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Why Your Website Needs a Form (Even If You’ve Got a Phone & Email)

Turn Your Site From Passive to Productive

Published on November 10, 2025

Having a phone number and email is fine — but a form on your website can capture more leads, reduce friction, and cost you nothing extra. At Marshland Software, it’s included in every hosting plan.

The Real Cost of 'Free' Website Hosting

Published on October 14, 2025

Free hosting sounds good—until the hidden costs, limits, and fine print show up. Here’s why honest, low-cost hosting wins every time.

Why Email Marketing Still Wins for Small Service Businesses

Published on October 13, 2025

Why email is still the small business powerhouse — the channel that builds relationships, books jobs, and beats algorithms.

What Happens When You Type Your Domain into a Browser?

Published on October 1, 2025

A friendly, step-by-step journey through DNS, hosting, HTTPS, caching, and CDNs—explained in simple terms so you know exactly what happens when someone visits your website.

Case Study: ACRSurgeons

It's Never Too Late for Consulting

Published on September 5, 2025

How Marshland Software helped a retiring medical practice cut hosting costs by ~60% and uncover additional savings through practical tech consulting.

Demystifying the Web

A Simple History and Key Terms Explained

Published on September 2, 2025

A brief history of the web as we know it to provide context for the terms you may have heard thrown around, but never really understood.

Do I Really Need a Website?

I Already Have Social Media?

Published on September 1, 2025

Social media is great—but it’s rented land. Here’s why a simple website still matters for small businesses in the U.S., plus the risks and real stats.

It All Adds Up

The Nickle and Diming of Big Website Hosts

Published on September 1, 2025

A cautionary story about a small medical practice and how major hosting providers upsell and overcharge for simple websites—plus how Marshland Software offers a fair, transparent alternative.