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According to Forbes, “Running your own business is no easy task, and your to-do-list is guaranteed to never end. You shouldn’t use this as an excuse to take shortcuts when it comes to having online visibility.” They go on to say, “Whether you’re a Solopreneur or operate with 100 employees, your website should appear as if you have a team dedicated exclusively to keeping your online presence strong and noteworthy.

“For about FIVE BUCKS a day…”

Is your time best served running your business and not managing your website?  For as little as $5 per day, you can have peace of mind with Sweetpea Works providing you with high-quality hosting, administration, site development, and maintenance services. We call it Managed Hosting Plus.

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Website Hosting

Our Hosting is backed by an award-winning, global hosting company, and includes:

 

  • Solid-state backed storage
  • Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT) offering cache
  • SSL certificate (through Let’s Encrypt)
  • Tech Support Administration

What is Managed Hosting Plus?

The specs above are what you receive with hosting companies like GoDaddy or Network Solutions.  Most DIY hosting companies’ prices range from $14 to $40 per month (as in the Wix VIP plan). And you have to build and maintaing your website!

Isn’t your time (and your staff’s time) best served building and operating your business?

Where applicable, we use professionally-licensed, highly-rated plugins to operate, secure, and maintain your website. We also include monthly site development time to allow you to direct us to add, subtract, or revise the content on your website.

Below are the value-added services available for our Managed Hosting Plus packages. **Each item varies by package.

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Site Development is also offered as a stand-alone service. If interested, ask about Dev For Hire.

Monthly Site Development Time

Each package includes a retainer of time allocation for you to direct us to modify your site in the areas of…

Layouts
Design recommendations; Modifying existing layouts; Modifications to headers or footers
PagesUpdating Galleries, Testimonials, Products, and Services;  Creating new pages (content provided by you) – **OnPage SEO applies
Text*Adding, updating or deleting any text on pages (*doesn’t include blogging)
ImagesAdding, updating, resizing, cropping or deleting pictures on your website
PluginsAdding or deleting plugins on your website  – **Configuration charge may apply.
Video – Adding, updating or deleting videos on your website (provided by you)
LinksAdding, updating or deleting links on your website
FilesAdding, updating or deleting any files or documents on your website (provided by you)

Note: Development time is not carried forward.

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OnPage SEO is also offered as a stand-alone service. If interested, visit OnPage SEO package.

OnPage SEO

On-page SEO is monitored on current and new pages because it helps search engines understand your website and its content, as well as identify whether it is relevant to a searcher’s query.  As search engines become more sophisticated, there is a greater focus on relevance and semantics in search engine results pages (SERPs).

We’ll run regular SEO audits to see how your site scores in Google and how it stacks up against your competition.

Varies by package.

Our OnPage SEO includes:
  • Page title – SEO friendly
  • Product/Service description (customer provided)
  • SEO excerpt
  • Keyword Optimization
  • Featured Image (single, non-customized)
  • Alt-image tags for each
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Regular Updates: WP Core, Theme, & Plugins

Old, outdated & unmaintained plugins are dangerous and a security risks. Updates for the WordPress core, your themes, and plugins change at different times of the day.

With Sweetpea Works on the job, you can be assured that your WordPress core, your theme, and all of your plugins stay up-to-date.

We’ll also make sure that your plugins are compatable and play nice with each other.

Varies by package.

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Professional Security

Your WordPress website needs a security strategy that includes a trusted, professional security plugin. Sweetpea Works uses a Professionally-licensed* Security plugin with over 30 features.

Some features include:
  • Two-Factor Authentication – Use a mobile app such as Google Authenticator or Authy to generate a code or have a generated code emailed to you.
  • WordPress Salts & Security Keys – The iThemes Security plugin makes updating your WordPress keys and salts easy.
  • Malware Scan Scheduling – Have your site scanned for malware automatically each day. If an issue is found, an email is sent with the details.
  • Password Security – Generate strong passwords right from your profile screen.
  • Password Expiration – Set a maximum password age and force users to choose a new password. You can also force all users to choose a new password immediately (if needed).
  • User Action Logging – Track when users edit content, login or logout.
  • Online File Comparison – When a file change is detected it will scan the origin of the files to determine if the change was malicious or not. Currently works only in WordPress core but plugins and themes are coming.
  • Temporary Privilege Escalation – give a contractor or someone else temporary admin or editor access to your site that will automatically reset itself.

Varies by package.

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Cloud Backups

One of the most important things in running a website successfully is protection against data loss.
We can’t say this enough, but all websites are vulnerable to hacking attempts, DDOS attacks, data theft, and data loss. No matter how secure your website is, you are liable to any of the above attacks.
At times your website might experience downtime due to a server failure or hard disk crash. These are more common than people think, and without a solid reason, your website can just go offline. No hosting company in the world can offer 100% uptime and reliability. In these situations, a fresh backup saves you a lot of hair-pulling and headaches.

 

Sweetpea Works uses a Professionally-licensed* Backup plugin.
Backup frequency varies by package.
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Business Email Solutions

This is not a bulk email solution; it’s a business mail solution for those looking for an alternative for their regular business communication with their team or clients.

  • 250 MB Email Storage (per email id)
  • @Your Own Domain Name (e.g. you@yourbusinessname.com)
  • Advance AntiSpam & Antivirus Protection
  • 1Gbps Network
  • Fast Email Support

 

Number of email accounts varies by package.
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Image Optimization

Image optimization is a process of saving and delivering images in the smallest possible file size without reducing the overall image quality. Sweetpea Works uses a Professionally-licensed* image optimization plugin.

While there are many benefits of optimizing your images, below are the top ones that you should know:

  • Faster website speed
  • Improved SEO rankings
  • Higher overall conversion rate for sales and leads
  • Less storage and bandwidth (which can reduce hosting and CDN cost)
  • Faster website backups (also reduces cost of backup storage)

Number of images optimized varies by package.

 

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Speed Boost

How much of an impact do speed and performance have on your site? And more importantly, what can you do to maximize both?

It’s not just a matter of SEO. The faster your site, the better your conversions. The better your on-page performance, the higher your audience’s level of engagement. The more you put into keeping your website fast and efficient, the higher your revenue.

Sweetpea Works uses a Professionally-licensed* Speed and Performance optimization plugin. Varies by package.

Our Speed Boost includes:

  • Page Caching
  • Cache Preloading
  • Sitemap Preloading
  • GZIP Compression
  • Browser Caching
  • Database Optimization
  • Google Fonts Optimization
  • Lazyload
  • Minification
  • Defer JS Loading
  • DNS Prefetching
  • Monthly Page Speed Report
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CDN (Content Delivery Network)

A CDN establishes a globally distributed network of Cache Servers between your website’s Origin Server and your visitors’ location.

Every request made by your users will be served from the nearest location possible, no matter where they are geographically located allowing them to access the content a lot faster.

If your website receives a lot of visits from locations far from your server, adopting a CDN is a fundamental step to implement in your web performance optimization strategy.

Sweetpea Works uses a Professionally-licensed* CDN provider.
Varies by package.
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eCommerce and Membership Sites

Varies by package.

 

  • Maintain Product/Member Database
  • Maintain Product Categories
  • Add Products/Product’s Variants
  • Prep and add Product Images
  • Add Product Descriptions
  • Add Shipping Info/Product’s Weight
  • Institute Pricing/Markups
  • Set up Payments Gateway Connection
  • Set up Tax Plugin
  • Maintain Checkout Experience
  • SEO Meta Title
  • SEO Meta Description

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* Professionally licensed plugins used for Managed Hosting Plus are not transferable. Monthly Site Development Time is not carried forward.

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