I'm interested in starting an offline business portal in my area. Actually I live in the suburbs of a large city in the U.S. and I could probably create 20 portals that would have 100 businesses or more.
I was looking for a template to use for a local business portal or local business directory.
There are many options available from customs static pages to custom directory type scripts. None seemed to do the trick for me until I stumbled on some newspaper themes for Wordpress blogs. I found a theme that looked just like a newspaper called "Wp Advanced Newspaper Theme" from Gabfire Themes.
Newspaper Themes are an evolution or offspring of the Magazine Style Themes. Magazine Themes at one point were all the rage and were considered the top end of wordpress theme customization. Newspaper Themes, in particular Wp Advanced Newspaper Theme takes wordpress themes into a whole new realm of wordpress blog theme design.
I like the Wp Advanced Newspaper Theme for a local business portal because of its ability to be customized. There are featured sections, plenty of graphics and plenty of categories.
Looking at the image of a Wp Advanced Newspaper Theme you'll see how you might be able to monetize this theme with local business people. Imagine how much you might be able to sell the large primary featured section! You could giveaway a simple blog post in a general category to get some of the local businesses interested, then you could sell them space in a more specific category with a detailed blog post or page.
Check out the Wp Advanced Newspaper Theme if you're thinking of working with local businesses, it will help you and the local business people.....and we know they could really use the help in today's economic climate.
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Great! Thanks a lot for posting this information. I was wondering if you also have a lit of companies which were able to get really good results from business directory? In my experience, I am getting 5% increase in sales.
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