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Advanced Tutorial For Setting Up GetResponse For Email Marketing
I am in love with the GetResponse email marketing provider and my experience with them since day one was mostly sweet. Having an email marketing provider that work hand in hand with you is like having a salesman that takes care of all the marketing and reaching out for you.

While this is easier said than done, setting up an email marketing solution correctly is always challenging and confusing. Been there and done that to be honest.

Don’t worry about it as I will be going through (in detail) on how to setup GetResponse email from the scratch, and no skill needed!

What you will learn in this article are:
- How to signup for GetResponse?
- Setting up your first campaign
- Setting up an autoresponder
- How to create email messages
- How to use the RSS to Email feature for email marketing
As you can see, this is a superb long article and thus, I recommend you to bookmark this for future reference.

For those visual lovers, you can also check out the slides below:

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How good is GetResponse?

I have used quite a few email marketing services in the past and to be utterly honest, nothing really come close to GetResponse (both service level and cost).

GetResponse offer pretty much everything out-of-the-box when it comes to email marketing and features such as:
1. Responsive designs
2. A/B testing
3. Auto responders
4. Email creator
5. Landing pages creator
6. Social sharing features
7. Email intelligence (analytics)
8. List boosters (ease of importing contacts)
9. Form builders
10. Inbox preview
11. RSS to email
12. Time travel (more on this later on)
13. Online surveys
And we are not done yet! There are more than a dozen more features on GetResponse.

From features to email marketing prices, GetResponse (in my personal opinion) is probably one of the best bang for your bucks service.

The lowest package starts at $12.30 per month for 1,000 subscribers and you can upgrade or downgrade at anytime. What makes it even juicier is that you can easily try GetResponse email marketing for 30 days free of charge.

Try GetResponse for free (and no credit card required).

Setting up your first email campaign with GetResponse

An email campaign is considered a list. Every time a reader signs up for your newsletter, he or she gets ‘imported’ into the email list.

If you are setting up an email campaign, I would suggest you to create several campaigns instead of one. For example, you can create:
- Optin for case studies
- Optin for promotions
- Optin for general newsletters
The above are segmentation and this makes email marketing much easier. In other words, you would want to avoid sending all types of emails to everyone in your list. Instead, you want the right followers to receive the right emails.

Having proper email segments could easily boost open rates, conversion and reduce subscriptions.

1. Click on the Create Campaign tab as seen on the top right (or center) of the page.

2. Select a campaign name and press Create New Campaign.

3. Once done, click on Edit Campaign Settings. There are two very important options here to set which are Campaign Email Address and Notifications.

This is what you see after setting up a campaign

These are the two custom settings you may decide to opt-in.

If Campaign Email Address is setup accordingly, readers could easily sign up for your mailing list by sending a blank email to campaign-name@getresponse.com. I personally leave this option out.

Notifications feature is pretty clear cut. You get notified for everyone who subscribed to your mailing list and enable this option if you are interested to get instant notification on new signups.

4. You are all set!

By now, you have completed setting up your first email marketing campaign. Give yourself a pat on the back or a cold beer (you may send one over for me too).

Setting up GetResponse autoresponder

An autoresponder is like having a customer service agent on steroids. Yes, autoresponder is used to say “hi” and “thank you” to all your new signups.

Basically my GetResponse autoresponder settings are:
- Welcome email & free gift reminder on next email
- Email containing free gift
- A follow up email to check if they had received the free gift
Doing this manually to everyone of your signup would be tedious but with an autoresponder, you can basically set once and forget. Period.

GetResponse allows us to set the number of days interval, goals succeed etc before it triggers the next email. My trigger method is rather simple:
- Welcome email (immediate)
- Email containing free gift (1-7 days later)
- Email follow up (1-7 days later)
1. Select Messages > Create Autoresponder

2. Choose the goals you wish to have for your autoresponder (some call this triggers). To set this demo, I selected the welcome email to have the settings below:
- Time based – 0 day
- Send message – Immediately
- Days – Every day
- Autoresponder name – Select a name for reference (example, welcome email)
3. Select Create New Email and key in the relevant details. There are two options to track your emails; Click-through and Google Analytics. I recommend to turn them on.

4. The next part is relatively easy. This is where you can build your own template or use a predefined one by GetResponse. Once you have chosen the right template, press Use Template.

5. The image below is your standard GetResponse visual editor.

Does this email template look pretty?

On the right side of the screen, you will have options to build your email template.

There are options to save the template as Draft or for future usage.

Once you have completed the template, you can select Test message by sending a sample email to yourself or test with over a dozen different displays and as well as selecting Mobile preview only.

