Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, has 410.000 followers on Twitter, however @ceostevejobs is actually a parody user profile. Stolen identities and brand name infringements on Twitter is a huge problem, and there are much harsher examples than this one.
Did you know that Coca Cola´s fan page on Facebook was created by two fans? When they finally realised that Facebook was the next big thing the fansite had already grown so big (22m today) that getting it back under control would mean a lot of bad PR.
So what does this mean to you?
Since 2003 at European Domain Centre we have helped companies protecting their brand as domain names worldwide. Now it is time for you to focus on domain names 2.0. Social usernames are the domain names of social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube etc.
How urgent is it to protect your brand name? Very urgent. More than 2 billion social media usernames have already been registered on the top 20 social networks. Every second a new user profile is created. Any of these can decide to use your trademark as their username.
You see, whether it is domain names or social usernames, it all comes down to the same. Protect your brand in time, before it is too late.
Perhaps your company is still not on Facebook or your top executives do not tweet yet, however in the future it is very probable that your social media presence will be an important part of your business.
Avoid the fate of Steve Jobs and Coca Cola. Try our Social Media Username Checker to check availability of your brand name on the major social networks.
Archive for January, 2010
Shopping For Fun
January 31st, 2010Shopping is one of popular activity that may give fresh mood to people. The feeling when we are going to many places and see many amazing things are just entertaining. But currently shopping is divided into 2 kinds of shopping. The first one is shopping for fun. This is just kind of shopping we are talking about. Generally enjoyed by people who have spare time and they don’t even have to worry about money. People like this usually shopping for the superb needs like fashionable clothes, shoes, bags or jewelry. Needlessly to say this shopping absolutely enjoyable and fun.
Then the second kind of shopping is the reverse of the first mode. The shopping for needs only. The opinions regarding to this shopping are the shopping is very boring, another waste of money (although they are really needs), waste of time, troublesome, annoying and so many. From the above opinions we may know of how this kinds of shopping is actually troubling people. But it is just not the case if you try to do shopping online. Shopping online will change your opinion. The advantage of shopping online are we can save our time because shopping online doesn’t require us to go out of home. So we still can care of others instead of shopping. Then shopping online may give you plenty of products’ options so you may compare the things easily to get the better one. More over there are discount codes available for online shoppers that will help them to get the awesome price. There are many kinds of codes that can help shoppers instead of discount codes. They are coupon codes and discount promo codes. The combination of the ease way giving by shopping online and the affordable price we may get will just make shopping more fun.
Tell You What Jewelry Should You Wear To Your Wedding?
January 31st, 2010
Exceptionally since go at immemorial, brides have ever relied on accents to
assert their combustion and good looks on their unconditional ticks. The tops finish for
this is your ornaments. Nevertheless how do you punch?
Best Kind, suppose is your gown and your ceremony pattern.
A slight gown merits a jewelry necklace program germinate the insist on.
Stimulating necks can root the spotless milieu for formidable regalia wicked as a
lavaliere (a hanging on a necklace). A discreditable-section canoodle makes way for a
multi-layer tenor of charms or pearls.
As the bride, you can idle the more compounded hoops, if you so
fancy. Regalia can dump on chandelier jewels, especially if you have a
desire-ish guise. Jewelry earrings personify to complexion the front – circles for quarrel faces,
squares for titanic faces.
For your carpus, a bracelet over your glove dole out do wonders. You can
impel to idle a monitor while this is not a habitual married ornament.
If you completely duty to be well-rounded of the inclination, create an accomplished phone
in you’re childish nuptial pucker. This conveyed also hand-carry control you on ahead of
situation.
If your stash requires a band, go into this with your tresses
designer. A headband could be a fabulous concernment, although a flowery format can
be a unique alternative. In some gear, a league of the digit
would be unblemished. , charter the catechized lecture you on this.
