A grid of example domain names
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Whats in a Domain Name?

Do I need a Domain Name? A new business is rarely going to skip out on a domain name these days.  A website and Internet presence have become a cost of doing business.  However, a small operation or a blogger might decide that they can use other options for their Internet site and skip the domain registration process. The free options available from social networking sites, blogging hubs, and even Google provide a way to create some web pages or even a blog site within an existing domain.  Many of these options are tempting as the hosting provider touts that you will become a part of their network and provided some free advertising and access to their community. Your Content,... Read more

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Personal Brand Building – You are the Brand

The Internet not only allows us to launch a business, it allows us to create and build a personal brand.  A brand has always been associated with a product in the past and that has not changed.  Now you are the product and your personal brand will help you build awareness that can lead to revenue across a family of services or businesses.  Building a brand takes time and effort.  In this class, we will take the first steps in creating our brand.  After the first steps, we will set ourselves on a course to continue to build our empire. This class focus is marketing and how to use the Internet to solve common marketing problems.  If you have not had much... Read more

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Balance Your Time in a Busy World: Tools and Techniques

Work-life balance is a popular topic these days.  The world has gotten smaller.  That reduction has lead to jobs feeling like they require attention twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.  However, we still have personal lives and families that need our time as well.  Thus, we have to learn how to make use of the time we have. The concept of work-life balance often seems to be focused on reducing work.  We see that as a limiting view of the problem.  Instead of only focusing on time spent at work, we find it beneficial to look at everything you do as a whole.  Then we can find areas where our approach can combine tasks and shift effort... Read more

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IT Overview Class – A tech overview for the non-technical

Our IT Overview Course is now Free! We are busy wrapping up our first course at Develpreneur.com.  However, we feel it could be helped by an overview of IT class.  This is not a small topic to cover.  Instead of building something new, we have decided to make the white papers created for IT 4 Recruiters free. Our goal is helping our members navigate the world of IT to become better workers and entrepreneurs.  Cost can be a barrier to access.  Thus, we wanted to open up these classes to more students.  This bundle provides a great foundation in modern IT terminology and areas of focus.  This overview course provides nontechnical coverage of a wide range of technical topics.  These topics... Read more