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5 Things to Know About Your Website to Determine the Best Hosting Solution
Oftentimes we’re asked to spec out a hosting solution just based upon visiting a URL, but unfortunately doing that only tells us a very small piece of the story. So what information helps web hosts understand what your website needs to perform at its best? 1. Software/Technology Used Websites can be built upon many different…
Read MoreWhy it Pays for Brands to be Responsive on Social Media
Recently, we have seen a lot of social media missteps and a lot of brands getting bad media coverage because of them. It seems to have stirred up a bit of apprehensiveness towards being really responsive on social media and engaging with customers. Some people feel it’s just too easy to make a mistake and…
Read More4 Basic Things to Look for in a Shopping Cart Solution
With over a million active online stores, thousands of new merchants launching weekly and $47.5 billion in Q3 2013 sales (comScore), it’s no secret that the e-commerce market is exploding. And with this rapid growth comes seemingly countless shopping cart solutions from which to choose. Which one is best for your small-to medium-sized company? Consider…
Read MoreUpgrading to SmarterStats 8.x & The Benefits You’ll See
We will be scheduling an upgrade to the latest version of SmarterStats 8.x during the week of March 24th, so all of our shared hosting customers using this service will receive the following benefits: Tremendous Performance Increases SmarterTools spent a great deal of time benchmarking SmarterStats and then making changes to increase the level of…
Read MoreWe’re taking our show on the road, to Orlando Code Camp
In February, we were happy we got the chance to sponsor and attend the South Florida Code Camp. And this year was one of the best years yet. There were over 1100 registrants this year and many joined in the fun for sessions, networking and pizza. John Donnelly, one of our new Account Managers, represented…
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Team Building AppliedI-Style
It was a typical day in the Applied Innovations’ office. Ice cold AC pumped through the halls and technical chatter was heard all around, when suddenly I thought, “hey, it’s about time for a team building event!” Now anybody who knows me knows that my ideas tend to escalate quickly. Just a few days earlier,…
Read MoreIMPORTANT! DNS record changes may be required
Dear Partner, Earlier this year we outlined key changes coming to our shared email services (reference https://appliedi.net/blog/announcing-improvement-email-services/). We are ready to begin utilizing our partnership with MailChannels to provide outbound spam filtering for all shared email servers. These changes may require a simple, non-disruptive change to your DNS records to ensure proper email delivery. The…
Read MoreHow to Win Customers and Gain Sales through Game Play
Authored By: Stephanie Mansueto of Arrow Consulting & Design and Hotcakes Commerce At this point, you have probably already heard the term, Gamification used before. In fact, you have probably participated in a form of gamification unknowingly. Gamification uses traditional gaming mechanics such as earning points, badges, or incentives in order to affect customer behavior.…
Read More7 Resolutions to Increase Business in 2014
New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for the (often momentarily) determined dieter; good businessmen and women also know that January is the perfect time to set goals for the year. Now is a great time to think about what can be done to improve your website to effectively increase business in 2014. 1. Implement Monitoring. If…
Read MoreWe’re Proud to Announce Philly Give Camp Sponsorship
The new year is a welcome reminder to give back to the community in any way we can. So to start the year out, we’re proud to announce sponsorship of Windows Cloud Hosting for Philly Give Camp, a weekend-long event where software developers, designers and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for…
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