Archive for May, 2010

A handful of link building ideas for web hosting resellers

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 27/05/2010
A handful of link building ideas for web hosting resellers

If you have aspirations of setting up a dedicated web hosting business your marketing strategy must include search and link building. Here are a few ideas to apply, some are quick wins and others are medium to long term commitments.

White label sales material for resellers: Domains & Servers added

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 24/05/2010
White label sales material for resellers: Domains & Servers added

We have now added white label sales collateral for domain names and dedicated servers to the “White label reseller material” section of your Reseller Control Centre. As with the existing web hosting, web hosting control panel, website builder and Search Engine Submission copy, it is all 100% white label and branding free and you are welcome to use it exactly as it comes or adapt it as you see fit. Both come as PDF, HTML and Word documents.

Blog sneeze: Selling web hosting

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 19/05/2010
Blog sneeze: Selling web hosting

In this post we are going to look back at our popular reseller focused blog posts where we covered the areas that hosting resellers want to know more about, mainly about selling more!

7 useful articles to read if you want to use Twitter for marketing

Posted by: Stu
Date posted: 13/05/2010
7 useful articles to read if you want to use Twitter for marketing

These days it seems everyone is an expert in using Twitter to drive traffic, increase sales or increase positive branding. Until the market matures, this will continue, however here are some genuinely useful articles to read if you are looking to jump in to Twitter or you are still swimming in the shallow end…

Search for domain names from your desktop

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 13/05/2010
Search for domain names from your desktop

Search for a domain name’s availability with Heart Internet from your desktop with our brand new Windows 7/ Vista sidebar gadget. Simply type in the domain name you want, with or without an extension (e.g. co.uk or .com), and click ‘Domain Search’. You will then be taken to our domain search results page with the opportunity to register the domain name if it is available.

.CO now available to pre-order for only £19.99

Posted by: Ricky
Date posted: 12/05/2010
.CO now available to pre-order for only £19.99

You can now pre-order the brand new international domain name .CO with us and for only £19.99! .CO is the new domain extension that offers a truly global, recognizable and credible domain name for individuals and organizations to build their businesses and brands.

Backup multiple MySQL DB on multiple hosting accounts at once

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 11/05/2010
Backup multiple MySQL DB on multiple hosting accounts at once

If you are a Heart Internet reseller you can now back up all of your customer’s databases from within the Reseller Control Centre with just a few clicks. Read more to find out how…

Resellers: Add your details to Nominet’s Whois records

Posted by: Jonathan
Date posted: 10/05/2010
Resellers: Add your details to Nominet’s Whois records

Nominet has recently launched a brand new feature that allows all domain name resellers to have their details listed alongside the registrar’s (i.e. Heart Internet) on WHOIS and in renewal emails for their clients. It can be confusing for the end customer to receive emails with the registrar’s details but not the reseller who they had bought the domain through, so this is a great step forward for all domain name resellers and your customers.

7 quick tips to instantly speed up your WordPress site

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 06/05/2010
7 quick tips to instantly speed up your WordPress site

One of the most resource hungry ways of creating a website is WordPress. With its multiple CSS, JavaScript and PHP files and a heavy reliance on calls to databases a WordPress site can easily become bloated and slow. Web masters who use WordPress need to look at how they can decrease their website‘s page load speeds. Here is how.