1-Why do consultants need a website?
Before getting too deep into the details of WordPress, it’s important to find out why consultants need a website in the first place.
While many consultants get their services through word of mouth and recommendations, having a website helps you:
Establish credibility. The website acts as a reference point for potential clients. Clients can click through to your website to read about you, check your testimonials, find out about past performance, and much more.
Attract new customers. If a client doesn’t have a recommendation for a consultant in your industry, the first place they’ll start searching in Google. If you don’t have a web presence, you’ll miss valuable client acquisition opportunities.
Gather Google reviews. Did you know that over 90% of people read reviews before making a purchase decision? Happy customers can leave you a positive review if your website exists on Google, encouraging other similar customers to hire you for your consulting services.
2-What is WordPress?
There are several website builders and content management systems available to you, but not all of them have the same functionality and appeal for beginners. WordPress is the king of content management systems (CMS) and is the world’s most popular CMS.
Because WordPress is open-source and extremely popular, there are a number of tools that non-designers can use to create a beautiful website with a few clicks of a button.
- WordPress is easy to use
There are more than 64 million WordPress websites. There are so many WordPress websites because the platform works well and is very intuitive.
Even if you’ve never built a website before, WordPress can help you create a great website. The control panel is easy to navigate, you can install a theme, and it’s easy to activate plugins to help your site work the way you want.
To get started with WordPress, all you need to do is purchase a hosting plan from DMTwebhosting. Then click the one-click button to install WordPress.
- You don’t need design skills to use WordPress
WordPress has many free themes available for consultation websites that you can install and customize. All you need to do is read the list of themes, find one you like, activate it, and add your own content.
3-How do I activate a WordPress theme for my consulting website?
1-Log into your WordPress dashboard.
2-Find “Appearance” in the left menu.
3-Hover over “Appearance”. You will see a drop-down list of options. Click on “Themes.”
4-Once you have selected a theme, hover over the theme box until you see the word “Activate”.
5-Click “Activate”.
Your new theme is now activated and you can start customizing it. Check out these WordPress theme options if you need help finding the perfect design for your consultation website.
- WordPress features with pre-coded plugins
Remember that WordPress is an open-source platform? This means that other people can create WordPress tools called plugins that add to the functionality of WordPress. So instead of writing code to make your site do something, you can find a plugin and add that pre-coded plugin to your site.
For example, let’s say you plan to do a lot of blogging on your website and you want other people to be able to share your articles online.
You don’t need to dig into your site’s code and add social sharing instructions. All you need to do is find the social sharing plugin, install it, activate it, and enter your social handles.
The plugin has the code that will do the rest.
Once you have activated the plugin and filled in your social media details, you will see the social sharing buttons on your blog page.
It’s like magic.
Here’s how to add the WordPress plugin to your advice website.
How to add a WordPress plugin
- Log in to your WordPress account.
- Note the menu on the left-hand side of the dashboard.
- Find “Plugins”.
- Hover over “Plugins”. Finally, click on “Add New”.
- Use the menu to browse the most popular plugins or enter a keyword in the search bar to search for a matching plugin.
- Once you have found the plugin you want, click “Install Plugin”.
- Activate the plugin by clicking “Activate”.
- Follow the instructions to customize the plugin.
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