How Hostwell Came to Be

Hostwell started off as a way to help out local small businesses in this rough economic climate. You can read the condensed story of Hostwell on my site – here you can see a bit more of my thought process.

Basically, I started off with the idea that $99 per year hosting was a great offer. Realistically though, other hosting companies offer it even cheaper. Even though businesses can save money on hosting, they don’t reinvest it into their site to maintain it. A light came on at that point and I saw a need for “small business website management,” that is a service that updates, adds pages, creates forms, etc. for small businesses on a monthly basis.

Still being stuck on the “hosting” side of things, I built my site around the idea of web hosting for $30-$40 per month with “two free updates and one new page addition” per month.

on Oct 19 in Video Blog tagged , , , by Bob Potter

I’m Going to Try Something New

Not for this blog, but for me. I’m going to write for myself, rather than writing for you. If you choose to follow along, I’ll be honored.

Why? Because I have the tendency to write for others rather than for myself (it’s an attitude of “I have the knowledge” vs “It’s OK not to know everything”). When Seth talked about how tactics drown out strategy my first reaction was to start a new post and expound on his point with my two and a half cents. But then it hit me, “what do I know about strategy that you already don’t?” I’m no expert.

And if I’m no expert, then why should I try to write as though I am the expert? Good point. So I’m trying something new – I’m going to use this blog as originally planned, a platform for discovery.

If you’d like to join me, I’d be honored. If you’d like to leave a comment, I’d be encouraged. Thanks for reading.

on Aug 12 in Moments of Discovery tagged , , , , , , by Bob Potter