ironfist design: 1and1 testimonial
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This presentation tells the story of how Andrew Slattery (IronFist Design) used 1&1 web hosting services, domains, email, and website analytics to transform a hobby into a successful career. From video games to website development, technology has been a constant interest and a passion for Andrew Slattery. It did not take long for the now 20-year-old to transform his humble hobby into a successful career beginning at age 11, all with the help of 1&1 Internet. More at http://success.1and1.com/testimonial-ironfist-designTRANSCRIPT
1&1 Case Study
IronFist Designs – Andrew Slattery
www.ironfistdesign.com
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What is IronFist Design?
Web design and development company based out of
Tuscon, AZ
Launched in 2003
Clients ranging from non-profit
organizations to the Canadian
Air Cadets
21-year-old owner, Andrew
Slattery, began his career at
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From the beginning…
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At 11-years-old, Slattery created a
site to showcase modifications to
the popular game, Halo
Later he created a strategy PC
game, Oil ConquestGame became indexed and registered with
Turned his passion into a career
while in high school
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“I was making hundreds of dollars a week while I was a freshman in high school - I
can't even describe how excited I was to check my email after each class, and see purchases for in-game
content from PayPal.”- Slattery
The Web hosting decision
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Needed a reliable Web hosting partner to take the business off the ground
8 years ago, Slattery convinced his father to purchase Web hosting for him
– he was only 13
After extensive research, 1&1 fit his needs in customer service, affordability,
and features
Began with a shared hosting solution and grew into a Cloud Server
First-hand benefits of a Cloud Server solution
Flexibility• “In the last week alone, I signed on two new contracts, one
of which is projected to have daily visitors in the tens of thousands. I needed something we can upgrade on the fly, so that service is not interrupted to the site with high traffic, or to any of our current clients and online projects.“ - Slattery
Affordability• “Utility based pricing just makes sense in virtual computing to
me, and cloud servers offer the power of dedicated servers without the rigidity of physical hardware allocations.“ -Slattery
Reliability• “I've found virtual servers deployed over a network of
physical nodes to be far more reliable than a single dedicated box. And if something goes wrong, it's only a software level issue, not a physical level. Issues of that type are far easier and faster to resolve than that of a physical one.“ - Slattery
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Overall Experience
“Throughout all this time, 1&1 has been there behind me, giving me peace of mind with reliable services, very competitive pricing, and customer support that always ends in the problem being resolved
promptly.” - Slattery
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Thank you for your attention!
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