Posts Tagged ‘Web Hosting’

Billions are Spent Online Every Year … Want Some?

Consumers and businesses are shopping online more than ever.  Not just small ticket items, the price tags are getting bigger all the time.  What’s the most you’ve ever spent online?  I’ve bought two cars and hired a few dozen staffers through the internet, so I guess I could say I’ve spent into six figures.  Ask yourself, “If there is so much money changing hands on the internet, how do I get some of that? ”

Why Drive When You Can Click?

The gas crisis meets the technology revolution.  Consumers who have been resisting doing business online are more likely to start now and people who have been spending money online are going to spend even more.  What’s the future?  The future is …Why drive when you can click?

Faster, Better, Cheaper …

The world is more competitive than ever.  Consumers are more savvy than ever.  Your business must provide more services for less money.  Help your customers by serving them online.  Sell them products, services, or information.  Use technology to make your business more competitive.  Every minute of your customer’s time is valuable to them.  People are more impatient than ever.

Tell me, Ebiz Guy, What Should I do???

This is a bigger topic than most people realize.  Sure, it is easy to get a web page up and running.  But what about getting people to visit your website?  What does that take?  How about getting people to visit your website over and over again?  That’s even tougher.  There are hundreds of self-described internet marketing experts out there and they all seem to have a different strategy.  What’s up with that?  Who do you ask?  Who do you believe?  Jerry, the Ebiz Guy, is here to help.

Break it down for me Ebiz Guy!

There are a lot of components to a successful internet marketing business.  You need a good web hosting company, a professional looking website, a great marketing message, a comprehensive marketing plan, etc.  The list goes on and on.  You do not have to spend a bunch of money.  In fact, you can accomplish a lot for absolutely free if you need to.  If you do have a few bucks to spend, you will probably get “more/better/faster” results by investing in professional services.  Here’s my pitch …

If you have more TIME than MONEY , I’ll tell you what to do.

If you have more MONEY than TIME , then we can do it for you.

Anything Internet is Everything Internet for you internet marketing needs.

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Jerry Hobby has been in the information technology business for over 25 years.  His company, Anything Internet, has existed since 2003.  Anything Internet is an internet marketing company that provides web hosting, web design, and all forms of internet marketing, social networking, SEO, SMO, PPC, etc.

Jerry is a popular public speaker and is regarded as an expert in the world of internet marketing and search engine optimization.

Jerry’s mission for this website is to provide information on a wide variety of internet marketing topics.  This includes SEO and web design topics.  It also includes information about starting your first internet marketing business.  Jerry is committed to helping people succeed as internet entrepreneurs.

Web hosting accounts are very inexpensive these days.  Professional web hosting companies may charge a little more than the bargain web hosting accounts, but even those fees are extremely reasonable.

Free Hosting Accounts ($0) - There are free web hosting services such as WordPress.com.  These typically work well for enthusiast sites and many nonprofits.  Most of them do not provide email hosting, have strict limitations to prevent abuse, and may not allow you to use your own domain name.   Servers are typically overloaded.  Support is typically very limited or non-existent.  What do you expect for nothing?

http://www.WordPress.com is excellent for zero budget websites.

Discount Hosting Services ($0-$100/yr) - These are the dominant providers out there.  Companies such as GoDaddy.com, BlueHost.com, and many others all seem to offer ridiculous amounts of space, bandwidth, and other services.  Be aware that every one of these has limits.  The common limitation is on CPU utilization.  If your website is too active, they will shut down your account.  Do you want to learn that the hard way after placing some ads?  Probably not.  They probably will not run backups of your site either, so you better watch out for yourself.  This is a big issue if you use databases which require special steps to backup.

http://www.Godaddy.com is excellent for discounted hosting services.

Commercial Hosting Services ($100-$250/yr) - Commercial hosting companies will typically have better servers that are not overloaded.  Some will have mirrored disks.  Most will run backups.  Most will not have CPU restrictions.  Customer support services will usually be excellent.  While these will cost slightly more, it is well worth it to have a professionally managed server.

http://www.AnythingInternet.com - of course I have to recommend my own company.

Premium Value Added Services ($200/yr and up) - These hosting companies are the type that offer special features that require you to host with them.  Marketing companies might have a special database or a special statistics package.   Companies like this will offer special features, typically industry specific.  These packages are very expensive, but you are paying for the special services.

This category will include services specific to your industry.  Direct sales companies provide these types of websites.  Franchises, financial companies, industry sites, such as www.har.com , or niche market sites such as http://www.clubrunner.com .

Choosing a Hosting Company

Know Your Needs - Do you need email hosting?  Does your website require special database or operating system requirements?  Do you want the company to run backups?  Is your site a high traffic site?  Do you need extreme amounts of online storage?

Contact Technical Support - Do not call the pre-sales number.  Salesmen always answer the phone and make big promises.  Try to call or email the tech support team and ask questions there first.  They are the people you will deal with once your account is open.  Call them or email them a few different times.  Get a feel for them.

Try Different Companies - If you have more than one website, put them with different companies for a while.

Read the Forums - Most web hosting companies have a forum where existing customers chat with each other.  Always read the forums before you sign up.  The customers who are unhappy will be complaining really loudly there.  These are great testimonials.  Of course every company will have unhappy customers, but if you see that dozens of customers are all complaining about the same issue, consider those conversations carefully.

Testimonials from Friends - My least favorite point on this list is asking your friends what they do.  Their needs may be different and they may not be qualified to know they are getting treated poorly.  Ask your friends, but consider the source as you evaluate their advice.