As a knowledge worker, you are in the business of selling your knowledge. You make money by applying your know-how to solve your customers’ problems.  This is true whether you work as a contractor or an employee.

Organizations (for profit or not) are no more that teams of workers, united under a common purpose, to develop services or products to solve people’s problems, right?  If organizations have their .COM domains, to indicate their COMMERCIAL intent and advertise their products/services on the web, why aren’t you doing  the same? If you answered:

“I thought of that many times, but I just didn’t know how to go about it”, then we have a solution for you!  Just click here in the link and read everything about how to be on the web with your own domain.

“I don’t know.  Why should I have my own .COM?”, then this could well be one of those blog posts that could change your future… just keep on reading.

5 top reasons to reserve your .COM domain… today

1. It enables others to remember you (always) - have you ever tried to tell someone at a business event, when you ran out of business cards, to call you at “456-987-2345″ ? no… right?  Wouldn’t it be easier to to tell people to go to “JohnBrooke.com”? Human are used to remember names and not phone numbers. A domain is a true life time address.
2. It shows your customers how serious you are about your career -imagine if you were recruiting for your own organization.  Would you prefer to see a resume with john3455@yahoo.com, or would you prefer to see JohnBrooke@JohnBrooke.com? With your own domain, your customers will immediately feel that you take great pride in your professional career. Would you go public if you didn’t?
3. It allows you to be perceive as more expensive - by having your own .COM you will be perceived by your customers as being an internet expert, on top of all your other knowledge.  In today’s economy, the web (or the cloud), is taking center stage. Because of that your customers will be willing to pay a premium for you.
4. It is the way of the future - do you expect others to have a cell phone?  What about an email?  Do you remember how you used to communicate before email and cell phones? How long do you think it will take for everyone to have a .COM domains?  Resumes and your connections can only take you so far. Become a global worker!
5. It sets your FREE - right now your web presence is associated to some other company.  You probably use your organization’s email address a lot more than you would like, and your personal email accounts has a Yahoo, MSN or Google domain.  Say goodbye to your “old poor web presence” and set yourself free by hosting your domain ANYWHERE you want.  Be on the web on your own terms.

Next steps

Did you decide to move forward? Fantastic. Here are the next steps

1. reserve your domain from a domain registrar. My advice is for you to use Godaddy - http://godaddy.com.  It is the most inexpensive domain registrar out there. A domain will cost $10/year.Note 1: I suggest you reserve your name for at least 10 years.

   Note 2: in case your “first name last name.COM” is already taken (which could happen if you have a popular name), please follow this link to get our suggestions- http://3wcloud.com/faqs/web/how-to-pick-a-domain-name/
   

2. After you have your own domain, it’s time for you to to publish your knowledge on the web, so others can find you. This is the exact area of expertise of 3WColud.  Please follow this link to know how we can help you have your own presence on the web (cloud)!

Congratulations on your new domain.  You are now officially a knowledge worker of the 21st century.