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Fourth of July Family Pictures and a Few Domains

Alvin BrownJuly 5, 2017Leave a comment

Reading Time | 4 Minutes

Of course, it was a bright and early here in Austin, Texas, and the House of Brown has beat the sun up for a fun and exciting day.

That’s right, we took family pictures to celebrate the 4th of July, birthdays for boy #2 and girl (born the same day two years apart, turning 3 and 1 respectively), and simply another family milestone.

We loaded up and headed to Buda, Texas just 20 minutes south of Austin.

Our destination for family pics, Buda’s Historic Stagecoach Park, was chosen by a longtime family friend, Hanna Mac Photography.

Sharing faith and growing your church using domain names

Alvin BrownApril 13, 2017Leave a comment

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Although it’s sad to admit, churches are often quite behind when it comes to embracing and harnessing the power of technology to share their faith.

Fortunately, I’m grateful to be an active member of a church in the eclectic city of Austin where only roughly 16% of the population actively attends church.

Our church embraces technology and does a decent job effectively using domains to share the Gospel and draw awareness to the Gospel in general.

I’m always amazed and encourage to encounter churches embracing domains to grow their church as well as share the Gospel.

It’s time for Spring and Summer RV road trips

Alvin BrownApril 7, 2017Leave a comment

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Spring is here with Summer fast approaching. Ironically, the weather we’ve had a few days this week here in Texas has me thinking it’s fall.

I know, I know. It’s nothing but oasis and the dry and hot summer days will be here to remind me in no time.

With Spring almost behind and summer here, I’m starting to see quite a few recreational vehicles, also known as RVs, take to the road.

Defensively Registering Domains: Psst, your park gate is open…

Alvin BrownAugust 16, 2016Leave a comment

Reading Time | 6 Minutes

I encountered another billboard while on my home that made me think about the importance of defensively registering domains.

I was able to quickly and safely pull off the road to capture a snapshot as the billboard stuck out to me for a number of reasons.

The billboards’s blue, white, and black hues are simple in design and layout, having an appealing white call-to-action text on a blue background.

Next, the billboard contained the logo and blue text describing its services placed on a white background.

Finally, at the bottom of the billboard in white text on a background was the domain name and phone number.

Most importantly, the billboard was well designed and well positioned for the nearly 180K plus Austin-based drivers that pass it daily along highway 183.

Knocking Stains Out of the Park

Alvin BrownAugust 9, 2016Leave a comment

Reading Time | 2 Minutes

Welcome back! As I was in search of a sporting event the night we arrived home from the hospital after the arrival of our beautiful baby girl, I encountered MLB game.

Not much of a baseball fan outside of the Texas Rangers, I decided to let channel surfing rest and watch a few innings.

As innings progressed, I took notice of a billboard behind home plate.

Although present, it wan’t the normal MLB team domain name that was on display as the main attraction and that caught my eye.

Curbside Groceries Coming to a Store Near You!

Alvin BrownJuly 26, 2016Leave a comment

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Minding my own business, I was traveling form the Egg and I Restaurants located at 183 and Lakeline Blvd to my office out in Volente.

As I headed north and circled underneath 183 to head south, I encountered an interesting banner hanging in in front of a familiar Texas-based and founded supermarket.

The banner was quite interesting. You could tell this company put a lot of effort in branding this new service offering for their customers.

In a world of always connected devices, even a supermarket, also known as a grocery market or store, is finding a way to use the internet to its advantage.

I’m sure you’re wondering what company I’m referencing, right?

Everybody Knows To Call Austin Accident Attorney

Alvin BrownJuly 12, 2016Leave a comment

Reading Time | 5 Minutes

Just wanted to share an interesting domain usage I recently spotted.

I happened to be traveling to Houston for work when I spotted a billboard for an Austin-based attorney.

I just had to pull over when I saw the billboard. In my opinion, this attorney hit the nail on the head with how he chose to advertise his domain.

Tis’ the season for party cruises, barges, and boats…

Alvin BrownJune 21, 2016Leave a comment

Reading Time | 6 Minutes

As I drove into work the other morning, I was reminded that summer is here.

How? Well, one of the first reasons I knew it was summer was that there were only 5 to 6 cars on my commute.

For the next 3 months, I can say that I’ll have Austin’s traffic beat.

Most of the time, my commute consists of seeing 2-3 school buses, teenage drivers and parents trying to get kids off to daycare and school.

The second reason I knew summer had arrived was that I saw Austin’s Affordable Party Bus, Fly-Rides.com, at the intersection 2769 and Bullock Hollow in route to Volente, which is where I office.

The music was blaring and it looked to be standing room only on the bus. I could make out trunks, bikinis and swimsuits so I know it had to be a high school or college end of school party.

Below is a picture of the bus i snapped on my way home the same day:

Austin's Affordable Party Bus

Nevertheless, I continued towards the office, envying the party bus of youth in their prime just living up the weekday with a lake party.

As I pulled into Volente, passing the Volente Shore Club, the third reason that let me know summer was here was seeing a white banner with blue text.

An Electrifying National Brand Grows Its Franchises Using Subdomains and Directories

Alvin BrownJune 3, 2016Leave a comment

Reading Time | 8 Minutes

A while back I wrote about using subdomains to boost search rankings and targeted traffic.

I won’t cover all that was mentioned in this post. Sorry, you’ll have to read up.

Nevertheless, my wife and I were taking the boys on what we thought was a quick walk to the mailbox and back home.

Of course, we got to the mailbox and our boys put the puppy dog eyes on us. They wanted to walk a bit further than the half block we had walked to arrive at the neighborhood mailbox station.

And as the good parents we are, we obliged their request and continue around the block. 😀

As we turned the corner at the end of the block to make our way down the next street, I perked up a bit because my eyes focused in on a yellow and red van with blue writing.