6. Now, all you have to do is to click on the Next Step and you will have the option to Publish the autoresponder.

Building additional autoresponder is easy by repeating the same steps above. The only thing you need to do is to change the goals or triggers to put everything in place.

How to send email using GetResponse?

It is extremely to build a newsletter with GetResponse. There are two ways you can do so which are Message > Create Newsletter or by clicking the huge green button on the dashboard.

1. Once you click on either one of the links, it will bring you to the page as seen below. Remember to choose the right campaign or else, you will be building a newsletter for a different audience or recipients.

By default, you would have two options; using New Email Creator or HTML Source Editor. Personally, I would go with the first option as it is a drag and drop feature by GetResponse.

2. The next page would be pretty similar with the autoresponder setting page. The only difference would be the ability to have social share and A/B testing.

You can integrate multiple Facebook and Twitter accounts with GetResponse. This means that whenever you send out an email newsletter, it goes live on social media too.

With A/B testing, you can do various case studies on the types of colour, fonts and even words which could affect the open and conversion rate of the email.

3. After you have configured your newsletter, it is time to head over to the sending option (visible after you press Next step). The below will be the display you will be seeing.

On this page, you will be able to choose who will be receiving the newsletters. Generally, the options would consist of:
- Campaign selection
- Saved searches (if you have search anything previously)
- Excluding option
You would also have the option to choose the contacts you want manually and this feature will automatically be enabled if you have selected to exclude at least one of your available campaigns.

Important note: A campaign will only be shown or visible if there is at least one subscriber in it.

4. The next screen will show you a summary of the newsletter you had just created. Here, you would have the option to either send the newsletter out immediately (choose Send Now) or schedule it at some other time (choose Schedule).

GetResponse Time Travel feature would mean that you have the ability to send out the particular newsletter accordingly to the recipient’s time.

The below is the example of the screen done on my demo campaign.

As you can see above, the map shows the number of of recipients according to their location. Anything in blue would means that it is possible to send and anything in orange colour would mean that the time had past the current time at that specific location.

All you need to do is to select the time and press Send.

How to setup RSS to Email on GetResponse?

For Internet Marketers, RSS to email is probably the best thing that ever happened to them. This feature enables you to send newsletters according to:
- Time of publish
- Number of posts
RSS to email would only work if you have a working RSS feed for your website. If you don’t have one, you can get one using FeedBurner.

1. Setting up RSS to email on GetResponse is rather easy. All you need to do is to fill up the following columns in the image below.

How do you setup RSS to email on GetResponse?

2. There are two frequency settings you can choose from:
- Every time a new RSS article is posted
- Send regular digest
The first option is pretty clear cut but the second one, would require a little setting. It means that you can select the exact time and date the newsletter is sent out.

Pay extra attention to the red arrows

There are filters which you can use such as:
- Recent
- Engaged
- Shared
- Commented
Those simply means that a newsletter would be send out at the given time when either one of the goals above is triggered. By default, it would be Recent and thus, this means that GetResponse will send newsletter containing your latest blog post.

3. The tricky part about setting up RSS to email on GetResponse (or any email marketing provider in this case) is the fact that the information in the newsletter are actioned according to codes.

Here are the common RSS to email codes used by GetResponse:

[[rss_title]] – inserts title of your RSS

[[rssitem_title]] – inserts title of your post

[[rssitem_author]] – inserts author’s name

[[rssitem_content]] – inserts content of the blog post

[[rssitem_image]] – inserts link to image added to the post

[[rss_url]] – inserts url address of your post

[[rss_description]] – inserts RSS description

[[rssitem_comments]] – inserts amount of comments

Codes to personalize GetResponse newsletters:

[[firstname]] – displays contact’s firstname

[[name]] – displays contact’s name

[[lastname]] – displays contact’s lastname

[[email]] – displays contact’s email address

[[responder]] – displays the campaign name

[[ip_address]] – displays contact’s IP address

[[my_name]] – displays your from field name

[[my_email]] – displays your from field email address

[[remove]] or [[change]]- display the link for unsubscribing and updating details

[[view]] – displays the link to on-line version of your message

[[forward]] – displays link to forward the message to a friend

[[facebook]] [[twitter]] [[linkedin]] [[pinterest]] [[googleplus]]- insert social sharing links that make it easy for your subscribers to share the email with their friends

[[geo country]] [[geo country code]] [[geo region]] [[geo postal]] and [[geo postal code]] – insert geo-location data based on your subscriber’s IP address. Please note that this may not always be accurate due to how some ISPs are configured.

[[favoritecolor]] – prints the value of the ‘favoritecolor’ custom field.

