Domain Name Strategies and Best Practices to Advertise and Grow Your Business.
This time last month, my wife and I had were afforded an extraordinary opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
The first bird was attending GoStrategic’s Transforum Event — a conference aimed at bridging the gap between spiritual truth and practical implementation.
The second bird was getting to spend time together with my wife and somewhat invest in our marriage together. 😍
And what a weekend we had commencing Thursday night and convening late Saturday evening.
While meeting a friend for a long overdue lunch at good ole’ Rudy’s BBQ here in Austin, Texas, I stumbled upon an interesting advertisement.
As most of you know, emoji have nearly hit every corner of the earth as one of the hottest forms of communication, especially amongst Gen-Xers, millennials and younger.
In fact, emoji have not only found their way into email marketing for businesses, but are even making a splash as domains. Yes, emoji domains are real!
But as for this particular ad, it appears that “Talkin’ Texan Just Ain’t Gonna Be The Same” with the latest release of Texas Emoji Stickers app (released February 22, 2018).
Out of all places on earth to have found a company using a .pizza domain name as a primary digital presence, imagine how surprised I was to have had this encounter happen in my hometown.
In the mid to late 90’s as the world was coming online, Sherman, Texas had just crossed over 30,000 population mark.
Back then, the Chamber of Commerce, Yellow Pages and Sherman Democrat, now the Herald Democrat, were a business’ advertising staple to reach more customers and generate greater revenue.
There were not many businesses, if any back then, touting a web address of any sort.
I’m certain most businesses owners had no clue of what a web address was nor did they ever imagine the Internet would be what it it today, some 20 years later.
20 years later and having adding another 10,000 folks in population, I often don’t think of Sherman as a city of progressive technological advancement, especially for businesses using new top-level domains.
Happy Cinco De Mayo to you this early Saturday morning! 🎉
I can tell by how bright the sun shines that it won’t be long before the summer heat begins to scorch the greater Austin metro area for days on end.
So much so that it’ll leave many folks wishing for a cold beverage to wet the whistle and cool down a bit.
Today is likely to be a precursor for what’s to come this summer.
And with Cinco De Mayo festivities getting underway here in Austin, there is also another event kicking off today aimed at teaching kids K-5 how to start, own, and operate their very own business.
Remember that cold beverage on a hot summer day most neighborhood kids have likely attempted to peddle as a business idea?
It’s not everyday that one encounters a company using a partial Spanish and English .com domain as their primary digital presence.
Let that sink in for a moment. Yes, I encountered an Austin-based company using a Spanish and English .com domain for the bakery and restaurant.
Known at National Small Business Week since 1963, today kicks off a week of celebrating, recognizing, and patronizing nearly 30 million United States small businesses.
From April 30th until May 4th, a number of services and seminars are offered to help entrepreneurs launch and grow their enterprises.
Per a recent flier displayed via Rudy’s Bulletin Board, I discovered Austin is offering 5 days of free National Small Business Week sessions that include:
Just East of Austin sits a town closing in fast on a population of 10,000: Elgin, Texas.
Neighboring cities Elgin and Manor are both in fast competition for which city will break the 10K population tape first as the greater Austin metro bursts at its seams with unbelievable population growth — one of the fastest in the nation.
Elgin is known for many things, but one of its brightest spots of glory is its down-home barbecue from Southside Market and Meyer’s.
Another wrinkle about Elgin many don’t know about is its free concert series held every Friday during the month of April.
This weekend has me wishing and longing for previous week’s 70 degree weather as our kiddos prepare for a soccer game in 42 degree weather.
Speaking of previous week, I discovered a few domains while cheering on our oldest son’s Town and Country soccer team.
Today kicked off another weekend of auctioning for a well-known auction gallery here in Austin.
Although their specialty is antiques and fine art, the Austin Auction Gallery opens for auction today and tomorrow at 10AM for an estates auction.
Little did I realize, I’ve passed this family owned and operated business a number of times to and from going to get a haircut.