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Good Domain Parenting

January 30, 2013 by Niklas Myhr

When speaking about social media, I often draw laughter when I say that I find it incredible that there are still parents out there who name their babies without first checking if the matching domain name is available. What they don’t know is that I am only half-joking when I make that statement. Perhaps “incredible” is an exaggeration but I do maintain that you could do your child a great favor if you think ahead in this regard. I registered our two kids’ domains when they were about 5-6 years old and was lucky myself to find them still being available. Yes, it is possible that .com as a top level domain will be more or less irrelevant when the time comes for them to “brand” themselves online as technology changes. Still, the expense of about $10 a year pales in comparison to all other investments parents make in their kids future and the rewards could be significant.

www.ZacharyCampbell.com
www.ZacharyCampbell.com

Case in point. In today’s class when I said the above, one of my students came up and said that that was exactly what his dad did when he was born! His name “Zachary Campbell” is a common one as well but thanks to his dad’s foresightedness, he now outranks others with the same name, even some semicelebrities. Check out his site, hire him!

Filed Under: Chapman University, Personal Branding, Social Media Tagged With: #blogg100

About Niklas Myhr

Niklas Myhr, Ph.D., "The Social Media Professor," is an author and an international TEDx and keynote speaker who teaches Social Media, Digital & Global Marketing at Chapman University in California. Dr. Myhr holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Virginia and is currently Google’s #1-ranked “Social Media Professor.” Niklas Myhr is the author of the upcoming book “The Social Customer Journey” and his expertise on social media & digital marketing has been featured in publications such as BBC, The Washington Post, Marketplace Morning Report, InformationWeek, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX News, USA Today, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, ESPN, and on national Swedish television.

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