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WordPress is the perfect website builder for any business and offers far more than merely a blogging platform.  In fact one of the key advantages to WordPress is the ability to manage and post to your website using your mobile phone. 

If you’re away on business and can’t get to your computer to add regular posts, there’s no need to worry about letting your readers down.  Here’s everything you need to know about adapting your website builder for business on the go:

Blog Posting Via Email From Your Mobile Phone

If you set up a dedicated email account, you can post directly to your blog either from your mobile or any remote computer.  For security reasons do not use a public free email service such as Yahoo or Hotmail.  It’s also advisable to use a “secret” address that would be difficult to guess and only you know.  A combination of letters and numbers is advisable.

If you go to the admin panel of WordPress and click on Settings > Writing, read the instructions under Post via E-mail for the type of account to set up.  Once you have your new account, go the Writing Options panel in WordPress and complete the name of your mail server and port number (if you don’t know these, go to your host’s FAQ section and you should find them there).  Then add the login and password for your new account and click update. 

Once you’ve set up your WordPress site to accept posts from your new email account, the easiest way to publish by email is using one of these plug ins:

Plug Ins to Support Your Mobile Website Builder for Business

These plug ins make the job of posting for your business website builder extremely easy.  You can download them all for free from our resources page:

• Postie: this is an ideal mobile plug in that allows you to blog from your mobile using email.  Once you’ve set up your new email account, Postie gives you loads of advanced features for posting whilst on the go.  If you don’t install a mobile plug in you can’t attach photos or videos to your email posts.  Postie lets you do both.  You can even insert galleries and embed videos from YouTube.
• WordPress Mobile Pack:  if you’re serious about making your business website mobile then this plug in is ideal.  Not only does it allow you to access the admin panel from your mobile phone and edit posts and approve comments, it also makes your site mobile accessible for your visitors.  The number of people viewing websites on a mobile has exploded over recent years and if you want to keep attracting traffic you need to cater to a mobile audience.  This plug in is a complete tool kit for the mobile future. 
• Quick SMS: when you’re constantly on the go with your business it’s sometimes tough to keep your eye on all the comments coming to your website and the conversations your potential customers and clients might be having.  This plug in keeps you in the loop, by allowing your traffic to send you an SMS direct to your mobile phone.  It’s a great way of keeping in touch with your blog visitors so that you know what they have to say.