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Why We’re (Still) in Love with WordPress
We’ve been using WordPress for years for our clients and we’re still in love. Learn why WordPress remains the most powerful and flexible CMS in the world.

Why Loud Canvas for your Website Hosting, Security and Maintenance needs?
Why would you choose Loud Canvas to be your technical partner for your business’ website hosting needs? Loud Canvas Media is MORE than just a hosting company. If you’re just looking for some digital space to rent for your website files that’s not secure, not proactively maintaining or securing your digital property and don’t care [Read More]

What is App Development and When is it Needed?
Application development is when no software out there can do what you need, so you have it built. Many times, just some research needs to be done or a quick chat with a knowledgeable person that can steer you in the right direction to avoid needing to create something custom. What if it doesn’t exist [Read More]

Introducing FREE Digital Media Seminars for Small Businesses
In a landmark effort to improve the digital performance and success of small businesses in the Dover, NH area, Loud Canvas Media is introducing a quarterly effort to bring FREE digital marketing education to local businesses. After 15 years in the industry, Loud Canvas Media recognizes that the local business community should be empowered to [Read More]

Why We Think GoDaddy Leaves Much to be Desired
Godaddy Hosting Fails Hard on Every Metric Disclaimer: Article contents derived and heavily influenced by multiple tech experts and web developers (linked below) who post of their own experiences.

Your Website is just like a Car. I’ll explain how!
I WANT ZERO CAR PROBLEMS. I paid for the car so now vehicle costs are a thing of the past, right? Wrong. As a web developer/programmer, I’m often asked (more than often quite angrily) “Why did my website break and why aren’t you fixing it for free?! Didn’t I pay you to create a quality [Read More]

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]

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]