Backing up your website might seem like busy work or a task that you can easily brush aside. But a website backup is a task that needs to be performed daily, if not twice a day. Stacy (name changed for privacy) was able to avoid total and utter disaster thanks to a reliable backup plan. We will cover how her daily WordPress backups allowed her to keep her website and the valuable information her website managed to collect over the years.
Stacy managed a prosperous RV campground for approximately five years when she decided to take her website a step further. Although her campground was attracting clients, very few of them booked through her campground’s website. Stacy convinced herself that she could nearly double her bookings if she could spread the word using online media. She quickly found rvResortScout, and we were able to create a brand new website and get her on rvCares. Our website care plan service runs daily backups and ensures everything is running as it should be.
Approximately five months later is when disaster hit. Unfortunately, Stacy made a critical and costly mistake that could have crippled her business. Luckily, she was on rvCares, which not only monitored for security threats but also ran a daily website backup. She accidentally deleted her website. In her attempt to run what she believed to be a routine update, she made a terrible mistake. The "update" she ran was not an update; rather, it made her website reset to a blank canvas.
Addressing the Problem
The following day, we received a call from a saddened and frustrated Stacy. Consequently, she could not believe she had been so foolish and was on the verge of tears when we told her everything would be ok. Clearly, this could have ended badly for Stacy. Fortunately, Stacy automatically enrolled in our daily website backup service when she joined rvCares. We had her website up and running in about half an hour with no hitches in the system.
Stacy was beyond elated, and thanks us to this day for saving her website. Had a reliable backup plan not existed, years of important data would've been lost in seconds. Customer's names, phone numbers, email addresses, and more would have vanished. Undoubtedly, Stacy would have had to start from scratch. Building up a customer base that had taken her over five years to create.
Get on a Website Backup Plan Today
We love that this story ended in a happy ending. But we have been privy to countless more that have not. Businesses that had taken years to cultivate and build, gone in a matter of seconds due to no backup. This isn't a pain we would wish on anyone. Especially when the solution is easily implemented. The good news is it is entirely avoidable. We urge you to get on a website backup plan today. Regardless of whether it is with us (although we hope it is), consider implementing a backup strategy today. Or find out what RVCares offers and request an appointment with a specialist to develop a plan that suits you. We have a few different pricing plans, and we will work together to find the best one for you.
If you're not interested in getting on a website care plan, we'd like to at least make sure that your website is running properly and isn't heading toward trouble. Consider an in-depth website audit. A Website Audit will check for vulnerabilities, errors, and other potential faults on your website and give you a detailed report on how to address these issues. If you’re interested in learning more about a Techincal SEO Audit, you can check out our write-up on the topic. You will find a great deal of valuable information in this 5-minute read. And lastly, please take some time out of your day to run a website backup now.
