Eastaboga, Alabama
Web design & IT services in Eastaboga, AL.
Eastaboga runs along I-20 on the Calhoun and Talladega county line, and it is where our founder lives. Many businesses here are run from a home office or a small shop, so this page is a plain guide to setting one up properly.
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Quick answer
How should a home-based or small-office business set up its IT?
Keep work separate from home: a work network that family devices and guests cannot reach, business email on your own domain with multi-factor sign-in, a computer used only for work, and an automatic backup that keeps a copy somewhere else. Operation Buildup’s founder lives in Eastaboga, and the company is based about 15 minutes away in Oxford.
The small-office basics
Six things worth doing once, correctly.
None of this needs expensive equipment. It needs to be decided on purpose instead of growing by accident.
A separate work network
Most business routers can run more than one network. Put work computers on one, and family devices, smart TVs and guests on another, so a problem on one cannot reach the other.
Email on your own domain
An address at your business name looks established and stays with the business when people change. Set up the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records so your messages are not marked as junk and others cannot easily fake your address.
Multi-factor sign-in
A password plus a second step, such as a code from an app on your phone. Turn it on for email first, then banking, payroll and anything that holds customer data.
Backup in three places
The 3-2-1 rule: three copies of your data, on two kinds of storage, with one copy off site. A drive sitting next to the computer does not survive a fire or a theft.
A work-only computer
Keep business files off the family computer. Use a standard account for daily work and a separate administrator account for installing software.
Power protection
A battery backup (UPS) for the modem, router and main computer rides through short outages and protects equipment from surges.
Shops and suppliers near I-20
What changes with a counter and a crew.
- Guest Wi-Fi stays off the business network. Customers waiting at the counter should never share a network with the register or the office computer.
- Card readers get their own lane. Ask your card processor what it requires, and keep the payment equipment on a network of its own.
- Race weeks are busy weeks. With Talladega Superspeedway down the interstate, check the website, the hours on your Google listing and the card reader before the crowd arrives.
- Home-based? You can hide the address. A business that travels to its customers can list a service area on its Google Business Profile instead of a home address.
- Write down who holds the keys. Domain name, email administrator, website hosting, bank and payroll logins: one sheet, kept somewhere safe, with a second trusted person named.
- Plan for the first hire. A new person needs their own account from day one, and that account has to be closed the day they leave.
Three offers · Eastaboga
Your website, your CRM and your IT, one team.
The same prices in Eastaboga as everywhere else we work, in writing before you sign anything.
- 01Websites
A free working preview of your new site, texted to your phone. A page for every service and for Eastaboga and the towns around it, built for Google and AI search.
Standard $2,495Pro $3,995Care $149/mo - 02CRM
Every website form and chat becomes a customer record with the page it came from, with a pipeline, quotes, tasks and history.
CRM $149/moUp to 5 users - 03Managed IT
Unlimited help desk, 24/7 monitoring, security, Microsoft 365 administration, backups and quarterly on-site visits. One plan, no hourly billing.
$175/user/month5-user minimum
How it works from Oxford
Close enough to show up.
This is home for us, so a visit is rarely a long wait on the calendar.
- 01
Most fixes happen remotely
Managed IT includes unlimited remote help by phone and email, so a locked account or a printer that will not print is usually handled while you are still on the phone.
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On site when it takes hands
We are based in Oxford, about 15 minutes from Eastaboga. Managed IT includes quarterly on-site visits, and we schedule a visit whenever something needs a person in the room.
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A website starts with a preview
We build a working preview of your new site from your public information and text you the link. You approve every word before anything goes live, and your web address stays in your name.
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One number for all of it
Call or text 256-624-7313. Support requests are handled Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm Central. Managed IT clients also get 24/7 monitoring and after-hours emergency support.
Questions
Eastaboga questions, plainly answered.
Are you really local to Eastaboga?
Yes. Our founder, Cody Burgess, lives in Eastaboga, and Operation Buildup is based in Oxford, about 15 minutes away.
I work from home with one or two people. Can you help?
Yes for a website and the CRM, which have no minimum. Managed IT has a 5-user minimum; if your team is smaller, contact us and we will talk through what fits.
What does a website cost?
A Standard website is $2,495 and a Pro website is $3,995, one time. Care is $149 a month for hosting, security, updates, backups and small changes. We build a free preview first so you can see it before deciding.
What are SPF, DKIM and DMARC?
Three records published with your domain name. SPF lists which servers may send your email, DKIM adds a signature that proves a message was not altered, and DMARC tells receiving servers what to do when a message fails those checks.
Do you set up business email on my own domain?
Yes. Domain and business email is an add-on to a website, priced when you ask, and Microsoft 365 administration is included in managed IT with licenses billed separately at Microsoft’s price.
Which county do you serve, Calhoun or Talladega?
Both. Eastaboga sits on the county line, and we serve Calhoun County and Talladega County at the same prices.
Contact
Ask for a preview of your new site.
Tell us your business name and your current web address. We build the preview from your public info and text you the link.