With the NamesCon opening party mere hours away, I thought I would post a few thoughts on why I decided to make this my first trip to a domain conference in two years (since Domainfest in 2011). Here are the biggest reasons that drew me to NamesCon: Location, Location, Location – I’ve been to [...] Continue reading →

While looking for advice related to a specific WordPress plugin I was interested in using, I visited WP expert Chris Lema’s blog, and noticed a call-to-action box in the sidebar that said users in need of advice could schedule a time to chat with Chris on Clarity.FM. Intrigued, I clicked through, and I wanted to [...] Continue reading →

There is an exciting new web series I’d like to share with you that is taking the small business scene in D.C. by storm! Bizwork.TV, the brainchild of longtime digital marketer and brand specialist Mayra Ruiz-McPherson and Northern Virginia based photographer and creative director Karina Djijo, covers topics of interest to small and medium-sized businesses, [...] Continue reading →

Image credit: TechCocktail As first reported at TheDomains, yesterday, Tech Cocktail, which organizes and hosts networking events for startups and entrepreneurs in different cities across the country, announced that they have a new home: Tech.co. The shorter, hipper, and “significantly more baller” (in the words of Marketing Director Zach Davis) address is part [...] Continue reading →

This morning DomainNameWire posted an article about the decline in traffic to parked pages, due to changes in how web browsers handle predictive search. Google Chrome’s combined address and search bar, known as the Omnibox, has further complicated the issue for a lot of domain owners who rely on type-in traffic. Users can still navigate [...] Continue reading →

This summer marks my second anniversary in domaining, and since I missed the one-year mark last year, I’ve decided to do a commemorative post. The last two years have been an incredible learning experience, and I’d like to share a few things that have worked well, and some that haven’t. My first domain purchase was [...] Continue reading →

Photo Credit: sxc.hu I’m no stranger to frugailty – growing up in Miami, Florida, my father was a cheapskate, and it got him into trouble. He couldn’t bear to put a quarter in a parking meter, so he racked up a lot of $10 and $25 parking tickets. It became a running joke. [...] Continue reading →