Tackle Your Tech

Unfortunately, this is one thing we don’t do. And, there are a few good reasons for this. For one, you will always want complete control over your domain name. Having someone else (particularly a domain hosting company) register it for you can cause all sorts of  issues you don’t want to deal with, so always handle domain names on your own.

Second, we want you to take your consultancy for a ride this year. By purchasing the domain name on your own, you start off from the get-go with skin in the game, and that’s a good thing, right?

Lastly, while we use and recommend Media Temple for domain names, there are a number of cheaper alternatives. If I needed to purchase a domain name and did not want to use Media Temple, I would consider (in no particular order) Name Silo, Hover, or NameCheap.

Remember, though, when purchasing your domain name, purchase only the name, do not purchase hosting, as that is what this knock ’em out kit provides for you. The domain name just helps you get rockin’.

First you need an address… the real esate comes later!

In answering this question, I’m going to steal a page from WPMU’s playbook. They get this question all the time, and it is precisely what I was thinking when I first discovered their offerings.

Initially, their tech did seem to be a bit on the expensive side when compared to shared hosting provided by other companies. For example, at Media Temple, I pay $20 a month and host about 100 sites there. So, it’s affordable. But, as soon as I wanted to do more than just have a basic lead page up there, I noticed the sites were dragging like mad, which translates to lost visitors.

So, when I bit the bullet and began transferring my sites to WPMU, I felt like I was getting the deal of a lifetime. And, having been online since 1994 with websites, I had a lot of comparisons I could make. Funny how that works. I swear, I feel as though I should have several of their support team members over for dinner at this point.

WPMU has a partnership with Digital Ocean (they use what’s known as server “droplets”) to keep hosting dedicated (not shared or on a “grid), and reasonable. These droplets can be purchased individually from Digital Ocean for $5 USD if you were looking to do all of this on your own a la carte.

Additionally, outside of WPMU’s hosting and support, you also get the other goodies I’ve bundled into this Knock ’em Out Kit. This is were you might be thinking… what’s the catch? Well, there isn’t one. Because I have a licences for the plugins we provide at installation, I can share them with you as a client. That also includes the Divi Theme. Once the year is out, you will have to purchase the Divi theme package on your own, which also provides you with access to their support team and all future updates. Its a great investment. But in the first year, you get the theme for free. Support for Divi you can largely get through WPMU. I think in the last year, I’ve contacted Divi’s support team three times. And, each time that was because my troubles were related to hosting problems with Media Temple. So, once you have everything on WMPU’s servers, they can pretty much assist you with everything.

How does my own markup fit into the price of all this? Good question. The relatively thin markup I apply covers: the time it takes to set things up for you, a fraction of the cost I spend on the additional plugin and theme licenses I provide, the video training I offer, and the specific knowlege I have gained over the years in the tech and markekting space that will help you avoid twenty years of apprentiship and training.

My goal is to help you get your consulting practice off the ground. I struggled with doing the same thing for years. Certain technologies have made this easier as of late, but all the noise out there has made it increasingly difficult to analyze which options are best. 

Because it drive me batty to see well intentioned business builders stuck on technology, I want to help eliminate that obstacle. Marketing is hard enough. Sales is a killer. Tech does not have to be. A year from now, you can hand the tech off to someone else entirely, because you’ll be selling more, and consulting more, right? Go get ’em.

Absolutely. About two months before your one year anniversary date would arrive, I’ll start to message you so you’re informed of the end of your term. WPMU should also be reaching out to you around this time as well to remind you that you will want to renew your hosting contract with them. As always, everything I have created for the course within Teachable with remain yours for as long as you want access to it.