This Web Host's Superbowl Sunday Plans

February 3, 2012

While you won't find this web host airing any racy commercials on Superbowl Sunday you will find us tuning in for half time! Growing up, my Madonna tapes were a staple in my walkman carryall case. Mom (business parter) and I are big fans of vintage Madonna, so in celebration of the Queen of Pop's halftime debut, here are a list of our favorite Madge hits.

Ovaleye's Top 5 Favorite Madonna Hits

1. Express Yourself
2. Vogue
3. Cherish
4. Borderline
5. Lucky Star

What are your favorites?

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Where We're At Online

January 19, 2012

Ovaleye was featured on the Parallels website (our Control Panel provider) as a case study (download here) for how effective the Panel is for a small business in managing their email and building their websites.

If you would like to keep up with what Ovaleye is doing or grab some helpful tips, find out what is hot in the headlines, or just chat here is where we are online nowadays. Reach out and say hey!

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99 Things for a Small Business Owner to Do on a Snow Day

January 15, 2012

Experiencing a snow day? The team at Ovaleye has compiled an action item list that you can do while staying in your jammies and slippers with the fire on and coffee pot going. This is what we are up to on snow days… how about you?

BLOG



1. Start a blog (Check out Ovaleye's affordable blog hosting)
2. Write a blog post
3. Write blog posts for the week and schedule them out using WordPress
4. Burn a Feed
5. Add social sharing buttons
6. Check out Bloglovin as a blog reader and place to discover new blogs
7. Add your blog to Bloglovin then add a button to your blog
8. Add your blog to Networked Blogs
9. Subscribe to your favorite blogs
10. Comment on blog posts you like
11. Share blog posts you like via Twitter and/or Facebook
12. Update your blog's meta data
13. Update your blog posts' meta data
14. Update your blog posts' tags and categories
15. Write an editorial calendar
16. Use the Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress and add those posts to it
17. Contact blogs that fit in your niche for the opportunity to guest post

WEBSITE



18. Research what search phrases people are using to find a business like yours using Google Insights
19. Update your meta tags
20. Work on your About Page copy
21. Make an "intro" video for your website
22. Make a "how to" video for your website
23. Update your service page
24. Add new images to your website
25. Review your website(s) statistics
26. Buy a new domain name (register your domain name with Ovaleye)
27. Socialize your website with profile icons and sharing capabilities
28. Add an email subscription signup to your site
29. Check on your competitors websites
30. Create a secondary website for a promotion, special package, etc. (our Premier hosting lets you host multiple sites on your account!)
31. Register domain names for your kids' names, yours, and your spouse's name.

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SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and the Hosting Industry

January 13, 2012

Ovaleye does not support the Stop Online Piracy Act that will be voted on in the Senate on January 24th.

What is SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)?

Or, if you are an infographic geek, check this one out.

Ovaleye recognizes the value of SOPA, and supports its intentions, but the implementation of such legislation must take care not to harm small business nor impede the legal sharing of information. Taking such widely sweeping action such as SOPA must be avoided.

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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

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