We are all filled with smiles over this first partner of ours. It is only very recently that RackSpace has entered into a smaller market, after acquiring Mossy they are now offering their high end service in an affordable package, starting at just $11 per month for a virtual dedicated Linux (and now Windows) server. This may not seem like the cheapest server on the block, and when I tell you first off that this is not your comfy c-panel server for beginners to set up hosting on, it’s a highly tuned 256MB 10GB workhorse with high availability, ready to be an apache server, or even a game server. As long as you are able to set it up, this is your perfect route to make sure your website is always available and always fast, able to withstand the large amounts of traffic that you are hoping for in future marketing campaigns. RackSpace Cloud Servers WILL withstand the Digg and Slashdot effect, allowing you to upgrade instantly to up to 10GB of RAM for your server, instantly deploy any number of servers, and be billed by the hour, not by the month.

Even if you need a website without the hassle of logging in with SSH or any advanced tasks, RackSpace offers $100 per month service which will amaze you for web design, without this level of service I guarantee that you will not be getting the returns you expect from a website. Your free hosting may not even be a viable option, even if you can get WordPress or some other PHP website installed, will it be fast enough for your visitors and never go down? This is important if success is your goal.

We selected 1and1.com for providing our domains, and we often use them on behalf of our customers. Their affordable first year domain prices for .com, .net, and .org domains start at just $6.99, this would be nearly unbeatable, be with the inclusion of optional private registration and the additional years costing only $8.99 per year makes this probably the most unbeatable service around. With great online and phone support you don’t have to worry about down-time, and you can tell this company isn’t wasting money on attractive spokes-models or fancy global offices; Their service simply continues to work, their continual updates are hardly noticed, never destructive, and it is just easier to use. 1and1 also offers hosting and a wide range of other services that will enable you to complete your internet technology architecture.

Both RackSpace and 1and1 are constantly working to decrease their carbon footprint, having reviewed each company and their efforts we have labeled them as being “Green” providers. This has a very large impact on the choice we make to promote and use these services, high quality and continued forward development are crucial to success and without these elements AllStruck is unable to rely on their continued use for any reason..

CMS, Blogging, E-Commerce, CRM, and Email Response

Not everything has to cost you. Once you have a domain and reliable, powerful, and scalable hosting it’s time to set up your site. The paved route is taken by settings up some of the widely available software packages already available. Google for yourself, CMS (Content Management System), Blog, E-Commerce, CRM, and Email Response each provide a wide amount of resources both free and commercial. We have checked out as many as possible, especially all of those which have gained any notoriety, to offer you our selection of the latest and best options.

WordPress.com is a starting point for many people, this is a website much like Blogger.com where anyone can instantly create a free website available at <your-choice>.wordpress.com as soon as you sign up, no purchasing of anything is necessary to get here. The obvious first problem people face with this is the wordpress.com domain, people first will want to spend the $10 per year to get their own .com pointed to this site. Next, if taking this route, you would soon find that without paying a fee there is very limited customization allowed on the WordPress.com site, and even paying will not afford you full options. This is where WordPress.org comes in, from here you can download the freely available open-source software known as WordPress, it is a PHP website framework that must be (after downloaded) installed on a web host (some web hosts come pre-installed, or will easily install WordPress without the need for a download or additional steps). You can download the latest WordPress using our handy link: http://allstruck.com/wp-latest which will start up a download of the smaller (Linux friendly) tar.gz file. Visit http://allstruck.com/wordpress for more specific information about the WordPress platform.

Another freely available open-source PHP website framework software we utilize often is called Magento, this is an E-Commerce centric solution and offers a very flexible and powerful database application for selling products or services on a website. The Magento community much like that of WordPress is extremely large, many enterprise grade e-commerce websites were built with this, as a more complete business software unit Magento Inc. offers complete support starting at $11,125/yr. even though the amazing software is complete free to use and download with full functionality. The Magento system boasts:

• $25 Billion in transactions
• 30,000+ merchants
• 1,700+ extensions
• 1.5 Million downloads

InfusionCRM combines three powerful tools: CRM, Email Response, and E-Commerce. To get started with using the CRM the software access starts at $199 per month, and while this may seem excessive just to start we still use and recommend this service because it is unique and most powerful as compared with any other software choice available today. The web based software automates email campaigns in both drip-marketing and newsletter styles, and is the most flexible when it comes to scheduling email pieces. See yourself why we believe in this product with a 15 day free trial, download their training materials and learn how you can get on the road to double your sales in three easy steps now.

Business Technology

An amazing service that we use every day is provided by RingCentral, this is a complete virtual office PBX phone answering and routing system, along with toll-free and local telephone number access. Our (888) 777-9788 service is provided by RingCentral, call us today for an example of their amazing package, everything is completely customizable including hold music and more. The service starts at an amazing price of just $20 per month, minutes are limited as are the extensions, and Toll-free numbers are available only at an additional fee. The service includes faxing, allowing us to receive both calls and faxes to one simple toll-free number. Get your office set up in minutes, today!

RingCentral is a leader, internet telephony has never been any better than this, get complete business IP based telephony delivered at great rates, or even check out their new cloud packages. Your complete business phone solution for four users, complete with four local numbers, dedicated toll free voice and fax lines, and unlimited US+Canada calls for just $99/mo. (phones not included). Don’t hesitate to get the powerful tools your business needs to excel, and on the cloud you can get them instantly and hook them into your existing online infrastructure! We wouldn’t recommend phone service if it wasn’t reliable and scalable, we know how important this can be for a business to succeed.

Computer Hardware

If your hardware needs a refresh it’s about time you take a look over the MacMall website. Great deals on Mac hardware spells success, you won’t be disappointed by the latest in Apple gear because all of their laptops and computers use Intel processors and support the installation of Windows for dual-booting. I even run Windows on my MacBook with Parallels, it’s simply the best hardware decision I’ve ever made. Did you know all of the new Mac laptops have 8 hour battery life?!? This is incredible, and what is even more amazing is a smaller battery is able to do this, all while running an even brighter screen and faster processors! LED screen technology is where it’s at, using a laptop outside was never as possible as it is now. If you can afford to grab up a new Mac laptop, especially with SSD technology, I guarantee it will actually pay off as an investment. I often find with PC laptops that it’s either too old/slow or simply broken after one user, while most Apple computers sell for almost 60% or original price most often, this after lasting an additional year or more comparatively. All of this really adds up, and you can’t even calculate how much time goes into waiting for software to load, the computer to boot/reboot, updates to install, security checks, technical failure downtime and more.

Free Internet Calls, Video Chatting, and Screen Sharing

In our day to day business we need to communicate with clients from around the world, and while many people utilize and rely on phone service to do this, sometimes it’s actually better to use a free internet service like Skype, and not just to save money. With Skype you can actually see each other, and what’s better is you can share your screen to offer unparalleled communication in even the most demanding situations. In addition to Skype’s amazing world renowned free service they also provide a hugely discounted rate for setting up a real phone number for receiving calls and incredible low rates for calling anywhere on the globe. Be it an individual or a business, Skype has amazing and affordable service that will help take you to the next level in communications. If you don’t already have it downloaded, you’ll want to grab it for free today!