If you’re thirsty for a glass of milk, would you rather go to the store and buy a gallon, or open one that’s already waiting in your refrigerator? Naturally, you’d go for the one in your fridge first, before it spoils. But when it comes to online businesses, some owners don’t quite seem to grasp […]

Moving a WordPress site from one web host to another used to be a nightmare. Especially if you had little or no technical knowledge.   But migrating WordPress sites just got a little easier thanks to a plugin called Duplicator.   In this post, I’ll take you through the step-by-step process of moving your website […]

Web hosting often suffers from one big problem:   Poor user-experience.   Especially for beginners, it can be complicated, daunting, and frustrating to figure out the technical aspects.   You notice this most when you load up the standard “cPanel” that comes with most web hosts. This is the console or dashboard used to manage […]

When it comes to data, statistics and numbers, I’m kind of a geek.   I love combing through my Google Analytics figures. I’m obsessed with measuring my email marketing campaigns. I love graphs and tables and numbers.   With email marketing metrics, I can see immediately who’s opening my newsletters. I can see my best […]

This is a guest post by Mustaasam Saleem from Cloudways.   Entering the new millennium, concepts of cloud and web applications have made the world of website development more efficient and effective. WordPress is by far one of the best CMS application in the world. Almost 27% of the sites over the Internet are designed […]

HostGator Cloud Daren Low Cloud hosting is faster and more reliable than almost any standard host you’ve used in the past.   And while HostGator is a name you might normally associate with budget hosting, their new cloud service is a whole different ball game.   We’ve been running tests on HostGator’s cloud servers for […]

This is a guest post by Gigi Khaos from Strikingly.   All you want to do is grow your audience on Instagram and lead them to your store, or blog, for them to make a purchase, or sign up to your email list.   You’ve read the PLETHORA of posts about what it takes to […]

If you’ve used our server speed checker recently, you might have noticed a cool new feature: the interactive server location map.   When you measure your server speed with Bitcatcha, we run tests from eight different locations around the world. It’s the only way we can ensure your site loads quickly from every part of […]

When I set up my first Shopify store, I lost quite a lot of money.   It started off good (at least, I thought so!) I easily launched the store with Shopify, I had tons of orders coming in, and I was pleased with the way everything was going along.   It wasn’t until I […]

Subject lines make or break your email campaign.   Heck, they can make or break your business.   Email marketing is the most effective and lucrative way to connect with your customers. But if your subscribers aren’t opening your emails, you’re missing out on a ton of sales and conversions.         The […]