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Online Stores 101 – Podcast 213
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Short of sharing our opinions, sharing our goods and services (whatever they might be) is the biggest thing we do online these days. Everybody has something to sell, but how do you get started in the e-commerce world? I will be covering some of the e-commerce basic right here on this very podcast today. Hopefully it helps you learn a little more about how to get your own shopping cart set up or how to setup a store though one of the free store providers out there.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 213!
Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.36 MB
You want to sell something online? Then you have picked the right podcast to listen to. I might not cover every little thing, but I will give you the information you need to get started in web hosting e-commerce.
Here is a summary of the topics we will cover this week:
There is a lot more to consider when it comes to setting up your own online store on your website. If you are serious though about becoming an e-commerce entrepreneur though, I will give you the basic things you need to have before you get started building your own online storefront.
3 Great Free E-Commerce Storefronts
If you want to start your own virtual store out there on the Web, you don’t have to go through all the hard work of setting up a shopping cart, lining up shippers, processing credit cards and all those other headaches that are often involved with e-commerce. You could sign up with one of these free online storefronts instead. While they might take a cut of the profits, in the long term – they might also save you money too.
Hope you enjoy this week’s podcast – and if you have your own e-commerce tips or shopping cart reviews to share, feel free to do it in the comments.
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Lunarpages April Newsletter
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you are a customer with Lunarpages, everything on the Web is just a little ‘bit better. Your web sites are social, your visitors are more plentiful, and your designs are top notch. How can this be? Well, we provide every client with this great monthly round up of some of the best tutorials, tips, and web design knowledge all wrapped together by this great web hosting web site.
So what is new this month in the April 2010 edition of the Lunarpages Newsletter?
It is time to stop and smell the web development roses. We have some of the most recent news from around the Lunar-verse to share with you, including the web design giveaway results, from last month.
Have you ever wondered how people change their link colors on a web site? We are here to help with this very basic CSS tutorial covering what you need to know to dress up and style your web site links.
Google AdWords & Your Search Engine Marketing Odyssey
Our search engine marketing friends at LocalDirective have some Google AdWords tips to share with you all, and announce the winner of the free online marking program contest.
Want to temporarily or permanently redirect links on your web site? Thanks to this new LPCP web hosting feature, you can now do so right from your control panel.
Lunar Picks – Favorite Programs and Web Sites
The Lunar Crew is back to share with you some of their own favorite programs and web sites they use on a daily basis. There are a lot of great software suggestions shared, and you can leave your own in the comments too!
We hope you really enjoy Issue 30 of our Lunarpages web hosting newsletter. We always enjoy hearing your reaction, so please feel free to leave a comment or send your opinions to news@lunarpages.com.
Claim Your Free Software Bonus from Lunarpages
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Have you laid claim to your $700 worth of free software bonuses and services that Lunarpages gives to their customers? We provide tons of great web hosting specials, and today I am going to show you how you can claim some of the best deals on the Web.
The first thing you will want to do is log into the Customer Account Page. Once there, look for the tab that say, “Specials” and then click it.
From there, you can see all kinds of great deals, such as the Facebook Ads, Google AdWords and MySpace MyAds advertising offers, and also our great Lunarpages gift card options too. What I want you to click on next though, is the big blue banner that reads, “Click here for your $700 Free Bonus!”.
There you go, the next page will show you all the special Lunarpages web hosting offers that you can only get for being a Lunarpages customer. While I can’t show you all the offers here (don’t want to get you too excited, too soon) I can tell you about some of our great partners.
- RatePoint will offer you a 60 day free trial of their premium services
- You can backup your most important files with Photo TurboBackup and maximize your PC settings with WinSettings from fileStream.
- VisitorVille is giving you three free months of their service.
- Create a perfect new logo for your web site with the Logo Creator (Sports & Entertainment Editions).
- DeepTrawl checks your website hosted with Lunarpages for technical & content errors with one click. Scan for broken links, invalid html, spelling mistakes & many other issues.
That is only a small sample and less than 1/4th of what Lunarpages gives to you just for being a web hosting customer with us.
Tip: If you are not a Lunarpages customer yet, be sure to check out our free bonuses page on Lunarpages.com for more information on our great web hosting freebies, deals and bonuses!