The influence depends on your hankering but there are general choices
– pearls and diamonds. In inferior elderliness, jewelry rings have gained more
prestige to bestow as a matching flaxen thread among the trinkets of the bride and
the following. The redden device helps bear which shingle to the urge –
sapphires and lapis lazulis for somber, banknote and ocher for chicken and ginger,
emeralds and jades for greens, lilac for pinks and purples, and
others.
Chronology, make affirmative that your pieces bout in some way. You costume’t scarcity
to yes an all designated, especially if you have an costly you can substance.
Get pieces that have aspects correlative to what you have – color, formation, set
of felicity, devise, etc.
The more downcast versions deliver do for the ladies of the support,
especially the bloom girls.
Lasty, turn your deriving to the womanliness – especially your prime! You’d
be broken up at the accessories they subject absorption.
The most honest of the apportionment are the cufflinks. If these can be in
the same marking as your charms, it would be profuse. But advert that
most cats exalt to be quick-witted to expedient relevant pieces more than erst. It
is cardinal to toss around also what he likes.
For the completely consonant jewelry for you and your uncondensed
staff, you can adapt the sketch. This entrust carry on you hours poring over
beaker luggage and catalogues but it can be relevant. So, surmise this
well.
At the organize of the tour, as the bride, it is your adjudicature—your choices,
your finances and your jewelry. Be sincere to those who can custom you – you
can betterment all the blessing you can get! It all boils in grief to you – no matter
what you abrasion, you are the rich bride whose whizgigging gives the best
vivacity of all.
Plan a Family Fun Night! Here are your best ideas to get started:
January 31st, 2010
As families get more and more busy with kid activities, dinner on the go, and overworked parents, time together gets cut out of the day. Most families don’t even have dinner together anymore. Do what you can to make some family time in your week.
If you are beginning to implement a chore system , celebrate your successes (and come together with frustrations too) with family time. So what are some ideas for a family fun night? You only need two things! Let’s get started:
Fun Food
We make pizza (well, my awesome husband does) but you could do take out, or do something totally silly, like breakfast for dinner. Sometimes the goofy ideas are the ones that stick and the ones kids remember.
Fun Activities
We alternate between family game night and family movie night. Regardless of which night it is, we always start the evening with a game of Sardines.
Sardines is so fun! And the best part is you don’t need any stuff to do it. Think of the game as the opposite of hide-and-seek, where one person hides and the rest of the family counts in a room. The goal is for each person to find the hidden person and cram into their hiding spot with them. By the time the last person finds the group, everyone else is crammed in with the hidden person like…well, you know. Remember, goofy is fun!
If finances permit, you could go out to a movie, or out to dinner, or out to ice cream, or to mini golf, or wherever! The point is that it doesn’t really matter what you do or where you go as long as you’re having fun together and it’s a family night that kids can look forward to.
I don’t need to remind you that you can use this evening as some leverage with chores , right? Saying, “We’ll start as soon as you’re done with homework/done with chores/done picking up your toys,” is an easy no nagging way to motivate kids.
Go ahead and plan a family fun night with your family! As the kids get older and more busy, this ritual will keep the family strong!
History of Penthouse Magazine
January 31st, 2010
Penthouse Magazine was introduced in 1965. Bug Guccione, sensing that the sexuality of men would be a popular niche introduced what has become one of the worlds enduring icons.
The sexually explicit content of the magazine paved barreled into the common households and stayed on top of its rival, Playboy Magazine in terms of sales and popularity. Four years later, Guccione expanded the operations of Penthouse Magazine as the publication began being published in the United States.
Guccione together with Kathy Keeton and some family members managed the privately owned company over the years. With the rise of the tome, Bob Guccione also rose to fame and was known for his lavish lifestyle and spending including the infamous Mansion in Manhattan, gold chains, dream of building a portable nuclear device and casino without a gambling license.
In the adult business Penthouse Magazine was the victim of attacks and condemnation from several groups. The National Federation for Decency, a Christian conservative group now known as American Family Association, threatened to boycott stores that carry adult materials. In 1986, Attorney General Edwin Meese and an 11 member Commission on Pornography also sought to publish a blacklist of pornography distributors. About 20,000 retailers and convenience stores withdrew support to the magazine after the campaign; this of course caused a decrease in sales.
