Web Hosting: What to Know & What to Avoid!

Episode 69 (click Play above) Valerie Paik, Amy Gideon and Chris Curran An awesome free-for-all conversation where our guests gave us incredible advice as well as many laughs. Seriously, give it a listen! We welcomed Amy Gideon (President and Co-Owner of TAG Online) and Valerie Paik (VP of Business Development with TAG Online)! A few points we discussed: The ownership of your companies website domain name Not having a dedicated customer service person to call The unfortunate perceived difficulty of website revamping projects Cheap is expensive And our guests also shared a few scary examples of companies that had lots of trouble fixing website hosting problems that should have never happened. Highlights: Amy did some rapping over technology music, our guests screamed over scary eerie music, and Chris won a gameshow..(??..weird) Thanks for being on the show, Amy and Val!!! Amy Gideon Amy Gideon is President and Co-owner of TAG Online, Inc. Amy has over 20 years of experience in software development, database design, authoring and delivering programming courses on Wall Street and managing large software projects. She has consulted to several well-known corporations, including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Citibank. She works directly with clients and is a visionary in designing and building a website. Amy holds a M.S. in Computer Science from New York University and a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Valerie Paik Valerie joined the TAG Online team in 2004, after working for several years in PR and event planning in the food/wine/travel industry in New York City. As the Vice President of Business Development, Valerie fills several roles at TAG Online, providing the link between client, designer, and developer. Valerie is very active in the local business community, in particular with the North Essex and Morris County Chambers of Commerce, the award-winning Main Street Chapter of BNI in Whippany, NJ, and a New York City-based networking group called Network! Network!. In her spare time, Valerie runs half marathons and other races, holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, teaches and performs belly dance, and loves playing chamber music as a clarinetist. Tag Online TAG Online is a World Wide Web provider offering diverse services intended to bring individuals, organizations and companies onto the Internet. TAG Online was incorporated in 1990 as a Software Development and Computer Consulting company. Over its history, it has served a wide variety of clients. These have included various types of companies including Communications Providers, Insurance Firms, developers of Point of Sale Systems, and Investment Banks. We help clients work with the community, and avoid the pitfalls into which many Internet newcomers have fallen. We are very excited about the Internet and we can provide you with the solutions that are right for your business. Whether it be Web Hosting, Ecommerce, Custom Software, Training or Consulting, we give you the excellent personal quality service. – Also, if you’d like to find out if a podcast could help grow your business, click here