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PSPinc What’s New Newsletter Vol. 48 "Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. logo"

1月

29日

Vol. 48

Do you know why the Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. logo is shaped like this? It has to do with the history of PSP as a company. Nowadays, PSP is mainly in the business of hosting web sites and mail servers, but that's been the story since 1996. Before that, we were in a different business all together.

Up until 1996, our main business was licensing U.S. software, providing Japanese language support, creating Japanese language packages, and selling them in Japan through Japanese distributors. Yes, as the company name suggests, Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. was engaged in software publishing.

Let me tell you about the relationship that exists between the publishing business and this logo. We translated U.S. software into Japanese and sold it in Japan through an exclusive distributor assigned to each title. At that time, these distributors did not want to reveal the existence of PSP. The reason for this was to make it appear that the distributors were not selling PSP’s services as distributors, but rather the software as their own products, all ready for sale.

The original company logo could identify PSP easily. Therefore we had to create a logo on the package that was not easily recognizable as PSP. This is the reason why the logo does not look like it says PSP at first glance. It is interesting to note that even now, when creating and selling web hosting and other Internet server applications, licensees try to hide the existence of PSP. It seems that no matter how much time passes, no matter how much business changes, PSP will always be behind the scenes and something to hide.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
info@pspinc.com
1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 USA
800-232-3989
425-957-0808

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides domain, web, and email hosting to more than 40,000 companies of all sizes around the world. We design and develop our own software and are committed to helping businesses of all sizes grow and thrive online. For more information you can contact us at 800-232-3989, by email at info@pspinc.com or visit us online at https://www.pspinc.com.

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Securing your WordPress Website

1月

27日

WordPress is the largest CMS (Content Management System) in the world, with over 60% of market share in the CMS market. WordPress started in 2003, it now powers 39.5% of all websites on the internet. With its popularity, WordPress has become an attractive target for hackers. If your website gets hacked, hackers can steal you and your client’s private personal data. Infected websites can also be used to attack other websites, or to send out mass spam. Follow our guide below as we walk you through the easy steps to securing your WordPress website.

Keep Your WordPress Updated

According to studies, 44% of reported hacking was caused by outdated WordPress websites. Of all vulnerabilities facing WordPress, 52% was related to outdated plugins. It is very important to keep your WordPress website updated. To update your WordPress core installation:

1. Click on Dashboard on the left menu, then click on Updates. If there is a new version of WordPress, it will be listed here.

Automatic background update was introduced with version 3.7 back in 2013. However the automatic updates do not include updates to plugins. In order to turn on automatic updates for plugins, first you need to make sure you have WordPress 5.5 and above. Follow the steps above to update your WordPress core.

Once done, follow the instructions below to enable auto plugin updates:

1. Login to your WordPress admin. Mouse down the left menu and click on Plugins.

2. Check the box next to plugins to select all the plugins. Then click on Bulk Actions drop-down menu above and select "Enable Auto-updates".

Updating WordPress plugins select checkbox

3. Click Apply, now all your plugins will be automatically updated.

Updating WordPress plugins apply updates

Update Your Password

Creating a strong password will prevent you from getting bruteforce attacked. Hackers can crack short and easy passwords in a matter of hours. If you have not updated your password in the past year, we recommend reading our "How To Create A Strong Password In 2021" article to learn how to create a strong password for your site. To update your WordPress admin password:

1. Click on Users, then Profile.

2. Mouse down and click Set New Password, give it a strong password, then click on Update Profile below.

Install Wordfence Security Plugin

Wordfence is a popular firewall security plugin with built-in malware scanning. It has over 150 million downloads and is completely free to use. Wordfence will help you secure your WordPress website, prevent bruteforce login attacks, scan your installation for vulnerabilities, and email you reports of activities and warnings.

To install Wordfence:

1. Mouse over to Plugins, and click Add New.

2. Type in Wordfence under keyword search box, it will display Wordfence.

3. Click on Install Now, and once installed click on Activate. That’s it.

In Conclusion

WordPress is a very powerful tool that empowers users to create beautiful and professional websites. With the rise in its popularity, care must be taken to ensure a safe and enjoyable browsing experience for all. Securing your WordPress website is not only the responsible thing to do, but it’s also the right thing to do. If you need assistance with your WordPress website, call PSPinc today at 1-800-232-3989, or contact us online.

Looking for a WordPress host? Check out Dreamersi today. Secure and reliable web hosting, with easy 1-click WordPress installs.

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3 Ways to Improve Your Restaurant with Opinion Stand

1月

22日

Did you know that when we began designing and developing Opinion Stand we were focused on a physical kiosk that customers would interact with?

With the devastating rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, we made some fundamental changes and pivoted to Papyrus. Which is a contact-less version where customers scan or enter a code to use the Opinion Stand on their own personal device.

