HostNine Company Blog » hostnine

• Our billing system and customer portal will be down (in maintenance mode) between 9pm PDT and 11pm PDT April 19th (12 midnight Eastern time until 2am Eastern time April 20th.).

• Customers will not be able to make payments during this time.

• New or existing customers will not be able to place new orders during this time.

• Customers will not be able to login to the client area or do anything they would do from within the client portal (edit domain settings, update contact info, change cpanel pw, open support tickets, etc).

• Customers won’t be able to open a ticket via the client area. For support, you should email help@hostnine.com or billing@hostnine.com and that will create a ticket on our helpdesk.

• The following day, records of payments and automatic payments made may lag a bit. Management will follow up that morning and any automatic payments that were not attempted that night will be attempted that morning ( those who would get these automatic payments done would not be in danger of suspension for 9 more days, so the lag should not hurt them.).

• If a customer has a due bill, they may want to login and make sure it’s paid by the 18th. If a client gets suspended before this maintenance time, they won’t be able to pay and get reinstated right away during the maintenance time.

• Anyone that has an invoice generating around this maintenance window should be fine. (Everyone has a grace period of several days.)

• If anyone is suspended for billing reasons and find they cannot pay, they should email billing@hostnine.com. Please note that billing is only open during normal business hours. Or if someone paid but they are not yet reinstated, they should email billing@hostnine.com.

HostNine Facebook Contest Winners Announced!

Jim — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:54:28 +0000

Last week, we announced a short, simple Facebook contest that asked our readers to like our Facebook page. Those who did so between Wednesday 3/28 and Friday 3/30 were entered into a drawing for a small gift.

Here’s the three winners (in no particular order)!

Fern Joseph
Jon Robinson
Christopher Downs

If you happen to be any of those three people, please email:
jim [at] hostnine [dot] com
with your mailing address ASAP to claim your prize!

Thanks to all who participated! Watch for another contest soon.

HostNine Community Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 3

Jim — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:31:27 +0000

Welcome to the HostNine Monthly Newsletter!

As always, we’ll keep our content short and to the point.

Any questions? Reply back to newsletter [at] hostnine [dot] com and a real human being will respond ASAP.

What’s New

Visit & Like Our New Facebook Page!

We updated the HostNine Facebook page to the new “Timeline” format.

Click here to stop by and say hi! HostNine Blog updates and links are posted daily, as well as helpful content on how to run a great site, get the most out of your reseller account, and more. You can also follow us on Twitter and join us on Google+.

What’s Next

Upcoming Conferences Of Note

Here’ s a couple conferences you may want to check out in relation to web hosting and search engine marketing.

1. SMX Toronto

This conference is the place to be if you’re a search marketer interested in workshops and networking activities. A great idea for industry professionals across all skill levels.

Click here to learn more.

2. Hosting Con

HostingCon is considered to be the premier conference and tradeshow for those in the hosting industry. HostingCon 2012 will take place in Boston on July 16 – 18, 2012.

The conference features 52 educational sessions across 3 full days presented by more than 100 speakers and panelists, including industry thought leaders and trend setters.

Click here to learn more.

3. SES Toronto

The leading international conference for webmasters, digital agencies, and online marketers will be in Canada this June. Tons of educational and networking opportunities.

Click here to learn more.

Thanks for reading! See you next month!

Like HostNine On Facebook, Enter To Win A Prize

Jim — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:59:04 +0000

Dear HostNine Customers:

We’re running a super simple contest for H9 customers that will give them a chance to win a Honey Badger Koozie.
You know the Honey Badger, right? The ferocious, thick skinned bad ass of the animal kingdom?

If you don’t, here’s something to get you up to speed.

So, are you up for it? Here’s some rules to follow:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Go to the HostNine Facebook page, and click the “Like” button.
2) Those who like the page will be entered into a drawing.
3) Although many will enter, only 3 will be chosen at random to win prizes.
4) HostNine employees are not eligible for this contest.

Yes, it’s that simple.

