Choosing the best blogging platform for your business

Are you planning to start a blog for your business? Here are some resources on the best blogging platforms for your business.

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Choosing the best blogging platform for your business

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Key quotes:

  • "Here’s what the WordPress interface looks like when creating a new post: WordPress is the world’s largest, open-source content management system (CMS) used to build websites."
  • "It’s free to use, but there are costs associated with site building, including web hosting ($3 to $25/month), and optional premium themes ($29-$49) and plugins ($19-$100 or more)."
  • "It comes with far less design and functionality options than its self-hosted counterpart, but is a great solution for those that want to test the WordPress CMS or simply don’t need advanced features."
  • "It’s free to use unless you want to unlock additional features like a custom domain name, premium themes and plugins, analytics, and eCommerce functionality."
  • "Like Wix, Weebly is a popular blogging platform that provides everything you need to launch a blog, including website building tools, templates, and hosting."
  • "Free Blogger is a blog-publishing service that provides users with features to create and maintain their own website."
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Key quotes:

  • "Pros• Gives complete control over the website• Enables you to add extra features like online store and forums• You can select from thousands of free themes• Over 54000 free plugins are available• Search engine-friendly platform Cons• Bit of coding skills are necessary• You need to manage backups and security of the website 2."
  • "Pros• It is free and one can start a free blog by using a Google account• Easy to use and manage• It does not require technical skills• It is a robust and reliable platform with Google’s support Cons• Basic blogging tools are available• You cannot add new features• Limited design options• It is without frequent updates and new features 5."
  • "Pros• It is extremely powerful and it can build any kind of app or website• Hundreds of templates are available for customizing design• You can add more features with the help of extensions Cons• As compared to WordPress, Joomla has fewer themes and add-ons• Community is not much wide and support options are limited • You need to manage backups and security 7."
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Key quotes:

  • "Sign in Start Digital Jun 22, 2018·4 min read A common question for businesses and individuals looking to build a website is which platform to use."
  • "Both WordPress and WIX are front-runners in a sea of website building and publishing options and both are popular choices."
  • "WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that began back in 2003 as a spin-off from two other blogging software companies."
  • "With the support and help of its community WordPress continued to develop and grow."
  • "Because of the way it has come about, WordPress differs from any other CMS platform."
  • "Although you don’t need to know code to use WordPress, the drag and drop nature of WYSIWYG and WIX means that building a website is accessible to anyone of any ability."
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Transcript: So what's the best blogging platform for you to start your business on and make money with well i've been blogging for over five years now and i definitely have my favorite today i'm going to be going over seven different blogging platforms and at the end i hope that you see why my favorite is number one let's get started all right guys so the first thing we need to discuss is what actually is a website or a blogging platform now this is simply a tool or a place to build a blogging website without needing to manually hand code your site from scratch like you used to have to do back in the day now i also want to talk to you before we get into the seven different blogging platforms i want to discuss what a self-hosted site is versus a versus a hosted site because that's going to come into play as we go over these blogging platforms so the first thing you have to decide is if you prefer a hosted or a self-hosted website when you're building your blog so every platform is either hosted or self-hosted and your choice will make a... See more →

Key quotes:

  • "Sign in Moneytric Aug 16, 2020·7 min read Today we will discuss the new topic Best blogging platforms."
  • "It is very difficult to choose the best platform for blogging because most of the platform gives you similar features at similar prices."
  • "Unlimited: $17 per month and free domain name for 1 year."
  • "Pro: $22 per month and free domain name for 1 year."
  • "VIP: $ 39 per month and free domain name for 1 year."
  • "TRY WIX WordPress is the most popular platform and powers more than 60 million people websites or blogs."
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