WordPress For Small Business

Making a small business website has become very easy, and you can do it all by yourself and all the credit goes to WordPress. We would now elaborate on how to easily make a small business website.

WordPress is the most sought after website builder tool in the world. It powers 32% of all websites worldwide today including innumerable small business websites all over the world.

The best thing about WordPress is that it gives you free hand-on and free access to thousands of pre-made website templates, extensions, and addons. You can make almost any kind of website imaginable without having any knowledge of coding.

That being said, now let us look at the different steps that you need to follow procedurally to create a small business website:

Choosing a suitable domain name for your small business website
Purchasing suitable website hosting
Installing latest version of WordPress
Making a content outline for your small business website
Choosing a template to change your site’s design
Adding more features by using addons and extensions
Resources to get help and improve your WordPress skills

Let us now discuss the detailed steps. Detailed steps are as follows:

Step 1. What You Need to Make a Small Business Website

You will need the following things to make a small business website.

A domain name – This will be your website’s name
Website hosting – This will be your website’s home and where all your files will be stored

Step 2. Setting up Your Small Business Website

There are two types of WordPress available for small business : WordPress.com, which is a hosted solution, and then you have WordPress.org also known as self-hosted WordPress.

We recommend you to use self-hosted WordPress.org because it will give you instant access to all WordPress features out of the box.

Next, you will need a domain name and WordPress hosting to make a website.
We recommend using Bluehost to set up your website. It is one of the biggest hosting companies in the world and an officially recommended WordPress hosting provider. Thankfully, the prices are quite budgeted for Bluehost.

Step 3. Choosing a Domain Name for Your Small Business Website

First, you need to visit the Bluehost website in a new browser window and click on the green ‘Get Started Now’ button.

On the next page, you will be asked to select a pricing plan. Basic and Plus plans are the most popular choices among small business owners.

Click on the ‘Select’ button to choose a plan and move on to the next step.

Now, you will be asked to choose a domain name for your website.

Choose a domain name which is most relevant to your business.

Setp 4. Installing WordPress

After choosing your domain name, you will be asked to enter your account information such as name, address, email, etc.

Below that, you will see some extra hosting options that you can purchase.

Step 5. Creating Content Layout for a Small Business Website

Now that you have WordPress installed, you need to create an outline of your website content. Good small business websites are simple and follow a standard website layout.

Step 6. Choosing a Design for Your Website

By default, WordPress comes with a basic template that you can use. If you don’t like the default theme, then there are thousands of free and paid WordPress themes that you can choose from.

Step 7. Using WordPress Plugins to Add More Features

WordPress plugins are like adding features to your WordPress site. You can install them to add new features to your websites like contact forms, Google Analytics, sliders, and more.