are some other premium type themes that are free. Read this post to see what’s out there.
This time, we’re doing something different.
We’ll give a FREE 45 minute presentation on Twitter and how it can work for business starting at 7:30am until 8:15am- then you can stay for Websitetology- the seminar that makes anyone into a Google Topping Web Master.
The key to Websites these days is understanding they aren’t like a Yellow pages ad- just paying money and putting one up isn’t going to get you business automatically. Websites have to be updated, have useful information that is customer focused and they have to be built so that you can maintain it yourself.
It’s not enough to just build a website- you also need to build a community- and we’ll teach you how.
If you have a site that uses web 2.0 technology like RSS, CSS and allows for comments: and come to our seminar, you will be able to get listed on the first page of Google (without paying for ads). We can teach you how to be a webmaster in one day- without having to learn any code.
Spend a day with us and learn everything you need to know about how the web works- but the secrets of how you get to the first page of Google without paying for ads.
We’ll teach you how to maintain a website using the newest coolest Web 2.0 tools- which means nothing to buy, no code to learn and the ability to connect with customers easier than ever before.
What we preach is organic search engine optimization as opposed to paying for “Search Engine Optimization†voodoo. It’s much more cost effective and it actually works.
Your website can become a powerful business tool and easy to use if you take this seminar. Your webstats will prove it in no time.
So sign up now– we know you’ll become one of our many successful Websitetologists.
Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009 at Nehemiah University, 750 S. Main Street Dayton OH 45402 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Free Twitter session before- starting at 7:30 am. RSVP’s requested, not required: [email protected].