Update on buisness sites

I own various business websites, all of which have never been fully completed and put into place. Well hopefully I am about to change that.

I have been looking at adding an email newsletter feature to the main company website which will list and detail everything to do with the various devisions of the company. BUT and it's a big but, not everyone wants to be emailed. That then got me thinking of potential solutions.

Do I install a blogging system which emails out when the blog is updated and just provides a link to read the story, or do I start with an email newsletter that posts to the blog.

After some hard thinking the second option seems to the best as updates can be posted via email rather than via the web. To some it doesn't make too much difference. But to a company that is mainly mobile it then begs the question of how to post on a phone. Simple answer is of course email.

Now for every good idea there is always a problem, and the problem here is that the main company website needs a re-design as mentioned previously. Then on top of that is the fact that all the sub-sites need to be pointed over too.

So far I have got to design the site and then link together the following pre-made parts,

• phpList (Email Newsletter)
• Wordpress (Blogging System)
• Customer Area (Yet to be sorted)
• osTicket (Support Ticketing System)
• Web Hosting Ordering System (Made but needs linking)
• Paypal integration
• Invoicing system
• and more

Nightmare? It sure is, keep a check here for updates until the email system goes live.