What does your website say about you?
Your website opens doors to contacts you’d never imagine you’d meet. Now more than ever, millions of people have access to your online presence, and whether you like it or not, they’ll immediately judge you upon your site design. What does your website design say about the person or business you are? All too often the impression you think you’re giving is very different to the one you actually are. This is where it’s important to ask the opinions of others. This is a good exercise and one I’d like you to join in with. Take a moment and think of just three words / traits you want to exude when people see your website design (words such as ‘organized’, ‘friendly’, ‘accomplished’ etc.). With those three traits in mind, now take a good look at...
Helpful Home Based Business Resources
What do Apple Computer, Hershey Chocolate, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and the Ford Motor Company have in common? They all started out as home based businesses. Over half of all U.S. businesses are based out of an owner’s home. Starting a home based business has many rewards and challenges. I found a few resources that will help you learn more about working out of your house, starting a home-based business, and managing your business within the law. Before You Begin Small Business Start-Up Assessment Are you ready to start a business? In less than 5 minutes, this assessment tool will help you understand your readiness for starting a small business. Can You Live Where You Work … And Work Where You Live? Find out what’s like to live and work in...
Define Your Business With a Great Logo
When viewers associate a name, slogan or a design with a product/ service, it marks the formation of a brand. The degree of brand recognition being induced by such name/ mark henceforth determines the popularity of a brand. However, the transformation of a name/ mark to a brand takes time. Brand recognition is a process that is not built overnight. It is created with continued use of such products or services along with advertising and media promotions. A brand is a recognizable symbol that relates to a particular product/ service and creates a certain degree of anticipation around it. The representation of brand particularly plays a major role in defining its popularity. So, what represents a brand? A brand is represented by a name, term, sign, symbol, design or...
Is It Worth to Buy Domains with the New .co Extension?
A small bit of background information: In march of this year a company called CO Internet S.A.S announced that they would start managing domains with a new extension: .co. As of today these domains are already available, and you can get one with most big registrars. Given the similarity of .co with .com, many people are claiming that .co domains might go mainstream, so trying to register premium domains with that extension (e.g., weightloss.co) could be a good idea. That is basically what Colby is asking. One thing I know for sure: .co or any other extension they come up with will never take the crown out of the .com. If you want to build an online business, getting the .com version of your domain is a priority. The next question is: will .co become a...