Comments on: Carnival of Small Business Issues - Edition 5

By: Fear and Loathing of Sharing in Web 2.0 ~ Web Wahala

Fear and Loathing of Sharing in Web 2.0 ~ Web Wahala — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:09:37 +0000

[...] it, or we can be left behind. The World Wide Web isn’t for spectators anymore. Thanks to the Carnival of Small Business for including me in the 5th [...]

By: CA

CA — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:11:11 +0000

Barbra: Yes, the post did recommend redirecting mails to the unique domain to Gmail. So what you are suggesting is to use Gmail to read and send emails using its “Account feature”. I did try that but the recipient always gets “on behalf of” in the From. I agree it’s awesome for spam protection and is great for reading emails.

Thanks for your compliments and support.

Bren: You are most welcome. Keep such great posts coming.

By: Barbra Sundquist

Barbra Sundquist — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:24:14 +0000

“A unique domain represents (at least when you look at the business card) a level of professionalism that gmail or similar free email service does not provide. Would you not agree?”

Yes, I do agree! Definitely use a unique business domain name. The method I recommended actually does use your unique name and redirects to Gmail.

You did a great job on this carnival. I enjoyed reading all your comments and intros. Thank you for including my post.

By: Bren Ryan

Bren Ryan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:56:17 +0000

HI guys,

Thanks for including my article in your carnival, nice to be with such esteemed company and great posts.

Bren Ryan

By: CA

CA — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:24:02 +0000

Scott: Thanks for your responses. It makes sense. Convertible bridge loans are less riskier for VCs/angels than just equity. So the investors can have their cake and eat it too.

On your response to the stable email address, perhaps I am from the old school. I can agree with your rationale for personal email addresses. I agree gmail is the best thing that has happened to free email. But I still think having a personalized domain and email lends a certain level of credibility to a business.