As I mentioned in an earlier post, I can not emphasis enough the importance of having good quality hosting.

Slow shared servers and abused and overworked ip addresses are the greatest enemy to anybody who conducts their business online.

Not just in blogging, but with everything on the internet, if you are slow – you suck.

When I chose my host, I explored every option and spoke to as many of the hosting companies as possible, as I knew the immense importance of my decision.

I had almost settled on another company when I came across Single Hop Dedicated Servers, who are based in the banking sector of Chicago.

The SingleHop,  GREEN and ENERGY EFFICIENT Data Centre, in Chicago, is  one of the most advanced  in the World, is manned 24 hours by engineers and protected by armed guards with diesel generator backups.

Setup of the server was an absolute pleasure and for once in this crazy world, I got exactly what I asked for.

When I need them, their service and support is always super fast and dare I say, it is a pleasurable experience.

Visit Single Hop Website to check out their packages

Please note that hosting and full management on a Single Hop Server is included in my “Blog in a Box” Package ($100) for aspiring professional bloggers.

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A warm welcome to all my visitors,

My name is Shane Holland , I work as a Digital Innovations Specialist assisting companies and entrepreneurs in hopping aboard the 22nd Century, with a particular interest in blogging and revenue generating websites.

I am  based in a small seaside town in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa – called Margate and it’s an awesome place to live.

I work from a spectacular home office, overlooking the Indian Ocean, watching whales and dolphins playing in the waves.

For the last four years I have been working towards earning a comfortable living on the internet and I have tried everything in the book. I am glad to say that I have succeeded and am now completely self sufficient from my websites, blogs and affiliate programs. I now want to teach you how to do the same.

All of my efforts are focused to ensure that I can work from home and watch my son grow up, whilst enjoying the freedom of being my own boss.

I am an avid fisherman and what better job to have in the world, for example -than blogging about fishing and then earning a living off it.

Along the way to realising this dream, I have published 6 successful blogs and learnt about the technical side of our art from start to finish – and it is this which I would like to share with you.

www.southafricanpowerball.co.za is one of South Africa’s busiest blogs

My personal blog www.myfriendshane.com has received recognition from many professional bloggers and is viewed every day, by visitors from all over the world.

Social Media Marketing SA , assists marketers in gaining leverage and growing their brands, within the Social Media Matrix.

Web Entertainment Blog Publishing,  is in business to assist Bloggers in setting up their own revenue generating blogs – which are hosted and fully managed by myself and the engineers at Single Hop

The Rules of the Game

1. The less public the server, the better the search engine rankings
2. The more unique the blog/webpage , the better the search engine rankings
3. The more original and well written the contents, the better the search engine rankings
4. Don’t associate with spammers and spammy affiliate partners
5. Have fun and take pride in your work.

The better your search engine rankings, the more traffic you will get. The more traffic you get, the more revenue you generate. The more revenue that you generate, the more time you will have to Blog (and fish)

I provide a service called “Blog in a Box”, which is a fully managed WordPress Blogging Platform, which has been specifically optimised for search engines and setup to earn money off your traffic.

Any person who has a genuine desire to host a professional blog, needs to look further than Web Based Blogging and shared hosting as these “cookie cutter” sites are heavily penalised by Google and if you have no traffic, then you make no money.

You have to publish on your own URL on a IP Address that is not blacklisted or overloaded.

I will do it for all you

My “Blog in a Box” is a completely turnkey, professionally installed and managed blog, which has been configured to generate revenue

The only thing that you have to worry about is writing good quality content and entertaining your readers.

A fully managed, professionally installed and managed Blogging Platform, for the non-technical – now there is a good idea !!

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What is a Blog in a Box

Description: The Blog in a Box , is a complete out-of-the-box solution for the blogger or entrepreneur that wish to take their web ambitions truly global.

I am not one to spew sales speech,  so I am just going to tell you about a few basic requirements of operating a high traffic blog in plain English; if you require specifics , please feel free to send me a mail

So here goes..

To succeed in this industry you need to have your blog on your own dedicated URL and then to host your Blog on a server dedicated and configured, especially for your blogging platform.

The Installation and configuration of your blogging platform

You have to have a perfect installation of WordPress running and you have to be very careful and weary of spyware hidden in free themes and widgets. If you are flagged as distributing spyware or malware,Google will ban your URL and your IP address and you may as well kiss the whole concept goodbye.

You will be sitting for months, wondering why you are not getting any traffic – wasting your time and your money.

Worst of all is that is affects your mentally when you are counting individual clicks and praying that someone leaves you a comment.

The Setup of your blog …

I manage and personally configure every aspect of the setup of your blog, including Themes, Plugins, Widgets and Integration to any requested  Social Networking Site, such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter etc etc

This blog is setup to generate revenue through pay per click advertising through approved and credible partners.

I can not stress enough, how important this is to your rankings and ultimately to your traffic.

My existing relationships with these providers has been built on three things.

• Have an abundance of quality products and services for me to promote
• Pay on Time and
• Respond to my communications quickly.

Included in the Blog in a Box Pro Platform from Web Entertainment is

• Setup of your personal email address
• Installation of Wordpress
• Updating Wordpress to the latest version
• Installation of Theme
• Configuration of Plugins and Modules
• Updating of Plugins and Modules
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Social Media Integration
• Inbound Links from my network of Blogs
• Setup of a mailing list and email subscriptions
• Setup of Google adsense on pages, posts and feeds
• Setup of pay per click and referral advertising to maximise earning potential
• Anti Virus and Anti Spyware Scanning on Server and 24/7/365 support
• Personal advice and guidance to get you started
• A truly out of the box, ready to go service
• 6 Months Hosting is included, thereafter $5 per month

Blog in a Box only costs  $ 99

Servers and Web Hosting

My server is a dedicated server, from the best Web Hosting Company that I have ever encountered in all my years of work on the internet.

It is a quad core Intel and is fed on a  dedicated 100mbps on both private and public networks.

The server is naturally an critical part of the technical management of your blog and any downtime can be disastrous, so I rely on Single Hop to exceed their service level agreements and provide me with instant attention and immediate solutions to any task.

Single Hop Staff have become like friends and I trust and rely on them to keep my blogs and websites live.

As a Geek, I consider this an additional selling point to my package and I will endeavour to provide you with the same service.

Visit  Single Hop and you can view their  packages on their website

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