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Marketing with Mitch

Dec/10 in Mitchelaneous Facts, Writing Advice

Marketing Tips for Web Sites or Businesses I write all the time, but not often can I really look back and say I am totally happy, inspired and happy about an article.  With that said, I wanted to share with you all a marketing article I wrote for this month’s Lunarpages newsletter.  There is no confusing lingo, or talking over anybody’s head.  Just straight forward facts anybody can use to market themselves.

3 Simple Ways to Market Your Business, Project or Web Site

Over the years, I have become a ‘bit of a marketing junkie.  I am always checking out the latest trends, following successful marketing techniques and trying to figure out how each works. For those not as familiar with the idea, marketing is the process associated with promoting the sale of a good or service you provide.

Successful marketing can be the saving grace for a failing business.  Here are three simple marketing ideas you can use to help your business, web site or project.

Be sure to drop in, leave a comment and let me know if you would like to see more “poor boy” marketing suggestions anybody can use.

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25 Most Popular Web Hosts on Twitter

Aug/27 in Online Apps, Web Hosting

Popular Hosts on Twitter

On the Web Hosting Show podcast, we have done a lot of talking recently about web hosts that use Twitter, and how they use it.  Some use it for support, others use it for marketing, and the best ones use it for both.  Who are the most popular web hosts on Twitter though?

To put that question to the test, I thought I would compile a list of all the web hosts on Twitter that have over 1,000 followers.  Out of nearly 100 web hosts on the Web, here are the 25 that made the cut.

  1. WestHost Web Hosting (WestHost) on Twitter = 1,804 followers
  2. softlayer_news (softlayer_news) on Twitter = 2,609 followers
  3. Sustainable Websites (sustainableweb) on Twitter = 2,946 followers
  4. Surpass Web Hosting (surpass) on Twitter = 1,960 followers
  5. Slicehost (slicehost) on Twitter = 3,500 followers
  6. Six Apart (sixapart) on Twitter = 15,401 followers
  7. SiteGround (SiteGround) on Twitter = 1,132 followers
  8. Site5 Web Hosting (site5) on Twitter = 1,010 followers
  9. PinchHost (PinchHost) on Twitter = 8,891 followers
  10. mediatemple (mediatemple) on Twitter = 8,571 followers
  11. GoDaddy.com Guy(GoDaddyGuy) on Twitter = 3,060 followers
  12. lunarpages (lunarpages) on Twitter = 1,528 followers
  13. linode (linode) on Twitter = 1,655 followers
  14. LiquidWeb (LiquidWeb) on Twitter = 12,734 followers
  15. Laughing Squid (ls_hosting) on Twitter = 1,079 followers
  16. Joyent (joyent) on Twitter = 2,350 followers
  17. JaguarPC (JaguarPC) on Twitter = 4,637 followers
  18. Sunil Saxena (inmotionhosting) on Twitter = 1,259 followers
  19. HostGator.com (hostgator) on Twitter = 4,668 followers
  20. Hostcats.com (Hostcats) on Twitter = 1,299 followers
  21. 123-Reg (123reg) on Twitter = 1,677 followers
  22. Gary Jones (bluefur) on Twitter = 46,671 followers
  23. dreamhost (DreamHost) on Twitter = 2,934 followers
  24. FireHost Inc. (FireHost) on Twitter = 3,783 followers
  25. INSANE Deals Only @ (HIVELOCITY) on Twitter = 6,508 followers

There you have it, 25 of the most popular web hosting companies that are on Twitter right now.  You can find a list of nearly 100 web hosts on Twitter on the Web Hosting Show’s web site.  Did your web host make the cut?

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Twhirl, the Best Twitter Client Around?

Feb/27 in Desktop Apps, Hot Web Topics

Twirl in Action! After trying out several different Twitter clients, I think I have found the one for me that gets the job done.  I decided to go with twhirl, because it is one of the most highly recommended Twitter clients out there.

Here are the key features that I enjoyed the most:

  • shorten long URLs (using bit.ly, snurl, twurl or is.gd)
  • search tweets using Twitter Search and TweetScan, and follow topics in near-real time with saved searches
  • automatically find tweets mentioning your @username

Another thing I really needed, which from what I could tell TweetDeck didn’t provide was multiple account support.  Since I am now working on my own Twitter account and the Lunarpages Twitter account, I needed a way to keep them both separate but running at the same time.

The only annoyance I have found with twirl is that when running multiple clients for multiple accounts, you can’t have one be a different color than the other.  If any developers are reading this, that would be a handy feature to toss in there.

So, twhirl gets my geek candy seal of approval.  Come follow me and see what I am doing throughout the day @mitchkeeler and @lunarpages.

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Fun Interview with Lunarpages Newsletter

Aug/19 in Personal, Web Hosting

Hey for those of you who wondered what it is  do for a day job, here’s your chance.  Was looking back this morning at an interview I did for the Lunarpages monthly newsletter.  Here is how things start out…

Hey Mitch! Thanks for taking some time out from writing our Newsletter articles to handle a quick interview. 

