From gaming as a teenager to running an agency to leading the largest part of our organization, customer care, Panos shares his philosophy on extreme ownership and support, why he believes trust is built through transparency.

It’s All About Trust With Our Customer Care Team

Caring about customers is the core of our business. As the leader of the largest part of our organization, Panos Kesisis sets the vision and values for our Customer Care team.

From Teen Gamer to Hosting Leader

Panos’ journey into the tech world came from unlikely origins. A competitive video gamer in his teens, his team needed a website to continue to grow their brand. Despite his lack of experience, Panos’ team selected him to create the site.

With some guidance from a friend of his father, he created the site using WordPress, new technology at the time. That unexpectedly set him on a career path he couldn’t have predicted.

“The most exciting thing from this whole story is, as I didn’t know how to build all these things. And I didn’t know that you have to buy a domain name.”

Panos turned to GoDaddy, the hosting company he was using at the time, to help get the site online.

“I sent them an email and two days later they responded to my email and they fixed my issue. And when I was 15 years old, I thought to myself, wow, this is amazing. One day I want to become like them.”

Little did he know he’d eventually become involved in web hosting and even end up working for GoDaddy for a time.

Panos also talks about joining Seb at TSO Host and going on to found Fixed.net and, most recently, World Host Group.

Building Trust and Transparency in Customer Care

The goal of World Host Group is to become the most trusted brand in hosting. Panos explains that trust is built on transparency, especially in customer care.

“So for me, trust is transparency.” And Panos takes this transparency to heart, acknowledging that it’s important to be honest with our customers about mistakes.

“No company is perfect. There will always be mistakes.”  He went on to add, “No one is perfect, right? And for me, it’s important to own your mistakes and to be transparent about them.”

In terms of handling mistakes, Panos is clear about how he expects our customer care team to act.

“Be honest to your customers. Tell them the truth. Explain to them what happened. Detailed minute to minute explanation of what happened. Look after them.

“But honesty and transparency for me is number one. That’s how we can become trusted. And that’s how we can achieve our goal.”

Passion and Ownership Play an Important Role

Within tech industries, things change extremely fast. According to Panos, the key to remaining successful is a passionate team.

He said, “the word passion is so important and so underrated.” In his view, you need passion to continue to level up your skill-set.

“In order for you to go beyond that level, you need to be passionate about it.”

You might be a fantastic developer, but you need something driving you to continue to improve.

Panos also encourages his team to take ownership of issues, even if they cannot directly solve them. No matter where they fit in the organization, he wants his team to drive issues and contribute to solving problems.

“Ownership doesn’t mean we have to fix it ourselves. We just have to drive it.”

He goes on to explain that his customer care team is empowered to work the problem to find a solution for our customers. Even if it’s outside the scope of that employee’s role, they need to continue to drive the issue and get to a resolution.

“As long as we own the issue and we know where to escalate and we know how to fix this issue, I think that’s going to make us the world’s most trusted hosting company.”

AI Cannot Replace Customer Care and Technical Expertise

AI has, without a doubt, changed how many of us work. But Panos is committed to the human aspect of customer care.

“Obviously, the AI models are great. They help me on a daily basis. I use them for a lot of my projects. I’m not going to lie, sometimes it’s too good to be true,” Panos said.

But he reminded us that these tools are not a replacement for real care and support. He stresses the role of having humans involved in the support process.

“We need to have technical expertise. We need to have the human touch. We need to have a personal approach.”

Talking about the role of AI in support, he continued, saying, “There’s no there’s no automated way that this could work, even if I would be extremely optimistic about AI or how things can be automated in the future. I don’t see a way of this working in any other way.”

My Full Interview With Panos Kesisis Is Available Now

Watch our latest podcast now for my complete conversation with Panos Kesisis.

We go into more detail about these topics, discuss the role of aptitude in the hiring process, and joke about starting a company wide video game tournament.

Also, subscribe to the A2 Hosting channel on YouTube as we continue to explore the evolution and innovation of hosting and how they relate to WordPress, website optimization, and marketing.

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Join us on Tuesday, March 12, 2025, at 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT for this free, insightful webinar covering:

• How to create reliable WordPress backups
• How to safeguard data from unexpected failures
• How to quickly restore your website in an emergency

We’ll also explore best practices for automating backups, optimizing storage, and ensuring business continuity using Duplicator, which is included for free with A2 Hosting Managed WordPress!

