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January 29, 2006

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How to Set-up A Website Address Tutorial - aka Buying a Domain Name

Are you ready to take your business online? I don't mean online to your Facebook page! For thoughts on Facebook pages, see this post, Facebook is Not Your Company's Website. If you are ready to set up your company email and your own www.yourcompanyname.com web address, here's a quick tutorial to get started.

1. Brainstorm a Domain Name - The first thing to do is come up with a domain name, or URL, that you want. There are many options to choose from. It's possible www.yourcompanyname.com is taken or that your company's name is very long. Try to come up with something that will be easy for people to remember and that ties into your company name or what it does. There are also different top-level domains, such as ".com", ".net", ".info", and so on. I live in Maine and it's common to see websites ending with ".me", which is our state abbreviation.

2. Search Available Domain Names - Once you have a couple of name ideas, head …

Snapseed - Hands Down the Best Photo Editing App for Mobile

What were my photos like before Snapseed? Whether they came from my fancy digital camera or my iPhone 7, the most editing I did was using a filter on Instagram or Facebook. I thought that was good enough.

Then a friend introduced me to Google's mobile app, Snapseed. Instantly, my photo quality was much better. The app is very easy to use and provides an in-app tutorial to introduce you to the basics. There are versions for both iPhone and Android. The best part about the app besides its awesome photo editing capabilities? The fact that it's free

Less than two weeks into playing around with it, I feel very comfortable editing a photo in less than 5 minutes. What a difference it makes! Here are some before and after examples.

For more tips and tricks on using Snapseed to up your photo game, check out these links: What Can I Do With the Snapseed App?Snapseed Review: Best Photo-Editing App for Serious Photographers Snapseed: Everything you need to know about Google's photo edit…

Facebook is Not Your Company's Website

Congratulations! You're in business! You have customers, loyal ones that come back and recommend others to you. People are asking how to find you online. That's easy you say, I have a Facebook page! But wait... a Facebook page is not a website.

A Facebook page is better than nothing. It's a great first step. If you've made it that far, I applaud your efforts. If you haven't, see my post, Facebook Pages for Business 101, to get started. A Facebook page is just a starting point to get your business online.

Why should you bother having a website, when Facebook is free and it's so easy to set up? For one, Facebook controls your content and how your posts are displayed. For more reading on the legality of who owns the content you post to Facebook, this article, Who Legally Owns Your Facebook Posts, is a great primer.

In order to get your posts in front of people, you'll need to cultivate an audience of people who like your page. Unless you are a social media gu…

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