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"Octane is a web design, development and internet marketing consultancy started in June 1999."

My name's Wayne Smallman and I sell ideas that change the way companies do business, usually in the form of novel web applications.

I'm also a writer for business publications (both web and print), as well as a consultant, adviser and trusted ally to my clients.

WordPress websites for businesses


For many, WordPress is synonymous with blogging. It is, after all, a highly versatile and very popular system to use. But in recent times, WordPress has taken on attributes and features more common to a content management system (CMS)

Manage your company website with WordPress

The benefits of WordPress

  • Support for teams (different types of users with different privileges)
  • Well supported (many different ways to customize its appearance and functions)
  • Very easy to use and can be learned in a day
  • But above all, WordPress is a very cost effective CMS
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Key features of WordPress

  • Scheduling — You can schedule articles to publish themselves at a time suitable to you.
  • Multiple users — Assign different team members different roles (contributor, auth, editor etc).
  • Media and content — Add links, photos, videos and Flash movies as well as adding styled text to your articles, just like in Word.
  • Revision tracking — revisions allow you to roll back to previous versions of an article, to help avoid saved mistakes.
  • Multiple languages — WordPress supports many different languages.

How to use WordPress to manage your company website

WordPress ebookHow to use WordPress to manage your company website is my latest ebook, written specifically to help businesses understand the potential of WordPress, as a tool to manage and control their website.

  1. Take more control of your website, helping your business save money
  2. Write and publish articles about your products and services in your own time
  3. Share your content on social networks, like Twitter and Facebook
  4. Interact and engage more directly with your customers

Want to know more about WordPress websites for businesses and how Octane can help your business?

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