Why I moved to Lyrical Host – they do things differently! find out how – REVIEW

Are you thinking about making a change to your blog?
Has your hosting price gone up?
Do you want to move to paid for hosting/self-hosted website? 

I’ve been with Lyrical Host for over four years now and I’m just as happy as the day I signed up.  I’ll be writing an update post soon.

In August 2018, I moved to self-hosted for this blog – previously I’d been on free wordpress.com platform – It has been a great success.  I thought I’d tell you why I chose Lyrical Host…If you want to join me I’ve got a ‘10% off code BECINMONTON10’ (#affliate code and link).

Update April 2019- see end of post

The short answer is I’M STILL VERY HAPPY with Lyrical Host

 I wanted to write about how great they are. I wasn’t sponsored to write this blog post. I do get a small commission if anyone uses my link/Code but I genuinely wouldn’t write a Review if I wasn’t 100% happy.

Background

I’d been thinking about moving to self-hosted from wordpress.com for over a year…  but not really doing much about it.   I’d been worrying I’d have to do all the migration myself, or just get a very basic migration and sort lots of things out afterwards (especially all my photographs). I’d wanted to have more control over the theme, photographs, words and potentially start earning some money and reviewing from blogging.

So, I asked around in the blogging community for suggestions, I heard a lot about Hosts I SHOULDN’T go with (I won’t name them).   I wanted to find industry experts, with solid IT and a track-record of working in the sector, and blogging and small business expertise.  I wanted somewhere a bit more personal… people who understood what I wanted to achieve and shared the same ethos.   A few people suggested Lyrical, I did my research, read reviews, joined their facebook group, asked questions…. and took the plunge…Therefore I chose Lyrical Host…

Hosting by Lyrical – they’re different in a good way

I chose Lyrical Host www.lyricalhost.com (affliate link) because they do things differently.

• Straightforward pricing, (monthly/annual payments) with no inflated renewal costs or up-selling – there are three clearly explained plans to suit the different size of your business or blog.
• Domain purchasing and hosting for Linex, WordPress and Pageweaver
• All plans include at least one SSL certificate and at least 3 x 10GB email accounts,
• auto daily site & database backups.
• Free resources to help your business grow – monthly stock photos (see above), advice booklets and checklists.
• Community matters – They really want to support the small businesses and bloggers they work with – they’re always on hand to offer advice and support.  Jenni, the co-owner,  answers questions and uploads useful websites/technical information regularly.
• They’re just as responsive on email, in the facebook group, and on the hosting ‘ticket’ system for all the technical issues.
• they’re a UK based business (same time zone), although their clients are around the world.

In short they go the extra mile

I signed up in early August 2018, including buying my own domain name.  There was so much advice and help either in documents or via email/tickets.   They moved my blog over to Lyrical Host servers in late August 2018 (and there’s has been no down time since).

My blog migration was seamless

Joseph at Lyrical handled everything, did some behind the scenes faffing with my theme – and given the number of photos on this blog, I was very pleased how smoothly everything went. He’d told me to pre-installed WordPress.  No question is too silly and there’s detailed information in their searchable Knowledge Base about how to run and update your blog (as well as all the advice documents in the Client Resource area).

Jenni who co-owns the business has been blogging for many years, she got in-depth marketing knowledge too and takes great photos – her knowledge of all the technical issues like Search Engine Optimisation, Plugins, you name it.   Joseph has an absolutely encyclopedic of the tech side and always sorts out peoples’ issues.

So here are some of the ways they’re different include:

• Automatic core updates, fast caching and security.
• All plans include at least one SSL certificate, at least 3 x 10GB email accounts, auto daily site & database backups, monthly stock photos + mystery goodies!
• There’s a massive Resource Centre for all their clients including more stock photos, advice booklets and checklists.
• Lyrical Host has state of the art datacentres.

I’m far from a technical expert but Lyrical Host using the latest technology is another reason why I chose Lyrical Host. 

Another reason why I chose Lyrical Host…

was their business ethos, commitment to their values, support for their customers, to help them grow THEIR businesses.  They also have a strong social responsibility ethos running through what they do – for example,  they plant a tree on the anniversary you sign up, planted trees on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and give discounts to charities wishing to host their sites with them 🙂 They’re sound people all around.

Have a look around their website – and join their facebook group – Lyrical Host Blog and Business Squad they’re always around to help – there are about 300 of us in the group.

I’m so excited to see what 2019 brings for all the clients at Lyrical Host.  Here’s their 2018 review:

• Lyrical Host 2018 year in review

*****

If you’re convinced about moving to Lyrical Host NOW – I’ve got a 10% off code – BECINMONTON10

Put ‘BECINMONTON10’ in the checkout www.lyricalhost.com/ (affiliate link)

FREE Resources every month from Lyrical Host

Each month Lyrical Host provide ‘FREE RESOURCES’ including stock photos, workbooks and spreadsheets.  I used a stock photo to make the header photo and the pinnable image.

This is another reason why I chose Lyrical Host…