Lunarpages March Newsletter
Posted by: | CommentsThe luck of the Irish is with you, because you have found the greatest collection of news, tutorials, tips and information in the web hosting world. Lunarpages is back with another excellent newsletter to help inform you about the latest happenings at Lunarpages.com. Do not let any leprechauns steal this pot of gold away from you.
Lunar News – March 2010 – What is new with Lunarpages? Never afraid to innovate to keep our customers happy, we have tons of great news, links and specials that should keep your wallet happy and your hosting account intact. Here are some of the latest happenings from around the Lunar-verse.
Get a Free Custom Web Design! – How would you like to get a professionally design web site design for your domain today? ETMG in co-operation with Lunarpages will be giving away a completely FREE custom web design to select established businesses that apply and meet the following criteria.
Better Server Access Logs – One new features to come to the LPCP web hosting control panel this month is the ability to gain access your server access logs. Anything that happens on your web hosting account will be recorded in the server access logs, if you have enabled the setting from within your LPCP control panel for the web hosting plan you use.
Win Some Marketing Assistance! – Lunarpages wants to help you check out the new SEO and SEM marketing packages first hand. How are they doing that? You can enter to win a free 30-day Basic SEM and SEO program, valued at $389 for free!
Affiliate Hosting Checklist – There is no doubt Lunarpages provides one of the industry’s leading affiliate programs out there today. However, when using your affiliate program information to help your web site visitors, friends, and family members sign up for Lunarpages, there are a few things you might want to double check, to make sure they are off your affiliate checklist so we can pay you up to $65 per person you bring to us.
Live Web Hosting Error Logs in LPCP – One new innovation to come to our LPCP web hosting control panel is live error logging. The error log, for your web hosting account here at Lunarpages, is one of the most important account specific statistics you can gather.
Google’s Real Time Search Future – The way Google indexes your web sites might be changing soon. Rather than relaying solely on the crawling method, they will also be indexing your content instantly. This means as soon as you create a new web page, it will be up on Google in seconds, not days or weeks.
Introduction to CSS Web Design – Adding a Cascading Style Sheet to your current web site layout and save you time and make your web site look a lot more professional in the process. Cascading Style Sheets, or sometimes referred to as CSS, is a style sheet language used to describe how a web page should be formatted.
Make Your Twitter Page Stand Out – How often do you use Twitter? You might just use it to follow a few friends, or you might use it to market your web site projects. There are a lot of ways to use Twitter as a service. My question that I pose to you is, how can you make it better looking?
Fix Web Site Errors with Webmaster Tools – Did you know that Google Webmaster Tools could help you find and fix errors on your web site? As Google crawl through your web site links, it finds and logs all the errors it encounters. It then (if you have your domain setup with a Google Webmaster Tools account) will turn around and tell you what the errors are so that you can get them fixed.
20 of the Web’s Best News Sources – When you have your own web site, and you talk about things that are current, it is your job to stay “in the know” about the latest news. Now with all the sources of news out there, this might be a mighty task. To help you out, we have gathered 20 of the best news sources out there online today.
That is it for this month’s edition of the Lunarpages Newsletter. We hope you enjoy this collection of articles, tutorials, tips and more we have created especially for you, the Lunarpages clients and customers. We always enjoy hearing your reaction, so please feel free to leave a comment or send your opinions to news@lunarpages.com.
Web Hosting Gift Cards are Back!
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Some of you might remember seeing our special holiday gift card offer a few months back, just in time for Christmas. Well, I am happy to announce that due to the great popularity of giving Lunarpages as a present, this is now a gift you can give at any time.
Why Give the Gift of Web Hosting?
It is both affordable and easy, plain and simple. Have a birthday, holiday, anniversary or special event coming up, but you do not know what to get your friend or family member? You can now give him one of four different types of web hosting packages.
12 Months of the Basic Hosting Plan – “The Standard of a Great Web Hosting Plan”
The Basic hosting plan is a web hosting package we all know and love. One of the most popular hosting plans out there today, it would make the perfect present for anybody you know and love.
- 1 FREE Domain Name
- UNLIMITED Storage
- UNLIMITED Data Transfer
- $700 Free Bonus
- 24/7 Award Winning Support
12 Months of the Quicksite Hosting Plan – “Quick and Easy Content Creation and Hosting”
Have a friend or family member that does not know much about HTML or CSS, and just wants to get a web site up in a hurry? The Quicksite hosting plan would make the perfect companion for them. Might make a perfect anniversary gift for your mother or father, or even an easy way for Grandma to start up a web site about her door knob collection.