You have until 4pm on Friday, March 30th to enter. We will pick the winners on Monday, April 2nd.
Good luck!

Click here to get to our Facebook page.

Avoid Common Passwords! [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jim — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:59:08 +0000

Doing reseller hosting with HostNine? Hosting for yourself? On a VPS? No matter what your role is in the web hosting world, using a strong password is simply common sense. Check out this fantastic infographic from Zone Alarm on avoiding the pitfalls of choosing easy-to-hack passwords.

Do you have any methods of your own that aren’t covered in the infographic? Let us know in the comments!

HostNine Community Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 2

Jim — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:38:59 +0000

Happy leap day! As always, we’ll keep our content short and relevant.

Any questions? Reply back to newsletter@hostnine.com and a human being will respond quickly.

What’s New

H9 Daily Blog

The HostNine Blog is now publishing daily posts featuring a variety of information for the H9 community. Each week you’ll find links to design and development resources, helpful hints for designers, developers, and resellers across all levels of expertise, and tips on how to run an online business efficiently.

Want us to cover a specific topic? Tell us in the comments, or hit us up on Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

H9 Blog Round Up

Every Friday, the HostNine Blog will provide a round up of links to all the blog posts and articles we’ve shared from Monday through Wednesday.

Click here to look at the most recent HostNine Blog Round-up.

Partner Offer

Stop the Hacker

StopTheHacker’s comprehensive suite of website healthcare services helps to safeguard your website, assisting you in preventing, detecting, and recovering from a hacker attack.

We catch more malware than anyone else, using Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. Click here to learn more.

Thanks for reading! See you next month!

HostNine Community Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1

Jim — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:27 +0000

Welcome to the first HostNine Monthly Newsletter of 2012!

As always, we will keep our content short and relevant.

Any questions? Contact us at newsletter@hostnine.com, and a real human being will respond quickly.

US-Based Dedicated Servers are on Sale!

For a very limited time, HostNine is offering 25% off US-based Dedicated Server Packages.

Click here to take advantage of this special offer!

This offer expires 2/15/2012.

Coupon code: DedicatedSale

HostNine Social Feeds +HostNine Blog = Resources For Your Business

Be sure to check out HostNine’s social feeds! We’ve been stocking our Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages with helpful information related to hosting, analytics, content creation, and other things geared towards helping you run a great online business.

Click here to go to the HostNine blog for a round-up of the best links we’ve found over the last few months.

Do you have any topic suggestions for us? Tweet at us, or give us a holler on Facebook or Google+.

Partner offer: 2Checkout.com

2Checkout.com (2CO) is a worldwide leader in payments and e-commerce services. 2CO powers online sellers with a global platform of payment methods and a world-class fraud prevention service on secure and reliable PCI-compliant payment pages.

2Checkout’s payments platform bundles a gateway and merchant account into one single offering with no need to contract with a merchant bank or manage separate agreements.

You can accept Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, PayPal, Diner’s Club, JCB and Debit cards (in the U.S.) from one solution through 2Checkout’s fully secure hosted payment pages. In addition, 2CO provides industry leading recurring billing services, call center support, full SSL certification, and the system is translatable in 15 languages and 26 international currencies for buyers and sellers in over 200 countries.

Save now! Use promo code h9free for a full waiver of 2Checkout’s $49 signup fee and start selling online today!

Visit www.2checkout.com , click SIGN UP NOW, complete the application, and then enter the code into the promo code field to take advantage of this special offer today!

Thanks for reading! See you next month!

HostNine 2012 Resource Round-Up

Jim — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:02:01 +0000

Happy belated 2012 from HostNine. For the last couple months of 2011, we’ve been collecting and posting a wide range of links on our various social media channels. We want to share helpful resources with our customers (and passers-by) to deepen their existing knowledge of important things like content creation, WordPress, web design best practices, SEO and more. We want to help you make your website (or someone else’s) the best it can be in the new year and beyond.

If you have some specific resources or topics you’d like to see featured in the HostNine blog, give us a shout on Facebook, Twitter or G+. We’re always happy to help!

