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Financially, your own websites opens up a plethora of money making opportunities for you and your career. Socially, you will get to meet many different people from around the world and form friendships and business partnerships.
It will also bolster your confidence and make you stand out in a crowd. After all, not many people can say that they have secured a domain that is their own name (how many of your friends have a dotcom to their name? Right, few to none). And yet, even while knowing all of its benefits.
Anyone can have a domain, just as anyone can have a Blog. In fact, you should be having a Blog at your very own domain INSTEAD of blogging on a shared domain such as blogger.com, since you're not giving up control of your own content to blogger.com by doing so.
2. It's Hard To Do
Perhaps around 5 to 10 years ago, the above may have been true. But with such amazing advancements in technology, creating and maintaining your website is a cinch.
Wordpress is one example of a great blogging platform you can set up on your own domain to start blogging. It's extremely simple to use - just like using any writing program e.g. Microsoft's "WORD" word processing program
3. It Takes A Lot Of Time To Set Up
This, again, is another myth that no longer holds true with the advent of new technology. You can have your domain and blog set up for you with many hosting providers in just a day or two!
And all you'll really have to do is fill out a form and pay for them, which brings us to our next point.
4. It's Expensive
Domains are at their lowest prices ever. You can easily secure your domain at less than $10/year. That's less than what you would pay for dinner!
And charges for the hosting of your web site or Blog are just a few dollars every month. The amount you would invest in your domain is thus INSIGNIFICANT when compared to the great benefits you will reap.
5. It's Hard To Maintain
Once your Blog is up and running, all you'll need to do is to write a blog post every other day, which will take up barely any time once you get the hang of it!
Many, if not most, businesses in the world have already discovered the importance and the great advantages of having their own website. With it comes an all important online presence, an opportunity for them to brand themselves on the Internet as well creates a whole host of advertising and marketing opportunities.
but can be extended to ordinary people too. The reason is because anybody can register a domain name as a top level domain (.com, net or .info, etc) consisting of his own name like "HisNamedotcom" (replace "HisName" with his actual name, like "JohnSmith" and add the ".com" at the back.
1. It's Impressive
One of the best things about owning a domain is the 'Wow' factor. Imagine telling someone that they can contact you at the e-mail address "YourFirstName 'at' YourNamedotcom". Few to none of your friends have such an address - right? You'll stand out immediately!
2. You Have An Online Presence
Whenever anyone searches for your name on the Internet, your domain may just show up with your web site or Blog on it. Because you're the owner of your own domain, you can control whatever it is you wish to put up on your web site or Blog. You can easily impress a potential employer or client who may be actively looking for information about you.
3. You Meet People From Around The World
In a day and age when 'who you know' is becoming almost as important as 'what you know', a personalized domain not only gives you the opportunity to meet people from all over the world when they visit your website and Blog, but also for people from all over the world to get to know you as well as contact you. You can easily list out your contact information on your Blog for this purpose.
4. Your Name Gains Prominence
Since it is most likely that you would be blogging about a topic or theme that you have some authority over i.e. your skills or expertise, then over time you will slowly build a brand for your name and people on the Internet will begin to recognize you as an expert in your field. This can easily lead to money-making opportunities you never knew you had.
5. You Can Start A Business
Thousands of individuals have started small businesses from their own websites and Blogs, and so can you. It can be something simple like knitting sweaters to earn spare income or even providing expert advice and coaching via e-mail.
6. Once You Have It, No One Else Can!
There can only be one dotcom with your own name - and once you have it, and continue to renew it every eyar, no one else in the world with the same name can take it from you. Due to its exclusivity, Personal Domain Names become more and more valuable over time.
7. You Discover Other Money Making Opportunities
Aside from the personal benefits of owning your own personalized domain, the financial benefits are potentially huge. You can earn from advertising, or by selling products as an Affiliate or by any number of ways that you choose. Once you have your own website or Blog at your own domain, the opportunities are endless.
