I’ve worked with hundreds of WordPress Themes.. I’m more addicted to WordPress themes then shoes so I have developed a solid collection of premium WordPress themes.
A client recently asked me for what WordPress theme I recommend for someone that is new to the online world but wants to create a professional online presence while not getting wrapped up in the “techy stuff” that goes with a website.
Why use a Premium WordPress Theme verses a Free WordPress Theme?
1. My first answer is bells and whistles- you want professional- go premium. You aren’t getting a free site made by Joe Shmoe that has hacked up code that is going to make a mess of your site and they have lots of extras built in that make customization easy.
2. Support- The large majority of premium WordPress themes will offer a support forum and this is crucial for those that are beginners and may run into a snaffu here or there.
There are millions of free WordPress themes that are very good and may work for your needs, but the below themes will cut down on your time tinkering with making things layout the right way or look how you want it and allow you to spend more time on your content and promoting.. you know.. the parts that MAKE you money!
Here are my recommendations:
Affiliate Theme by Unique Blog Designs
While this is an easy install and setup for affiliate bloggers, this premium WordPress theme can easily be used to promote and highlight your own services or products and services.
This theme comes with a wide range of page layout selections, colors and tons of options in the dashboard. I love this theme for the simplicity that anyone, even the most non-techy person, can create a very personalized blog without knowing a spec of html code.
Thesis Theme
This theme is a clean and crisp design that is well search engine optimized. This theme focuses the theme around how the search engines will see your blog.
I also love that this has an easy option panel from the dashboard that allows you add your feed details, tracking code, and even the ability to customize the fonts and styles of your blog postings with only a few clicks.
You can easily add media such as rotating images or video all from the control panel.
StudioPress Themes
The StudioPress offers a wide selection of Premium WordPress Themes is one of the first themes I bought. You may hear this style of theme referred to as a “magazine” theme because of the flexibility in the overall design layout. You can add a little YouTube video, you can modify the psd files that are included for an extra unique boost, you can leverage the auto-thumbnail management or change options from the drop down panel in the dashboard.. simple simple stuff but powerful enough to let you “grow” with your blog theme.
Last but not least is the…. Elegant WordPress Theme
This theme does not offer as many customization options as some of the above, but for one low yearly price you have lots of themes to choose from. Their support forum is helpful and prompt in their responses.
Do you have a favorite Premium WordPress them you like? Add it below, I’m always on the look out!
Until next time,
Happy Blogging 
October 27th, 2009 at 3:21 am
i am a newbie in Online Business and i am still reading a lot on the internet about how to manage an Online Business.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Video Marketing is an interesting and very effective way to market affiliate products, i have promoted my products over youtube and in some other sites*’*
May 26th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I’m searching for sites related to making an internet income and yours came up, this is helpful content, even though on a side track. TY.
June 28th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Article marketing is really great if you have the time and effort to make new articles each day.’:~
July 7th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Thanks so much for such cool collection of templates, I’ve been looking for a long time and these themes are what I trully want to use for my blog.
July 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
omg! i have no clue.. will someone tell me how 2 get this page saved in my ipod so i can show my little sister?
July 11th, 2010 at 4:38 am
when you want to promote your webiste or product, article marketing is always the best way to do it..’`
May 26th, 2011 at 9:09 am
Awesome themes for marketing. Are you going to post more like this anytime soon?