[[shoesize]] – inserts the value of the ‘shoesize’ custom field.

Don’t freak out!

When I first discovered them, I nearly fainted (to be honest). Basically, there are only 3 codes you ever need to create a successful RSS to email newsletter as below:

[[rss_start]]

[[rssitem_url]]

[[rss_stop]]

Amazingly short right?

Let’s say you are feeling a little adventurous and want to customize your GetResponse RSS to Email feature, here are the common RSS tags you can/should be using:

[[rss_title]] – Title of the RSS Feed

[[rss_url]] – URL of RSS Feed

[[rss_description]] – Description of Feed, if provided

[[rss_date]] – Publish date of Feed

[[rss_start]] – Begin RSS block

[[rssitem_title]] – Title of RSS Item

[[rssitem_url]] – URL of RSS Item

[[rssitem_content]] – Content of RSS Item

[[rssitem_description]] – Description of RSS Item

[[rssitem_image]] – First image found in Description

[[rssitem_date]] – Publish date of RSS Item

[[rssitem_author]] – Author of RSS item, if provided

[[rssitem_tweets]] – Number of Tweets

[[rssitem_likes]] – Number of Facebook likes

[[rssitem_comments]] – Comments on the RSS Item

[[rssitem_comments_url]] – URL for comments, if provided

[[rss_stop]] – End of RSS block

And if you are a visual type of person, here’s an example taken directly from GetResponse.

And yes, you are done!

Yup, breath in a sign of relief and you are 100% done. You have successfully created a complete email marketing campaign using GetResponse.

Now, I hope you find this email marketing tutorial useful and feel free to drop me any questions (if you have any) using the comment form below.

Before we end this, enjoy a quick video done by the GetResponse team:

Recommended tools of trade:
- GetResponse (first 30 days free & as low as $12.30 per month)
- Hybrid Connect (Download now or How to use Hybrid Connect) – Email list plugin builder
- Optinskin (Download now or Review) – Email list plugin builder
Note: Hybrid Connect has been renamed to Thrive Theme in 2015.

If you find this useful, I would appreciate if you would share this article with your friends!
February 4, 2024
Zyma Web Hosting Review
When it comes to choosing the best web hosting, we are really lucky as we are spoil with choices. I was lucky enough to even perform several reviews such as the most affordable web hosting, the best managed WordPress hosting and even professional web hosting services.

Recently, I was contact by Khuram who is the Marketing Director of Zyma web hosting in the UK. Since all my web hosting reviews were mostly based in the States, I took up the challenge and decided to try Zyma instead.

As for the record, Zyma (and Khuram) were very patience enough to wait for this review since I am currently having one of the busiest period (work wise) in this year!

In this review, I will be going through what Zyma Technologies can offer and ultimately, could it possibly be the best web hosting in the UK?

My first impression of Zyma Web Hosting

I am a huge fan of the first impression and being in a marketing/sales industry for sometime now, I believe that you need to provide the ‘killer blow’ within the first 15 seconds.

Zyma landing page is pretty straight forward and I love the green colour. Seriously, that is a great combination for a home page. Just like any other web hosting companies, Zyma offers more than 300+ scripts and is able to support nearly all the major players such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Magento.

The benefits using Zyma web hosting

This is what Zyma web hosting dashboard looks like

Zyma really attracted me (from the point of view of an user) because they are offering too many freebies. Don’t get me wrong as I am not complaining. In fact, I am really astonished by this!

Moving a domain from one web host to another could seriously be a tough job. Therefore, Zyma offers free website transfer service that includes:
- website transfer
- file transfer
- database transfer
- script transfer
For those who have no idea what these are all about, it is actually the basics information that is required to transfer your current website to a new hosting company (without destroying your website).

The main features for Zyma compared to the rest are probably unlimited:
- storage space
- traffic/bandwidth
- databases
- email accounts
- tech support
- setup and transfer
Again, I got to stress that you won’t usually see other web hosting companies offering free setup and transfer in their hosting packages.

Zyma web hosting for serious users and eCommerce

What I really love about Zyma Technologies is that it caters for corporate or business websites. For example, having shared SSL features, PayPal integration and accepting credit cards on your site are free and available for use.

This is definitely a great plus point if you are planning to operate a business.

Besides that, Zyma Technologies has also bonus features such as Fantastico De Luxe, courtesy backups and custom .htaccess file.

For those installing a new WordPress website, Zyma web hosting offers several additional services such as limiting the login attempts and automatic backups. And all of these can be done easily with just a click of a button!

Zyma dashboard offers a quick server status and even the server load stats

How much does Zyma web hosting cost?

