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#1 (permalink)   07-16-2008 kimbeckers Junior Member Company name: Kim Beckers My latest Twitter: Thanks @jpruittmgt, have an awesome day!   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 327 business name, virtual and domain name? Hi ladies, The name of my business is Kim Beckers Services which is my name, my website is KimBeckersServices.com I am wondering if I should also purchase a domain for KimBeckersVirtualAssistance or KimsVirtualOffice? What do you think? How important is it to have virtual in my domain? I look forward to your opinions. Thanks, Kim __________________ Kim Beckers Online Business Manager

#2 (permalink)   07-16-2008 AwesomeAssistant Junior Member Company name: Awesome Assistant My latest Twitter: Join me on this call for virtual assistants - Defi...   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Roseville, California Posts: 428 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? I've heard conflicting opinions. If you can afford it and just point it to the same site, then why not. I'd probably go with KimBeckersVirtualServices.com if you can. __________________ Sue L Canfield AwesomeAssistant.info My Blog

#3 (permalink)   07-17-2008 Theresia New Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 42 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? I am in the process of setting up a web site and have not registered my domain yet. I did not even think of adding "virtual" to the name. But it does make sense to add it in somewhere. So for me back to the drawing board!!! Thank you for the advice

#4 (permalink)   07-17-2008 kimbeckers Junior Member Company name: Kim Beckers My latest Twitter: Thanks @jpruittmgt, have an awesome day!   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 327 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? Good point Sue, I have already started promoting my site as kimbeckersservices.com should I use that as my domain name for advertisment or kimbeckersvirtualservices.com to promote the business. For SEO and ranking reasons I really only want to choose one domain to promote. I also have kimbeckers.com because I thought it would be easier to convey over the phone. I look forward to your opinions. Thanks for your help. Kim __________________ Kim Beckers Online Business Manager

#5 (permalink)   07-17-2008 Prime Admin Solutions Active Member Company name: Prime Admin Solutions   Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 753 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? I think you can have multiple domain names but promote only one for SEO. A domin name costs about $10 or less to register and you can redirect it to your website for free, so it may be worth doing. __________________ Julia

#6 (permalink)   07-17-2008 kimbeckers Junior Member Company name: Kim Beckers My latest Twitter: Thanks @jpruittmgt, have an awesome day!   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 327 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? I agree, which do you think I should as my main domain to promote? __________________ Kim Beckers Online Business Manager

#7 (permalink)   07-17-2008 Cheryl R Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 144 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? I think keeping it simple is the best. I have ended up with a rather long domain name and it is a bit of a pain. also I think the more continuity you can have between all aspects of your business the better. Just direct the domain with the word "virtual" in it to your actual website. __________________ Cheryl Richey Carte Blanche Assistance, LLC Virtual Assistance...Creating Time for You!

#8 (permalink)   08-07-2008 eop63 New Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? How much does it cost to register a domain name?

#9 (permalink)   08-07-2008 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? Registering is usually pretty cheap. I got both of mine w/godaddy for $38 for 2 years. __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#10 (permalink)   08-13-2008 dawndmd Contributing Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 130 Re: business name, virtual and domain name? Virtual and Assistant is a must somewhere in your domain. Your choice of domain keywords make all the difference for search engine optimization. Another tip, when you design your web site make the links keyword enriched. For example, instead of having "Articles" for a link use "Virtual-Assistant-Articles" It adds important keywords to your content.