InMotion Hosting is the hosting service that is used for all of Solid Rock Web Services hosting needs.  One of the benefits of hosting with InMotion Hosting is that they offer email services off of your personal domain.

Read below for some of the top reasons why you should have a personalized email that incorporates your domain.
The below is from InMotion Hostings January newsletter.

Using a “personalized” email address that incorporates your domain name is usually much better than a generic email address, for example john@johnsmith.com instead of john235@gmail.com. If you’ve purchased a domain name but you’re still using an email address from Google, Yahoo!, Hotmail or your cable provider, make the switch now!

Here are some of the top reasons why you should make use of your domain name now and create a personalized email:

Giving someone your email address with a personalized domain adds a level of professionalism and memorability to their perception of you.

Instant marketing kudos for giving people the heads up on what you do – without having to add that tag line every time you introduce yourself in an email. Now if you get yourself a website, you’ve got your website bookmarked in their thoughts already.

Protection. We offer a spam filtering service that will filter out junk mail according to the sensitivity and rules that you create. You can scale up who you give your email to knowing that our spam filtering will scale up to match your needs.

Segment your contacts. Begin your way up the ladder to making use of email marketing – even without a website. For instance: news@johnsmith.com, facebook@johnsmith.com, blog@johnsmith.com, etc.

Email forwarding. You don’t have to give up that familiar email web client after all! Set your forwarding to catch-all or forward to your personal, now very private (for-friends-only) Gmail/Yahoo client.

SEO value. Ever wondered why some people remain top of the search in social circles or through their resumes? Make your personalized email a top search keyword, for example designer@johnsmith.com

Social media profiles. Ever wanted to keep a personal profile just that, and create a separate branded profile? Now you can create multiple profiles without mixing business and personal.

Make it your New Year’s resolution to get yourself organized and 110% more presentable with a personalized email address!  Contact Solid Rock Web Services today to get your personal domain, email, and website set up and going for 2012.

“Words are of course the most powerful drug used by mankind” – Rudyard Kipling.

One of the most important things about a website is the CONTENT.

As the owner of a website, you want to be able to update the content of your website whenever you want to.  You shouldn’t have to wait on someone else to take your content and post it to your website.  If you can send an email or type up a Word Document and save it, then you can update the content on your website using a Content Management System.

When you choose to go with Solid Rock Web Services, we will set up user accounts for your website that will allow you to log in and create new post for your blog, update page content, write newsletters (if service is purchased with your website), upload new media, moderate comments on your website (if you want them enabled)

CMS is a huge benefit to a small business or organization that doesn’t have a huge budget to pay someone to manage their content.  It simplifies the process of owning a website and puts the power into your hands.

The look and feel of a website are important, but the content is what truly makes your website stand out from all of the others.