Archive for March, 2009

Benefits of a Good Website for Small Businesses

Gladys Edmunds wrote for USA Today.com a great article entitled, “Tightrope: A good website is a great asset” where she shares lessons she learned from visiting a Website discovered via a friend.

Two Weeks of BIG Domain Name Sale!

First there was Toys.com selling for 5.1 million dollars and then there was news that Candy.com is to sell for 3 million dollars!  Wow!  And these weren’t the only big ticket domains.  Check out Ron Jackson’s latest weekly report of domain sales for more at DNJournal.com.   The size of these sales re-emphasize the importance of [...]

‘Green’ Domain Names for St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!   Put a little ‘Green’ in your wallet with one of these ‘Green’ Domain Names available from DomainsPromote.com:

AMillionDollarsMake.com

eBayBusiness101.com

HowMakeMillions.com

MillionDollarsMake.com

SellingBooks101.com

ToMakeMoneySelling.com

ToMakeMoneySelling.net

‘Green’ Domain Names Just Right for the Environment

Here are some names available from DomainsPromote.com:

CostaRicaECO.com
NewZealandECO.com
PuntaCanaECO.com (Dominican Republic)
SafariECO.com

BagRecycler.com
BagRecyclers.com
CanRecycler.com
EarthFriendlyFabric.com
GreenReseller.com
GreenResellers.com
GreenIneer.com (green engineer)
GreenSquawk.com (gripe about energy waste, etc.)
HVACeco.com
PassiveSolarDesign.net
SolarHotWaterPanels.net

SavingOurOcean.com
SavingOurOceans.com
SavingOurOceans.org

Fuel-SavingTechnologies.com
Fuel-SavingTechnology.com
GasFriendlyCars.com
Gas-FriendlyCars.com
GasVsHybrid.com
LittleCarDealer.com
LittleCarStore.com
MiniCarsHeadquarters.com
MiniCarsHeadquarter.com
MiniCarHeadquarter.com
MiniCarHeadquarters.com
SmallGreenCars.com
TheHybridDealer.com
UsedAndNewHybrids.com

SmallHouseCompany.com
CustomTinyHomes.com
CustomSmallHomes.com

Names Available to Register

Sometimes you’ll find great domain names that have little ’search’ value but are just good names. Here are some interesting domain names that might work for your business:

AshevilleArtStudios.com (North Carolina city)
AshevilleArtStudio.com (North Carolina city)
BooneFestivals.com (North Carolina city)
HikingTrailGuides.com
HowWeSoldOurHome.com
PatioAndWicker.com

I have not searched for trademark infringement - please check that out before registering any name.  These names [...]

Companies Using Domain Names Effectively

Jamie Zoch posted an excellent entry on DotWeekly.com that is both an analysis of how a company IS making good use of their domain name and a tutorial as to how a company CAN make good use of their domain name.
Check out the article, “Example: Proper use of a domain name!”

Definitely a Unique Way to Come up with a Domain Name!

“Looking for a Product or Company Name” offers a creative method of coming up with a domain name.  In a nutshell, invite some friends over, ‘liquor’ them up a little and as they are ‘loosened’ up let them come up with names.  Even as a ‘teetotaler’ I had to laugh and appreciate the idea.
An [...]

Is Apple developing a Netbook?

If you have never seen or used an iTouch or an iPhone (phone network problems aside) you may think there are other competitive products.  But if you have used one and marveled at the ease and diverse applications you realize there is no other device even close to them.  This makes the latest ‘buzz’ quite [...]

Easily Adding Social Media to Your Website or Blog

It doesn’t get any easier than this!  Check out Google’s “Google Friend Connect“.  Here is what Google says about it:
“Grow traffic by adding social features to your site.  Google Friend Connect means more people engaging more deeply with your website–and with each other.”

“Domain Names, Most Underated Marketing Tool”

You’d probably have to be living under a rock to have not heard that ToysRUs purchased the domain name, Toys.com for a whopping $5,100,000.00.  Why in an economy like we have now would a company do something that extravagant?  BECAUSE they realize how valuable THAT domain name is to their business and to their marketing.
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