List of Business Ideas you can work on using WordPress

Tip 1 - Start a blog : Get your knowledge out of your head

Start a blog. Get your knowledge out of your head and on to a site. Instead of creating your own website and pay all the development and design costs, just use word press. There are all kinds of plug-ins available for you to do just about anything. Test your idea with free word press theme and if it is working or if you are still at it few months in - you can then try to see if it is worth it to put money into it.

Tip 2 - Create a Local Business Directory using WordPress

You can buy a clone of Yellow Pages Theme and allocate a resource to start adding in the local businesses in it. Its actually pretty easy some more if you promote it efficiently and start getting good traffic on it, the businesses will reach out by themselves to you for getting them listed within your directory.

Tip 3 - Sandip Sekhon: Take advantage of WordPress Business Apps

There are WordPress development companies out there that create themes / apps based on successful business models. That makes it easy and cost effective for you to enter a ton of different industries and take a slice of the pie.

For more tips by Sandip, visit his website.

Tip 4 - Siobhan McKeown: Be receptive & generate ideas based on what your clients tell you

Siobhan McKeown, in her excellent post on Smashing Magazine, says you need to interact with your clients and ask them about their own businesses and how they deal with their customers. This feedback will be invaluable in giving you ideas for your own WordPress startup.

Tip 5 - Start an e-commerce website

You can start selling stuff online like food, local products, electronics, by simply building up an e-commerce website using Wordpress. The link below has more details.