In 2011 I read about the CEO of GoDaddy hunting in Africa.
I had been wanting to update my website and this motivated me to do it; I moved my website from GoDaddy to Bluehost the following month.
A year later, I was still clearly fired up.
I have been using Bluehost for nearly four years and I absolutely love it. I have numerous sites and email accounts through them and am a very satisfied customer. So I was interested when Bluehost reached out recently to invite me to join their affiliate program.
Side note: You may have noticed I don’t actually do much on this site when it comes to advertising and affiliate relationships. I offer ad space for vegan companies or products and I have a few affiliate relationships – Gunas, Vegan Cuts, Jill Nussinow’s books (The New Fast Food and Nutrition CHAMPS) vegan wine via Vintners’ Alliance – all vegan.
So I decided to be a little ornery. I told my contact at Bluehost that I don’t really write about blogging. I just do it. But that I did choose to use Bluehost in response to what I learned about GoDaddy. My exact reply:
Okay, I have an out of the box idea. See, I don’t really blog about blogging so that probably wouldn’t work. I also don’t have a resources page on my site. BUT I have a story: I used to use GoDaddy until I learned that the CEO hunts wild game in Africa. I immediately dropped them and switched to Bluehost. What do you think about creating a widget for my vegan blog promoting cruelty-free hosting?
We came up with a great concept.
Today I’m proud to announce that I’m a Bluehost affiliate (and I encourage you to use Bluehost for your own hosting needs). I’m even more proud that I asked Bluehost to help me make a statement about cruelty against animals – and they did. Though Bluehost doesn’t take a formal position on the topic, they do work closely with affiliates to help them connect the promotion of quality web hosting services to their blog brand. I am grateful for that.
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I love this! I switched to Bluehost earlier this year and have been happy–I love them even more for this widget!
@epicureanveganvegan:disqus, I love how responsive they were to my request!
What creative activism–and a way to help your business a little bit too! I loved hearing about this–it’s a great reminder for me to continue thinking out of the box about ways to communicate the messages I feel I have to share with the world.
@EmilyRowellBrown:disqus, I’m so glad!
That is awesome — what a fun form of activism!
Thank you so much for the information. I was going to use Go Daddy for my upcoming vegan cooking website. I am an animal activist and do not support hunting. I will look into Blue host. Do they support Word Press?
Thanks,
You are welcome, Sandy! And, yes, they definitely support Word Press, because this very site of mine is on Word Press!