While the process has changed, the core principles of what makes Opinion Stand so powerful to restaurant owners remains the same. Below you will learn 3 ways to improve your restaurant with Opinion Stand.

1. Address negative feedback before it ends up on Yelp

With the rise of social media platforms, the power to provide reviews and instantaneous feedback has never been more prevalent. Diners often use Yelp not just to get information about when a restaurant is open or its menu - but also to find out how it rates among Yelp users.

Bad experiences happen at amazing restaurants. Rather than having these experiences turn into negative Yelp reviews, Opinion Stand lets you (the restaurant Manager or Owner) to get that feedback. All customer feedback submitted via Opinion Stand goes directly to you, rather than putting it on public display.

2. Understand the impact of food delivery services

Restaurants have had to adapt their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic to cater towards to-go dining. Food delivery services such as DoorDash, UberEats, and Postmates (to name a few) have continued to grow and expand.

When delivery customers receive their food, they tend to grade the entire experience. Even though these food delivery drivers are unaffiliated with your restaurant, the service they offer (like it or not) reflects on the overall dining experience.

Including Opinion Stand delivery flyers in your to-go orders allows your customers to evaluate their dining experience from the comfort of your home. Food too cold, items missing, something spilled? Get that feedback and make adjustments to cater towards delivery orders.

3. Gather customer contact information

Repeat business is critical to restaurants enjoying stability and success. While getting valuable customer feedback is a key value that Opinion Stand offers, there is another benefit to restaurant owners and managers.

With Opinion Stand, when a user submits feedback you can collect their contact information if you choose to. This allows you to curate mailing lists of your customers for sending promotional offers, coupons, and company news. Allowing you to talk directly to your customers and develop that relationship.

You can’t have your eyes on your business at all times..

.. but Opinion Stand lets you keep your finger on the pulse of how your customers enjoyed their time. Encouraging repeat visits and positive word-of-mouth promotion is truly invaluable.

We want to help restaurants who may be struggling through this pandemic. Sign up for Opinion Stand at a price you can pay. That’s right, you choose the price you can afford - you have nothing to lose!

Click Here Learn More and Sign Up Today!

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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PSPinc What’s New Newsletter Vol. 47 "Google Review"

1月

22日

Vol. 47

I have a request - if you have time, please search for Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. on Google and write a review in the company description that appears on the right. We've never done this before, but we've set a goal to increase access to our website in 2021. I would really appreciate it, please give us a good review if you can.

Google reviews are a tool that provides valuable information about your business to both you and your customers. Reviews appear next to your listings in Maps and Search. They can also make your business stand out on Google. Yes, this is the real voice of the customer. Therefore, we strive to make the weak areas better. Of course, a good review can boost your company's credibility.

If you would like us to do a Google review for you, please let us know. If you have any questions about Google reviews for your company, please feel free to ask us.

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
info@pspinc.com
1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 USA
800-232-3989
425-957-0808

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

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What your company should do BEFORE building a website

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20日

Oftentimes when a company needs a new website, they just want to get it built as soon as possible. In reality, that doesn’t provide you with the best finished product. Here are a few very important steps your company should do before building a website:

Take the time to understand your users.

Who are you trying to reach? If you take a moment to understand who your target audience is, then you can start to formulate the best strategy for getting through to them. Who are they? What is it they want? What type of language and/or imagery is most likely to appeal to them? Remember, you aren’t trying to sell your services to yourself, so if your website is acting as a sales tool then you shouldn’t be building the website for yourself either. Build it for your users.

Determine your end goal.

What’s the ideal outcome from a visitor to your website? Do you want visitors to schedule an appointment? Maybe there’s a particular product or service you want to showcase? Perhaps you just want them to follow you on social media? Once you have an end goal in mind you’re ready to move onto the next step.

Create and organize your content.

This is the definitely the most difficult and also the most important step in this process. Your content is what will attract and retain users to your website. It’s also what will help you rank well in Google searches. It’s critical that you take the time to create meaningful content and organize it appropriately if you want your website to work for you. Using what you know from the last two steps, create content that is appealing to your target users, and organize it in a way that steers them towards your end goal. Use color, space, verbiage, and imagery to point them in the direction of your featured product or service.

Once you’ve taken these steps, you’re just about ready to start designing your new website. If you need some help with that, or just want to make sure you have a beautiful finished product to show for all of your hard work, don’t hesitate to reach out and let our professional designers do the heavy lifting for you. We’re here to help.
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Announcement: Maintenance on Di Web & Mail Server

1月

19日

Dear valued customer,

Thank you for choosing Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

We are always looking to improve the services we offer you.
As such, we will be conducting web and mail server maintenance.

We do not expect the update process to have any impact on customers during the maintenance time below.

