How to look like an amateur - is this you?

Heres some tips to looking casual and amateurish:

• Don't get a domain name
• Have your car sign-written with your yahoo, gmail or paradise email address
• use your ISP email address on your emails eg mybusiness@paradise.net.nz
• Get the wrong domain name eg use mybusiness.net.nz when your are a company and should use .co.nz

I see examples of these nearly every day. Having a domain name, which will cost you between $40 & $70, is worth it just for the level of professionalism it adds to your business on your email communications. Heres how to look professional:

• register a relevant domain name for your business
• use it as your email address eg me@mybusiness.co.nz
• keep your Yahoo, GMail & ISP email addresses for your personal stuff

TIP: You can create an email alias to combine your personal and work email addresses yet still look professional.