NIU

Web Hosting and Marketing Class

Posted by Stacy on Friday, February 20, 2009 8:47 AM

One day in marketing class we talked about web hosting and everything that it entails. We had to read this article called the guide to web hosting and since I really wasn't familiar with it before, it helped me to get a better grasp on it.

The book talked about everything from cheap web hosting to free setup offers, virus protection and a ton of other things that I really have no clue about). Then after reading about all of the details, we had to compare different offers and find the best one (in our eyes) and pitch it to the class.

It was actually a pretty fun project to do because we got to do a lot of online searching. We could decide whether the website was supposed to be used for us personally or for business and then go from that angle. We decided business because there seemed to be more guidelines that we could follow.

So we talked about pricing and space and advertising and getting all of your information out there to the client. It went really well and we ended up getting a good grade on the project (well an A ha). But I also actually learned some stuff too. I really never thought about websites before or how companies got them or got their information on them and whether or not they had to pay to have that space on the internet. Even though I am terrible with computers (well I can hold my own I guess) I thought that this project was interesting and helpful for my future. There are a lot of times in class when I feel like we are wasting our time and that what we are doing will never be used again, however this project will help me out in the future, in school and possibly my career.

You can never know too much about computers or the internet and when you have the chance to learn about advertising and advancing your company, you should take it, because you never know. That information you learned may set you apart from another person applying for the same job as you or maybe for a raise or promotion. The more you know (especially about computers), the better chance you have of succeeding in the future and in your career, so soak up that technology information like a sponge!