The schedule is as follows:

* USA Pacific Daylight Time
- Jan 19th (Tue) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 20th (Wed) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 21st (Thu) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 22nd (Fri) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 25th (Mon) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 26th (Tue) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 27th (Wed) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 28th (Thu) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Jan 29th (Fri) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Feb 1st (Mon) 6:00am - 8:00am
- Feb 2nd (Tue) 6:00am - 8:00am

* Japan Time
- Jan 19th (Tue) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 20th (Wed) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 21st (Thu) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 22nd (Fri) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 25th (Mon) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 26th (Tue) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 27th (Wed) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 28th (Thu) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Jan 29th (Fri) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Feb 1st (Mon) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am
- Feb 2nd (Tue) 11:00pm - next day 1:00am

* Details: Web and Mail server security update.
* Purpose: Security enhancement.

PSPinc provides services with uptimes of 99.9%

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-232-3989 or email us at support@pspinc.com .

We would like to answer your questions by phone call.

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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Why it's important to have a website for your business

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15日

In this digital era, even small companies benefit from having a website. One of the major benefits offered by having a website for a small business is that it enables people to find you online and get in touch with you easily. Having an effective and compelling site can even lead to sales you would not have made otherwise leading to opportunities and growth.

Your business can benefit as well from a website!

What is the benefit of having a website?

It helps to establish credibility as a business

Attracts more customers via the Internet

You can share more information and can use it as a sales tool

It helps with your marketing, using analytics to better focus on areas of growth potential

Reduce cost

Recruiting

These are only a few of the benefits a website will bring to your business.

Looking to get started with your own website? PSPinc is here to support you!
This is a New Year with many opportunities ahead and having a website will help your business realize new opportunities for 2021. PSPinc offers WebdeXpress to establish your website - let’s make it happen together!

Sign up for a Dreamersi web hosting plan and you can use our WebdeXpress web builder to make your site. Don't have the time yourself? Have it Done For You by PSPinc web professional experts.

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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PSPinc What’s New Newsletter Vol. 46 "Delivering Audio"

1月

15日

Vol. 46

Modern websites are created with three elements - text, images (photos and illustrations) and video. They are created by arranging these elements in a way that is easy-to-understand. However, there is one thing that is missing here and that is audio. Of course, videos contain audio, but current websites lack the element of audio alone.

Compared to video, audio files are easy-to-create. A common audio file used on computers is called an MP3 file. These can be easily created with free applications for PCs and smartphones. However, what we are talking about here is the ability to easily embed created audio files into a website.

We have developed and offer a system that accomplish this called Click It Audio. It saves your MP3 audio file in the cloud and generates a code to embed your audio within your website. All you have to do is put the code generated by Click It Audio into your web pages. The website will then display a play button, which you can click to play.

You can create an account to store and use up to three audio files for free.

To sign up, go to the following URL:

https://clickitaudio.com

Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
info@pspinc.com
1404 140th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 USA
800-232-3989
425-957-0808

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

PSPinc Creates Tools For Your Business

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How to create a strong password in 2021 (Part 2)

1月

13日

Thank you for joining us again! In part 1 we talked about when you should change your password as well as tips on reusing password and why you shouldn’t do it. Today we are going to get to commonly used passwords and best practices. So without further adieu lets get to it!

Commonly used passwords

According to SafetyDetectives, they analyzed over 18 million passwords to compile a list of most commonly used passwords in the world. These are passwords you should avoid.

123456

password

123456789

12345

12345678

qwerty

1234567

111111

1234567890

123123

abc123

1234

password1

iloveyou

1q2w3e4r

Best password practices

When it comes to passwords, length matters. You should aim to use at least 12 characters in your password. 12 should be your minimal length, the longer the better. Consider using passphrases by mixing various words together, add a number or two in between, and a special character.

For example, the word “December” is an 8-character dictionary word. It would take hackers just hours to crack this password. But if you mix a few memorable words together, such as “December2BearSlide^^”, then it becomes a 20-character strong password. Perhaps in December you saw on TV 2 bears sliding on ice, and it made you smile.

Do not use names of popular pop culture figures or your family members. The words or passphrases should be memorable but not things directly related to you. Here’s another example, “Rocket!Night4Station#”. Perhaps you saw the recent launch of SpaceX/NASA rocket carrying 4 astronauts through the night sky towards the international space station. This is a 21-character strong password that will be very difficult to crack.

In conclusion

Having a secure password is extremely important in the year 2021. We encourage you to follow some of these guidelines to best secure your online information. If we can be of any help or if you have any follow-up questions about password security, we would love to speak with you. Please call us at 1-800-232-3989 or contact us online.

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1404 140th Place N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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2021 Company Kickoff Meeting

1月

12日

2021 has started and PSP is ready!

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PSPinc What’s New Newsletter Vol. 48 "Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. logo"