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notaprogrammerguyMember
Well, technically you don’t NEED a pro (as in, NOT free) theme. you could do that with a free theme if you wanted to.
It’s just that a paid framework (such as genesis) and many of the paid themes will allow you to do more stuff, more easily, and will cut down on development time and costs. They might be more secure, and they might load faster. In short, they might delight your visitors more than free themes.
Also, the support for paid themes is USUALLY pretty good, while the support for free themes is often non-existent. Sometimes it’s good, sometime’s not.
So you just have to prioritize your needs.
I really appreciate your feedback. It's straight forward and sincere - both of which are needed. After "sending my S.O.S" earlier I did just what you suggested. I thought about my priorities and weighted the pros and cons of the situation. I also did a little more research and I decided to "go Pro". And I have to admit... I am pleased with the investment.
The theme is exactly what I had been looking for an although I am really new to this - I can see the value in the investment. I know that the time I am going to spend inputting and configuring content is going to be greatly reduced... the site is going to look great and it's going to = bigger lists and more clients. There's no doubt about it.
The part I don't look forward to is the initial learning curve but after I get through the preliminaries I am eager to see the end results myself!
I will make sure I let you know how it goes.
You know about affiliate marketing, right?
I thought about that angle... Lol!
But when I thought about the bottom line - the ends justify the means. I purchased one of the premium StudioPress themes and it's nice. I am extremely pleased and I am just beginning to construct site.
Affiliate marketing is an ingenious way to market products and in this case it was a win-win. The best way to do business....
Thanks Again Mr. AnotherUserName (2 thumbs up)
notaprogrammerguyMemberHello,
I have a serious dilemma, I am a "newbie" and I am not sure if I am even posting this question in the correct section but the answer to the previous question confirmed a question (that I wasn't going to ask) so I will consider that as some what of a confirmation.
My question is based on some information I stumbled upon yesterday. I have been researching WordPress, SEO, blogging, etc. (and have found all of the above to be quite interesting)... I am all ready to start "trying to build" my first WordPress website/blog and I read that I should get a premium theme since I am using my website for business. What?!?
Excuse me - what I mean is... what would be the benefit of purchasing a theme if there are thousands of free themes all over the place?
And to be quite honest - it's a little disappointing to have invested so much time and energy into pulling together content, producing videos, setting up systems and when I finally get to the final draft and I'm ready to implement my "master plan" -now I have to consider themes, security issues, hosting and plug-in choices... when I had made final decisions on basically all of the above.
I just wanted to have a nice, clean, easy to read website that let users watch videos, read information about our various programs, like us or connect with us, chat with us, check out our blog, share our great information and have a nice day...
Is that really too much to ask? I know that a lot of you guys are probably veteran "WordPressers" and I am thankful that someone will share some information that I am sure will enlighten the "Non-Programmer Guy".... because it is obvious that some good quality feedback may not be a bad idea....
Thanks,
Good Feedback Appreciated
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