Hi guys,
I’m in the midst of starting my WP site, It’s going to be a blog site in the renewable energy space which I’ve worked in exclusively for the past 10 years selling residential and commercial solar and batteries. I have a wealth of information in my head and I would like to monetise that information making relevant posts regarding certain aspects of the solar industry etc (via google ads eventually), generating leads for solar and working with various companies making referrals for innovative home use renewable products/efficient home products (affiliate links).
Essentially it will be a blog first because I truly want to add value to my readers first then have the other stuff going on in the background as value add after I’ve built the trust with my audience. I have a heap of trusted customers already, I have a heap of email addresses I can shoot my new website info to and pick up a heap of readers from the get go.
I say all the above just to give a bit of direction for anyone that has experience with WP design/themes/add ons that they may suggest.
My logo has now been professionally completed and I really want my website to be one and done type thing in terms of design, I want it to look professional from the start.
1. Themes/Builders – There’s so many it becomes overwhelming, I looked at Generate Press, Astra. Breakdance, Bricks, Elementor etc. GeneratePress has very limited theme options, Astra has a heap but I notice they use some plugins from other developers on top. Should I just Buy direct from a developer instead like Oxygen/Breakdance or Genesis for example? I see a lot of sites are built using genesis. I don’t care if I have to pay to get the good stuff but would prefer a one time fee as apposed to ongoing subscription.
2. Plugins for collecting reader info like email, name etc is there a decent one that I should use?
3. Plug in for Automatic emails to readers again is there one that comes highly recommended? Mailchimp? (I think does this).
4. Calculator for calculating solar savings for readers, I found one in WordPress called Trusting Solar Calculator by a company called solar wizard but from what I can see no has used it yet. Is there a certain one that can be recommended? or is this something I should hire someone to create? many renewable websites have these. I’d use and integrate Google Project Sunroof but that seems for US only.
5. What’s the standard amount of pages a website should have 6? just to start or more? I see some say say 6 some say 12?
Alternatively should I just hire a pro website builder? this will be a long term thing so again I don’t mind paying to have it done right. I actually had my logo done on Fiverr and surprisingly the designer did a absolutely awesome job. I also see Fiverr can be used to build websites so maybe that’s a option as well but I wouldn’t mind doing it myself for the experience.
I really appreciate you taking the time to read this if you made it this far and welcome any suggestions you have.
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