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Add You - How (Not) to Choose a Domain Name
It's not the first time I have been facilitating a workshop or group session and as early as the first break, other members of the group have asked me to deal with someone who is dominating the session.How often have you been in a similar team setting and said to yourself..."Why don't they shut up for 5 minutes? They're talking through a hole in their whatsit!"What can make the situation worse? Those that just love to hear themselves talk...Quite often are only repeating what someone else has said. May not have the authority to speak. May not have the expertise or any experience in t
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When you have the right systems in place, every element of your business and organization runs much more smoothly and is much more effective.I’m a believer in a systematic approach to everything. I define a “system” as a provable, reliable method, tool or set of actions that provide me with a solution to a problem or job function.Of course, every system I use, I’m able to adjust my level of input and “hands on” requirements as needed. There is always a bit of tweaking involved to get them to do exactly what it is I need them to do, but when everything is just right – hallelujah!When I can spend more time with my family
In almost all of the cases, dashes (hyphens) and underscores will hurt your domain name in the efficiency department. This is because many times you won't be able to give your web address to people in written form, but all you'll get instead is the opportunity to say it. Let's take Mommy Mentors as an example. Mommy Mentors' domain name is mommymentors.com. If I were to tell someone about Mommy Mentors (in person, on the phone, in a radio ad), all I'd have to say is "Go to mommymentors.com." Conversely, if the Mommy Mentors domain name would contain a dash (i.e. mommy-mentors.com) I'd have to use "mommy dash mentors dot com," "mommy mentors dot com and don't forget the hyphen," or any number of other ungracious formulas. To say nothing of the fact that a lot of people will know about Mommy Mentors from an offline source and will intuitively type in their browsers "mommymentors.com."
Some argue that a hyphenated name will allow search engines to distinguish actual words in your domain name and, provided that those words are some of your target keywords, you could get more traffic from search engines. But chances are that, for most domain names, it won't happen. Too many variables would need to fall into place: you'd need a domain name which will contain a good search engine keyword, that keyword should be not too popular (to avoid competing with unbeatable sites for search engine traffic) and not too obscure either (no one would then look for it), and other factors. Besides, the increase in traffic you'd be gaining from this trick would not be worth losing the traffic that a good, non-hyphenated domain name could bring you. Also, it's been shown in studies that when trying to guess domain names, average Web users will first go straight for the no-dash version of the domain name, even when it's made up from multiple words.
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Lawyers typically make a large yearly income, over six figures. Many teenagers, college students and even adults choose to become lawyers simply because of the money they will make.Money is what drives them to become lawyers.Decisions as large as a persons career, based solely one money, rarely achieve the kind of financial gain as originally thought. Although, some will go on to exceed all expectations, a large number will fail at reaching the six figure goal and some will flunk out of school.Affiliate Marketers are no different.If you read any of the affiliate marketing forums, you'll quickly see that many of the market
Some argue that a hyphenated name will allow search engines to distinguish actual words in your domain name and, provided that those words are some of your target keywords, you could get more traffic from search engines. But chances are that, for most domain names, it won't happen. Too many variables would need to fall into place: you'd need a domain name which will contain a good search engine keyword, that keyword should be not too popular (to avoid competing with unbeatable sites for search engine traffic) and not too obscure either (no one would then look for it), and other factors. Besides, the increase in traffic you'd be gaining from this trick would not be worth losing the traffic that a good, non-hyphenated domain name could bring you. Also, it's been shown in studies that when trying to guess domain names, average Web users will first go straight for the no-dash version of the domain name, even when it's made up from multiple words.
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Building your own profitable list is very important when you are doing affiliate marketing. You will be able to have a long term affiliate marketing business when you are able to build your own responsive list. So now the next problem comes after a subscriber opts in to your list. What should be written in the emails that you are going to send to your list?The key thing that you have to take note is that email is not meant to sell your affiliate products. It will not look good on you if you are going to just put a sales letter on your email and tell people to buy. The email’s role is to just presell the products.What the email will be
Some argue that a hyphenated name will allow search engines to distinguish actual words in your domain name and, provided that those words are some of your target keywords, you could get more traffic from search engines. But chances are that, for most domain names, it won't happen. Too many variables would need to fall into place: you'd need a domain name which will contain a good search engine keyword, that keyword should be not too popular (to avoid competing with unbeatable sites for search engine traffic) and not too obscure either (no one would then look for it), and other factors. Besides, the increase in traffic you'd be gaining from this trick would not be worth losing the traffic that a good, non-hyphenated domain name could bring you. Also, it's been shown in studies that when trying to guess domain names, average Web users will first go straight for the no-dash version of the domain name, even when it's made up from multiple words.
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The Christmas season is one of the best times of the year to generate funds for a good cause. If you are one of those people who are toying with some Christmas fundraising ideas, you might want to throw in some of these Christmas fundraising ideas into your list. When it comes to Christmas fundraising ideas, you should never limit yourself to those traditional fund raising activities. Choose Christmas fundraising ideas that are unique and enjoyable.Forget about those Christmas fundraising ideas that have been done around the neighborhood for the last ten years or so. People are tired of those things and may not really be interested enough in
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Everyone can have a perfect job, and for everyone the definition of a perfect job is different. Do you enjoy working with your hands or helping people? Maybe you’re the type that enjoys analyzing and solving a problem, or managing a team of people. Learning about yourself is the first step towards finding your perfect job.Unless you know yourself, you will not be able to make informed decisions about what type of work really satisfies you. So let’s get started by examining your secret dreams, skills and knowledge, likes and dislikes, and your perfect work environment:Do you have a dream?Have you ever thought of doing somethin
Only Use Digits When Appropriate
If the name of your company is 1 800 FLOWERS, for example, you will definitely want the digits in your domain name. It would look like 1800flowers.com. which is perfectly acceptable. But there are a lot of domain names out there whose use of digits only hurts them. Chances are no one will readily remember a domain name like cars33182.com.
Make It a "Dot Com"
Most people will remember your site's name without the TLD (that is the part after the dot). Their intuition will guide them to assume that .com is what they need to type after the name of your Web site, since it is the most popular TLD. To illustrate, they will know it's "mommymentors" that they will have to type followed by, most likely, .com. In this case they would be right. Rarely will it occur to the average Web user to try .net, .org, .us or others, when trying to reach your Web site by typing it in their browser. That is not to say that .org and .net are never good. They are, but in case you opt for one of them, it's ideal that you also get the .com version of your domain name and redirect it to your actual Web site in order to make sure you capture the visitors who will try to reach you at YourSite.com. If not possible, get the alternates (.net, .org, .us, .info, etc.), but only if you find a really good name whose .com version is already taken.
The Shorter, The Better (Usually)
A friend bought a long time ago the domain name www.buenosaires-best-lodgings.com. When I saw it for the first time, I got a little dizzy. Lucky he didn't stick a couple n
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