One of the most likely investments you will incur at some time will be a Domain Name.
This can be for:
Yourself. People can visit a website "yourownname.com" to check you're real, and to get an idea of who they're dealing with;
A Trading Name. Something catchy that customers will become familiar with, and trust;
A Product Name. (If you have one). Even if you don't have a product, you could investigate exciting/interesting/fun names for the future. But don't buy now.
TO DO LIST
When you next take a break (remember those?), sit down with pen and paper. Just go to the site and put in some names, starting with your own. It will show you what's available to buy, be it; .com, .biz, .co.uk, whatever you like. Take a note, or use Note Pad (PC) or Text Edit(Mac) of those you like, and what's available. Do not click to buy there, as you don't get to choose your domain name supplier and may pay more than you need to.
WARNING
This is an incredible time waster, but it does get your creative juices flowing - and it's fun. (Does that make me sad).
Do Not Buy, and don't get carried away, it could melt your credit card. I made a list of 87 possibilities, then 3 days later, a better one popped into my head. (You'll love it, but I can't tell you yet).
Remember, if you find some you really really like - keep schtum (secret). People steal good ideas, and certainly good domain names).
OK kiddies, here's the link, so go and play when you're ready.
The address is at the bottom.
There, see how helpful I am?
PS. It's FREE.
The address: http://domainsbot.com/
"Believe you can and you're half way there."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
It's a warm Summer's night here in Blighty, and even at 1.40 in the morning I've got the door open.
There I was tapping away at the keyboard, when something black and huge whizzed past my head. EEK! Not a sound could I hear, but there was definitely something moving at high speed through the
Still, had to go and investigate, and as we don't have guns here in the UK, took the next best thing - a wooden spoon! (Don't know whether I planned to hit it or cook it, but it gave me a temporary sense of security).
I rounded the corner, and something black shot past my head into the lounge, still absolutely silent.
I followed, and looking around, found the invader - hung up on the top of the door. A Bat!
There it was, a cute little Pipistrelle bat.
Now - I had a choice. Do you know what a lose lose situation is?
If I let it out, in the morning the children would give me hell if they found out, and I'm a gas bag and love sharing nice things with them. This qualified a s a nice thing.
So I crept upstairs (remember it's the middle of the night) and tried to gently wake them up, yes all three of them. Dreary and Grumpy, the two older girls, were up for a cuddle (they always are), but not much else - until they heard the word BAT! Talk about pandemonium. All hell broke loose!
You've never seen three little girls out of bed and halfway down the stairs, so fast, the littlest one, Sleepy in the lead. Although I had said, "Come down quietly", the noise was deafening.
After calming them down, I led them into the lounge, to see (and stroke) the bat. After lots of "Oohs, Aahs, and Can I Keep Hims", we made our way to the door, stepped outside, and let him free. It took some time to calm the girls, and get them back to bed. See - I told you it was a nice thing.
However, in the ruckuss that they'd created, they'd woken their mum up, and I still got hell.
Sleeping on the sofa tonight then.
(She snores, anyway).
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