It amazes me how many professionals (especially Realtors) who don't have their own domain. I see people using gmail, yahoo, msn, etc for professional email messages. These are all web based email and are great for personal correspondence but not for a professional.
Did you know for $35 a year and less than $2 a month you can have you own email address at your domain and you can even check your mail on the web. I use outlook (and recommend it) but there are so many benefits of having your own domain name. For realtors you can take it with you. If you leave on brokerage and move to another you never miss a beat. No lost email messages or lost opportunities.
Naturally it may be difficult to get yourname.com if it is a common name but if not pick something that describes what you do or yournameonline.com. Go to NetworkSolutions.com and register a name. It is easy to check available names.
You might be surprised to find some cleaver names. Since I sell a lot of Lakefront property I registered www.alllakefront.com just recently. I just about fell over when it was available. I currently have 35 domain names which point to various developments and pages on my sites. Click on my profile to see some of my sites.
As for having your own email address, keep in mid it advertises you every time someone sees your email address. Isn't it on everything you send out? If it isn't it should be. Why aadvertise yahoo for them. They don't pay you do they so why not brand yourself.
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