Some Random Notes Before Heading To Branson Mo For a Few Days
I will be away from the laptop quite a bit over the next couple days so blog posts may be a few and far between. The few days away will hopefully be a mix of both business and pleasure (although when you love what you do it sometimes you cannot tell the difference). Interesting enough one of the meetings comes from an offer I had on a domain name a couple months back. Sometimes face to face is what it takes to get a deal done.
Well here are a few random notes before I head out:
EzDevelop.com will be released to the beta testers today, we are working on one last bug that is minor before I release, last thing I wanted to do was release an alpha level tool and call it beta. It took us a couple days longer than expected but in the whole scheme of things it was good to delay for 48 hours. There is still work to be done to the public face to the site, but we hope to get everything up and moving on that side as well over the next week. Main goal was getting the actual tool itself where I wanted it. Phase 2 features are already defined and will really make this tool something that is special to those looking to save time on all aspects of starter site creation.
My Facebook posts have really surprised me at the level of interest they have gotten, it looks like we all have taken a keener interest in social media. It is something I spend quite a bit of time on but had held off doing many posts around it. Linkedin is really an untapped resource for many, and I think some focus there will be something you see in my posts moving forward as well.
On a side note I am finding more and more people starting to understand they need a proper web presence starting with the domain name but then see that they are not working to tie their presence online together. Even at the simplest level making sure you tie your Twitter, Facebook, and website together in some format is a must. This is something I see from both the experienced set as well as the people just getting moving online with their business or organization. They have all the pieces but have not put them together. I see a blog post coming on that.
Another Random Domaining Notes Post
Here goes another group of random domain investing and domain business development thoughts from the past week. It was a bit of a crazy week due to moving and the follow up meetings after last weeks seminar. Here we go:
Sometimes the newspapers figure it out pretty quick, Friday while heading out to the truck we used to move our office equipment a lady came up to ask us if we were launching a new business. I let her know that we had been in business but had been fortunate enough to outgrow our old space and were in the process of moving. After she asked what we did I gave her our elevator pitch. She looked at me and said, "I guess you would not be interested in an ad in the newspaper then?". I stated that the newspapers were not big fans of ours and then, knowing the answer, asked her if she was with the local paper. Obviously the answer was yes. I must say I missed the boat by not asking her if she would like to interview for one of our open sales positions....
We continue to be invited to new speaking opportunities, in the past week we have had two requests to come do the same seminar we did a couple weeks back to new groups of people and organizations. From a domaining standpoint it is really a pretty neat thing to have people actually start thinking about the proper name selection and send us questions and look for help in selecting the proper name for their move to promoting their business online.
While at the St. Louis Cardinals Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers playoff game (did the Cardinals ever show up) I met a nice couple who asked what kind of business I was in. After discussing it the first thing they asked about was consulting prices for Facebook and Twitter promotion. I am amazed on a daily basis on how many businesses we have asking us for support in those areas. These type of conversations happen everyday, at this point in the game if a business does not have a solid website and social marketing plan they are missing the boat.
Sometime back I did a post about the domain backorder and auction services needing a solid mobile interface (Snapnames and Namejet), this week with all time out of the office we had I yet again had issues with not being able to access the system properly, even on my iPhone. Top this off with ATT just totally lacking in stable Internet service in both my home and office this week and my week of drop catching was not good at all...
This is post #99 for me, it looks like, and I noticed this last week, my Alexa 3 month average ranking may break 100K on the same day I make my 100th post. I have been averaging around the 40 to 50K range daily lately but the 3 month ranking is the one they show by default so I been waiting to see it go below 100K. In reality it should drop rapidly based on the past month or two average this blog has had. Thanks to all for following this site, it is very much appreciated.
