WordPress
Find the common denominator:
People Magazine, Kobe Bryant, UPS, Miley Cyrus, Spotify, The New York Times, Network Solutions, CNN.com Political Ticker and Mashable, the darling of the new media world.
Yup, these household names and scores more use WordPress to power their websites.
At NoSleepForSheep, so do we.
Many people mistakenly believe WordPress is just for blogs. It may have started out that way, but as big companies and small businesses now know, it's grown into a powerful Content Management System (CMS).
WordPress powers about 71 million websites, half of which are hosted on wordpress.com. The reach is vast: During the week of Jan. 22, 2012, wordpress.com sites had 711,785,625 total page views. Each month, more than 331 million people view more than 2.5 billion pages.
Those are freaky big numbers. And what's even more impressive is that they don't even include the stats from sites of famous rappers, Fortune 500 companies, big media, blues musicians or cool t-shirt designers that have stand-alone installations on their own domains. One industry-watcher estimates that 13 percent of the world’s 1 million biggest websites run on WordPress.
Clearly, WordPress works for all manner of websites – artists, crafters, non-profits, newspapers, magazines, e-commerce, caterers, fancy restaurants, start-up businesses and just about anything else you can think of.
WordPress is a dominator in the world of websites. Using it helps people and businesses keep website costs down -- "open-source" means WordPress itself is free – and devote their investment to fabulous design and killer content. And those are factors that really distinguish websites among the competition and potential customers. The fancy coding that makes expensive content management systems work doesn't.
At NoSleepForSheep, we can and do build custom content management systems for clients who really need them. But for the huge majority of people wanting a website, a custom solution is overkill. The elegance of WordPress allows us to focus on the things that really matter.
Our websites have personality because our clients do. Musicians, photographers, big-thinkers, unique retailers and crafty e-commerce ventures deserve something more than an off-the-shelf template.
A custom design can be edgy, sophisticated, retro, witty, sleek, fun or funky. We spend time with each new client to ensure we hit the right note so our sites reflect your personality and goals. Precisely.
Once you have a WordPress site, using it, updating it and tweaking it is easy. Someone with no technical background can learn to do it in less than 30 minutes, saving money on ongoing site maintenance.
The list of awesomeness goes on – WordPress has better spam protection than many other platforms; Search Engine Optimization is dead simple; and regular updates to the core system means bugs addressed quickly and new features are always being added.
Plenty of big sites already reap the WordPress power. Author John Grisham, Ben & Jerry’s, Wired magazine, rackspace hosting, BestBuy Stores, Mozilla Labs, Aqua Hotels and Resorts, The Lance Armstrong Foundation and Jay-Z and TechCrunch are just a few more.
Interested in joining them? We think you’d be in good company.