
Nobody thinks about backups. Right up until the morning the website is gone.
Most small businesses are one failed drive, one bad update, or one dodgy email away from losing everything. And the cruel part is, you usually find out your backup didn't work on the very day you need it.
So we keep it boring. Backed up, tested, and stored somewhere safe, every single night. The kind of boring that lets you sleep.
Hope is not a backup plan. A tested backup is.
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