Secure your spot now and take control of your WordPress backup strategy!

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Title: The WordPress Backup Blueprint – How to Protect Your Website from Disaster

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2025

Time: 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT

Guest Speaker: John Turner, President of Duplicator at Awesome Motive

Webinar Highlights: Using Backups to Protect Your WordPress Site

Join us to gain actionable insights into WordPress backup best practices and disaster recovery. Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Why backups fail – Common mistakes and how to avoid them
• Backup automation – Set it and forget it with the right tools
• Restoration strategies – How to recover your site quickly when things go wrong

This webinar is perfect for WordPress site owners, agencies, and developers looking to enhance their backup strategy and protect their business from downtime. Whether you’re just starting with WordPress backups or looking to refine your approach, this session will provide practical strategies you can implement immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your website’s security! Register now and take the first step toward bulletproof WordPress backups.

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“Our goal is simple yet transformative: to build the world’s most trusted hosting group,” said Seb de Lemos, CEO of World Host Group, in our recent press release. “With A2 Hosting, we’re not just preserving its strengths but amplifying them to deliver unparalleled value to its customers.”

Both World Host Group and A2 Hosting share a customer-first philosophy. A2 Hosting has long been a trusted partner for agencies, developers, and businesses, thanks to its performance-optimized hosting solutions tailored to unique needs. Joining forces with World Host Group ensures that this legacy continues and evolves with new investments in infrastructure and innovative solutions.

This acquisition will allow A2 Hosting to scale, continuing to offer our exceptional hosting services, while also expanding our reach and support.

What It Means For Our Customers: Highlights from Our Conversation

I recently had the chance to sit down with Seb de Lemos and talk about the acquisition, his plans for A2 Hosting and World Host Group in the coming months, and what it means for our existing customers.

Seb also expressed his enthusiasm for working with the A2 Hosting team: “I am absolutely delighted that, at World Host Group, we’re able to work with the excellent team at A2. We’re super happy to have been trusted to take what Bryan Muthig, Paul Carter, Justin Mazzi, Aaron Campbell, and the rest of the team have built. And we’re able to take that and take it to the next level.”

Experienced Technical Founders and Hosting Leadership

One of the things that always set A2 Hosting apart from other companies in the industry is that Bryan Muthig, our CEO, was also a technical founder. Unlike some businesses where the CEO was focused solely on growth, Bryan understood the technical aspects of our business and really cared about the quality of our hosting service. So does Seb and World Host Group.

What makes this acquisition so special is that Seb also has his own history with the technical side of web hosting. He started hosting his own website and working as a hosting reseller when he was in his teens.

In our interview, Seb tells me how he got his start, saying, “My parents gave me, I think, $30, to take a hosting account from Hostway, who was my first server hosting provider.”

“And that didn’t quite cover the server from Hostway, so I had to go and find other people who would share the server cost with me. And so from that, we kind of started offering hosting.”

In addition to focusing on his school, Seb was managing relationships with customers and handling support requests. Almost by accident, he had grown his hosting company into a really great business.

“Then in 2015, I needed to do something else, try something else in my life.” That’s when Seb sold his hosting business. He went on to lead teams that developed the billing software called Upmind, the Enhance control panel software, and a WordPress maintenance company called Fixed.net.

One of the core problems each of those businesses faced was hosting.

“We just couldn’t get around the fact that the hosting that we were dealing with wasn’t very good. And we were like, we could do this so much better. And there was also a part of me which was like, ‘I really missed waking up on a Sunday morning and checking support tickets.’”

Seb went on to say, “So we kind of started hosting as a little side project around 2020. And then grew another great brand in the UK, just organically really. But thinking much more philosophically about how we wanted to architect things, how we wanted to do infrastructure, and how we wanted to make things not so dependent on individual locations and control things centrally, rather than have things grow organically over time. And very quickly that then snowballed into a World Host Group.”

Without a doubt, Seb has a history of building hosting companies and growing successful businesses. But that success really comes down to who he is as a person.

“What I really like is building things. And I like putting things together and making things that fit well and grow well and run well. And that’s one of the awesome things we’re able to do at World World Host Group.”

Seb’s Vision for A2 Hosting and World Host Group

For Seb, acquiring A2 Hosting was more than just purchasing an asset. It was about folding a successful business – and the team that helped it grow – into the World Host Group bigger strategy, with A2 Hosting as the core. .

