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How To Improve Your Hosting Performance on Adobe Commerce With Josh Ward of Nexcess

Ecommerce Wizards Podcast

Release Date: 12/29/2022

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Ecommerce Wizards Podcast

Matt Putra is an experienced financial executive with a long career spent with small businesses and conducting long-term forecasting for ecommerce brands. He is a Fractional CFO for EightX, a company specializing in predicting the pattern, future, and profit for businesses in any industry.  Matt has worked with many businesses, including Tru Earth, The Tumeric Co., Lusomé, Community Forward Fund, and New Market Funds. Additionally, he works closely with entrepreneurs to help them establish new businesses. In this episode… The Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) is a metric that many businesses...

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Ecommerce Wizards Podcast

Matt Putra is an experienced financial executive with a long career spent with small businesses and conducting long-term forecasting for ecommerce brands. He is a Fractional CFO for EightX, a company specializing in predicting the pattern, future, and profit for businesses in any industry.  Matt has worked with many businesses, including Tru Earth, The Tumeric Co., Lusomé, Community Forward Fund, and New Market Funds. Additionally, he works closely with entrepreneurs to help them establish new businesses. In this episode… Are you an ecommerce entrepreneur struggling to get a handle on...

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Paul Rafelson is a Partner at Rafelson Law Firm, which focuses exclusively on ecommerce business concerns. With over 15 years of experience, he has in-depth knowledge of tax, litigation, and M&A legal matters and is regularly cited by the press when it comes to Amazon and ecommerce. The House Antitrust Committee used him as a primary resource in its report on Amazon’s business practices. Before his private practice, Paul worked as an in-house attorney at Microsoft, Walmart, and General Electric. He is also a professor at Pace University School of Law in New York, where he teaches...

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Brent O’Brien is the Senior Ecommerce Manager at Pactimo, a cycling clothing and custom team apparel store. As a dynamic and motivated ecommerce manager, he brings 10-plus years of experience to the table. He has developed marketing and sales strategies at companies such as Yeti and Truewerk. Before his ecommerce career, Brent worked in the football programs at several universities. In this episode… Every ecommerce store is looking for simple ways to drive traffic and increase sales. Unfortunately, it can be complex to decipher what may be the best plan of attack and often requires someone...

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Tom Kulzer is the CEO and Founder of AWeber, a company he started in 1998 to guide small businesses in fostering more engaging customer relationships and designing effective email marketing. Tom grew the company from zero to 300,000 clients through his unique take on market strategy and team building. Due to his dedication to building a thriving and unique workplace culture, AWeber has been voted one of Pennsylvania's Best Places to Work 10 years in a row. In this episode… Bootstrapping can be a formidable method of financing a startup. There are many unknowns and hurdles to overcome,...

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Antony “Tony” Kattukaran is an entrepreneur, ecommerce veteran, and skilled technology partner. He is the Founder and CEO of Tagalys, a company that reimagines visual product merchandising for other businesses. He has founded three companies and has served trusted companies such as Deloitte and Johnson Controls AG. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Tony invests time listening to his customers to understand their needs. In this episode… Merchandising and ecommerce go hand in hand, yet many stores neglect to give it the attention it deserves. The details of optimal...

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Reinis Krumins is the Co-founder of AgencyJR, helping e-commerce businesses scale quickly through their unique product launch formula. They specialize in email marketing for seven and eight-figure brands. AgencyJR is the second marketing service he founded; his first was Sprelf Media in 2018. Reinis is also the Product Director for Frozen Ventures, LLC and has a background in social media graphic design. In this episode… Email marketing can be an afterthought for many online businesses. Most people are familiar with the constant barrage of meaningless emails that wind up costing more than...

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As President of Insogna CPA, Chase Insogna is passionate about helping small businesses and their owners with accounting, tax strategy, and wealth building. Since its inception in 2011, Chase has grown the business to include a team of highly-trained professionals that use tech-savvy solutions to create efficiencies and provide expertly designed and transparent advisory, coaching, planning, and strategy. In this episode… Are you a small business owner who’s focused on growing your business? That’s one crucial aspect of running a business, but how much planning have you put into your...

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Josh Ward is the VP of Sales at Nexcess, a business that provides managed hosting services for WordPress, Magento, and other ecommerce platforms. In his role, he helps the sales team, processes, and marketing initiatives at Nexcess and assists with recruiting. He spent the first decade of his career switching from IT manager to system administration before transitioning to marketing. 

In addition to his career, Josh is also the President of Gateway All Sports Booster Club, where he supports students by raising funds for facilities, equipment, and uniforms.

In this episode…

On the last episode with Josh Ward, he broke down the key differences between PWA and standard Magento builds. Now he goes into depth on optimizing hosting performance.

Even with the perfect web application, many optimizations still need to be made to your hosting capabilities. Many ecommerce brands are missing out on their full potential by failing to ask the right questions and look in the right places. Now you will find out exactly what you need to know.

In this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual invites Josh Ward, the VP of Sales at Nexcess, back onto the show to talk about improving your hosting performance on Adobe Commerce. They go through topics such as CDNs, knowing when and how to split your database, strategically planning for traffic spikes, and much more.