You know I’m a huge fan of blogs for small business and an equally big supporter of the WordPress blogging platform.

The wide adoption of WordPress is aided greatly by the fact that its open source architecture means that outside developers can create add-ons to extend the basic functionality.

So, now you can think outside of the blog. WordPress, developed as blog software, is, through various plugins, capable of supporting full web sites, membership sites, e commerce premium content management and multi-author publications with ease.

For this week’s AMEX Open Forum column I introduce 10 Ways to Make WordPress More Useful – go check it out.