WORDPRESS RESOURCES

This flexible, free and extremely popular (over 65 million downloads as of December 2011) content management system is the first choice for many Webmasters and bloggers. This list of links covers everything from security best practices to plug-ins and site optimization.

15-Step Checklist To Creating The Perfect WordPress Website

The Best WordPress Tutorials of 2011 on WPBeginner

The 14 Best WordPress Plugins For Social Media And SEO Optimized Sites For 2012

10 Tips To Optimize Your WordPress Theme

Top WordPress Security Plugins for 2012 | Web Sigmas

11 Quick Tips: Securing Your WordPress Site | Wptuts+

WordPress Security: Seven Ways I Could Hack Into Your WordPress Site

SEO / DIGITAL MARKETING / BUSINESS RESOURCES
Make your site more visible. Learn SEO. Increase conversions.

Grassroots SEO – Strategy, Process & Life Cycle

Five Questions to Streamline Your Keyword Research

How To Increase Conversions by 50% Overnight » SitePoint

Building Links & Driving Traffic with How To Posts

Sales Oriented Website Needs

5 Ways to Turn Social Customers Into Brand Ambassadors

CONTENT GENERATION RESOURCES
Sure, you can write, but can you write for the web? Learn more about idea generation, blogging best practices, copywriting, headline writing, and more.

How to Write Great Blog Content

A 5-Minute Guide to More Persuasive Copywriting

Ideas for Creative (& Efficient) Content Generation

Proven Headline Formulas | Steal These Formulas For Your Next Blog Post…

WEB DESIGN RESOURCES
No matter what your level of familiarity/unfamiliarity is with web design principles, it helps to understand the basics. Remember- it’s code, words and pictures, not rocket science!

Clear Indications That It’s Time To Redesign

The State Of Web Design Trends 2012

Don’t Fear the Internet (A fantastic primer on HTML/CSS for non-designers)

Building A Website In Progressive Steps (a series of screencasts that goes through the process of designing and building a website)

HostNine Community Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2

Jim — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:04:48 +0000

Welcome to the final HostNine Newsletter of 2011!

UK-based VPS and US-based Dedicated Servers are on Sale!

15% off our UK-based VPS hosting plans.

Click here to take advantage of this offer.*

25% off dedicated servers!

We’ll give you 25% off your order when you purchase a US-based dedicated server plan!**

Coupon code: DedicatedSale

Click here to order!

Specifics about this offer can be found here

What’s New

New Amsterdam server location for Reseller accounts

In our ongoing effort to give our customers and resellers access to different server locations across the globe, we’re happy to announce our new data center in Amsterdam!

What’s Next

Tell us your story!

You may have noticed that our homepage has a new, fresh look to it. We’re still in the process of remaking some other pages, with the goal of sharing what HostNine is all about. We also want to showcase some of the people and businesses that have helped HostNine to succeed. Here’s how you can get involved (and get a bit of free publicity in the process)!

1) Send an email to newsletter@hostnine.com with a company logo or photo of you and your team (no larger than 250px by 250px).

2) Provide a short paragraph of your hosting story or how HostNine has helped and include your first name, last initial, company name and position in the company.

That’s it! We’ll be in contact if we use your story on our website.

Thank you for your support through 2011. We look forward to serving you in 2012!

The HostNine Team

* Discount is only available for customers who upgrade from their current package or are buying a new UK-VPS package. Our team of Support Technicians will review orders before migration and notify you if you do not meet any requirements. The promotional value lasts approximately 1 year from when you sign up or upgrade with the UK-VPS package. At that time, we cannot guarantee your discounted price for your plan will roll over past 1 year.

** Discount is only available for customers who upgrade from their current package or are buying a new US Dedicated Server package. Our team of Support Technicians will review orders before migration and notify you if you do not meet any requirements. The promotional value lasts approximately 1 year from when you sign up or upgrade with the US Dedicated Server package. At that time, we cannot guarantee your discounted price for your plan will roll over past 1 year.