WordPress In A Box

You NEED a website. It's not a choice anymore, the web is here to stay. Your website is often the first impression people have of you — so shouldn't it be, well... KICK ASS?

If you are using a free service like Blogger, WordPress.com or even your Facebook Page as your "website", than it doesn't kick ass. In fact, if your website does not engage and fascinate your viewers within 9 seconds, the truth is, you will absolutely lose customers and fans.

Many artists and small businesses operate under the myth that it's OK to use these "freebies", but if you choose this route you will:

• Hurt Your Brand Thru Forced Advertising
  Even though you aren't paying anything for just the free site, there are costs associated with it. In order to pay for the bandwidth and other costs, these services put ads on your site. Most of the time you don't have any control over these ads but because they are on your site, they get attached to you. These ads may show a competitor, a view or message that goes against the fundamentals of what you/your company stand for. Nothing more embarrassing than having an ad for Celine Dion's next record on your band's website - a band that happens to play Death Metal!
  
  
• Lose Brand Equity By Displaying Other Company's Logos/Domain Names
  The MOST important thing you have in your arsenal is YOU. It's your name, your band name or what you call your business or product. Using a free service forces you to use THEIR conventions. Having a web address like "yourname.wordpress.com" and having that "Blogger Bar" across the top shows potential customers and fans that you aren't all that serious. Why should they invest in you (buy your stuff) when you can't invest in yourself with a proper website? Putting logos that aren't yours in prominent positions on your site is tacky and confusing.
  
  
• Spend More Money!!!
  It's easy to get sucked into using a free service. The problem is, these freebies often don't give you what you need to actually run a successful website. They create "add-ons" for the things you really need, so you end up paying anyway for that "free site". The comparison chart below shows how much that "free site" will end up costing you.

$225
plus $8.95 per month for hosting

Includes:

Customized Design
WordPress Hosting Package
Basic Search Engine Optimization
Phibble 4 Plugin Pack ¹
Free Social Media eBook
Training On Using Your New Site
Twitter & Facebook Integrated
48 Hour Turn Around

Perfect For:

Authors
Musicians/Bands
StartUps On A Budget

¹Phibble will install plug-ins that help you manage the content on your site. Our Plugin Pack includes:

• You Can JavaScript
• Raw HTML
• Content Sharing (like Add This, or equivalent)
• All In One SEO Pack