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Why Web Traffic is Useless Without Optimization
When businesses think about their websites and improving their online presence, what do they usually focus on? One word – TRAFFIC. How can I get it? How can I increase it? How can I diversify it? Traffic is an easy metric to understand. You don’t need to be a professional marketer or technology expert to … Continue Reading
Privacy, Public Policy, and the Future of Hosting
The hosting industry in the United States, and the security of private data in general, is under threat. Legislation that is making its way through Congress represents a sea change in the way our government has regulated data in our country. HR 1981 – for instance – would dramatically increase the logging and data retention … Continue Reading
Effective Customer Engagement Relies on Cross-Channel Integration
Marketers have long relied on multiple channels to drive engagement, but today marketing requires a new approach – one built on a single view of the customer that values real-time interaction over static channel-focused campaigns. The antiquated one-to-many monologue of mass marketing has given way to the one-to-one digital dialogue of engagement marketing that is … Continue Reading
Network with 2011 Attendees Now Using HostingCon Connect
Learn how you can use HostingCon Connect to setup meetings with potential business partners and industry thought-leaders at HostingCon 2011. Continue Reading
Shared Hosting Meets Cloud & Clustering
Improving availability and stability are always on the minds of shared hosting providers. There are many ways to achieve it. With moving to the cloud being all the rage right now, many shared hosting companies are looking to use cloud infrastructure to reduce costs and allow for rapid scalability. In this session, ”Applying the Benefits … Continue Reading
NEW – Lightning Talks at HostingCon 2011
On Tuesday at 9:00AM, Dan Muey (Developer) and Aaron Phillips (Vice President) will be hosting a fun session using a format called “Lightning Talks”. This session allows any individual to have 5 minutes to present a topic of their choice to the audience. The process is simple. About 5 minutes before the session starts we … Continue Reading
Setting Cloud Expectations Before Creating Cloud Strategy
In the past six months, consumers have been inundated with a flood of consumer-oriented advertising about “the cloud,” and as hosting providers, we collectively cringe when we think of how this marketing will confuse even more people about the cloud. Nowadays when you mention the cloud, most of the people outside of the hosting industry … Continue Reading
Announcing a new way to Connect with HostingCon 2011 Attendees
HostingCon is pleased to offer HostingCon Connect, a free new messaging service from HostingCon, to registered attendees for pre-conference networking. Continue Reading
FINAL Day for HostingCon 2011 Extended Early Bird Rates!
Today is the FINAL day to take advantage of extended early bird rates, courtesy of SpamExperts. Register today to save up to $160 and be entered to win a voucher for $2000 in services from SpamExperts! Continue Reading
Don’t Miss, Customer Service for Hosting Executives, at HostingCon 2011
Web hosting is a tough business – our customers expect us to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, there are a lot of variables in play, and the room for error is small. That’s ignoring the fact that the hosting business has extremely low barriers to entry and as a result, … Continue Reading