A website can really kick start your business, and give you that credibility that most people lack when starting a new business, especially if it a small business or if you are a professional of some kind – lawyer, accountant, dentist, vet.. Having a website can do marvels for you. But most of the time during this period, when you’re starting your business, most of us lack the resources to invest and all those related expenses become a burden. One of the expenses we face when we decide to go online is the hosting.
One way to deal with this issue is to use a free hosting service provider. Usually people don’t recommend that as an option because in most cases FREE is a synonym of lousy, causing lots of problems and hassles that may eat up your time and you may end up losing time and money.
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One of the most ignored topics is the backup. Most of the webmasters take care of everything and they leave the backup aside. We know it’s not one of the most pleasant tasks but by making that effort today you could save yourself a lot of stress and hassle later. Before you lose all your website files stop for a minute, read this article and think about it.
EXPECT – We all had those moments where we think nothing can happen to us. As they say- expect the unexpected. It is always better to do so. With the proper mindset, you are insuring the continuity of your online endeavor in any eventualities. No matter how big and resourceful your hosting company is everyone and anyone can experience problems, after all when working with computers you can never be 100% sure. The best thing you can do is – to be ready.
SCHEDULE – Make sure you pick a time where you will have time, and when the website/ server is not overloaded. It’s is not a good idea to start the backup process when your website is most crowded, after all you don’t want to ruin the user experience and load times.
STICK with it – Most of the time backing up means being patient. So be patient and do it regularly. You don’t want to be left without some vital data just because you decided you can cut backing up for couple of days, or couple of weeks – depending on how often you update your website.
EVALUATE – test your backups. Find a place where you can make a recover copy and test if everything you would need is backed up. Backing up just for the sake of it without knowing if it will save you in time of need is useless. You do need a good and working backup so make sure you have one.
NO Complacency – Don’t be lazy. Don’t skip backing up :) Simple as that.
TRASH – Make sure you backup the things you need. Don’t backup things you won’t need as that slows down the process and it will take more hard disk space. Keep the things you need, the vital files and the files you will need in order to recover everything in a working way.
FRIENDSHIP – Have faith and know it’s your friend. Backing up is the friend you can rely on and when things get messy it will make you smile. Keep that in mind while putting the time and effort to backup.
AUTOMATE – There are software and scripts that can ease your life. You will not need to do everything yourself. Depending on what CMS system you use for your website you can do a search and find a solution there should be at least one to take some of the work off your back. If you are using a custom solution for your website, ask your webmaster about it.
LIBERATE – You will be able to feel liberated. When looking at your website from business perspective – as an income source, you will want to feel liberated by knowing your cash flow is secured. In order to do that – just backup! The feeling of being liberated from the worries of “What if..?” is a wonderful feeling use it a s motivator.
SECURITY – Keep your backups at couple of places – hard disks, flash drives, online storage. This way you will really be safe and sound. Back up and be safe, forget about the stress and be smart – start today.
