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What email should I use for my business?

Tuesday, February 23

It is important to use an email associated with your domain name, it is a part of your brand. Just as you’re not going to hand out generic sticky notes with your name written on it if you want to make an impression, you don’t want to use generic emails when you are building your business brand.

Using an email@yourdomain.com is a constant reminder to clients and prospective clients who you are, and where to find all the information about you.

How you choose to name your email, depends on the purpose of the email, and what impression you want to give.
Lets take an example of a business owner named Bob Jones, going from least personal to most personal: Read the rest of this entry »

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What are Meta Tags?

Monday, February 15

META TAGS

Once your site is up and running, the final thing you need to do is for pick your keywords (if you have not had us do keyword research as a part of SEO) so that the search engines will know what your site is about.

The most important part of this is the page title, as Google will ignore any extra keywords. You should not put more than 3 keyword in the title, for instance: Read the rest of this entry »

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Hosting & Domain Registration Tutorial

Sunday, February 14

If you’re new to owing a domain, or you need to register a new domain for your company, this information will be important for you. You will both need a domain name and hosting to have your website online.

WHAT IS A DOMAIN?
You can think of a domain name as a “street sign” which points to the location of your website online. It’s like giving your forwarding address to the post office… any person who sends you mail, will be pointed at the location of your new address. In the case of a domain, anyone who types in your domain name into their website browser, will end up being directed to view your website files.

HOW CAN I “OWN” A DOMAIN?
Nobody actually “owns” a domain. Domains are leased on a yearly basis, everyone in the world that has use of a domain, pays the yearly renewal fee. If you choose to pay the fee for more than one year at a time, some companies will give you a discounted rate. You can register to “own” (lease) a domain at a company like Domains at Cost (details to the left).

HOW TO CHOOSE A DOMAIN NAME FOR YOUR BUSINESS:

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