For the past couple of days (years really) I have been working on a "Resource Center" right on DotWeekly.com using the archives from the site. My goal with the resource center is to have one place that somebody can visit (or send somebody) that is interested in learning about domain names for an example.
The domain names resource page is then broken down into several different sections based upon what the user may be interested in or learning about. The section starts off with what a newbie may need to learn about domain names before they decided to make a purchase. The resource guide then grows from that point and covers buying a domain name, selling a domain name and other related topics to domain names.
The basic goal of the resource center is for somebody to be able to visit and learn about domain names and there many uses. I have tried to cover a wide range from the basic to the more detailed, all in one spot, easy to find.
Right now, the resources tab features a couple topics but it will be a work in progress for each section and I will hopefully add to the topics that are already in place as well. Currently, the topics covered are:
- New to domain names
- Buying a domain name
- Selling a domain name
- Mistakes to avoid
- General things to understand
- Domain names as a marketing tool
- Including domain names in ads
- Expanding your brand with domain names
- Website Builders
- Header Creator
- Webmaster Tools
- Simple, Yet Important
I will continue to add to each section and grow each specific sections over time but I thought it would be a helpful place for DotWeekly readers to have. Although it has taken a good deal of time to get everything in place, I think it will be well worth it and a helpful place to visit or send somebody looking for detailed information relating to domain names.
Let me know what you think, if I should add some more sections or specific topics etc. I will be adding more things but for starters I think I have things covered and the pages are moving in a good direction. I hope the pages become easy sources to send people to that are looking to learn about domain names as I have several years of writing and examples of, marketing with domain names, starting off developing domain names, general topics about domain names and much more.
Morgan
Great idea Jamie! When brokering to end-users I find that many of them want to learn more about the industry – this will be a great resource to send them to!
Jamie Zoch
Thank you Morgan. I still need to go through a lot of data and add a lot more, but I wanted to at least provide a decent start for people to be able to use or suggest to others easily.
Simon Johnson
As domainers we tend to see the same sorts of questions popping up again and again. Anything that we can do to educate the marketplace is a positive step.
There is (or ought to be) a fair bit of content underneath those headings, so I’d stick with that for starters.
Good to see you taking action and doing something positive to help other people. Hopefully others will follow your lead and adopt the same approach!
Ed Muller
This is absolutely necessary and appreciated – must point all my customers here!
Jamie Zoch
Thank you Ed. I was trying to come up with a way to utilize the content I have posted over the years and compile it into one section that was easy to find or direct somebody to for reference and I think I may have done it. It will be on-going and I will continue to add things without making the page too busy.
Damir Tankovic
Jamie U have done it well.
Educate the people – U rock
Domain Name Registration
Nice and informative blog Jamie…all that can read this will have an idea about domain names..