This presentation tells the story of how Andrew Slattery (IronFist Design) used 1&1 web hosting services, domains, email, and website analytics to transform a hobby into a successful career. From video games to website development, technology has been a constant interest and a passion for Andrew Slattery. It did not take long for the now 20-year-old to transform his humble hobby into a successful career beginning at age 11, all with the help of 1&1 Internet. More at http://success.1and1.com/testimonial-ironfist-design

1. 1&1 Case Study
IronFist Designs – Andrew Slattery
www.ironfistdesign.com
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2. What is IronFist Design?
 Web design and development company based out of
Tuscon, AZ
 Launched in 2003
 Clients ranging from non-profit
organizations to the Canadian
Air Cadets
 21-year-old owner, Andrew
Slattery, began his career at
age 11
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3. From the beginning…
 At 11-years-old, Slattery created a
site to showcase modifications to
the popular game, Halo
 Later he created a strategy PC
game, Oil Conquest
 Game became indexed and registered with
Google
 Turned his passion into a career
“I was making hundreds of
dollars a week while I was a
freshman in high school - I
can't even describe how
excited I was to check my
email after each class, and
see purchases for in-game
content from PayPal.”
- Slattery
while in high school
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4. The Web hosting decision
Needed a reliable Web hosting partner
to take the business off the ground
8 years ago, Slattery convinced his
father to purchase Web hosting for him
– he was only 13
After extensive research, 1&1 fit his
needs in customer
service, affordability, and features
Began with a shared hosting solution
and grew into a Cloud Server
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5. First-hand benefits of a Cloud Server solution
Flexibility
• “In the last week alone, I signed on two new contracts, one of
which is projected to have daily visitors in the tens of thousands. I
needed something we can upgrade on the fly, so that service is
not interrupted to the site with high traffic, or to any of our current
clients and online projects.“ - Slattery
Affordability
• “Utility based pricing just makes sense in virtual computing to
me, and cloud servers offer the power of dedicated servers
without the rigidity of physical hardware allocations.“ -Slattery
Reliability
• “I've found virtual servers deployed over a network of physical
nodes to be far more reliable than a single dedicated box. And if
something goes wrong, it's only a software level issue, not a
physical level. Issues of that type are far easier and faster to
resolve than that of a physical one.“ - Slattery
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6. Overall Experience
“Throughout all this time, 1&1 has been there behind me, giving me
peace of mind with reliable services, very competitive pricing, and
customer support that always ends in the problem being resolved
promptly.” - Slattery
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7. Thank you for your attention!
To see more 1&1 Case Studies, visit:
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