Not a problem. Nice to be on the other side of the content stream every once in a while in front of my close and personal amigos, the always awesome Lunarpages clients.

You’re another one of those people who work for Lunarpages and does just about everything in every department. So what’s your official job title and what do you do for LP?

I don’t know if I have ever been given one? I guess officially I would be considered a Level One Customer Service Representative, Senior Forum Moderator, Content Writer, Sales Guy, Blogger and Official Odd Jobs Associate. Think I almost got everything covered there.

You can check out the rest of the interview on the web site.  Had been a while since I had done any sort of interview, hope I wasn’t rusty.  I guess what they say about, “time flying by when your having fun” is true.   End of next month will mark my two year anniversary of being with the company, and hopefully I’ll have many more years to come.

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Appreciating the Wiki Process

Jul/28 in Web Development Tutorials, Web Hosting

One of my most recent project I have been put in charge of for Lunarpages is building up a support site wiki for all of their customers to use.  Now as somebody who uses WordPress for just about everything – I was skeptical about moving over to the wiki format. 

I do have to say I think I am getting a grasp on how to move around, edit and customize a wiki.  Thankfully, there is a lot of good help and resource information on MediaWiki’s web site.  If you ever find yourself building a wiki this is one nice resource your going to be using over and over again for sure. 

One of the most helpful have been the post about categories, think I have that about mastered by now.  I haven’t even started looking at all the extensions though.  Have any other wiki advice for me as I tackle this new project of mine?

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Lunarpages Now Providing 229 WordPress Themes

Jul/27 in Web Development Tutorials, Web Hosting

I’m proud to say that Lunarpages (via several design contests) has done a lot to perk up the WordPress theme design area of the Web.  Between two contests they are now highlighting 229 different themes that are all available for download.

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Lunarpages WordPress Theme Design Contest – Series 1 Entries

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Lunarpages WordPress Theme Design Contest – Series 2 Entries

So if your looking for a little insperation on your next WordPress theme design or your stressing over finding a great one to use, check ‘em out.  Lunarpages is also currently holding it’s third WordPress design contest right now – so if your a designer you got to check that out too.

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Another WordPress Theme Contest?

Apr/04 in Web Development Tutorials, Web Hosting

Lunarpages is putting on another WordPress theme design contest! The last one was fun as an innocent bystander because I got to see tons of unique and awesome designs day by day. Here are the details for this time around.

The rules have changed a bit to include mention of the exact schedule for voting and submissions (also noted below) as well as voting by Lunarpages Staff, ensuring all votes are tracked and accounted for.

The prizes, however, are just as juicy:

  • First Prize is $1,000 cash and 5 years free hosting on our Basic Plan
  • Second Prize is 3 years free hosting + $300 cash
  • Third Prize is 1 year free hosting + $100 cash

Entering is just as simple as before – just Submit Your Theme and you’re in. We’ll post the top 5 Best WordPress Themes each week starting April 21 right here on the Blog for our community to vote on.

Go submit your own WordPress themes!

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90+ Free WordPress Themes

Jan/23 in Web Development Tutorials

Over at Lunarpages they are giving away the 95 themes that were submitted for the WordPress theme contest they were having. Tons of great themes and all kinds of different styles.

Lunarpages - Free WordPress Themes

Voting for the winner of the entire contest just started today too. Check out the top 12 of the 95 WordPress themes and then let the world know which is your favorite.  All of ‘em are Grade A quality in my opinion!

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WordPress Theme Design Contest

Nov/29 in Web Hosting

Lunarpages has just launched one heck of a cool contest that anybody can appreciate.

Lunarpages is having a WordPress Theme Contest!! All you need to do is design a unique WordPress Theme and upload it to our site for the chance to win! Just about anybody (with a few exceptions) can participate in the contest and the prizes are amazing!

What are the prizes?

First Prize is $1,000 cash and 5 years free hosting on our Basic Plan

Second Prize is 3 years free hosting + $300 cash

Third Prize is 1 year free hosting + $100 cash

Along with their logo design contest – things are really starting to get creative and fun over at Lunarpages. Oh yeah, might be worth mentioning they are one heck of a good web host too!

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Helping to Build a Great Resource

Oct/05 in Web Development Tutorials

When leaving Lockergnome and mainly the web developer newsletter, I was sad to see it go. Now though I am excited to drive the working and dedication to a new project – helping to build up Lunarpages Lunartics blog. This blog is the official blog of Lunarpages, and I think I have done some good things for it.

Covering topics like learning the basics of HTML might be shunned some places, but due to the nature of being a helpful resource for both hosting experts and novices, I have a better and bigger chance to write for a wider range of subjects.

Now don’t get me wrong – I highly doubt I am a really huge factor either way for it’s slowly growing success, I am just happy to be along for the ride and helping people who need it.

Lunarpages customer or not, I would highly suggest subscribing to the RSS feed for Lunartics and if you have any feedback, suggestions, thoughts or anything else – you know me I am an open book and easy to get a hold of.

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