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Getting Your WordPress On

Ready for the big time?

After working with Blogger for a while, you may start to run into some constraints. Maybe you think the Blogger templates are too limiting for what your web presence needs. WordPress is more customizable and more professional. And, yes, I can migrate your existing Blogger content into a new WordPress installation.

The difference between Blogger and WordPress though, is the initial out-of-pocket expenses (see the section below called What You Need to Get Started Using WordPress). Still, for the added flexibility of being able to easily update your look and feel at any time (by using the WordPress theme Thesis), many find the investment well worth it. Just like you, your business and web presence keep on growing and changing.

I have several clients who outgrew Blogger and migrated over to WordPress with ease. They found that all the tools and skills they learned over on Blogger (creating & editing content, moving page widgets around) were transferred over to WordPress with a very small learning curve.

So, are you ready for the big time?

WordPress – What You Get	Basic Package	Designer Package
Installation of the latest version of WordPress
Installation of a highly customizable & SEO ready theme (Thesis, one-time $87)
A Feedburner subscription (so people can receive your posts via their Inbox)
Up to 5 static content pages (the pages behind your tabbed navigation, i.e. an About page, Services or Contact page; content provided by you) – Ready-to-go for blogging!
Eight recommended plugins installed for you: All-in-One SEO Pack (helps you get found on Google) Comment Luv (displays visitor’s latest post when they comment on your blog) No Self Ping (keeps WordPress from sending pings to your own site) FD Feedburner (seamlessly integrates your RSS feed into Feedburner) Google XML Sitemaps (submits your content to Google each time you add a post) Thesis OpenHook (easily customize your Thesis theme) Sociable (adds buttons to each post so readers can tweet, email, and share your posts) WP-DB Manager (schedules automatic database backups)
A few recommended custom tweaks (Permalinks, post box size, set up an Admin user)
Login information emailed directly to you so you can get started with your new blog!
Custom Header banner (I’ll design a custom header and include a photo of you, your existing logo, any royalty free images, the name of your blog or business in cool typography… whatever you like.)
Up to 3 custom colors applied throughout your WordPress blog (major text headings, hyperlinks, color of your tabbed navigation to match your custom header banner… )
Customize your rotating images
Favicon (the lil logo on browser tab when your page is bookmarked) designed & installed for you
Package Total

WordPress Training Option Add 120 minutes online training & “brainpicking” (valued at $190) to any package for only $99 Working with content Working with widgets Working with images/video Helping you flush out your major content areas Getting over perfectionism Techniques for identifying your niche Helping you identify what else to write about	$99	$99
Package Plus Training


What You Need To Get Started With WordPress A Domain name from GoDaddy, around $10 (recurring yearly fee) Web hosting from GoDaddy, around $80 (recurring yearly fee) Purchase the Thesis template, $87 (one-time fee, life-time updates) Content (write as you go, referring to some helpful posts I’ve written to guide you) Time, energy, commitment, follow-through