“A2 is a brilliant business, to be honest. A2 reminds me so much of the business that I built in 2003. A2 is a bigger business, right? But the qualities that A2 has, the commitment to customer service, the commitment to technical hosting, the performance base, the fact that the most important thing that everyone’s working on is to make sure that the product is actually good is just so core to A2.”

When it comes to the future of A2 Hosting and World Host Group, Seb’s vision is clear: It’s about building trust with customers. And that means continuing to offer exceptional customer support and product excellence.

Talking about trust, Seb said, “It’s all about trust, because we know that what we do as a host isn’t rocket science. And we know that the relationships that we have with our clients are the most important things, and it’s very easily broken.”

Any disruption to hosting services can have a lasting impact on our customers. And it’s not just about having a place to host your website any more. It’s about offering the services and the tools to help our customers thrive.

He added, “We want our clients to know that we have their best interests at heart, and we want to be able to prove it.”

Talking about World Host Group, Seb said, “We’re obviously only a couple of years old, and we’re just over about $115 million in revenue, but growing extremely quickly, partly through organic growth and most of the growth at the moment is coming from mergers and acquisitions.”

“We are building a very long term business with absolute long term sight. We want to build a global hosting group that we can be proud of, and that bucks the trend of what everyone currently says about hosting groups.”

Part of the key there is talent, with Seb saying, “We’ve assembled an absolute top team with lots of different expert areas, some in hosting and some outside hosting.”

While we will remain committed to offering high performance hosting and industry-leading customer service, Seb also hinted that something big is coming, saying “We have something super exciting coming in April.”

Not wanting to give away too much, he said, “It definitely involves a proper rethink of what a hosting experience needs to be and should be for customers and for staff, and for all of us.”

My Full Interview With Seb de Lemos Is Available Now

For more about World Host Group and Seb de Lemos, watch our full podcast now. Seb and I cover many different aspects of the hosting industry.

Some of the other topics we cover include the importance that open source software like WordPress, PHP, and Laravel have on the hosting industry and the role that agencies play and how A2 Hosting and World Host Group is committed to helping them grow with new services and solutions that help them remain competitive.

Also, subscribe to the A2 Hosting channel on YouTube as we continue to explore the evolution and innovation of hosting and how they relate to WordPress, website optimization, and marketing.

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Ready to boost your social media game? Join Lindsey Miller and Sadie Michalk on February 26 for a power-packed webinar tailored to WordPress agencies! Get expert strategies, witness a live social media profile audit, and uncover actionable tips to grow your audience and maximize engagement. Don’t just manage your social media—transform it.

A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Lindsey Miller, Founder and CEO, and Sadie Michalk, Marketing Director at My Marketing Assistant, for an exclusive webinar about improving your agency’s social media presence. Lindsey and Sadie offer expert strategies to help WordPress agencies optimize their social media presence and achieve measurable results. A highlight of the session is a live social media profile audit of a WordPress agency, providing practical, real-time examples of improvements you can apply immediately. Tailored specifically for the unique challenges faced by WordPress agencies, the webinar delivers actionable insights, tools, and techniques to grow your audience, enhance engagement, and streamline your efforts.

Join us on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Friday, March 14, 2025, at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT for this free, insightful webinar to learn new strategies, techniques, and tools to improve your social media presence directly from the social media professionals.

Secure your spot now and learn how to:

• Optimize Your Online Presence: Practical tips to refine and enhance your social media profiles.
• Grow Your Audience: Strategies to attract more followers and build a community.
• Enhance Engagement: Techniques to interact effectively with your audience and boost visibility.
• Streamline Social Media Efforts: Tools and processes to save time and maximize impact.

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Title: Social Media Mastery for your WordPress Agency

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Friday, March 14, 2025

Time: 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT

Guest Speaker: Lindsey Miller, Founder and CEO, and Sadie Michalk, Marketing Director, at My Marketing Assistant

Webinar Highlights: Mastering Social Media

Join us to gain actionable insights about social media marketing for WordPress agencies. Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Expert-Led Strategies: Learn proven tactics from Lindsey Miller and Sadie Michalk to optimize your social media presence and drive real results for your WordPress agency.
• Live Social Media Profile Audit: Watch as a WordPress agency’s profile gets a real-time evaluation, with practical tips you can apply immediately to your own strategy.
• Tailored Insights for WordPress Agencies: Discover tools, techniques, and approaches specifically designed to address the unique challenges faced by agencies in the WordPress ecosystem.
• Engaging and Interactive: Get involved, ask questions, and gain actionable advice that goes beyond the basics to truly elevate your social media game.

