Hosting providers like us offer a lot of different products and services. Some are popular, some aren't. Some fill an obvious gap, while others target the "long tail". The "long tail" is fascinating, but I digress. At the moment we are conducting an in-depth review of how we do things. Why? Because it's long overdue. Any business that wants to survive, thrive and prosper … [Read more...] about Killing Products Is Good
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Dear ccTLD $Registry
We are a hosting provider and domain name registrar. So we sell website hosting, email services, cloud hosting and a bunch of other things. Alongside all of that we sell domain names. We may not be that big in the grand scheme of things, but within our home market, Ireland, we're the biggest. We work with domain name registries from across the globe. We prefer to deal direct … [Read more...] about Dear ccTLD $Registry
How Can You Make Hosting Sexy?
IT is boring. Domains aren't "sexy" or "exciting" and to be frank anyone who gets excited about a server probably needs to get out more. That may seem to be an odd statement coming from me, but it's not far from the truth. Hosting is an incredibly important service. Screw it up and people's websites and businesses stop working. But like a lot of things it needs to … [Read more...] about How Can You Make Hosting Sexy?
Improving Internal Communications
Like a lot of small businesses we started out small. And by small, I mean really small. My business partner and I both worked full-time for other companies and worked on our new venture in our spare time. Eventually we both went full-time and over time we hired people and moved into an office. When you only have a couple of staff communication internally isn't really an … [Read more...] about Improving Internal Communications