Archive for the 'Internet Advertising' Category
DnJournal.com introduced me to the Domain Name Knowledge Base (DNKB.org). To quote, ‘the goal of the site is to help educate the public about the domain name industry by providing easily accessible [...]
December 25th, 2009 | Posted in Alliteration, Avoid Hyphens, Best Practices, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Domain Names and/or Sites For Sale, Easy to Remember Names, Forwarding an address, Geo Domain Names, Good Content, Green Domain Names, Internet Advertising, Media Advertising, Misspellings, Names Available to Register, Promoting Your Website, Real Estate Domain Names | No Comments
The article (written by Erick Shonfeld), ‘When Amazon Bought Zappos, Clothes.com Also Came In The Box’, on TechCrunch.com tells about the new relationship between these three domain names. In a nutshell, Amazon paid $928 million for Zappos (the business) and inherited the domain name, Clothes.com (which had been purchased last year for 4.9 million).
Why [...]
August 8th, 2009 | Posted in Best Practices, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Internet Advertising, Marketing to Kids & Teen, Media Advertising, Promoting Your Website, Rebranding, Search Engines, Websites | No Comments
CountOn2.com had an interesting article about David Placek of Lexicon Branding and how he works “with clients to solve a problem, to help them communicate something“. Placek said, “What makes a brand name so important is that it’s your permanent media,“
Today, the company employs dozens of people around the world. Placek started his career at [...]
June 19th, 2009 | Posted in Alliteration, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Internet Advertising, Marketing to Kids & Teen, Media Advertising, Other Forms of Media, Promoting Your Website, Renaming, Search Engines | No Comments
GoBackpacking.com offers a lot great advice and a bunch of examples to help you think about choosing a ‘winning’ domain name. Check out the blog entry…http://www.gobackpacking.com
May 19th, 2009 | Posted in Alliteration, Avoid Hyphens, Best Practices, Blogging to Promote, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Internet Advertising, Marketing to Kids & Teen, Misspellings, Promoting Your Website, Search Engines, What NOT To Do! | No Comments
Here are two great domain names that might be just what you need for your business!
PassiveSolarDesign.net is offered for sale - http://tinyurl.com/ps4hca
SolarHotWaterPanels.net is offered for sale - http://tinyurl.com/ovyptz
Thanks for looking.
Many other “Green” domain names are available from DomainsPromote.com.
May 9th, 2009 | Posted in Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Domain Names and/or Sites For Sale, Easy to Remember Names, Green Domain Names, Internet Advertising, Rebranding | No Comments
knofun.com had a very interesting post about the PR move by CarsForaGrand.com to buy a car for under a $1,000 and to drive it coast to coast. Check out the story! http://www.knofun.com
If you are an auto dealer or DomainsPromote.com has some related names that you might be interested in:
ClunkerTradeIn.com
CarOrTruckRentals.com (and …Rental.com)
GasFriendlyCars.com
LittleCarDealer.com
LitterCarStore.com
MiniCarHeadquarters.com
MiniCarsHeadquarters.com
SmallGreenCars.com
and other great names!
Gas
May 4th, 2009 | Posted in Blogging to Promote, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Domain Names and/or Sites For Sale, Easy to Remember Names, Green Domain Names, Internet Advertising, Media Advertising, Promoting Your Website | No Comments
Rick Schwartz, the seller of Candy.com, has revealed that it wasn’t Hershey’s that purchased Candy.com. In fact, he says,“…it was not Nestles nor any other company you have ever heard of. Yet.”
Read Rick’s intriguing post about the sale and the business climate today.
http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2009/04/hersheys-did-not-buy-candycom-guess-who-did.html
April 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Best Practices, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Internet Advertising, Marketing to Kids & Teen, Media Advertising, Promoting Your Website, Rebranding, Renaming, Search Engines, What NOT To Do! | No Comments
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.
March 27th, 2009 | Posted in Branding a Product, Good Content, Internet Advertising, Promoting Your Website, Search Engines, Websites | No Comments
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 [...]
March 19th, 2009 | Posted in Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Internet Advertising, Marketing to Kids & Teen, Promoting Your Website, Rebranding, Renaming | No Comments
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!”
March 17th, 2009 | Posted in Best Practices, Branding a Product, Choosing a Good Name, Easy to Remember Names, Forwarding an address, Internet Advertising, Promoting Your Website, Search Engines, Your name | No Comments