Personal branding – the one thing everyone should be concerned about. Why? Because all it takes a quick Google search to pull up information about who you are, what you do, and why you matter.

So how can you start building your personal brand? A good place to begin is by creating a “landing page” for your personal brand. A page that lets people know who you are and links to your social media profiles, your blogs and websites, and any other information you deem important.

The best way to build your landing page is by utilizing the WordPress platform. That way you can spend less time on your website and more time building your personal brand . There’s already a few free personal branding WordPress themes available, which we’ve listed below…

In case you didn’t know, the month of October is International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So everyone should help do their part to raise awareness, whether it’s through blogging, walking, or anything else you can think up. The more people that help, the more people will become aware of this deadly disease.

I’m also pleased to announce that the people over at WooThemes are running a new campaign this month entitled “We Love Boobs.” They will be donating 20% of total sales of any of their business themes and 100% of their total sales of two of their new themes to a local breast cancer charity.

It’s great to see people from the WordPress community helping raise awareness. It really shows how nice of community we have going on and it’s what I enjoy most about using WordPress.

So if you’ve been thinking about purchasing a premium WordPress theme, now is the time to do it! Head on over to WooThemes and check out their business themes.

As we’ve mentioned in the past, more and more businesses are utilizing WordPress to run their company websites. Not only is it a quick and inexpensive way to get a live website up and running, but it also makes managing the content easy.

So it’s no surprise that more and more premium business themes are coming out that are geared towards businesses instead of blogs. PremiumThemes.net is one of our favorite places to find business style WordPress themes. They make some awesome themes that are geared towards businesses as well as professional bloggers.

Here’s a quick look at some of the themes they currently offer:

eProduct

Trying to sell a product such as software? Perhaps a WordPress plugin? If so, the eProduct theme is your perfect option. It features a very professional design that allows you to show off the…

Just over two years ago, the premium WordPress theme Thesis became available. The theme was designed by Chris Pearson and now runs some of the most popular blogs on the web. However, it’s important to tell you that Thesis is not your average WordPress theme.

Why’s That You Ask?

Here’s a brief video overview that gives you a good glimpse of Thesis and why it’s unique:

The video gives you a basic understanding of Thesis and why it’s so powerful. Here’s some more details on why Thesis is a great WordPress theme:

Not Just A Theme

As mentioned in the video, one of the things that makes Thesis unique is that it acts as both a theme and as a framework. Thesis includes it’s own design options, which can be configured from within the WordPress dashboard (more below). Thesis can also…

In response to a comment we received from Adam on our Why Use WordPress post, we’ve decided to go through and list a bunch of popular websites that are currently using the WordPress platform. That way you never have to second guess WordPress and what it is capable of.

So lets take a look:

University of Arkansas At Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is currently using WordPress to power their website. It’s an amazing use of the platform and shows how capable it is of running a website…

StudioPress is well known for creating some of the best WordPress themes. We’ll give you an in depth look at some of their themes and show you why they are some of the best available.

One of our favorite theme sets is that of WooThemes. We even use on on this website. Check out this review to get some detailed information about WooThemes and why we recommend them.

If you haven’t heard of the new Headway theme for WordPress, you are missing out on something awesome. It’s unlike any other premium WordPress theme currently available.

Why? Because of the customization features built right in to the theme.

The theme can be customized by anyone, whether you are a WordPress newbie or an experienced developer. It makes managing your website or blog so much easier than it was before Headway was released. You’ll never want to use another theme again.

Video Overview

Here is a quick video that demonstrates the Headway theme and what makes it unique:

As you can see, this is a very powerful theme but is easy to use. Here’s a breakdown of some of the key features of the Headway theme:

Layout Editor

By far the coolest thing about Headway is the drag and drop layout editor. It…