Get Your Own Domain Name Or Die Online
by Sopan Greene, M.A.
http://www.NetMarketingMastery.com

Would you buy from someone with an "@yahoo.com" e-mail
address?  I wouldn't.  And the clients I've had the most
trouble with use yahoo adresses or other free addresses. 
I understand that you don't want your regular e-mail address
in ads that your run on free ad sites to prevent spam, but
lets use some common sense here.

If you don't buy anything from yahoo's off line why would
you buy from a yahoo online?  If you're serious about your
business you have to show it in your actions.  The first
action to take is to buy your own domain name and use it
for all of your e-mails.

Lets say there's a Bob Jones who starts up an online company. 
Will you be quicker to buy from him and trust him if his e-mail
address is "bob@starpower.com" or if you read an ad from
"bobjones711@yahoo.com?"  He's the same guy, but which address
makes you trust him more and believe he's a legitimate business?  

Even if you're not ready to put up a site (which you should be
if you're marketing online), at least create a professional
presentation with your e-mails.  They're your main form of
communication online and it's the main brand people see when
you communicate.  Everytime you send an e-mail you're
advertising.  Do you realize this?  You'll never make decent
money online if your e-mail address ends with "@aol.com."

When you come up with a great name for your site or business
get a ".com", not a ".net" or ".info" or ".tv" or
".someotherwordpeopledontthinkoffirst."  If you can't get a
".com" for your name, then come up with another name.

Since my main site is www.NetMarketingMastery.com and that's
a bit long to type out, I also use www.nmmastery.com for
people to get to the same site and use sopan@nmmastery.com
for my e-mail address.

There are 877 and 888 numbers that do the same thing as 800
numbers, but what do you think of first? 

Have ever you ever heard anyone talk about 888 numbers? 
How many times?  Okay, now how many times have you heard
people talk about 800 numbers?  888 and 877 numbers are
known as the step brothers and sisters of 800 numbers.

Similarly, when you want to send a package overnight what
company do you think of first?  Probably Federal Express
because they were the first company to do overnight
shipping.  You can use UPS or Airborne Express or some
of the other smaller companies, but FedEx is the company
that gets the most business because they're thought of
first.  You need to have a ".com" domain because that's
where visitors will go first nomatter how many new domain
endings are created years and years from now.

If you have ".net" domain name then you'll be setting
yourself up to lose visitors to whoever has the ".com"
domain for your name.  Outside of earthlink.net how many
".nets" come to your mind right now?  On the other hand,
how many ".coms" can you think of?

When you hear about a cool company and want to see if
they have a website do you try their name with a ".com"
or with a ".net" or ".info" or ".tv" or
".anythingelsebesidesa.com?"  I'll bet money that you
try the ".com" first everytime and you always will
because it's always going to be your first choice. 

So if you haven't already, go buy a domain for your
birth name and get crackin' on coming up with a great
name for your business and go buy a domain for that name
before it's taken.  Honestly, we're talking about a $15 a
year investment.  If you're not willing to invest $15 into
your business then you don't have a business.  If you want
to be taken seriously you have to have your own domain
name or you will die online trying to make money. 
Period, end of story.


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