This webinar is perfect for WordPress agency owners looking to improve, optimize, and streamline your social media presence. Whether you’re just starting to explore social media marketing as an agency or looking to refine your approach, this session offers practical advice and proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the tools and knowledge to transform your social media strategy. Register now and take the first step toward achieving greater engagement, growing your audience, and maximizing your impact as a WordPress agency.

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Ryan will audit one site live during the webinar, deep diving into how to successfully review and improve your WordPress site health.

We are selecting one site from attendees to showcase this process. Sign up now and submit your site to get a free site health audit and learn how to get the most out of your existing WordPress site.

Site requirements include:

• Built with WordPress: Confirm the website is powered by WordPress
• Live Website: The website must be live and publicly accessible (no “coming soon” pages or password-protected sites).
• Fewer than 35 plugins: If the site has more than that, we won’t be able to evaluate the site in 40 minutes
• Family-Friendly Content: Content must be suitable for all ages, avoiding adult themes, violence, or controversial topics.

Submissions close at 11:59 PM on February 4. You can submit your site for Ryan’s review by filling out this form.

Join us on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 12 PM ET/ 9 AM PT for this free, insightful webinar

• Expert Guidance from an Industry Leader: Gain valuable insights from Ryan Sullivan, Chief of Staff at SiteCare, as he conducts a live WordPress site health audit and shares actionable strategies to optimize your website’s performance.
• Free Site Health Audit Opportunity: Submit your WordPress site for a chance to be selected for a live audit during the webinar. Get personalized, expert feedback and learn improvement techniques tailored to your site.
• Actionable Insights for All Attendees: Even if your site isn’t selected, you’ll learn how to evaluate and improve your WordPress site’s health through Ryan’s in-depth analysis and proven optimization tips.
• Interactive and Exclusive Access: This webinar offers an exclusive opportunity to learn from real-world examples, ensuring you leave with practical knowledge to enhance your WordPress site’s performance and user experience.

Secure your spot now and discover expert strategies, watch a live WordPress site audit, and learn actionable tips to optimize your website’s performance.

Register Now

Title: Evaluating WordPress Site Health: LIVE!

Date: February 12, 2025

Time: 12 PM ET/ 9 AM PT

Guest Speaker: Ryan Sullivan, Chief of Staff at SiteCare

Webinar Highlights:

Join us to gain actionable insights about how to improve your WordPress site’s health. You’ll leave the webinar with:

• Expert Guidance from an Industry Leader: Gain valuable insights from Ryan Sullivan, Chief of Staff at SiteCare, as he conducts a live WordPress site health audit and shares actionable strategies to optimize your website’s performance.
• Free Site Health Audit Opportunity: Submit your WordPress site for a chance to be selected for a live audit during the webinar. Get personalized, expert feedback and learn improvement techniques tailored to your site.
• Actionable Insights for All Attendees: Even if your site isn’t selected, you’ll learn how to evaluate and improve your WordPress site’s health through Ryan’s in-depth analysis and proven optimization tips.
• Interactive and Exclusive Access: This webinar offers an exclusive opportunity to learn from real-world examples, ensuring you leave with practical knowledge to enhance your WordPress site’s performance and user experience.

This webinar is perfect for anyone managing WordPress sites looking to improve your site’s health and performance. Whether you’re just starting to explore site health and optimization or looking to refine your approach, this session offers practical advice and proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the tools and knowledge to transform your site health maintenance strategy. Register now and take the first step toward optimizing your WordPress site’s health and performance with expert insights and actionable strategies!

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A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Bet Hannon, CEO at AccessiCart, for an exclusive webinar about the top 5 accessibility essentials that every agency should know. Bet explains practical steps to improve website accessibility that anyone, with or without a technical background, can implement.

Join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT PT for this free, insightful webinar to learn the top 5 accessibility essentials to create inclusive, user-friendly, and compliant websites—perfect for agency leaders and teams ready to make a real impact.

Secure your spot now and learn the top 5 essential strategies to enhance website accessibility, improve user experience, and ensure compliance for your agency.

