Small Company Big Image Blog Moves to WordPress.org

Welcome to Small Company Big Image’s new look and new home!

Thanks to Nate Whitehill and the team at Unique BlogDesigns!  I met them in November at BlogWorld Expo.  Nate is an Internet and Business Blogging Strategist. Also, a top blogger at Nate Whitehill dot com.  Nate launched his blog in January of 2007 and is now ranked number 1, 186 at Technorati.

I like working with Nate because he’s creative, and a great collaborator.  I felt like I was working with one of my partners.  Nate is unfailingly patient and goes so far above and beyond the call of duty.  I highly recommend Nate Whitehill and the entire Unique BlogDesigns team.

This marks Small Company Big Image’s return to WordPress.  Actually, I think I may have set a record for the most-blog-moves-in-two-years. 

Small Company Big Image started out on WordPress.com in early 2006.  (Here is the original blog.) I then moved the blog to TypePad in November 2006.  I just wasn’t clicking with WordPress.com—never got the hang of the basics like adding widgets. Boy, finding someone who could move 10 months worth of posts from WordPress.com to TypePad and preserve the links was quite a search.  I emailed and called (implored) several folks to try to hire someone.  (I think moving a blog is not a rewarding/lucrative/fun task.) oh, and I needed a design for the new TypePad blog also…

Anyway, I finally found the delightful and talented Sarah Lewis, owner of Blogging Expertise. Sarah came to my rescue when I called her from a list of TypePad experts provided on TypePad Support pages.  Lucky for me.  The blogosphere is an overwhelming place if you are a complete non-techie like me.

TypePad is a good blogging system.  Very easy to post and to set up TypeLists in the siderails, etc.  I had a cool design created by Sarah Lewis, ‘blogger extraordinaire’.  She is also very good to work with. 

The reason for my move back to WordPress.org now is that I want to find a blogging/web presence system with the most content management flexibility.  I finally understand that WordPress.org provides the full features of a (pricey) content management system (CMS)—on a small business budget like mine.

My search for a content management system that fit in my budget has been going on for a couple of years.  After working with three different web design firms here in San Diego County to find an affordable, user-friendly CMS, I gave up.  The most reasonably priced CMS I found were upwards of $5,000.  So, now I finally get it about the enormous, positive impact of open source applications like WordPress.org.  A real boon for small businesses.

My goal is to take full advantage of the benefits of Web 2.0—updating content without relying on a programmer.  Will let you know if I’m able to fulfill my Web 2.0 dreams for some other projects with WordPress.org.

I’d also welcome any feedback on the new design or ideas for content, topics.