What Exactly Is WordPress, And How Can It Save Me Massive Mountains Of Cash?

Office Hours

Welcome again to Office Hours, where you can pick our brains on topics ranging from web development, SEO, social media, and more!

This week we received a fantastic question from David:

“I am confused. I’m working on a new website for my company and I’m talking to a lot of different developers. I hear a lot of talk about WordPress, but I don’t really know what it is. Is it a blog? Is it a website? What’s going on? Should I be looking at this as a viable option for my business?”

So join us for this week’s installment of Office Hours, where Mike breaks down what WordPress is and what it means for small business owners.

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Celebrate WordPress’ Birthday With A FREE Website!

Free WordPress Websites

May is a very special month for all of us at Black Dog Education. That’s because 9 years ago, on May 27th 2003, WordPress was born into the world with its initial release. Since then this cute and cuddly little CMS has been helping to bring clean running, SEO jet powered, affordable web solutions to businesses of all sizes.

We couldn’t be happier that WordPress has made it this far in the world. And to celebrate we’re giving away some FREE websites! Check out the video below on how you can get in on all the birthday fun!

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How To Set Up An Ecommerce Website

Office Hours

Welcome again to Office Hours, where you can pick our brains on topics ranging from web development, SEO, social media, and more!

This week we received a fantastic question from Todd:

“I’ve got a consulting business and I want to be able to accept payments online. What are my options?”

So join us for this week’s installment of Office Hours, where Mike explains the different options for an ecommerce website.

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Save Time And Money With This Web Development Trick!

Save Time and Money with this Web Development trick!

A few weeks ago we started the web series, “The 5 Pillars of Web Success”. This simple philosophy known as the 5 Pillars, is used to explain the 5 factors that make up a sustainable small business website.

So far we’ve talked about Pillar # 1 – Affordability, Pillar #2 – Maintainability, and Pillar #3 – Trackability. This week Mike talks about how the current technological revolution is giving small business owners more power than ever before.

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