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20 Of The Most Successful WordPress Businesses

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August 3, 2016

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One of WordPress’s biggest advantages (and reasons for its success) is the fact that the platform is completely open source — anyone can use it for any purpose without paying a dime. This is why some people have a hard time taking WordPress seriously as a line of business. After all, how can you make money with something that anyone can use for free? If that is you or your client, you first need to remember that WordPress not only powers the websites of some of the most famous brands, people, and companies in the world but by now it […]

Why It’s Time for Agencies to Fully Embrace WordPress for Client Work

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Tom Ewer

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June 8, 2016

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Despite the high profile success of companies such as 10up, some agencies are still reluctant to fully commit to WordPress as a solution for clients. The platform’s roots as a blogging engine (and small business CMS) still leave many doubting whether it’s the right technology to build an entire project or team around. While historical doubts about WordPress in an agency environment were not without justification, the software is more than ready to rise to the challenge these days — and an increasingly impressive number of top-flight agencies have moved large parts of their development efforts over to it. In this piece, we’ll […]

7 Reasons Web Agencies Should Use WordPress

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February 22, 2016

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If you search for “Why should I use WordPress?” in Google, you’ll be amazed at the number of results. The web-related software industry is rapidly growing, and the need for a dependable and scalable CMS is at an all time high. Despite this trend, a huge number of web agencies still rely on making custom layouts for development projects. It’s time to change these outdated practices. This article focuses on why WordPress is the best fit for your web solutions. WordPress Is Free And Open Source People say that the best things in life are free. I say, the best […]

How WordPress Is Contributing To The eCommerce Industry

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November 6, 2015

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The intricacies of WordPress are on the rise, and each day those who say WordPress is merely a blogging platform are getting ruled out. The ‘Content is king!’ philosophy, which tagged WordPress as a content management system, is now ready to rule the eCommerce world as well. With an influx of eCommerce themes and plugins, it’s now possible for business owners to sell their products and services easily by turning their websites into efficient online stores. WordPress has made this process so simple so that even if you’re not a programmer, you can still manage and own an online store. […]

Why Choose WordPress to Power (Part of) your SaaS

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November 13, 2014

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a hot topic of conversation. And increasingly WordPress has become involved in this discussion. Here, we will look at specific reasons why you may want to consider using WordPress to power your SaaS — or perhaps power part of your SaaS. But before we dig in, what on earth does SaaS mean? Software as a Service (SaaS) SaaS is a software distribution model whereby software is provided as a service, rather than the more traditional, host-it-yourself software. A SaaS is hosted, maintained, and updated by the provider and, unless free, is typically billed via […]

Why WordPress is More Than Just a Community

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February 24, 2014

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My co-founder Dan has been using WordPress since, well, before it was forked into WordPress. On the other hand, I’m non-technical and can’t code to save my life. Luckily, we’ve got a team of 4 developers to take care of our 24/7 WordPress support service, so I focus on what I’m good at. Strangely, it’s offline where I am most effective. I love making new connections at conferences, events, and meetups. In the last 7 months, I’ve fallen in love with the WordPress ecosystem and community and I want to explain why in this post. Abundance With 70,000,000+ (and growing) […]

Why WordPress is the CMS of Choice for Top Internet Marketers

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July 29, 2013

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Growing Your piece of the pie.  Nearly 20% of the internet is built on WordPress. From small Mom and Pop businesses employing WordPress to further their brands, to big enterprises taking advantage of WordPress as a large-scale CMS, businesses of all kinds are utilizing the extensibility and ease of use that WordPress provides to accomplish their goals. It’s also no secret that WordPress is one of the top choices for internet marketers. The uptick in managed hosting as an industry is proof-positive that the WordPress market and community as a whole are exploding. In fact, about ⅓ of all WordPress […]

WordPress and the Enterprise

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July 28, 2013

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WP Engine co-founder Jason Cohen on the embrace of WordPress by the Enterprise.  It’s interesting to watch the Enterprise world grab ahold of WordPress. In some respects they’re rediscovering the things we’ve known for years.  For example, how anyone in the marketing department can make changes, create new landing pages, earn a loyal following, and so on. WordPress makes all this possible with less technical effort than before. But there are other factors unique to the Enterprise, and that’s where their adoption of WordPress gets even more interesting. Historically, the enterprise Marketing Department (with a capital ‘M’ and ‘D’!) has […]

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