Web Hosting & Security
Resell LCM Hosting and Take a "Piece of the Action"
Resell LCM Hosting and Take a "Piece of the Action"
As a small design firm (or perhaps as a freelancer designer), you design/build many of websites but always send your clients to host with a 3rd party hosting company like Godaddy, Bluehost, or Hostgator. And sadly you see NONE of that money. We offer an alternative: provide them a better hosting option for the same [Read More]
Should you Host or Not Host Client Websites: the Classic "Build vs Buy" Decision
Should you Host or Not Host Client Websites: the Classic "Build vs Buy" Decision
Build a new Revenue Steam for Your Company by Hosting your Clients’ Sites ARTICLE SUMMARY As a small or mid-sized marketing firm, if you support at least 60+ clients you might want to consider opening up a new revenue steam and hosting them yourself vs referring them to a 3rd party Hosting company like Bluehost [Read More]
Let’s Encrypt: Perhaps Not the Best Solution for SSL Certificates…
Let’s Encrypt: Perhaps Not the Best Solution for SSL Certificates…
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly… Article Summary We may upset the fanbois a bit by saying this, but when you look at the pros and the cons, we feel the cons take it here. Let’s Encrypt is a great initiative, but serious business owners should really consider a more viable (paid) alternative to [Read More]
WPEngine Leaves a LOT of Money on the Table for a Full-Service Web & Marketing Agency
WPEngine Leaves a LOT of Money on the Table for a Full-Service Web & Marketing Agency
Okay, I’m going to just come out and state what I feel is obvious – WP Engine is NOT the best solution for serious web/marketing companies. First of all (and probably most importantly), you leave a TON of money on the table by not choosing to host websites yourself; but, even more than that, from [Read More]
Secure Server Administration for Your Agency
Secure Server Administration for Your Agency
One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! – Ben Franklin ARTICLE SUMMARY We’ve seen countless cases where marketing agencies thought they had the skills in-house to manage their server and website security, but in fact were dismally unprepared. Setting up secure firewalls, configuring and hardening Apache/PHP, locking down WordPress, and even “basic” [Read More]
