Hosting Resources from Liquid Web

Ebooks, guides, Customer Stories, white papers and more to help you grow.

2024 State of the hosting industry report

What can we expect in the coming years from the hosting industry? To find out, we surveyed 500 director-level and above employees. We asked them about their existing hosting environments and where they believe the industry is headed. In this report, we highlight the primary areas of hosting technology, where they’re trending, their challenges, and opportunities you can leverage to stay relevant. Read the report for insights on: Hybrid and cloud hostingEdge computing integrationServerless architectureMulti-c

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6 Customer Acquisition Strategies for your eCommerce Store

What should you do if you need to attract new customers and set your store apart from others? This is perhaps the most challenging part of eCommerce. To achieve this goal, there are many steps eCommerce store owners must take. In this e-book, we’ll walk through several ideas and approaches that will help you acquire more customers.

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6 Fundamental Principles That Help Reduce Friction in Your Sales Process

The conversion process on every website, especially online stores, must be as easy as possible to ensure success. Moving a prospective customer from the awareness stage, to the consideration stage, to the final decision stage should be simple, straightforward, and completely obvious. Friction happens when something on your website slows down or stops the progression of a prospective buyer from moving through your sales funnel. Identifying points of friction in your sales process and addressing them can help

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5 Ways to Maximize Conversions Through Customer-Centric UI/UX and Design

Bad website design–or a pretty design that’s all fluff and no strategy or structure– will impede conversions. Your website is the central, online hub for your brand. It’s also the primary vehicle for interaction (and conversions) with your audience. No matter what type of conversion you are seeking—sign up, subscribe, click, register, enroll, buy, join, hire, watch, etc.—the website design must support the sales process, make the content easy to engage with, and naturally guide visitors through the website

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Managed WordPress Buyer’s Guide

Not all Managed WordPress Hosts are the same. Ensure that you select the right partner for your business that will enable you to grow and succeed without any overage charges. Our Managed WordPress automatically handles: Updates to the core WordPress and pluginsImage compression Website stencils to easily develop new client sites Download our Managed WordPress Hosting buyer’s guide to help you in your selection of a Managed WordPress Host.

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Build Recurring Revenue By Adding SEO As A Service

Build a website. Find your next customer. Rinse, repeat. As a web design/development agency, you’ve probably gotten good at acquiring new customers because your income depends on it. But beyond reselling managed hosting or setting up small site maintenance retainers, it’s tough to build a healthy recurring revenue stream out of web development alone. You may not realize it yet, but SEO is a natural extension of your skills and services. It may also be your ticket to long-term recurring revenue. What’s in Th

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14 Strategies for Your Next WordPress Post Launch Plan

A successful site launch is only the beginning. How will you attract visitors and grow traffic? Is your SEO strategy sound? What’s your content strategy? Don’t worry, we can help you find the answers! We’re sharing 14 proven strategies for post-launch success, including: How to leverage social to boost traffic and visibilityHow to create an editorial calendar for your contentHow to craft a winning long-term SEO strategy Take a look at our guide and ensure that your site is launch-ready after all of your har

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6 Simple Ways to Improve Web Conversions Through Content

Traffic. Traffic Traffic. With a mantra of “more traffic equals more conversions,” website owners have an unparalleled focus on driving more traffic to their websites. However, all this website traffic is inconsequential if it doesn’t convert those who visit your website into subscribers, students, members, clients, or customers. So once this traffic reaches your website, how do you keep these visitors on the site as long as possible, help them progress in their buyer journey, and encourage them to take act

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Ready, Set, Grow: How You Can Use the Explosive Demand for Cloud IT Services to Futureproof Your MSP Business

Looking to Expand Your IT Services to the Cloud? For MSPs looking to offer cloud services to their clients, there has never been a better time. The global cloud computing market is expected to grow from $371.4 billion in 2020 to 832.1 billion in 2025. Don’t miss riding the wave of growth. Working with a Managed Cloud Provider to offer cloud services can: Solidify your relationship with your clients.Generate monthly recurring revenue.Increase revenue streams from existing clients.And more. Get a full list of

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How to Gain Security and Performance in the Cloud for Your ISV Applications

You pride yourself on having the best software or application to empower your clients. After all, providing a highly-performance solution for your customers is necessary to compete with the cloud-native apps of today. On the other side of the coin, you’re probably dealing with some common hosting-related issues as an independent software vendor (ISV). For instance: A new client might have application hosting problems that their current host can’t deal with.A client might have latency issues with the data ce

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