Tweet

How Wordpress Can Torture and Defeat the Entrepreneur

Guest post by: Ken Sundheim

Article Overview: Do you remember the video game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for the original Nintendo? It was that miserable game you would spend all Saturday on, fighting boxers five times bigger than you only to get to Mike Tyson, who would knock you out in about 3 seconds.

How Wordpress Can Torture and Defeat the Entrepreneur

Do you remember the video gameMike Tyson's Punch-Outfor the originalNintendo? It was that miserable game you would spend all Saturday on, fighting boxers five times bigger than you only to get to MikeTyson, who would knock you out in about 3 seconds.

After dealing with Wordpress, Joomla! and a smattering of other content management systems, I'll say this for the video game avatars: prior to being knocked out, torture was minimal.

30 years ago, entrepreneurship was about sales, cold calling, print marketing and relationship building. Now, entrepreneurship is about templates, pre-customized themes, FTP access, stylesheets and thousands of useless plug-ins.

People always talk about the importance of having a good website as an entrepreneur, however not many people talk about the giant that stands in the entrepreneurs way also known as Wordpress.

I would think that I've accomplished a decent amount in my career at a young age and would describe myself as resilient and someone who has the ability to complete tasks, however I have met my match.

A few months ago I knew that if I ever wanted to open up additional businesses, I would have to learnadvancedWordPresstechniques all the way to learning what is called CSS or referred to as a stylesheet which is the backend design of a website.

After hundreds of hours I have come to a few conclusions regardingWordPressand tips for the first time entrepreneur who is venturing into planning out his or her website design and layout.

The two main content management systems out there areWordPressand Joomla! and, both have thousands of websites that contain themes that the website owner can install to make their website look beautiful….or so we thought.

If you think you can simply buy one of these WordPress themes and have an All-Star website, you are a far ways away. However, you can have professionals install these Wordpress themes, though you must figure out the layout of the template and put content in accordingly.

I do recommend that you outsource this, as I've seen it come with a high opportunitycostand a huge frustration toll. Though, here are some tips to do so:

– installation, regardless what you are told of a WordPress theme takes about 20 min.

- You want to get pricing for things such as a static homepage which only takes about 15 min. for the programmers. That is, if you design your own homepage which, forcosts'sake I highly recommend. Also, if you want photos, do not waste your time enhancing, cropping, resizing photos when the programmer could do it for a few dollars.

– Before you go to a programmer, have everything regarding the design of the template as well as the content present so the programmers can transfer the files easily and cannot make the argument for hitting you with an excessive bill

– You can install your own plug-ins just get recommendations from the programmers

– There are programming options overseas for about $15 an hour, though after speaking with them, I found many companies to be disorganized and many eating me to type pages of directions instead of being able to get on the phone.

–Decent WordPress programmers in the U.S. should cost around $50 an hour and make sure you layout hourly predictions with these individuals in a firm, yet professional manner.

Related Articles
  There Are Some Things You Should Know About Wordpress
  Wordpress.org vs Wordpress.com
  When should I upgrade my wordpress site?
  The must have plugins for your wordpress blog (for beginners)
  How Wordpress CMS can benefit an organization?
  How WordPress Trackback works?
  7 Reasons to Use a WordPress Design For Your Business Website
  What’s Wrong with Sore Losers?
  How Do You Speak to Yourself?
  Don’t Allow the D’s in Your Life to Defeat You
  Discover How Your Internet Home Business can benefit from a Wordpress Blog
  Appreciate Your Adversaries, VI
  Wordpress
  Make Money From Online Business - Plan to Succeed
  Hire WordPress Developer to build an exceptional open source web application
  Don’t know much about the internet, Can I be a Successful Entrepreneur?
  Business & Corporate Web Design - Tutorial on How To Build Under $100
  WordPress- A Full Fledged Content Management System
  Some Enjoyable WordPress Plugins to Check Out
  Defeat can only lead to success if you learn and take action

Article Tags: entrepreneurs, marketing, wordpress



Related Forum Posts
Re: Poll: Blogger or Wordpress Blog? - Blogger is a good place to start blogging simply because it is so easy to set up a blog and go. However, Wordpress has a lot more to offer. I recently set up a membership site in about five minutes flat on a Wordpress blog on one of my websites. I haven't had time to develop it yet, but the point is, you can do that sort of thing on Wordpress but not on Blogger. That is just one example of the versatility of Wordpress.
Re: What are the ways to start a business with a small capital? - Great tips, everyone! I totally agree that blogging is the way to go. You can help brand yourself and be seen as an expert in your niche, and it's more personalized. GT, that's very possible. I can believe that their blog would get shut down over too many affiliate links. Does Wordpress specifically have terms about this, though? I have a self-hosted Wordpress blog, and since it's on your own server, you have complete control over it. There is no one to tell you what you can and can't do with it. A Wordpress-hosted blog, however, would be under Wordpress's terms of service. That would be interesting to know since I was considering starting a blog on Wordpress. Alan
how do I get started with Wordpress blog? - Hello All, It's time for me to get serious about a blog - which I have definitely been resisting. I've read some posts here in the forum that suggests Wordpress Blog is the best and it's interactive. I am currently set up on blogpspot.com but haven't been active for a long time, so it's not problem for me to switch. Where do I begin with Wordpress and after I make a blog post can anyone comment back? Can I monitor the comments? How is Wordpress different or better than blogspot.com? Thanks, Nancy
Re: how do I get started with Wordpress blog? - I agree that anybody thinking about starting a Wordpress blog should buy a domain name and set up a hosting account. When choosing a hosting account, make sure it is one that is set up for Wordpress and includes an easy installation script such as "Simple Scripts". Two web hosts I'd particularly recommend for Wordpress are Bluehost and Hostgator.
Re: Alexa Ranking Goals - That's great GT! What method did you use to put up the Entrepreneur Blog Network in your Wordpress Blog? We're always looking for the easiest methods to help bloggers who are not techies get involved.


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

Ten Things You Can Do To Be a Better Leader

When Living the Dream isn't enough!

Death by Micromanagement

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.