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February 24th, 2009   

Hello fellow WHTers!

Finding a balance.

Things are tough all over. The global recession is impacting nearly everyone to some extent . But I firmly believe that we'll all pull out of this just fine. Some will fare better than others. But we'll all prosper in the end.

Many of you know I flip cars. I've discussed it in the newsletter before, and I've mentioned it on the forum. I had been expecting to purchase cars a lot cheaper than I'd been able to in the past. But I just haven't seen that happening. The used car market seems pretty stable. And, if it's an economic indicator, there is no economic emergency. Of course, it could be that the used car market is strong because the new car market is weak. But I believe the economy will right itself. We'll find what works and get everyone working. Even when things are going bad, there are other things that are going well.

Some people find profit and opportunity through diversifying their business. Others find it by adjusting their margins. Our first featured thread focuses on how providers are finding a balance between increasing costs and not raising their own prices.

Did I mention that we're Twittering at @WebHostingTalk? Well we are. And I just did - again.

See you on the forums!



 

Dennis Johnson (aka SoftWareRevue)
iNET Community Coordinator

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Here are a few of the great things the community at Web Hosting Talk is talking about this week... 
 

  As a provider, how are you dealing with the recession? Member active8 presents the question, "Hosting Price Increase - best advice?" in our Running a Web Hosting Business forum.

  Our ECommerce Discussion forum features a thread by new member vivithemage wondering Who to use as my payment processor? I am a bit overwhelmed!

  Speaking of payment processors, if you use PayPal, you should read Dugong's thread about PayPal Dispute in our ECommerce Discussion forum.

  Communicating with your customers brings up the question of How important is Live chat? as the topic started by VOG-Frank in our Web Hosting Forum.

  On the subject of customers, siforek asks Support.. Where do you draw the line? in our popular Running a Web Hosting Business forum.

This is a small sampling of great discussions going on now at WebHostingTalk.com. We can't possibly fit them all in this newsletter, so get in there and get involved!

 
 

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