- 3 Easy Steps!
- Free Domain Name
- Over 500 templates
- Your Site Online In 2 Hours!
- 5 Email Accounts Included
- Upload photos, videos, documents, & more
12 Months of the Business Hosting Plan – “The Perfect E-Commerce Solution”
Ready to start up that e-commerce web site of your dreams? The Business hosting plan provides you with all the tools you’ll need to bring your online store to life. This gift card would be just right for that friend who has always talked about starting up an online store to sell his stuff, but has never gotten around to it. Help him out with the Business hosting plan gift card.
- 3 FREE Domain Names
- UNLIMITED Storage
- UNLIMITED Data Transfer
- $700 Free Bonus
- TremenDesk Included ($419 value)
- SSL Certificate & Dedicated IP Included
The Website Package 1 Plan – “The Total Hosting Package”
Want a professionally designed web site, web hosting and a domain name all in one? The Website Package 1 plan gives your present the ultimate advantage. Not only do you give them the gift of hosting. You practically give them a web site designer in a box to go with it. Help them get the web site they’ve always wanted, with that professional edge that only Lunarpages can provide.
- 5 Page Static Website (ie: home, about, services, contact, etc..)
- Custom Design
- CSS Style Sheets
- Includes 5 stock photos fotolia.com to use in your design (if you don’t have your own)
- Submit site to Google
- Includes 1 year of Basic Hosting
- Includes 1 Free Domain Name
Ready to give the gift of web hosting from Lunarpages?
Ready to purchase a gift card for your friend, family member, co-worker or associate? Here is all you need to do:
- Visit the Gift Card section of the Lunarpages Web Site.
- Click the “Buy Now” button next to the web hosting gift card you wish to purchase.
- Fill out the order form, and you are ready to go.
You will receive an email to confirm the successful purchase of your gift card. You will also receive an email that you can send to your friend with information about the hosting package you purchased for them, and how to redeem their gift.
Now how does your friend or family member redeem and active the hosting gift card?
They can give us a call via the phone and quote their unique gift card ID. We will assist them will domain name selection and setting up and personalizing their web hosting account. The 12 month period does not begin until the recipient activates the gift with us.
Team up with Lunarpages web hosting to deliver the perfect present, a web site package you can be proud of giving to your friend.
Up to $110 of MySpace Ad Credit, Just for YOU!
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I do not have to tell you that being a Lunarpages client definitely has its perks. Not only are you partnered with the world’s greatest web hosting company, but you are eligible to very exclusive deals. Lunarpages is teaming up with MySpace’s MyAds service to help you reach a global internet audience.
Both new and existing customers now have access to free MyAds credit to get started with their own advertising campaign on MySpace.com.
How does the partnership work? Just follow these simple steps.
- Purchase a package with Lunarpages and receive a special promotion code to redeem at www.myads.com
- Sign up as a new customer of MyAds and include your promotion code at checkout to redeem your FREE click credit amount
- Use our ad builder to create your ads that will run directly on the MySpace network
What are you eligible for? Depending on your hosting account, your free credit level will vary.
- Basic, Quicksite, Windows = $35
- Business = $45
- VPS = $60
- Dedicated = $110
If you are not a current or new customer for any of the hosting plans above, this offer is not eligible to you. Also, please note that the promotional credit must be applied to a new myAds Advertiser account within 30 days of creating such account and is valid only for purchase of advertising through myAds’s online advertising system in the United States only.
If you are already a current MyAds client, you are also not eligible.
How do you redeem the offer?
Current customers can login through the Customer Account Page to redeem their special offer.
Then, click the button that says “Request Your Credits”.
You will then be given a link to click through to sign up for the MyAds service. When on the MyAds web site, click the “Get Started Today!” link to setup your first advertisement.
About halfway through the process, you’ll be sent an e-mail from them to validate your e-mail address. Click the link in the e-mail to do so, then you will be on the web page where you give your billing information.
Be sure to click the link that reads, “I have a promotional code.” and then enter the coupon code you were given when you clicked the, “Request Your Credits” link in the Customer Account Page. After that, finish up with the ordering process – and you should be all set.
Reach More Than 70 Million Active MySpace Users
Are you ready to reach more than 70 million active MySpace users? Be sure to grab your free MySpace MyAds advertising credits today.