Register Now

Title: Top 5 Accessibility Essentials Every Agency Should Know

Date: January 15, 2025

Time: 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT

Guest Speaker: Bet Hannon, CEO at AccessiCart

Webinar Highlights:

Join us to gain actionable insights about the top accessibility essentials for any website. Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Foundational Accessibility Practices: Learn practical, easy-to-implement strategies to make any website more inclusive and compliant.
• Actionable Insights: Walk away with concrete steps to improve user experience for all visitors, including those with disabilities.
• Tailored for Agencies: Perfect for agency owners and teams, even without a technical background, ready to prioritize accessibility.
• Impactful Outcomes: Empower your agency to create user-friendly websites that set a standard for inclusivity and compliance.

This webinar is perfect for agencies owners and developers looking to implement the first steps toward building more accessible websites. Whether you’re just starting to explore accessibility or looking to refine your approach, this session offers practical advice and proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the tools and knowledge to transform your website accessibility strategy. Register now and take the first step toward creating accessible websites that can grow your business.

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A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Hans Skillrud, Co-founder and Vice President at Termageddon, for an exclusive webinar about navigating privacy laws in 2025. Join us for an insightful webinar where we explore the critical privacy law changes coming in 2025, the recent growing trend in CIPA lawsuits and demand letters, and their potential impact on website owners.

Join us on December 12, 2024 at Noon ET / 9:00 AM PT for this free, insightful webinar on key privacy law updates, compliance requirements, and practical strategies to ensure your organization is prepared.

Hans Skillrud will highlight common pitfalls, offer actionable advice, and answer your questions live. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and safeguard your operations in an evolving privacy landscape!

Register Now

Title: Navigating 2025 Privacy Laws and the Growing Rise of Website-Related Privacy Lawsuits: What You Need to Know and How to Prepare

Date: December 12, 2024

Time: Noon ET / 9:00 AM PT

Guest Speaker: Hans Skillrud, Co-founder and Vice President at Termageddon

Webinar Highlights: 2025 Privacy Law Preview and Q&A

Join us to gain actionable insights about changes to privacy laws in 2025. Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Overview of the 2025 privacy law changes.
• Discussing the rise in demand letters due to non-compliance with CiPA
• Key compliance steps to avoid penalties.
• Strategies for updating policies and practices.
• Live Q&A with privacy experts.

This webinar is perfect for agencies, website owners, business owners, and web developers looking to stay on top of changing privacy laws. Whether you are looking to learn about upcoming changes in privacy law or have questions about how these changes can impact your business, this session offers practical advice and proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the tools and knowledge about how privacy law will change in 2025. Register now and take the first step toward protecting your business and staying ahead of important legal changes.

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A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Jason Swenk, Digital Agency Coach at Agency Mastery, for an exclusive webinar about how to close more agency retainer contracts. Jason explains how to verify you are talking to the right person and offers tips on how to close the deal.

Join us on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT for this free, insightful webinar for agencies looking to grow their client portfolio.

Secure your spot now and learn the strategies and techniques you need to win over the right clients and close deals faster.

Register Now

Title: Closing Agency Retainers: A 5 Step Process

Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT

Guest Speaker: Jason Swenk, Digital Agency Coach at Agency Mastery

Webinar Highlights: 5 Simple Steps to Closing Agency Retainers

Join us to gain actionable insights about transforming your approach to securing retainer clients. Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Qualify Leads in Minutes: Discover the key questions to ask within the first five minutes of a conversation to ensure you’re speaking to a qualified prospect.
• Uncover Hidden Budgets: Learn proven strategies to tactfully uncover a prospect’s budget—even when they’re hesitant to share it.
• Close Deals Faster: Explore methods to accelerate your deal-closing process by up to 50%, turning opportunities into successes more efficiently.
• Boost Your Close Rate: Get insider tips on increasing your close rate and landing deals with clients who recognize and are prepared to invest in your true value.

This webinar is perfect for agency owners, business development professionals, and sales teams looking to optimize their sales processes and secure long-term, profitable relationships with clients. Whether you’re just starting to explore retainers or looking to refine your approach, this session offers practical advice and proven strategies you can apply immediately.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain the tools and knowledge to transform your client acquisition strategy. Register now and take the first step toward securing high-value agency retainers that fuel your business growth.

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A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Ryan Sullivan, Chief of Staff at SiteCare, for an exclusive webinar about the importance of WordPress site heath. Ryan explains why site health is important and what factors you should focus on to keep your WordPress site performing at its best.

Join us on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT for this free, insightful webinar tailored for experienced WordPress professionals as well as beginners looking to optimize their performance.

