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WordPress as Platform

I install, optimize and securely manage WordPress, providing a solid infrastructure for creating and maintaining flexible, stylish, effective websites.

I enable you to rapidly establish an effective, content-driven online presence, whether through one website or a network of websites to increase your search engine footprint.

WordPress Multisite Made Easy

I specialize in highly-optimized WordPress Multisite networks: dozens, hundreds or even thousands of websites, each with their own domain, visual identity and search engine ranking, all easily controlled from one central hub - the famously user-friendly WordPress dashboard.

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WordPress allows you to add almost any functionality, from the official repository of over 21,000 free plugins and hundreds of commercial plugins. For more specialized needs, thousands of experienced WordPress developers worldwide can either customize existing plugins or build from scratch.
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The WordSkill Recipe

Every WordSkill installation includes the following best-of-class premium ingredients, pre-installed as standard:

The Genesis framework is the foundation for extraordinary WordPress websites and your choice of premium theme by StudioPress will give you a turn-key solution.

Gathering information and interacting with your users has never been easier - the Gravity Forms plugin is a full-featured, drag n' drop form creator with integration for MailChimp, Freshbooks, Campaign Monitor and PayPal.

Mobile is the fastest growing segment of the online audience and our system automatically renders mobile versions of each website.

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Is one website enough?

Currently, the most effective strategy is to expand your content to as many distinct websites as possible, building a bigger online footprint than your competitors before they even wake up to the possibility - being first entrenches you higher in search engine results and what you establish now, in 2011, will be vital to your business for decades to come.

As the leading online publishers have shown, ubiquity is the key to dominating your niche, so, spread your efforts between several related but separate websites.

A simple website with just 4 or 5 short, informative articles is enough to start building traffic, engage users and stake out your territory. A dozen such sites, interconnected, can establish real influence.

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… Go Multisite!

WordPress Multisite Networks allow you to run dozens, hundreds or even thousands of websites, each with their own domain, visual identity and search engine ranking, all easily managed from one central hub - the famously user-friendly WordPress dashboard.

No-one has more experience of installing secure, highly-optimized WordPress Multisite Networks, making my service fast, reliable, complete and inexpensive.

Why walk into the trap of having to throw money, year after year, decade after decade, at expensive advertising and links on other websites in a desperate attempt to drum up traffic?

Instead, spread your efforts intelligently and establish multiple sites now that will boost one another and grow in value over time.

I handle the infrastructure so that you can focus on your message.

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The WordSkill service combines advanced WordPress technical expertise with ruthlessly effective Content Strategy.

I eliminate technical barriers and equip you with content tools and strategies that usually take years to accumulate, giving your online presence an invaluable head-start.

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Most of my customers are Web Designers who use my service as a rock-solid platform upon which to create their customers' websites, leaving the ongoing maintenance to me.

Others are owners of large networks of sites who want to continue creating more content and more websites while I take care of the technical details.

Of course, my service is open to anyone, even those strange people who want just one website - we all have to start somewhere!

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I put the power of WordPress in your hands, enabling you to publish rapidly and adapt your websites as your audience grows. I handle the infrastructure so that you can focus on your most important task: building content.

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RATES

The Complete WordPress: Installed, Hosted, Optimized, Secured, Updated, Managed.

I save you time and trouble right from the start, but you save even more as your network grows:

First WordPress Site: $20 per month

Sites 2 to 4: $12 per site per month

Sites 5 to 9: $10.00 per site per month

Sites 10 to 19: $8.00 per site per month

Sites 20 to 29: $7.00 per site per month

Sites 30 to 39: $6.00 per site per month

Site 40 onwards: $5 per site per month

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Price includes Pro-Level WordPress Hosting on our high-capacity, sparsely-populated and WordPress-optimized servers but I can also install, optimize, secure and manage WordPress on any server or hosting that you wish to use.

Price includes WordPress Management: constant security monitoring, emergency patching, off-site backups, backup recovery and all upgrades, both core and plugin, are handled seamlessly as soon as they are released. You will not even be aware of any of this and can focus entirely upon your content.

