Are you looking for ideas to start your own business? I read a good article this morning by Michael Lazerow at Inc.com – “3 Most Promising Areas for Entrepreneurs Over the Next 3 Years“. There were a couple key takeaways for me. Firstly, “the cost of starting a business today is lower than ever”.    You don’t need alot of [...] Continue reading →

Yesterday I came face to face with SIRI’s “talking search”.  A friend was over for some BBQ and showing off his new iPhone. Before his iPhone, he had an old flip phone. One of the biggest features he was excited about was SIRI and “talking search”. And I immediately wondered, how will TALKING SEARCH affect domain names? [...] Continue reading →

Ever had a good domain name that you just couldn’t sell?  And can’t figure out why? I’m there.  I’ve got a great two-word generic keyword domain that I’ve been contacting end users with and it won’t sell.  It’s time to start asking the hard questions; is it priced right? is it really a good quality [...] Continue reading →

Not on Twitter yet?  If you aren’t, it’s a good idea to at least go open an account so you can have control of the Twitter ID that you would want (for you or your business). Here’s why – Social media is huge, and it is affecting traffic flows to our sites and businesses.  The changes [...] Continue reading →

I’ve got a site recommendation for you. It has real success (and failure) stories from tech entrepreneurs revealing the good, bad and ugly. That’s what I like reading the best – the success stories drive me with inspiration….and the failures make me not feel so bad, haha!  “Misery loves company” they say.  But seriously, there is [...] Continue reading →

Last week I was having coffee with Susan and she was telling me how she was getting more leads for her business – domains! Susan (name is fictitious – story is real) is not a domain name investor, just a smart business person who learned some internet marketing tactics and is successfully applying them.  Susan is [...] Continue reading →

WHY are you buying that domain name? Those of us who actively buy and sell domains know that it can be fun. Domains are for sale everywhere; auctions, drop lists, on forums, sites with domains for sale, etc.   And we’ve all done it – we see a name and think that it sounds good, or the [...] Continue reading →