Secure your spot now and learn how road mapping sessions and paid discovery can help you scale your agency.

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Title: How to Measure and Improve Your WordPress Site Health

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT

Guest Speaker: Ryan Sullivan, Chief of Staff at SiteCare

Webinar Highlights: Measuring & Improving WordPress Site Health

Is your WordPress site operating at its full potential? A healthy website is more than just a luxury—it’s essential for optimal performance, robust security, top-tier SEO rankings, and an outstanding user experience.

What You’ll Gain:

• Deep Insights into Site Health: Understand why site health is crucial for your website’s success and how it impacts your audience and search engine rankings.
• Evaluation Techniques: Learn how to effectively use the built-in WordPress Site Health tool alongside external resources to diagnose issues.
• Actionable Improvement Strategies: Discover proven methods to assess your website’s technical debt, strengthen security, and ensure reliable performance.
• Best Practices: Get tips on maintaining your site’s health over time, including plugin management, database optimization, and regular backups.

Whether you’re a seasoned developer, a site administrator, or a WordPress newcomer, this webinar is designed to equip you with practical knowledge and tools to elevate your website’s performance.

About Our Presenter: Ryan Sullivan

Ryan Sullivan is the Chief of Staff at SiteCare, the complete Site Health solution for WordPress. As a WordPress professional with over 15 years of deep experience in Operations and Business Development, he is responsible for overseeing SiteCare’s business operations as well as providing strategic advice for its teams.

Ryan lives in Spanish Fork, Utah, loves the Utah Jazz, and hanging out with my wife and three teenage sons. His work ethic and personal values are essential in his mission to help people around the world with their businesses and websites. During his career he’s held various executive roles and works daily to make sure SiteCare delivers premium-quality WordPress support, development, and optimization services.

What is Site Health?

Site health refers to the overall condition and performance of your website. These health factors influence the functionality, security, user experience, and search engine visibility.

WordPress includes a built-in Site Health Status feature that helps users monitor the overall performance and security of their websites.

It provides a detailed report of a site’s status, pointing out potential issues related to software versions, performance optimizations, and security measures.

Key Elements of Site Health

1. Performance and Speed:
   • Loading Time: A healthy website should load quickly across different devices and network conditions. Page load speed impacts user experience and SEO rankings.
   • Optimized Code and Media: Efficient use of code, optimized images, and reduced use of large files or third-party scripts help maintain performance.
2. Security:
   • SSL Certificates: Secure websites use SSL certificates to encrypt data between users and the server, ensuring privacy and security. This also affects SEO rankings.
   • Malware Protection: Regular scans for malware, vulnerabilities, and unauthorized access ensure that a website remains safe from hackers.
   • Regular Updates: Keeping software, plugins, themes, and content management systems (CMS) up to date helps prevent security risks.
3. SEO (Search Engine Optimization):
   • Mobile Responsiveness: A healthy site is responsive and works well on all devices, including smartphones and tablets.
   • SEO Best Practices: Proper use of meta tags, alt-text for images, keyword optimization, and sitemaps contributes to a website’s search engine visibility.
   • Structured Data: Implementing schema markup ensures that search engines can understand the website’s content more effectively.
4. User Experience (UX):
   • Navigation: A healthy website has intuitive navigation and clear call-to-actions, making it easy for users to find what they’re looking for.
   • Design and Accessibility: Websites should be designed to accommodate all users, including those with disabilities, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards like WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
   • Minimal Downtime: Reliable hosting and server configurations help minimize downtime, ensuring that the site remains available to users.
5. Content Management:
   • Accurate, Updated Content: A healthy site features regularly updated and relevant content, avoiding broken links or outdated information.
   • Efficient Content Delivery: Using content delivery networks (CDNs) ensures that content is delivered quickly to users, especially those in different geographic regions.
6. Technical Configuration:
   • Server Uptime and Performance: Healthy sites are hosted on reliable servers that offer good uptime and quick response times.
   • Caching and Optimization: Caching mechanisms (browser and server-side caching) improve load times by reducing the need to retrieve data from the server with every visit.

Why Is Site Health Important?