Currently, a web hosting package cost £1.79 per month and unlike any other web hosting services, Zyma offers the same price for all packages such as 12, 24 and 36 months.

After converting to US Dollars, Zyma web hosting is really worth it since it only cost $2.90 per month!

That is probably cheaper than any shared web hosting in the United States right?

What I really love about Zyma web hosting and why should you use it?

Zyma Technologies is an award winning web hosting services in the UK and it is known for two things; service and security.

Now let me be really honest with you. If I would compare Zyma to HostGator, DreamHost or GoDaddy, I would personally say that Zyma has an upper hand advantage.

Here are some reasons why:
1. Zyma Technologies doesn’t allow pornography stored or hosted on its server. This means that your sites hosted over at Zyma has zero chance of being blocked or penalized by Google.
2. Integrated with all time famous, cPanel.
3. Lovely and easy to navigate dashboard.
4. Tons of eCommerce features which is good for business websites.
5. Excellent customer support and service provided.
When it comes to web hosting, gone were the days where uptime plays a huge role in choices. Nowadays, nearly all web hosting are already practising 99.9% uptime.

What matters most now are quality of service and the web hosting features.

Zyma web hosting is a great hosting company if you want to host over at the UK, good hosting feature and of course, affordable hosting prices. And to be very honest, this is probably the cheapest web hosting which provides excellent service … something that we don’t always find out there.

Will you give Zyma a 30-days trial?

With all the rich features and affordable web hosting price, I believe there is no reason why you shouldn’t give Zyma a spin. Don’t forget that Zyma is also offering several free features such as free domain, transfer and website builder which are totally … a no-brainer if you don’t try it today!
January 20, 2024
Guest Crew Review – Community for Guest Bloggers

It doesn’t matter if you are a novice or professional blogger, looking for advertising opportunities or trying to find websites accepting guest postings. Guest Crew is one of the communities for bloggers out there.

Guest Crew welcome page

Guest Crew is maintained by no other than Uttoran Sen. I first met up with him when I was at Blog Engage. He is very active there and somehow, we got connected. He makes a good living especially when it comes to providing quality guest postings and he had written for some of the big sites such as ProBlogger, Kikolani, Life Hack, Write To Done and even John Chow’s website. To read more about him, just head over to this link here.

So, what makes Guest Crew so special from the rest? Without much delay, let’s dive in and see what Guest Crew have to offer, shall we?

What it looks like inside Guest Crew?

Guest Crew offers many possibilities and opportunities for both bloggers and advertisers

What is it for guest bloggers?

As you can see from the above image, this is one community that helps bloggers to post on nearly any blogs regardless of the niche. It helps you to connect with other fellow bloggers and most importantly, promoting your own blogs!

Bloggers can easily share their links, ask for advise and even build relationships with other bloggers. More on that as you read further below.

Spaces for blog owners too

Let’s say you hate guest posting and you rather blog on your blog. Fine! Join Guest Crew now!

This is because Guest Crew works as a forum for bloggers and you can easily drop questions or help other bloggers out. Oh yes, do I need to mention that it is free too?

This is what the forum looks like on Guest Crew

So, what makes Guest Crew unique?

By now, you would probably be thinking why you should be using Guest Crew. Here’s the juiciest part among all; guest posting.

If you are a guest blogger and looking for guest blogging opportunities, then you are in luck. You can earn easy money through guest blogging with the help of … yup, Guest Crew.

Browse your way to a list of advertisers who are willing to pay for your guest posting services and you can easily make some good money from them. Let’s say you have a good pagerank blog with above average blog traffic. You could easily be looking for at least $20 per blog post and if you really ranking well, you could even demand for hundreds of dollars when it comes to guest posting.

Why would I possibly use the word ‘demand’? It is because you are ranking that high … and you in demand. Obviously!

Back to the topic, do you see where I am heading to now when it comes to guest posting and the opportunities lies within this blogging community?

Okay. How about being an advertise on Guest Crew?

Literally speaking, all you need to do is to create a campaign and start hunting down for potential guest bloggers. Here’s a snippet taken from the FAQ page:

If you have checked out the site, you might have seen the term ‘coins’. This is highly related to advertisers where you uses the coin system to pay for advertising. There is also the ‘donate any number of coins’ for those who plan to give donation or giving a helping hand to other bloggers who urgently need the coins.

What else is on Guest Crew?

There are several sub forums you can choose from such as the marketplace (buy sell forum) and promotion forum. Market place is rather clear cut where you can put your domains or services for sale or even buy some of those. Unlike other domain selling websites, Guest Crew forum takes commission for any sales done.

