Do Tel – Don’t Ask, Do Tel

Professionals have yet to pick up on using a .tel domain to control their online image and identity.  The only reason must be a lack of knowledge.

Never has anything so powerful and inexpensive been ignored by the business community.

A .tel is a new TLD that enables the domain owner to store, post, and handle contact information and search terms directly in the Domain Name System (DNS), the  international system that stores locations of all the web sites in the world.

For the first time, personal and business information can be stored directly in DNS.

16 Reasons Why You Need a  Personal and/or Business .tel:

1. Claim your name.  Thousands of Robert Joneses and John Smiths share the same name.  Own the domain.

2. Control your information.  Post your contact info, text, photo, search phrases, and locality into multiple public and private profiles.

3. No internet hosting needed.  Your information is stored directly in the DNS structure and does not need separate web hosting.

4. Economical.  Domains are available for less than $20 per year – and no additional hosting necessary.

5. Profiles.  You control what visitors see.  You can have separate public, private, work, home, vacation, or any other profiles.

6. Business directory.  List all of your internal phone numbers and email addresses.

7. Mobile friendly.  Your .tel domain will load almost instantly and read easily in any smartphone.

8. Professional profile and branding.  Attach info to you personally no matter which company, law firm, medical office, or real estate broker with whom you are currently associated.

9. SEO optimized.  Ranks high in the search engines.  Inside a day or so, YourName.tel will most likely appear on the top page of Google when someone searches for “Your Name”.  Be found more quickly via search engines. Structured information, keyword phrases, and links to a domain  name all permit search engines to see the weight and purpose of the .tel.

10. One point of contact.  You can make YourName.tel you one lifetime point of contact.  Regardless of where you live in the world, your info is accessible to clients and customers.

11. Make modifications almost instantaneously.  Updates are visible in seconds.

12. Branding.  Put your .tel on your business cards, websites, and sig files.  Your information is always up to date at all times.  For kicks, you can make a simple business card that only shows “YourName.tel”.

13. Simple.  Your contacts, family members, and business contacts will always know where to go to uncover an email address or phone number.

14. Location.  If you choose, you can include a map to your location.

15. Keywords.  Utilize an unlimited number of keywords to promote yourself. You are able to inform people where you work, your hobbies, your skills, anything you want to share publicly, and display a picture or logo for easy recognition.

16. One-click dialing.  From your mobile phone, you can click on the site phone number and dial instantly.

No platform comes without a downside.  Remember, the info you make public is available to everyone online.

You will want to avoid including:

* Social Security Number
* date of birth
* home address
* bank information
* financial details

Your username and password are all you need to manage the .tel control panel.  Never share this login with anyone.

Once you have set up your .tel, I recommend you post the link on business cards, online business profiles, websites, blogs, and anyplace you can generate business leads or assist your existing clients or customers.

Visit: <a href=”http://charleslamm.tel/” target=”_blank”>CharlesLamm.tel</a> and see my .tel domain in action. – http://internetmadmen.com