Nate Covington

Founder & CEO
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Nate started Covington Creations in 2007, bringing with him years of experience in web design dating back to 1999. With a BSBA in Marketing from Shippensburg University, Nate combines his technical expertise in programming with a solid foundation in user experience and digital marketing. Specializing in custom open-source CMS platforms like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, Nate has built and managed websites that drive growth for clients across multiple industries. He also works closely with ad agencies, designers, and writers to deliver cohesive and visually engaging websites.

In today's fast-paced digital world, security threats are ever-present and constantly evolving. At Covington Creations, LLC, we remain vigilant and informed about the latest vulnerabilities and potential threats to ensure our clients' safety and peace of mind.

One of the dangerous aspects of Facebook's "meta" business ad platform is they make it really easy to spend money on boosting posts and other types of ads that keep people confined within Facebook's ecosystem.  The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how to make a Facebook ad that actually promotes one of the pages on your company website, rather than boosting a standard Facebook post, page, etc.

Beware! I received this SPAM solicitation in the mail a few weeks ago, they are trying to charge $288 per year to be listed on a "junk directory" (domainlistings dot directory)

Frequently Asked:
I often send out email that bounces back to me and sometimes it is critical that I get messages delivered as soon as I send it. Can you help with this?

Answer:
For many of my clients, you're seeing delays and issues with sending email because your website is on a "shared" hosting plan, which means that it's cheap, but compare it with renting a single apartment in a giant complex - your neighbors are affecting your email performance. 

The following video discusses several common ways of self hosting apps and websites on your own hardware.  This provides helpful cost saving information for business owners and non profits, which varies based on how much CPU and RAM are required vs. storage space (GB/TB).  For users that require more than roughly 10gb of storage space, moving your VPS out of the cloud and using a reverse proxy to self-host your apps (on premises) is an easy way to save money, while keeping 100% control of your apps and data.

Does your Joomla site show this message in the /administrator dashboard?

Support ends on 17 August 2023 for Joomla 3.10. Migrate to Joomla 4 as soon as possible.

Did you know that AI can help enhance your website content, blog posts, google ads, and other marketing materials?  Jasper is the AI Content Generator that helps you and your team break through creative blocks to create amazing, original content 10X faster.

This article contains some great examples of how to use AI to write content for your business.  Since it's garbage in, garbage out, just like any other computer platform, it's important to deliver clear, concise prompts so that it actually delivers what you are looking for.  Similar to putting the correct keyword into a Google search -

Learn how to use ChatGPT to level up your paid search efforts without sacrificing strategy, authenticity or creativity.

I'm posting this as a precaution to avoid these types of spam emails!  If you're looking for someone to manage your website, or optimize it, we are available for hire.

The SEO spammers are getting pretty advanced lately, below is an email that made it through the Office 365 spam filter a few days ago.