It is well known that every business should have a website as part of their online market strategy, but does just having a website promote your business enough in this competitive world to drive traffic to your website and generate sales. If it does not then having a blog as part of your website will help. Below are five reasons why having a blog will help.

When creating your own website, you have to decide whether to have a static website, which has fixed content that can only be changed by a website developer, or use a content management system (CMS), also known as a dynamic website. A CMS is not fixed; all the information is held in a database and configured when a visitor views the website. Although the design and implementation of a static website is easier, there are many benefits of using a CMS, which we will now examine.

People find out about your website in three different ways. Firstly, they might know it and type it into the address bar. Or they might search for it. Or they follow a link to it from another website. The third method is becoming increasingly popular as an ever increasing number of businesses participate in social media marketing.

We all know that businesses are more likely to succeed when they have a website; you can market your business all day everyday. However, there can be some hesitation to take the first step towards getting your business on the world wide web. Some of the main concerns include, the website costing too much, not having time to update the website, the competition not having a website and not knowing where to begin.

Blender is an open source 3D modelling and animation software. What it can do in an experts hands is incredible, there are short films made with it that are as good as some professional films.

Bluefish is an advanced text editor that is targeted towards programmers and web developers. IT supports multiple programming and markup languages on a variety of operating systems including Windows, Mac OS and Linux. This allows users to use the same software on different operating systems and while writing in different languages.

OrangeHRM is a tool that human resources managers will benefit from. The software allows human resources to be managed, with features ranging from recruitment to continuous personal development, and annual leave to timesheets. There are also plugins and addons that will expand the features of OrangeHRM even further.

Scribus is an Open Source Desktop Publishing software much like Microsoft Publisher. It opens a variety of files including Adobe Illustrator, PDF and other scalable vector graphics formats. The layout is functional with a comprehensive menu at the top and quick buttons underneath. The buttons signal what they are used for but the hover hint confirms what the use.

Libreoffice has six different packages, consisting of Write, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math. Write is for word processing, Calc is for spreadsheets, Impress is for presentations Draw is for diagrams, Base is a database front end and Math is a simple equation editor.

WebERP is a type of software that deals with enterprise resource planning (ERP). It has been and continues to be developed for the management of business accounts and inventory. It is developed for use in finances and as such contains copious amounts of terminology associated with this field. The features of WebERP would be more than sufficient to cover the needs of any business dealing with finances in general or indeed with their own finances.

Open source software was the first content of the blog, then we wrote four articles around website. Now we are producing 'how to'. This will explain how to do a task using the open source software that we provide. There will be step by step instructions with pictures and the odd videos.

Join up European commission states that "A clear majority in the council of the Swiss city of Bern has voted for a switch to free and open source IT solutions".
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The Portuguese Government has released a regulation that lists open standards that are to be used by those working within the government. More details can be read on the Portugues Open Source Business Association website.

There are many startups or small businesses that do not have a website. This reduces their marketing reach and limits the amount of customers they can sell to. We are focusing our efforts and promotions in November on helping businesses create a website. Our weekly blog will have informative posts about websites. Our first post, ‘Where to start with a website’ is available now. We are offering one year free website hosting worth £60 to anybody that orders a website that costs over £250 from us. This amazing offer is valid from today until the end of November.