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Building a brand on Bimmer.co

02.02.12 By Morgan Linton

Morgan Linton is a domain name investor and author of the popular blog www.MorganLinton.com. Over the last four years Morgan has focused on turning meaningful domain names into real online brands. Morgan is also one of the founders of Appraiso, a new software platform that enables website owners to appraise the value of their developed sites. In April Morgan will be moderating the Domaining Europe conference in Valencia, Spain.

When I was sixteen years old I fell in love with BMW. No, I didn’t have a BMW myself but we did have a family friend that owned one and the moment I saw it, I set a goal to own one myself someday. Well that day finally came on my 26^th Birthday, ten years later, and as a web geek that just bought a BMW, I wanted to start a blog to share my experiences with the world.

One of the first names that came to mind was “Bimmer” the most popular word used to describe BMWs. I was a member of Bimmer Forums and a subscriber to Bimmer magazine so the brand had a lot of meaning to me. Of course I couldn’t get the .COM and after trying my next top choices, I found that none were available. Read more from Morgan Linton

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Steps to Use Your Professional Network for Growing Your Business

10.24.11 By Raj Malik

Raj Malik is CEO & Co-Founder of KikScore, an exciting startup that helps small online businesses use their own track record of reliability and trustworthiness to increase sales and close more leads. Raj is a contributor to his company’s blog, a past speaker at SXSW and is passionate about helping small business and entrepreneurs succeed.

We are all busy with operating, managing and running our businesses.  Just recently, we here at KikScore have been busy shuttling between lunch meetings, phone calls, various team check-ins, touch points with partners, drinks with our corporate development friends and meetings with colleagues, friends and family that at times double as advisors.  When you are in the midst of similar activities, do you stop to consider who or what the source of that activity is?  Essentially, who sparked the activity, meetings, partnerships etc that are so critical to the growth of your business? Read more from Raj Malik

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A .CO Exclusive from Lisa Gansky: “Better Things Easily Shared”

04.07.11 .CO Exclusive

Lisa Gansky. Author. Entrepreneur. Instigator. Twitter: @instigating and @sharethemesh www.meshing.it

There’s a guy I know not far from my home in the Bay Area who started making wine in his garage. When dozens of his neighbors stopped by to help out, he got the idea to create a business where people could make world-class wines without having to buy a vineyard in Napa. His company, Crushpad, provides access to the grapes, machinery, and all the expertise you need to make a really good Cabernet or stellar Sauvignon Blanc. Read more from Lisa Gansky