Registering your own domain name is a must for your business. This will give your business an internet established presence. Too many businesspeople skip this crucial step. The US$13 or Rs 800/- yearly fee is a small price to pay for professionalism. If you’re serious about your business, don’t skip this step.

When registering a domain name, please keep this point in mind: Don’t use unusual words, phrases or ellipsis in domain name. Choose an easy-to-remember name that also describers your products, services or expertise.

Never use free domain and free hosting (with a lot of banner-ads or popup-window ads) for your business. They don’t leave good impression on your web site visitors about your business and professionalism.

Click on link below to see if name you want is available: http://www.apnakarobar.com/services/domain-registration-services.htm

If you have questions about domain names, please write to me at najam@apnakarobar.com

Third Step - Selecting a Web Host

There are some basics you need to consider when selecting a web hosting company:

Reliability - This refers to percentage of time hosting server is working and displaying your website. Unfortunately, these percentages are often reported only by host company, so their accuracy should not be taken at face value. A good rule to verify their reliability is to check existing web sites hosted on their servers or ask their existing web hosting clients about their hosting services.

Access to support staff - All hosting companies probably have support staff. The important question is how easily can you get in contact with them and how soon can you get help with your problems.

Server hard drive space - An average web page is 10K to 50k. Pictures and other graphics usually range on size from about 1K to 100K. This means that if you have a 10 to 15 page website with 2-5 graphics on each page, you will need 500K to about 3MB (3,000K or 3,000,000 bytes) to save your website on a server. Even if you have a much large website with many more graphics, your website should be able to fit comfortably onto about 10MB of hard disk space. When web hosts offer you 100MB of hard disk space, they do so knowing that vast majority of users will not come close to using all of that space. Therefore, in most cases, offers of more than 10-25MB of space are made mostly to impress prospective customers who really do not understand how much they need. It just sounds good.

Allowable data transfer - When someone visits your web page, they cause data (web page code and images) to be transferred from server hosting your web page down to their individual computer. If you have many visitors who look at everything on your web site, this transfer puts a strain on resources of your host server. For this reason, limits are generally placed on amount of "traffic" your site may receive before you are charged extra. In example above, assuming maximum web site size (about 3MB), and assuming 1,000 visitors per day viewed everything on your website once, you would need to transfer 30MB per day or about 1GB per month.

Secure server - Many web hosts have this option available for an additional monthly fee. Secure (or encrypted) server space is needed if you plan to accept credit card information or other sensitive data on your website. If this data is not encrypted (coded so it cannot be read except by intended recipient), then it can be viewed by others and potentially stolen.

FTP or other access - There are many ways for you to upload your web pages to your server. However, quickest and easiest is by using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program.

POP accounts - These allow you password-protected access to mail sent though your website email address. You may want to set up separate POP accounts for each major department in your company. Ask how many POP accounts your host allows you to have without paying extra.

Included software - Some web hosts include no software; others include a large number of software tools to help you run your site more easily. Examples of programs, which you might expect to have available are: Auto-responders (to send automatic replies to your customers), site statistics (to monitor your visitors), webmail (check your emails using web browser) etc.

CGI-bin access - If you want to run your own programs on your website, you must have CGI access. Your CGI capabilities must allow you to read, write and execute on your server. Many hosts do not allow such access. This may not seem important when you first set up your website. However, as your site develops and interactive capabilities are needed (like quizzes, contests and surveys), you will find your company needing this ability.

Domain name hosting - At a minimum you need your host server to allow you to have your own domain name. Since you can now register a domain name for only $13 per year, every company should have their own. Some hosts will allow you to have more than one domain name on your site; others will not.

I use and highly recommend ApnaKarobar Hosting Services. I have been using these hosting services for last 2 years to host my 30 clients' web sites and www.apnakarobar.com is hosted there, too.

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5. We've all been frustrated by others who hold private side conversations. They may be sharing their reaction or viewpoint, discussing a matter not related to that meeting, or catching up on personal news. Solutions? Separate talkers, ask them to include everyone in conversation, direct a specific question regarding topic at one of them, or make person recorder. Another great tactic is to stop meeting and be silent - this should embarrass talkers into stopping. A tactful technique is to ask that only one person speak at a time as that leads to easier listening and better group dynamics.

6. The joker can lighten up a dreary meeting with a little levity. But some individuals go overboard. Then there is sarcastic one, person who can't resist a snide remark. A bad tone for meeting ensues as this person belittles what others say. Cut tirade by stating that such remarks be withheld during meeting.

7. The objector likes to remind co-workers that it's been done before with no success or that idea has little merit and probably wouldn't work. This can stem from lack of knowledge or understanding, fear of change, or laziness. Another problem is person who tries to form a coalition to pressure group to accept and back him or her and what they think would be a better way. If you can't get these people to be a more constructive part of team, don't invite them to future meetings.

While it is leaders responsibility to keep group focused on meeting topic, help is usually given by rest of participants via pointed comments or looks. Meeting disrupters don't have to be tolerated; politely challenge their behavior and get back on track. After all, most of us don't enjoy spending much time in meetings and sooner we get back to "real work", happier we are.