wordpress4biz

If you run your own business and want a website, it can be daunting to think of the time and cost to have a website professionally designed and written for you - but it needn't be that way.

Using Wordpress, which is free software, along with relevant Wordpress plugins for business then you can quickly get your website up and running - and speedily add in further functionality as you need it!

Here I've taken a look at a number of Wordpress plugins for business that I've found interesting or useful myself. 

Put simply, a Wordpress plugin is an extra piece of Wordpress you just upload and activate and it performs a task for you or automates a process that it would have taken a programmer to write for you just a few years ago.

Typical Wordpress plugins essential for business are:

 - automatically backup your site and email a copy of it to you daily/weekly.  Never worry that you'll lose the lot in some hideous accident. You've instantly got all your files backed up and safe!

 - instantly generate a membership site and be able to email out your newsletter effortlessly.  Keeping in touch is a vital part of your business growth.  It costs nothing to keep in touch, but if you don't then you're giving away your potential customers to your competitors!

 - Create a directory page on your website, a directory of useful resources (or maybe advertising links you're paid for).  This will generate extra traffic to your website as well as having the potential for extra income or making your site more useful to visitors than a competitor site that doesn't have a handy list/directory.

And those are just the start.  There are literally thousands of useful Wordpress plugins for business which you can use, some of them are free, some cost less than 2 hours' programmer rates - and they've all got the potential to help you automate and grow your business or online income.

I hope you find these useful.