I read an interesting article the other day that said that some parents have e-mail addresses for their babies before they are born and 80 percent of children have a profile online before they are 2 years old! People thought I was nuts when I reserved my kid’s domain names – i.e. www.angelalieb.com I did this when my daughter Jessica was producing a music demo cd. I thought that if they were ever going to do something where their name was part of it – then I wanted to make sure they owned their domain. It makes it difficult for folks like John Smith or Julie Jones – but if you can, I would encourage you to reserve your namesake domain – you can get one for less than $10/year. GoDaddy, Register.com, NetworkSolutions are just a few places to purchase your domain.
Another benefit to having your name as a domain is if someone does a Google search, the first thing that will pop up is your namesake website. For example, I meet you at a networking event. I want to learn more about you but I forgot who you work for or the name of your business. I do a search for you on Google. If you have a domain name, that will be the first item to pop up on Google. Even if you aren’t using the domain, it will come up. You can always point your domain name to your existing website or you may be able to point it to your LinkedIn or Facebook account.
So, if your name is important to you and you think you will ever want to promote yourself online, make sure you own your domain name. So Take Action and go claim your name online!
Have a great rest of the day!
Angela
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