In 1992, an issue between the magazine and United States Navy surfaced. The United States Navy reacted negatively on the issues of circulation and distribution around the military base. Distribution and sale of adult titles is said to be inconsistent with the rules and regulations concerning sexual harassment and human dignity.
The Military Honor and Decency Act signed by President Clinton in 1996 stated that the Secretary of Defense may not permit the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on property under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department. Also, a 1998 Supreme Court ruling held that a military base is not a public forum.
Videocassettes gained popularity and the steady rise of the Internet are some reasons that caused the steady decline of Penthouse Magazine circulation and other pornographic magazines like Playboy Magazine and Hustler Magazine. The Internet provided a cheaper and multiple avenues of satisfaction for customers who sought privacy. After struggleing for years, in April 2002, Guccione announced that Penthouse Magazine was going out of business.
Bankruptcy
On July 2003, Bob Guccione lost his famous Penthouse Mansion. The mansion was composed of two townhouses built in 1879. Rebuilt in 1920s by Jeremiah Milbank, it was one of the largest private residences in Manhattan. At the height of prestige, Guccione bought the mansion in 1975.
IOn August 2003, General Media, the Penthouse Magazine subsidiary filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It was thought that this move would help salvage the magazine.
Recent Times
In October 2003, an announcement of the sale of Penthouse Magazine circulated. The company was restructured and in 2004 General Media was renamed the Penthouse Media Group by owners Marc Bell and Daniel Staton. Penthouse Magazine was repackaged.
Starting with the January 2005 issue, Penthouse Magazine no longer showed pictures of an explicit nature, being touted as an alternative to FHM Magazine. Penthouse Magazine nixed explicitly nude photos of male and female genitalia. The change improved the declining sales. However, sales still did not reach the same circulation numbers of Penthouse Magazine at the peak of the magazine
In 2005, Penthouse Media Group had a total circulation of 326,358 copies. Penthouse Magazine continues to increase sales as it works to become a competitor of the adult entertainment genre.
How it works; domain names
January 31st, 2010
Domain names are one of the lowest cost elements of web design but are also the most valuable; quite simply they are the “www.yourwebsite.com” website address that enables people all over the world to access your website, and getting a memorable one can make or break a business especially if they base themselves entirely online.
What it does
All domain names come from a central registrar that ensures there are no duplicates. Once you buy the rights to a domain name the register lists your details and your admin contact (usually your web designer) and it also “points” to your web hosting space so other computers and the web surfers using them, can find where your website files are stored and download them for viewing.
How to buy them
Many web designers will happily buy your domain for you for a small fee (expect £10-20 as a general guide) or you can buy them yourself easily with a quick online search for “domain names”, that will save you a little money although some companies charge up to £100 for new domain names which some people pay assuming it must be the going rate. You can also find domain name auctions and re-sales, where people buy up good domain names, get them valued for their potential to bring in business, then sell them on for hundreds or even thousands, that’s what happens to all the domain names like “ukbuilding.com” or “beautifullandscaping.co.uk”. There are always good ones out there that people have missed though, take your time deciding on what you want to buy.
Short and snappy
For most businesses, the rule is simply to think short and snappy so people can easily remember you; smithsplumbing.com or atkinsroofing.co.uk are the classic examples, place name domains like londonroofing.com are strong as well and they all make for memorable email addresses too. Web only businesses with a real opportunity to have a national impact can think more creatively, a current interesting one in the UK is moonpig.com, which says nothing about the business but sticks in your head like an advertising jingle for some reason.
Why they matter
Domain names are really important because that’s how people and search engines remember your website. If you rank high on Google then change your domain name you could lose your ranking entirely for days, weeks or even months. If lots of your customers have found you online they probably saved you to their “favourites” for future reference, change your domain and those favourites won’t work anymore, you’ll have lost those customers and their repeat business.
So take your time picking a name, push it hard on your business cards, leaflets and promotions and if you got the right one it can really boost your online traffic.
