Bigger than Drupal vs Wordpress vs Joomla

Sometimes it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day decisions. Not just resolving problems with a particular client, or a bug just won't get fixed. Not even whether you should be focusing on Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla or something else entirely.

There are much bigger trends and decisions to make. If you're reading this there's a good chance you've already made a very smart career choice ... building an Internet business. It's sad but I'm reminded why every time I leave the office.

We live in North Georgia, less than an hour's drive from Atlanta. It's a fairly prosperous area but I was able to take these photos along one small stretch of road just outside the town center. I could have kept driving and snapping all day, but you get the bigger picture ... this recession is absolutely killing bricks-and-mortar business models. Even if it doesn't feel like it every day, and even if you've made a few mistakes, the chances are you answered the big question correctly:

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JoeJoomla

January 21, 2010

People came to America from other countries because it was 'the land of opportunity'. Now that the Internet economy has become the new land of opportunity where will people run to when that finally bottoms out? Yikes! That sounds so pessimistic.

We need bricks-and-mortar businesses to rebound. I don't think I'd like it if we no longer commerce face to face and everything is just virtual.

steve

January 21, 2010

Me neither Joe - it's an eerie feeling driving around our town at the moment, seeing so many closed business and empty retail units.

Restaurants, gas stations, liquor stores, grocery stores, hair-dressers ... things like that are still here but stores selling items that can be put on Amazon are either going or gone.

RIchard Philips

January 21, 2010

yes, that true, soon internet will be flooded with online stores. and the competition will increase like never before.
Also old webmaster will convert there static html website to more dynamic websites using cms like joomla. As to get good traffic to your online store you got to promote the store, by writing content and uploading some thing new every day.

Regards
Richard Philips
www.HTMLtoJoomla.com

deadlydave

January 22, 2010

thanks for reminding me Richard, i need to publish an article today!

On the original blog post, yeah its a shame to see the downturn... but as some dude said once to have a good period of growth, there first has to be a downturn!

salyris

January 23, 2010

I blame the banks in general for all of this and the slow growth is due in part to them not lending to small business. Now, with the massive interest hikes since they know about the rules that are coming, just make things even worse. Heck, "we the people" basically paid back the Tarp money through the hiked interests rates! smilies/sad.gif

The upside to all of this is that we are all now a bit more aware of the 1% that own everything and refuse to share. Be sure to vote with awareness and blog about it. Lets take our power back! smilies/angry.gif