Promotion sub forum is one place you MUST not miss. All you need to do is to place a link there, add some description on it and other members will help to share it. However, you have to remember that as this is an absolutely free service, it is not advisable to ‘hope for too much’ and I would always advise to ‘give it back’.

If you want to community to grow, always focus in helping others to share as sharing is definitely caring!

Over to you …

I am a member of Guest Crew and it doesn’t cost you a dime for that. To register, all you need is to click here and follow the instructions.

Personally, Guest Crew is a great place to build reputation and authority as a blogger. You are also able to build bonds and relationships with other bloggers with a huge plus point; paid guest posting.

January 20, 2024
BlueHost Review 2019: Is BlueHost the best web hosting service today?
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Dedicated hosting is the most expensive option, appropriate for large commercial firms that need full control of their resources.

BlueHost is most famous for its affordable web hosting services that you can get started for as little as $2.95 per month with shared hosting if you snag a deal like this.

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Which bluehost plan is right for me?

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Bluehost offers five main types of hosting plans:
- Shared hosting
- VPS hosting
- Dedicated hosting
- WordPress hosting
- Cloud Sites
If you are looking for something inexpensive and basic, shared hosting is probably what you need. This is what most beginners and small businesses are shopping for.

Dedicated hosting is the most expensive option, appropriate for large commercial firms that need full control of their resources. With dedicated hosting, you are essentially renting a physical server.

VPS hosting is a middle-ground option where you share a physical server with others, but you have your virtual operating system, so the server functions as if it is physically yours.

WordPress hosting is of course what it sounds like—hosting optimized for WordPress customers. WordPress hosting for BlueHost is called WordPress Pro (click here to read more about it).

Let’s take a look at the plan tiers for each.

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Shared Hosting

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Best value, easy to use and excellent for beginners.

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Shared Hosting Basic:
- Beginning at $3.49 per month, this plan jumps up to $7.99 per month at the regular price.
- Plus: This plan is regularly $10.99 per month.
- Choice Plus: This plan is $23.99 per month.
These prices are all pretty good. But with this deal, you can make sure you get the best price! At the Basic level, you get one website, 50GB of space, and unmetered bandwidth. You also get one domain, five parked domains, and 25 sub-domains. Additional features include 5 email accounts with 100 MB of storage each.

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With the Plus or Choice Plus plans, you get unlimited websites and unmetered space and bandwidth, which is awesome. You get one domain included, and you can have unlimited parked domains and sub-domains.

Email accounts and storage are unlimited, along with $200 in marketing offers. Plus it includes Global CDN and one SpamExperts (over $24 per year in extra benefits).

The highest level plan is Business Pro. It includes up to $180 in extra annual benefits, including two SpamExperts, one premium SSL, one dedicated IP address, domain privacy, enhanced performance, and SiteBackup Pro.

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VPS Hosting

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When power meets affordability.

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- Standard: $19.99 your first month, up to $29.99 after that
- Enhanced: $29.99 your first month, up to $59.99 after that
- Ultimate: $59.99 your first month, up to $119.99 after that
These prices are in line with typical costs for VPS hosting industry-wide. The speed for the first two plans is 2 CPU cores, up to three and four cores for the top plan. You get 30GB SAN storage at the lowest tier, up to 120GB at the highest level. RAM ranges from 2 GB up to 8 GB. You get 1 TB of bandwidth at the Standard level, up to 3 TB at the Ultimate level. Each tier includes one domain. The Standard tier includes one IP address; you get two with the rest. Every plan is backed by 24/7 support and a money-back guarantee.

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Dedicated Hosting

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Best for high traffic websites and undisputed server performance.

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- Standard: $79.99 your first month, $119.99 per month after that.
- Enhanced: $99.99 your first month, $159.99 per month after that.
- Premium: $119.99 your first month, $209.99 per month after that.
With the Standard plan or Enhanced plan, you get a 4 x 2.5GHz CPU. The Premium plan offers you a 4 x 3.3GHz CPU. Storage is ranging from 500GB to 1 TB (mirrored), and RAM starts at 4 GB at the Standard level, ranging up to 16 GB at the Premium tier.

You get 5 TB of bandwidth at the Standard tier, 10 TB at the Enhanced tier, and 15 TB at Premium. One domain is included with every plan.

You get three IP addresses at Standard, four at Enhanced, and five at Premium. All plans are backed by 24/7 service and a money-back guarantee.

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WordPress Pro

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Dedicated managed WordPress hosting that doesn’t sucks

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These plans are quite expensive compared to their simple WordPress hosting and what some competitors offer (many hosts sell WordPress hosting plans at the same prices as general-purpose shared hosting plans).

