Radio Ad Revenue Dips, too!
DNJournal.com had another interesting post about the decline of advertising funds in media:
“First it was newspapers, then [...]
Archive for August, 2008
“The .org Advantage- Why Big .com’s are Investing in .org’s”
This article, written by Chuck Kisselburg (Director of ICANNWiki.org) was published in Sedo.com’s newsletter:
By Chuck Kisselburg, Director of ICANNWiki.org
With the increased focus on the importance of corporate social responsibility and green issues, businesses are reaping the rewards of maintaining a separate .org website alongside their commercial .com.
What better way to clearly differentiate charitable and social [...]
Promoting Your Website and the Importance of a Good Domain Name.
Internet Marketing Guru offered “30 Different Ways to Promote and Advertise Your Website”. There are some very good ideas here. Idea #9 is pertinent to this blog:
“9- Think of a domain name for your web site that’s easy to remember. It should be related to what your business does, sells or provides. If [...]
Who will promote your name if you don’t?
Charles Fellingham posted an interesting entry on PersonalBrandsOnline.com entitled, “Personal Patriotism - Waving Your Own Flag”. Some names discussed in the discussion include:
John McCain
Barak Obama
Tiger Woods
Oprah
and Donald Trump
A particularly interesting comment by Steve Pavlina is quoted:
“Personal Branding is unavoidable. As others interact with you, they’ll automatically form mental associations that connect you with [...]
Election 2008 & Internet Advertising
The NationalJournal.com has an interesting article, “McCain Buys His Way To Top Of Google: The Republican Has Outspent Obama For Two Consecutive Months In Online Search Advertising“. The article emphasizes the growing reliance on Internet advertising among the two candidates.
This article was published only three days later than an article on MediaPost.com entitled, “Broadcast [...]
A Great Story About A Local Business And The Success of Their Domain
SuccessClick.com posted an entry, “GRAB LIFE: Great Stories About Local Businesses And Their Domains” and tells about a motorcycle store who depends on a great domain name for their marketing success.
Read on - http://www.successclick.com
Image Credit: SuccessClick.com
I have many great domain names for sale at DomainsPromote.com if you’d like to look. Perhaps one will work for [...]
Introducing a domain ending - ‘.pro’
MarketWatch.com introduced ME to the ‘dot pro’ ending. My people, myself included, believe that ‘.com’ is the primary domain to have but I see potential in this one for persons working in service industries, etc.
The article began,
” BOSTON, Aug 06, 2008 /PRNewswire via [...]
World’s Longest Single Word ‘.com’ Domain Name
TheDomains.com introduced me to the World’s Longest Single Word ‘.com’ Domain Name which I’ll share but first a little domain name history gleaned from the Website of that domain name:
“Prior to October 1999 it was not possible to register .com domain names [...]
Some Great BBQ Joint Names!
I grew up near Shelby, N.C. and we had lots of great BBQ! Not too far away was Lexington, N.C. which considers itself the ‘capital’ of BBQ. Wikipedia.com describes the types of BBQ in N.C. this way:
“Each Southern locale has its own particular variety of barbecue, particularly concerning the sauce. North Carolina sauces vary by [...]
Domain Names - Use of hyphens
When I first became interested in buying and selling domain names I read where you shouldn’t use hyphens if you could avoid it. The reason: people don’t think to type in a hyphen. My experience since then has confirmed that. For example, let’s look at the DVD format, ‘blu-ray’. It is my understanding that [...]
