How To Choose The Best Hosting Company For Your Health Or Fitness Business?

April 10, 2015 by
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 When I first started out, I was confused about which hosting company to go with. Heck, I didn’t even know exactly what hosting was! I took a whole day to compare each hosting company and then ended up choosing Bluehost in the end. They’ve been around a long time, have great customer service and are the least expensive, although pretty comparable to Hostgator and GoDaddy. I’ve hosted with enom. I found them helpful, but they aren’t open 24/7 like the other 3 companies and they are extremely expensive. Dreamhost is the absolute worst! You can never get a hold of them, and they are extremely expensive, plus they make it very difficult to cancel or transfer out. Check out this infographic for easy comparisons and read below, before choosing who to go with. 

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 Those who have been through choosing the right web hosting services for their website can validate the fact that it can be one of the toughest gamble – especially when it comes to taking your health and fitness business online. While relatively cheap or free web hosts may sound tempting, when it comes to sifting out the best web services, you might just get stumped with what paid web hosts have to offer.


On the other hand, while most companies may claim to offer the best domain hosting services, including 99% uptime, unlimited resources, and knowledgeable support, at the end of the day, the decision mostly depends on what you need. Understanding which hosting company can do this and what package suits your needs can resolve most of your issues. (Tweet this)

Price

This is one of the most of the most pivotal factors of choosing a web host for your health or fitness business, however it shouldn’t be the deciding one – particularly in cases when you plan your fitness website for ecommerce purposes. Add on services, like 24/7 live customer support and quality uptime services, won’t be offered by any cheap domain host. Hence, choose your option wisely.

Add-Ons

Look into what the web host has to offer you in order to assist you with your website. Some of the things to consider include the disk space they offer, the number of alternate domains that are being offered, email address, spam filters, shopping carts and web chats.

Operating System Compatibility

Some Web hosts offer a choice of Linux or Windows hosting. If you have specific applications that require Windows, such as SQL Server or a custom application written in .NET, then you need to make sure that your Web host has Windows hosting. You might just need to research on the target audience and where and which browser is hosting your services so that you can evaluate the pros and cons effectively.

Customer Reviews

Roll your eyeballs on the customer support and reviews that your potential web host is getting. Do some Google blog search or find them over social media with their handle. How approachable they are and how much time they take to respond would reveal quite a lot about them.

Control Panel 

Things like installing WordPress, setting up email and setting up FTP accounts are some of the things that you should be able to do without bothering the customer support services. However, for that purpose, the web host’s control panel needs to have a user-friendly interface that you should be able to manage (Tweet this). If it is not, it may become a tricky deal in the long run.

Area of Focus

Knowing a company’s area of focus/specialty can be a great add-on to the services that are being offered to their health and fitness customers. Go with the one that understands your particular needs as a customer. Inquire about the company and areas in which you require their special assistance. It would be great! (Tweet this)

If you want any further assistance, please feel free to connect with me. In the meantime, you can also sign up for Ultimate Internet Startup Guide and download your ebook for FREE!

How about you? Do you have a health blog (or other type of blog) that you’re thinking about monetizing? Any tips, tricks, or advice?
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How to Pick Up a Domain Name that Makes Money

April 7, 2015 by
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In an increasingly competitive online world, choosing a domain name can be as critical as much as managing your health or fitness business offline.  Naming a website is obviously essential for two basic reasons: Domain names help the users to build an association with the brand while they search for it online (Tweet this). They also help you to leverage the industry-specific keywords in order to reach out to the relevant masses. In order to stay competitive for your health or fitness customers, make sure you keep the following pointers in the mind while choosing a domain name for your brand:

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1.    Make Sure that Your Domain Name is Easy to Remember, Type and Market (Tweet this)
Prior to starting up with your hunt for a domain name, brainstorm over different names that are relevant to your business name and can be suffixed with an industry-specific keyword. This would not only help your customers to log and search for you easily, but also help you gain mileage on SEO and SMM.

2.    The Shorter, the Better
Just like human names or pseudonyms become more relevant and specific when they are short. It is the case with most online URLs. If you have an online domain name that is short and succinct, not only would it be beneficial for your online presence, it would also bolster the memorization, as well as its mention on most marketing collaterals.

3. Using Conflicted Domain Names Can End Up in a Lawsuit (Tweet this)
Make sure that when you choose your domain name, it does not conflict with the copyrights or usage with popular brands. Popular websites, such as WhoIs.net and CheckDomain provide you a decent amount of information on the usage and history of particular domain names. Evaluate them carefully in order to avoid copyright infringements and lawsuits.

4. Avoid numbers and Hyphens While Choosing Domain Names (Tweet this)
Numbers are often confused based on the their usage. People who hear your website address don’t know if you’re using a numeral (5) or it’s spelled out (five) or they misplace or forget the dash.  Avoid them. Alternatively, you can book other domains as with similar names in case it is too essential. This way, you can redirect customers who are visiting another website with a similar domain name to your site.

5. Confused about Domain Name Extensions?
Acquaint yourself with the usage of domain name extensions. Though .com websites are the most popular for online businesses, alternative domain extensions, such as .net, .co and .biz can give you an advantage and help you communicate the nature of the business before somebody inquires about it.

Some of the most popular domain names and their usages are explained below:
·       .co : an abbreviation for company, commerce, and community
·       .info : informational sites
·       .net : technical, Internet infrastructure sites
·       .org : non-commercial organizations and non-profits
·       .biz : business or commercial use, like ecommerce sites

Following the above-mentioned guidelines, I am pretty sure that you would be able to reap up sufficient amount of money for your online health or fitness business. Like always, if you have any questions, please feel free to get back to me and I will be glad to assist you further.

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