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The Pro plans are running on high-performance VPS and offer improved site speed. Features at the Build level include Basic Jetpack Site Analytics, Marketing Center, 100 Free Premium Themes, daily backups, and Malware detection and removal for added security.

The Grow plan is a step up with Jetpack Pro. The Business review tools let your visitors leave positive Yelp, Google, Yahoo, or Bing reviews for your business directly from your site. The SEO tools give you real-time optimization tips on how to increase your search engine rankings.

It’s integrated into the Marketing Center where you can see stats on how you are doing in major search engines. The top-level Scale plan gives you Paypal integration and Elastic Search.

The top-level Scale plan gives you Paypal integration and Elastic Search.

It’s worth noting that you get live support with Grow and Scale. It gives you hands-on assistance with design, functionality, or general questions from real WordPress experts 24/7.

All plans come with Positive Wildcard SSL, and 24/7 service and a money-back guarantee back them. These plans also include automatic plug-in updates and regular backups and a staging environment that allows you to build and test your WordPress website before publishing it.

A feature that probably not many use is the unlimited video compression. You can upload your videos without optimizing them for the web. Bluehost takes care of it. I have not used Bluehost for streaming, but support told me they have no restrictions on how many videos can you stream.

These are all excellent features, but still, you may be asking, “Why would I pay this much for WordPress hosting?” Bluehost plays a very active role in the WordPress community and has a core staff of developers. That means that Bluehost can offer first-class customer support and troubleshoot even complex problems which are unique to WP.

I recently published a post about BlueHost WordPress Pro and you may want to check it out here.

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What are the bluehost web hosting features?

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The are the geeky stuffs that make BlueHost different from the rest.

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Bluehost offers five main types of hosting plans:
- Shared hosting
- VPS hosting
- Dedicated hosting
- WordPress hosting
- Cloud Sites
If you are looking for something inexpensive and basic, shared hosting is probably what you need. This is what most beginners and small businesses are shopping for.

Dedicated hosting is the most expensive option, appropriate for large commercial firms that need full control of their resources. With dedicated hosting, you are essentially renting a physical server.

VPS hosting is a middle-ground option where you share a physical server with others, but you have your virtual operating system, so the server functions as if it is physically yours.

WordPress hosting is of course what it sounds like—hosting optimized for WordPress customers. WordPress hosting for BlueHost is called WordPress Pro (click here to read more about it).

Let’s take a look at the plan tiers for each.

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eCommerce Features

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Affordable and best for beginners

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It is easy to set up an online store with Bluehost, which offers many different shopping carts: Zen, Cube, Agora, and OS Commerce. You get SSL security for your transactions, a certificate generated for free, and OpenPGP/GPG Encryption.

Unlimited bandwidth sounds good, but I’m pretty sure they would limit your account according to their fair use policy if your website had consistently outstanding traffic. There is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth. Bluehost has to pay for the bandwidth you are using. This applies to all web hosts.

The $200 in free marketing credits is also a big help if you are a store owner. You can use these to promote your business through Google, Facebook, Bing, and Twitter.

All of that having been said, Bluehost is not particularly known for eCommerce, and some sites make it easier and faster to set up a shop. But Bluehost is an economical choice, and you will get access to a ton of great features to help you sell online.

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Security Features

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Affordable and best for beginners

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Security is an area where Bluehost excels. You get three layers of anti-spam protection in the form of Spam Experts, Spam Hammer, and Apache Spam Assassin. You get protection for your inbox as well; it is easy to set up filters. Your directories are all password-protected.

If you need to block access to your site, you have the option to blacklist IP addresses. Another top-notch feature is secure shell (SSH) access. This allows you to access configuration files individually and securely.

Bluehost also offers single-click integration with CloudFlare, which provides even more excellent security features and speeds up your site! CloudFlare is particularly good for thwarting DDOS attacks.

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Refund Policy

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Affordable and best for beginners

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Bluehost covers its plans with a 45-day money back guarantee. That means if you cancel within the first 45 days, you will get a full refund.

If you choose to cancel after that, you won’t get a prorated refund for the period of your hosting term which you have not used. Domain fees are not refundable.

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BlueHost Customer Service

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Affordable and best for beginners

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Here is an area where Bluehost gets mixed reviews. Many customers report positive experiences with fast, helpful, friendly customer service agents. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of clients who say that they were unable to get the help they needed even with numerous phone calls.

Another problem with Bluehost is excessive upselling. This is a company that loves to try to sell you on add-ons and upgrades, and there are a lot of areas where you flat-out need add-ons for full functionality. That is a problem if you are on a tight budget.

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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages Using BlueHost?

