Domain Names

Advice: Domain Names 101

February 22, 2010

What is a domain name? At it’s most simplest, a domain name is a signpost, pointing the way to a location on the internet where web sites, email servers, or other internet services are located. It’s an address that’s human readable and hopefully memorable.

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Advice: The ‘one percenters’ – a list of small things every business should/shouldn’t do

June 22, 2009

If the world of business was able to borrow just one phrase from the world of AFL Football, then I’d hope it was the concept of the ‘one percenters’ – the idea that it’s all the little tiny things that players do that win the game for their team. Get enough ‘one percenters’ going your [...]

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Advice: Starting Something New – A ‘How To’ Guide

March 19, 2008

It all starts here: with the tiny seed of an idea. Perhaps it’s extending your current business into a market of a competitor; perhaps your ’something new’ is to find a synergistic product or service that you can promote alongside your current range, but that cross-sell each other, and boost your total sales figures.

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Advice: What’s in a name? A guide to choosing a name for your new business, product, or web site

March 22, 2007

Let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start) – when you start a business, you get a one-time opportunity to choose a name for your venture – something that will make a really positive statement about your business the very instant it is seen or heard. A chance to impress…

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Advice: Top 5 reasons to register a domain name

August 6, 2006

A lot of you reading this could already guess at least 3 or 4 of the main reasons to register a domain name for your business – but it’s something that a lot of small business and soloists overlook – and in the interests of all, it’s worth a refresh.

So I present to you the Top 5 Reasons To Register A Domain Name For Your Business. Beginning with…

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