• Improved SEO and Visibility: Healthy websites are favored by search engines, which means they rank higher in search results, leading to increased traffic.
• Better User Experience: A fast, secure, and easy-to-use website keeps visitors engaged, reduces bounce rates, and increases conversions.
• Reduced Security Risks: Regularly maintaining a website’s health helps protect against security breaches, data theft, and downtime caused by malware or server issues.
• Compliance and Accessibility: Ensuring good site health helps websites stay compliant with regulations such as GDPR, ADA, and other global privacy or accessibility laws.

Monitoring site health involves routine audits, performance testing, and security checks to ensure that a website remains functional, fast, and secure over time. This process helps avoid problems that could impact performance, user satisfaction, or search engine rankings.

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A2 Hosting is excited to partner with Troy Dean, CEO and founder of Agency Mavericks, for an exclusive webinar that will reveal the power of paid strategy sessions in transforming your agency model.

Join us on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT for this free, insightful webinar tailored for web designers, SEO experts, and agency owners.

Secure your spot now and learn how road mapping sessions and paid discovery can help you scale your agency.

Register Now

Title: The Vital Role of Access Management in WordPress Security

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Time: 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT

Webinar Highlights: Benefits of Paid Discovery & Strategy Sessions

The traditional agency model can often lead to bottlenecks, misaligned expectations, and difficulties in scaling. Also called road mapping or a strategy session, paid discovery provides a solution to these problems, helping agencies better onboard ideal clients, generate recurring revenue, and achieve better outcomes.

During this 60-minute webinar, Troy will dive into the key strategies behind paid discovery and how it can help your agency grow profitably.

What You’ll Learn:

• The Benefits of Paid Discovery: Why paid discovery is essential for identifying the right clients and streamlining your onboarding process.
• Recurring Revenue Strategies: How to convert discovery sessions into long-term, recurring contracts that add to your agency’s revenue stability.
• Client Success and Team Satisfaction: Learn how paid discovery improves client outcomes and creates a happier, more productive team.
• Practical Implementation: Steps to immediately begin integrating paid discovery into your agency’s workflow and start seeing results.

Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned agency owner, this webinar will equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to take your business to the next level. Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity!

About Our Presenter: Troy Dean

Troy Dean is the Founder and CEO of Agency Mavericks and has been mentoring web design, SEO, and digital agencies since 2012. With over 4,500 agency owners under his belt, Troy has helped agencies increase recurring revenue, build high-performing teams, and become more profitable. A podcaster, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, Troy lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.

Troy is also offering an exclusive 90% off coupon for attendees to access The Paid Discovery Method, his flagship training designed to help agency owners implement this effective strategy.

What Is Paid Discovery?

Paid Discovery is a strategic process used by agencies, consultants, and freelancers to charge clients for the initial research, planning, and scoping phases of a project. Instead of offering free consultations or project estimates, Paid Discovery allows agencies to be compensated for their time and expertise during the crucial early stages of client engagement.

Here’s a breakdown of how Paid Discovery works:

Key Elements of Paid Discovery:

1. In-depth Research and Analysis: Agencies conduct a thorough analysis of the client’s needs, goals, and challenges. This may include market research, competitor analysis, and technical audits to fully understand the scope of the project.
2. Strategy Development: Based on the findings, the agency develops a tailored strategy or roadmap for achieving the client’s objectives. This can include outlining deliverables, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
3. Initial Deliverables: Clients receive tangible deliverables, such as a project plan, strategy report, or design mockups. These deliverables offer value even if the client decides not to move forward with the full project.
4. Client Buy-in: Paid Discovery helps clients better understand the value of the agency’s work and allows them to make informed decisions before committing to a larger engagement.

Benefits of Paid Discovery:

• Improves Client Onboarding: By charging for the discovery phase, agencies can attract more serious and committed clients who are willing to invest in the process.
• Filters Ideal Clients: Paid Discovery helps identify the clients who are a good fit for the agency’s services, minimizing the risk of misaligned expectations.
• Builds Recurring Revenue: After paid discovery, clients are more likely to convert into long-term contracts for implementation, leading to recurring revenue.
• Protects Agency Resources: It ensures agencies are compensated for the time and effort spent on initial research and planning, preventing scope creep or unpaid work.
• Creates Better Project Outcomes: A well-structured discovery process leads to clearer project scopes, better communication, and successful project delivery.

In essence, paid discovery shifts the paradigm from offering free consultations to creating a paid, structured process that benefits both the agency and the client, while laying the groundwork for a successful project.

Register now and join us on October 23rd at 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT to learn how to scale your agency with paid discovery, road mapping, and strategy sessions.

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