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While BlueHost is often considered one of the best web hosting company, there are also some disadvantages you should be aware off!

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If you are looking for an affordable web hosting provider, BlueHost is definitely a great option that starts at $2.49 per month.

However, there are also several disadvantages using using BlueHost that you should be aware off.

Carry on reading below to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of BlueHost hosting plan (in this BlueHost review 2019).

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Pros using BlueHost

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Affordable and best for beginners

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- Most plans include unlimited disk storage, domain hosting, email addresses, and bandwidth.
- You get a free domain name for a year included with your purchase.
- The enhanced cPanel is really easy to use and offers fast access to features.
- The security features on Bluehost are flat-out excellent.
- Numerous databases are available, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, CGI-BIN, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and much more.
- Tons of free website scripts are available, including social networking scripts, blog support, mailing lists, message forums, Joomla and Drupal and Tikiwiki
- eCommerce features are good with multiple shopping carts available and SSL security.
- Most customers report that Bluehost is fast. Integrate with CloudFlare, and you’ll get even better performance.
- If you can afford it, the WordPress hosting on Bluehost is considered to be top-notch.
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Cons using BlueHost

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Affordable and best for beginners

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- While there are many useful add-ons available, unfortunately, you needto install many of them to get the full functionality you need.
- The customer service team gets mixed reviews.
- Bluehost loves to try to up-sell its customers, which can get to be annoying if you are on a tight budget.
- The WordPress plans, while very nice regarding features, are also very expensive compared to plans offered by many competitors.
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Conclusion — BlueHost Review 2019

There are plenty of exciting features and extras included at every price point, and the diversity of plans provides a lot of flexibility for every budget. Whatever your needs, Bluehost delivers regarding its packages.

Despite some negative feedback, the majority of customers are quite happy with Bluehost’s services. There is a reason that this company has such a strong reputation over 20 years of online business!

In summation, Bluehost is literally one of the top few that I would recommend to anyone and everyone. If you’re looking for a web host with a rock-solid reputation, then look no further than Bluehost. With cheap and scalable plans you can customize your solution, and in just a couple of moments, you’ll be up and running.

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January 5, 2024
The Best Managed WordPress Hosting – WPEngine Review
When it comes to the best fully managed WordPress hosting, nothing comes close to WPEngine.

Before we go into detail, a fully managed WordPress hosting is great for bloggers or webmasters who are lack of technical skills.

This is because managed WordPress hosting companies take care of your website speed, up time, updates and many more.

If you are a business owner or serious blogger, you have only two options. Hire a system admin to manage your website which will cost you a bomb, or you can use managed WordPress hosting.

What WPEngine can offer?
- Excellent support team on standby 24/7
- WPEngine takes care of website loading speed
- Automatic WordPress database backup done on a daily basis
- In case of website hacking, WPEngine will restore your website … for free.
- A list of recommended plugins and themes to use on the site
Why do you need managed WordPress hosting?

Let’s take a look at the advantages below.

1. Website security

With the numbers of WordPress sites being compromised yearly, you can finally rest your worries when you are using managed WordPress hosting service.

These web hosting offers very tight security layer that actively scans for malware and block all hacking attempts.

2. Support is just a click away

At WPEngine, all their staffs are highly trained and they know ‘stuffs’. So at anytime you need any assistance, they are there for you. It is like having an army of WordPress experts on your side for assistance.

3. Good bye downtime

With managed WP hosting, your website will probably not go down … at all. Do you remember when was the last time your site went down and how long it took to get back on?

WPEngine servers are strong enough to withstand a sudden burst of traffic and thus, your site is always up.

4. Blazing fast website speed

This hosting servers are specially configured for WordPress. Therefore, you know that your website is always on 5th gear 24 hours a day, 7 times a week.

5. Daily database backup service

WPEngine handles all backup service for your website and thus, you do not need to worry about installing a backup plugin for the matter.

Do you know that WPEngine also offers a 1-click restore point if you ever want to revert?

Bonus…

6. Automatic cache a.k.a. EverCache Technology

Google says they lose 20% of their traffic for each additional 100 milliseconds it takes a page to load. Speed matters. Google also incorporates your page-load time into your site’s search rankings. Faster sites win, literally. That’s why WP Engine custom-built our EverCache technology to deliver WordPress fast enough for Google, and at scale. – WPEngine

The Best Managed WordPress Hosting

Honestly, there is no web hosting company that comes close to what WPEngine can offer.

Large companies such as HTC, foursquare and SoundCloud uses it. Therefore, you know your money and trust is in safe hands.

With a 60-days money back guarantee, I see no reason why you shouldn’t give it a go.

