Advice: The four passwords you need to truly own your website

Ah – it’s becoming more and more common: businesses with web sites that, well, don’t kinda work – and once the owners realise this, it seems like it’s more trouble than it’s worth to move on…

The major barrier to moving is not the plethora of other web designers, web hosting companies or business consultants peddling thier advice (ahem), but rather, the confusion surrounding what username and password allows who to do what, and which key opens which door and… …and… …well I may as well stay where I was.

Fear not!

Let me explain the four places you need to write down your username and password to truly take control of your web site – from both a management point of view AND a legal ownership point of view.

Pencils ready? Commence!

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