Price includes our famous WordSkill Recipe of best-of-class WordPress premium components, as described in the column to the left, to add advanced but easy-to-manage functionality and professional style to each of your sites.

Price includes free assistance in transferring your sites to new owners if you sell them.

YES, you can unite with friends to reach the cheaper price levels while maintaining separate accounts.

I am also happy to optimize, secure and manage existing WordPress sites hosted elsewhere.

You are not tied into any contract and are free to leave WordSkill at any time, we will even provide you with full backups of all your sites to assist your move - but, so far, not one single customer has ever chosen to leave!

Web Designers: my service is a cost-effective way to give your customers' sites a constantly monitored, continually updated, rock-solid foundation, saving you time, stress and money.

No more upgrade worries, no more security scares, no more interruptions to your schedule. Leave the infrastructure to me and use the time you save to drum up new business.

The prices you see above are rock-bottom wholesale prices, you simply will not find this level of expertise and attention to detail elsewhere, few people even know how to operate WordPress at this scale.

Choosing WordSkill as your technical partner will turbo-charge your business and give you a genuine, long-term edge over your competitors.

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WordPress Consultant

WordPress, Content Strategy, Domains (acquisition and legal), Online Branding, Training, Coding, Optimization

Via Skype, Google+ or phone:

$30 per quarter hour, $100 per hour

Onsite:

Edinburgh: GBP £120 per half-day, £200 per day

Rest of Scotland: GBP £250 per day

Rest of UK: GBP £350 per day

Ireland: EUR €450 per day

Europe: EUR €500 per day

World: USD $800 per day

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Talks and Workshops

I am an experienced public speaker who enjoys conveying useful information in a casual, entertaining and engaging manner.

My subjects are Online Publishing, WordPress, domains (including legal disputes), online branding and the importance of Content - the only Search Engine Optimization that actually works.

I am based in the UK but am happy to give talks or workshops anywhere.

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About Me

Hi, I'm Donnacha Mac Gloinn, a WordPress expert based in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

I was lucky enough to be introduced to the Internet in the computer labs of Trinity College Dublin before the Web even existed and I worked my way through university as a server admin for Ireland's first ISP.

Upon graduating, I spent three years as the network administrator for Ireland's largest legal services firm before moving to Amsterdam and creating one of the first vacation rentals websites.

I have created sites with WordPress since 2005 and watched it mature into the Internet's most flexible and democratizing platform.

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Contact Me

Content Strategy

Over 2,000,000,000 humans have regular access to the Internet, an unprecedented opportunity to spread your message and entrench your business.

You reach people by providing the content they want in a form they can easily find. The more content you build up, the more you connect with people, get shared and receive links from other websites.

Success in business increasingly means finding effective ways to create, edit, translate, manage and spread good content.

As the world's most popular Content Management System, powering 50m sites, WordPress streamlines online publishing, including easy control of access for writers, editors, translators and other contributors.

I will advise you on how to identify, clarify and serve your chosen niches with interesting, varied content at minimal cost.

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Content Strategy Blitz $100

Tell me what you want to achieve and, over one hour, I will lay out a plan to get you there, covering factors you need to be aware of and drawing upon my intricate knowledge of what WordPress makes possible.

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Website Analysis $100

An hour of discussion analysing of your current website, culminating in solid suggestions to help you achieve your goals.

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WordPress Training $100

In just one hour, become confident and self-sufficient with WordPress, the world's most popular Content Management System.

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Content Training $100

Get up to speed on the cutting edge WordPress tools that will enable you to manage a consistent stream of the sort of high-quality content that will keep your users happy and your sites at the top of search engine results.
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BuddyPress

Your Own Social Network

Run a fully-featured social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community using BuddyPress, based on the power of WordPress. Like Facebook, but without having to sacrifice your privacy.

BuddyPress installation, hosting and management: $250 per year
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