WordPress as a Service Platform

A good few years ago WordPress was initially developed as a fully operational blogging platform but over the years the curve has been distinctly driven towards WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS).

With the birth of social portals like Facebook, Youtube, Foursquare etc, more companies are looking to replicate the options and turn their own online presence into something that their employees can exploit, a tool that increases its usefulness and makes life, generally, more easier. In other words, the standard company website is now seen as simply one part of a company’s overall online portfolio.

More and more companies are now demanding WordPress to be used and coupled with the requirement to build in more functionality, WordPress as a Service Platform is the natural progression.

How can you utilise WordPress as a Service Platform within your company?
I’ve personally been involved in the development of multi-national intranets and extranets combining forums, profiles, calendars and internal messaging systems, a network of international micro-sites for a management company, platforms for property development companies that featured internal messaging system, document management , a front facing property-to-let facility amongst other services – all, essentially, using WordPress as a Service Platform.

Going forward – niche platforms for restaurants, trades-people, communities, educational establishments, photographers and artists using WordPress as a base for their online store – these are just some of the possibilities tied in with high quality SEO and social media guidance, analytics and conversion tracking as well as client management and help desks all help to make any company succeed online.

If you are interested in utilising WordPress as a Service, get in touch before your competitors do.