WordPress for Businesses
WordPress may have been released in 2003 as a blogging content management system (CMS) but it has grown up since. No longer is WordPress only for blogs. More than 60 million WordPress websites testify to its versatility. WordPress is helping businesses succeed including dog trainers, custom sign makers, branding agencies, and active gear retailers.Why is WordPress a good choice for a business website? Control and Ownership Control and ownership matter to business owners. Your products and services wouldn't be what they are without you. The same is true of your website. Large businesses may be able to afford a unique CMS (although even the BBC, Bloomberg, and Disney use WordPress) but small businesses usually opt for customizing a CMS already available. Most small businesses turn to WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or Weebly. Yet only one of these gives business owners robust control and ownership.WordPress is open source meaning that anyone can use it or modify it. You aren't beholden to the hosting solutions (and pricing tiers) of a single company. Choose virtually anyone to host your WordPress website and move it anytime. WordPress' open nature also means that it is easy for a developer to modify your website. You aren't stuck living within the walled garden of a single company. WordPress puts you in control.WordPress also takes your ownership of your data seriously. You own your business and you own your website. You should have complete control of your website's data. WordPress allows you to access (and export) your website's data anytime. So if you were ever to move your WordPress site (or leave WordPress behind) you can take your data with you. That isn't always true of other popular content…