Jess Coburn, Author at Best Managed Cloud, IT and Cyber-security in Florida

Why More Than Half Of All U.S. Small Businesses Don’t Have A Website

While the statistics vary, most indicate that better than fifty percent of all small businesses in the United States don’t have their own website. This means a website with its own domain name and web hosting. This excludes Facebook pages, business directories, or any other presence on a site they don’t own. In this day…

Why Using WordPress for E-Commerce is a Good Idea

If you are thinking about starting an E-Commerce business, one of the first things you need to take into consideration is how you are going to get your website live and visible to potential customers. While it is possible to use separate software that helps you create an E-Commerce website, you can also use a…

Bandwidth Theft Victim? Your Web Hosting Provider Can Help

Are you getting unusual bandwidth usage on your website that seems all out of proportion to your traffic levels? If so, you may be a victim of bandwidth theft. In general terms, bandwidth theft occurs when files on your site are being accessed remotely from another website. This is commonly referred to as hotlinking. If…

Using Theme Frameworks With A Content Management System: Good Idea?

These days it seems that website creation amounts to little more than picking the right content management system (CMS) and theme to suit your needs. Given that many of the best content management systems are free, even price is no longer a consideration. If a quality CMS such as Drupal or WordPress suits your needs, there’s little…

Selling the C-Suite on the Benefits of Managed Cloud Hosting

Photo Source / Desaturated from original Your organization has an infrastructure that could use some dusting off, especially in a business world where 93 percent of companies utilize some form of cloud computing. Cloud computing is well established across every size business, from small to enterprise, whether they focus on the business agility benefits or…

Handling High Traffic Volume with Managed Cloud Hosting

Many companies dream of viral success, with their content spread around the Internet on every social media and authority site. The dream can quickly turn into a nightmare if you don’t consider the reality of a viral traffic situation, or even your seasonal increases. The average organization suffers a loss of $5,600 per minute of…

Top 5 Keys to Drive Traffic and Increase Sales

Photo Source / Desaturated from original Websites can be very successful provided they are utilizing the Internet properly. This includes having a user-friendly interface, a positive presence on social media, correct advertising and, finally, knowing customers. Here are some ways to drive traffic and increase a website’s sales: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) SEO can never…

To Outsource or Not to Outsource?

Photo Source / Desaturated from original That is the question almost every business asks at one point or another: Should we outsource some of our operations? If the answer is yes, the next question is likely to be which services to outsource. In a recent Elance survey of more than 800 US businesses, three out…

5 Ways Managed Cloud Hosting Saves You Money

The cloud computing industry is an overwhelming force in IT these days, with a $32 billion predicted market by 2016 in SaaS products alone. You may be holding off on any sort of cloud computing due to the resources involved in switching over to new products and infrastructure. Even if you wait to adopt…

Top 5 Keys to Small Business Online Success

Photo Source / Desaturated from original A strong online presence can make or break a small business. Businesses can use the Internet to reach countless customers, professionals and other contacts. Here are the best ways to utilize the Internet for a small business: Improve Traffic Improving the traffic to a website requires some work. SEO…