Posted on August 31st, 2011 by Jason | No Comments »
One of the ways in which people like to go about making money is with multiple websites. Having multiple websites means having multiple domain names and this means having hosting for all those domain names. While finding web hosting is never a problem, you should be sure you’re looking for web hosting that can handle all the domain names you can throw at them.
This means more than finding a web hosting company that will charge you to host each domain name. It is even more than finding one that will allow you to have a few domain names on one hosting plan. If you are serious about having multiple domain names, you will need to get serious about finding a web hosting company that puts no restrictions on the number of domain names you can have with your one hosting account.
This is the point where many people stall just a bit. They figure that this kind of web hosting company will be a big boy in the industry and will charge way too much for this luxury. Well, they are half right.
Many of the bigger names in the web hosting industry do in fact offer you the ability to have unlimited domain names on one hosting account. However, what most don’t realize is that many of them will do it for far cheaper than you could imagine.
The deals may be due to the fact that there is now more competition than ever before in the web hosting industry, but whatever the case may be, the deals are out there for the taking. All you have to do is a little bit of homework and for hardly any money at all you can find a great company to host as many domain names as you can think of.
Posted on August 25th, 2011 by Jason | No Comments »
If your website is one that you hope to make money with or is one that you want to use to help your business succeed, then you will have to do some promoting. While there is a good deal of promoting that you can always do online, you should also focus at least some of your efforts on offline promotion a well.
Of course this will involve a lot of the traditional methods of offline promotion. To start with, you should have your web address printed on any and all materials that you use for your business’ promotion. Items like business cards, letterhead, and even flyers should all sport your web address.
Once you get the traditional methods of offline promotion out of the way, have some fun. Use your imagination and come up with some creative ways in which you can promote your website in an offline manner.
One great way is to have some shirts and hats made that feature your website. Come up with a clever saying and then put your web address under it. You might be surprised as to how many people will take a look at what your shirt or hat says and that means more eyes on your web address.
If you have the money, you can use your own vehicle as a rolling advertisement. Vehicle wraps are a great attention getter and when you work with a professional you can have a vehicle wrap designed around your website which will draw more than a few eyes to it.
When it comes to promoting your website there is no such thing as too much. A good healthy combination of online promotion and offline promotion will certainly see your web traffic increase which will hopefully lead you to more sales and a fatter bottom line.
Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Jason | No Comments »
Web Hosting Pad is currently the place where over 150,000 website, and counting, call home. While they may be one of the ‘new kids on the block’ they do offer great service for low prices. They have two different plans that each comes with a variety of options and features and they have just made their already affordable plans even more affordable.
During the summer, Web Hosting Pad is offering an incredible savings for those who show their loyalty. If you are a new customer with them and you commit to using their services for three years or more, you get your web hosting for as little as $1.99 per month. Even without the special the price starts at only $3.40 per month for three or more years.
No matter which plan you choose, you are backed with Web Hosting Pad’s 30 day money back guarantee. This means that you can get your money back if you are not completely satisfied with any of their services.
For such a low price you might expect Web Hosting Pad to skimp on the features, but they don’t. Web hosting with Web Hosting Pad comes with great features like a free domain name, free site builder, $200 worth of advertising credits with Google and other large companies, a 99.9% uptime, and more. Combine that with their award winning 24 hours a day, seven days a week customer support and the cheap price is clearly not for cheap service.
It used to be that cheap web hosting meant poor web hosting, but that simply isn’t the case any longer. Now it is possible to find web hosting companies, like Web Hosting Pad, that will give you a lot of bang for your web hosting buck, especially if you are willing to show just a little bit of loyalty.
Posted on August 9th, 2011 by Jason | No Comments »
It’s one thing to have a great looking website and it’s another thing to have people actually see it. Just as you would with a brick and mortar store, you have to promote your website in order to get people to it. One of the easiest ways in which to do that is by using PPC.
PPC stands for pay per click and is a sure way to get visitors to your website quickly. PPC works by you using search engines like Google and bidding on keywords. If you win the bid then you can create an advertisement that will be displayed on the right hand side of the search results.
If the keyword you bid on and won is ‘dog food’ for example, your advertisement will come up randomly when someone searches for that term. If they click your advertisement, they are taken to your website and you are charged for that click. If they don’t click your advertisement, then you are charged nothing.
How much you are charged will all depend on what your winning bid was. So, PPC does represent an investment on your part, but many forms of advertising do. However, one key difference is only paying when your advertisement is clicked on. If you take out an ad in the Yellow Pages for instance, you are charged whether you get a single phone call or not.
As long as you have a quality website for the person clicking to get to, then the money you spend getting them there should be well worth it. After all, more clicks equal a lot more visitors to your website and a chance to sell them your goods and services. Should you be successful in selling your goods and services, then you will see that PPC will pay for itself time and time again.
Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by Jason | No Comments »
If you are set to create the website of your dreams then you might as well find a web hosting company that gives you a free website builder with a web hosting package. This will not only save you time, but it will likely save you in potential headaches as well.
Along with not having to worry about finding or paying for a website builder, you can rest easy knowing that the website builder that comes with your web hosting will be one that is fully compatible. This is something that many people do not take into consideration.
They may go out and buy a website builder first and then go find affordable web hosting. What they don’t realize is that not every website builder will work with every web hosting company. So, you may inadvertently have a fully built website that you can’t use with the web hosting company of your choice.
This nightmare is easily avoided as the website builder that will come with a web hosting service will obviously work perfectly. So, once your website is complete, you only have to click the mouse button a few more times and your website will then go live for the world to see.
Another perk is the ability to call on your web hosting company should you have a problem with developing your website. Since they will be the ones who own the website builder, they will likely have staff on hand who can help you along the way.
Since you have to have web hosting anyway, you might as well go with a company that offers you a free website builder. While you may think that you have to go with an expensive web hosting company in order to get this benefit, you can easily find a number of reputable web hosting companies that offer free website builders for under ten bucks per month. That’s savings and convenience.