WordPress for Small Business

I publish new articles each week on using WordPress to manage your small business website.

Check back to this page often to read the latest and greatest developments on WordPress powered websites and WordPress search engine optimization (SEO)!

WordPress 3.3 Is Here – What’s New?

December 14, 2011

WordPress 3.3 was just released. What’s inside? Some nice improvements – watch my video for a quick tour. I’ll show you around the new interface changes, and some of the new features as well. Quick list of new features in WordPress 3.3 for users Here’s a short list of the new features in WordPress 3.3. [...]

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What is CSS – A Designer’s Introduction to WordPress and Cascading Style Sheets

October 12, 2011

CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, allows you to store style presentation information separate from your HTML structure on your WordPress site. CSS was introduced to replace tables as means to layout a website. The CSS file controls the fonts, colors, margins, lines, height, width, background images, advanced positions and many other elements of your [...]

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What’s Next for WordPress?

September 1, 2011
WordCamp SF 2011

WordPress is on fire. Latest stats show that almost 15% of the sites on the Internet are powered by WordPress. And out of every 100 new domains registered, 22 of them are for WordPress websites, which indicates continued growth. After attending WordCamp in San Francisco a week and a half ago, I was planning to [...]

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How to Blow Up Your Blog With Microsoft Word

August 4, 2011

So you’re settled in for the evening at your favorite spot on the couch with your laptop, finally ready to write that awesome blog post that’s been percolating in your mind for the past week while you watch your favorite show. You fire up Microsoft Word and start writing. Wait – Don’t Do It! Why? Because [...]

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The Five Minute Website for Small Businesses

June 24, 2011
WordPress SmallBiz Theme for Business Websites

We’re very excited to announce something we’ve been working very hard on for the past several months – the SmallBiz Web Suite v3.7. This version is more than just a WordPress Theme. It is the next evolution of SmallBiz, and provides the ability to create a complete web presence – including a Website, Blog, Facebook [...]

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What’s Involved in Having an Article Written

May 25, 2011

Thanks to Google’s recent changes to their algorithm, the need for fresh content has become absolutely necessary for any business wanting to maintain or improve their search engine rankings. Articles for blogs, newsletters, and directories are key components of this fresh content. While most business owners with websites understand this reality, some are at a [...]

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Backup and Restore Your Website with BlueHost

April 4, 2011
BlueHost Site Backup & Restore

Those of you who follow my blog know I recommend BlueHost for simple and easy WordPress hosting. WordPress installs and updates are a breeze, you get great U.S. based tech support, and the price is right. Not to mention you can install up to 100 WordPress sites on a single account! And here’s another great [...]

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How to Move WordPress to another directory or folder

March 3, 2011
Moving Wordpress

If you installed WordPress in a sub-folder or sub-directory under your domain, and want to move it to the root of the domain, there are a few things you need to be aware of. For example, what if you installed WordPress in: http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/ but you want to move it to to top level of the [...]

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How to Keep Your WordPress Blog Secure

January 25, 2011
WordPress Security

Last week one of my readers asked a very good question: “Is there anything in particular you recommend to secure a WordPress website? In talking to a tech at my hosting provider, he recommended adding security plugin. Is that something you recommend? Should I worry about security?” WordPress security can be a deep and technical [...]

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Merry Christmas from Expand2Web!

December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas from Expand2Web

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year from Expand2Web. Thomas and I truly appreciate our readers and customers and really enjoy meeting and getting to know you. If you haven’t already dropped us an email or commented and introduced yourself, please do – we’d love to meet you. [...]

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