Current promotion: Use special offer “HappyNewHost14” and get 30% discount for your first managed WordPress web hosting service! <– Promotion lasts until 31/12/2013 only.

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January 5, 2024
HostGator Review – Possibly The Best Low Budget Web Hosting?
HostGator serves more than just a friendly alligator. HostGator is one of the leading web hosting companies around the world.

Personally, I had been been with HostGator since 2009 and the experience is great. In this article, I am going to review HostGator web hosting on several categories such as the features, quality, support and value.

Let’s hope this will be a great review to help you decide on your ultimate web hosting service!

What is HostGator offering?
- Unlimited web hosting
- Unlimited disk space
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Using the world reknown control panel
- 1-click script installs
- 99.9% uptime guarantee
- 24/7/365 technical support
- 45 days money back guarantee
- 4,500 free website templates
- $100 Google Adwords offer
Wow! The long is long isn’t it?

Want more? Have a look at this short video on HostGator Web Hosting services below.

HostGator offers close to ‘unlimited’ everything. With a small fee monthly, you are able to host multiple websites on just one web hosting account. Yes, there is no limit for this.

HostGator web hosting services – Quality check

HostGator has been in this website hosting business for years now and I got to give them thumbs up for their service standards.

Nearly every hosting companies in the United States offers 99.9% uptime but can HostGator actually live up to it?

My answer is yes. No doubt, there will be downtimes and that can’t be avoided most of the time. However, if you would like to know a number, I would say less than 5 down times (each of about 5 to 10 minutes) in a month. Roughly, we are talking about 7% downtime maximum per month on the worst days of 5 times and 10 minutes each. Of course, when it comes to reviewing, I got to see the worst case scenario.

In my books, this is very acceptable as I know there are other web hosting companies which have absolutely more downtimes than HostGator and more than you can ever image.

When it comes to website load speed, you can rest assured your sites are running pretty fast with HostGator servers. With the right website speed optimization techniques, my websites are able to hit as fast as 1.2 seconds loading time.

Pretty impressive for a shared hosting I would say!

HostGator support crew

When it comes to customer support, HostGator’s customers can contact the support team via phone, email and even live chat. Trust me that for a person who have very limited knowledge in IT and servers, having a live chat feature really puts your worries at ease.

HostGator support team are always willing to assist with your request as long as those requests are legit and do not exceed their job descriptions.

Recently I experienced something which was very good. I was in the midst of chatting with HostGator support team via the live chat and I was already running late for a meeting. They were kind enough to suggest that I could continue to communicate with them via email instead. A ticket was quickly created and thus, allowing me to explain my issue through email.The issue was then rectified within hours.

This is a very good customer service experience and I couldn’t thank them for more.

Value for money

HostGator offers multiple web hosting plans such as shared web hosting, VPS hosting, reseller hosting and even dedicated servers. The packages offered are very well fit for both low budget and corporate users a like.

For example, you can easily get a web hosting plan for as low as $3.96 per month and with the right promo code, you can even start with just 1 penny. Are you already tempted with it?

If you need a high end web hosting package for corporate ue, there are many VPS and dedicated servers which you can opt for as well.

Personally, HostGator web hosting is great especially when it comes value for money plus the excellent service provided.

Anything bad about HostGator?

Just like any one else, I had my bad days with HostGator web hosting and that’s the truth.

All of these issues or problems are very acceptable in my opinion except for one. When I am with HostGator, I had only one major concern … which is the backup schedule.

When you have a web hosting service with HostGator, there will only be an automatic backup for your websites once a week and that will only start if your websites have been hosted with them for more than 7 days. This means that you would have 7 days of worries to go with until they start doing backup for your website.

When it comes to website security, once a week backup doesn’t make the cut for me. I wanted daily but sadly, they are not able to offer that on a shared package.

However, HostGator will still does a backup for you (for free) if you would submit a request to them. This is an ad-hoc basis which means that it is not recurring and it is best if you could perform your own backup.

Other than that, you are basically stuck with the once-a-week backup plan offered by HostGator. This is only for shared web hosting plans. Bigger web hosting plans come with more rich backup features.

My personal review of HostGator (plus discount coupon)

For a normal web hosting, I believe HostGator does very well especially when it comes to low budget hosting. They offer a lot of flexibility for their customers regardless if they are novice or professionals.

It is definitely worth trying HostGator web hosting and with the 45 days money back guarantee, it is a great deal to start with!

Also, if you starting up with HostGator, remember to ask for your free website and domain transfer. For every new account (web hosting account), they will provide one free transfer and setting up completely for you. This saves you lots of time and you can be ‘easier’ with your wallet.

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January 5, 2024