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Casual Articles - How To Handle A Website Migration From One Web Host To Another
Ever feel like you were "just a salesperson"? I think anyone who has been in sales for awhile has thought or felt this at sometime in their career. In some fields, sales is such a dirty word that they've created euphemisms to try and reclaim some dignity. I am sure that you have heard many of these. I used to carry the title of Account Executive. Nice title, but it's meaningless. "Executive" in charge of what? The empire of my mind? Business Development is another one: "we don't sell... we develop business". Gee, creating business where there previously was none... sure sounds like sales to me. Here's my new favorite I heard just recently. A major aerospace firm that sells their services to the governmen
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up
Well, firstly having heard this numerous times you must be both tired and frustrated at hearing the money is in the list!However it's true, there is no doubt that having a list can prove extremely profitable. So what's the first thing you need? The first thing is to understand your niche and who you are marketing to. Your campaigns require a tightly focused approach to ensure that you attract the visitors who have the right interest and intent to purchase your offers.So for example if your niche was steam trains, you may market with an ad stating "Relive the Romance of Steam Trains" This invokes an emotional view of the history of steam, and could attract any amount of visitors with just a general connection to those day
1. You have expanded your website and need more web space;
2. You need more features (i.e. a database, shopping cart or multimedia file hosting);
3. You found a better deal on web site hosting;
4. Or a relative/friend/colleague has server space and has offered to host your website for little or nothing.
Regardless of the situation, doing a website migration is inevitable. It is like moving from one home to another. In this article, I am going to give you several tips to make the big move as smooth as possible.
Tip 1: Schedule the Migration. Its best to schedule the migration when there are not as many web users visiting your website. Check your website traffic (or get your online marketing department) to see when traffic levels are low, which for some cases may be the evening or the weekend, depending on the website. For a corporate website, it may be the weekend, but for a gaming website, it may be midweek.
Tip 2: Notify ALL Stakeholders. Inform anyone and everyone who has an interest in the site, not only internally (employees, stockholders) but externally as well (supplies, customers and website visitors). A simple link redirecting to the date and time of the migration as well as the anticipated completion date should suffice.
Tip 3: Set a cutoff date for edits. Set a deadline for all content updates to be submitted. Postpone any major additions to the website (i.e. new sections, new features) until after the migration. A good measure has been 3 business days before the migration. Any changes submitted beyond the deadline date would have to wait until after the move.
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up t
We’ve all worked for some ‘not so great’ managers and we love to talk about it. Just listen in the airport, on the golf course or at the latest social gathering and you’ll know what I mean. But what does a good manager look like?I took my wife to the airport yesterday morning at 0 dark early and stopped at the grocery store, a national chain, to get a couple things. While checking out I struck up a conversation with a nice lady who I’ve seen for some time while shopping there. She’s always pleasant and helpful, as a customer she’s surely a good employee.“How are you today?” I asked, taking my time, since no one was behind me. “Oh I’m doing okay.” She replied a little less enthusiastically than usual.Being in my li
Regardless of the situation, doing a website migration is inevitable. It is like moving from one home to another. In this article, I am going to give you several tips to make the big move as smooth as possible.
Tip 1: Schedule the Migration. Its best to schedule the migration when there are not as many web users visiting your website. Check your website traffic (or get your online marketing department) to see when traffic levels are low, which for some cases may be the evening or the weekend, depending on the website. For a corporate website, it may be the weekend, but for a gaming website, it may be midweek.
Tip 2: Notify ALL Stakeholders. Inform anyone and everyone who has an interest in the site, not only internally (employees, stockholders) but externally as well (supplies, customers and website visitors). A simple link redirecting to the date and time of the migration as well as the anticipated completion date should suffice.
Tip 3: Set a cutoff date for edits. Set a deadline for all content updates to be submitted. Postpone any major additions to the website (i.e. new sections, new features) until after the migration. A good measure has been 3 business days before the migration. Any changes submitted beyond the deadline date would have to wait until after the move.
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up
Here are just a few ways to increase and diversify your income from your consulting business.1. Sell More Services to Your Existing ClientsInstead of spending all that time and money trying to get new business, why not try to sell more services to your existing client base?If you are an accounting and tax consulting firm, for example, you likely have clients who need some assistance in their record keeping and documentation. In addition to your year-end tax services, could you provide monthly bookkeeping and financial statements, accounting system setups, training in accounting software, or other services to assist your client?Monthly services, in addition to annually billed fees, will help
Tip 2: Notify ALL Stakeholders. Inform anyone and everyone who has an interest in the site, not only internally (employees, stockholders) but externally as well (supplies, customers and website visitors). A simple link redirecting to the date and time of the migration as well as the anticipated completion date should suffice.
Tip 3: Set a cutoff date for edits. Set a deadline for all content updates to be submitted. Postpone any major additions to the website (i.e. new sections, new features) until after the migration. A good measure has been 3 business days before the migration. Any changes submitted beyond the deadline date would have to wait until after the move.
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up
What is a Ebook ?Ebook is an electronic books which usually being published in a PDF or EXE format. This is a great way for author to earn money by doing what they love to do.Reasons why ebook is better than any ordinary books1. You don't have to worry about any publishing cost since it is created electronically. You can sold unlimited copies without any marketing cost.2. You don't have to wait for major publisher to call and make a deal with you. With ebook, your publisher is now the Internet, so you don't have to worry since internet has proven to be successful in connecting people.3. Quick and easy setup. Typically you can make 1 ebook a week if you a
Tip 3: Set a cutoff date for edits. Set a deadline for all content updates to be submitted. Postpone any major additions to the website (i.e. new sections, new features) until after the migration. A good measure has been 3 business days before the migration. Any changes submitted beyond the deadline date would have to wait until after the move.
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up
For the past months, maybe a year, I've been hearing sales groups talk about the need to become Trusted Advisors (I'll call them TAs). I suspect that the problems cropping up in the sales arena these days – the increased length of the sales cycle, the increased levels of competition - are leading sales management to base their initiatives on being of true service to prospects, as a way to seem different from the competition.But by everyone attempting to become TAs, and by not changing the basic skill set – or belief set or outcome - of the sales force, sellers are doing more of the same, but with a different name.Sorry to be so blunt, but let's look at the facts here.1. So long as you are trying to sell your produc
Tip 4: BACK-UP the website. The day after the content deadline date, back-up the website. This means all files, images, scripts, multimedia and other files. One can back-up the website on a CD-RW (CD rewritable disk), Zip Drive, or an external hard drive. It is important to back-up a website not only for a migration, but weekly or biweekly if possible. The bonus is that you have an archive of the website.
Tip 5: Make sure you have the new web hosting information. This includes: 1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol Information): a. The Hostname. This can be the Internet Protocol (IP) address. This is a numerical address of the physical server (big computer that is almost always on) where the website will reside. b. The account username c. The account password
2. The Control Panel login information. This is the Operations manual for the web host will be located. This may or may not be the same information as the FTP login. You will need this information to activate features for your website such as web submission forms, databases, shopping carts and other interactive features.
3. Domain Name Servers. These are the addresses of the servers where the new website will reside. Most web hosts have 2 to 3 domain name server addresses reserved. You will need this information to transfer the domain name (www.yourcompany.com) to the new web host’s server(s) after all the web site files have been transferred.
Tip 6: Test the “new” website. Test the new website by typing in either the dedicated IP address or the shared hosting address. Check that all links are working and are not going to error pages. This is the time to correct them.
Tip 7: Fix the form(s) If you have any forms on your website, also be sure to
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