Grand Boomer (.com)
The dotCOM branded domain that helps aging “baby boomers” avoid the stigma of being called “grandma.” Names are what parents give to children, but in the burgeoning era of the baby boomer, it’s grandchildren that are renaming their grandparents. The trend is called “Grand Boomer.” And here’s the domain that can help the largest aging population in the history of man, to reinvent themselves while finding their ideal name.
Says AARP, “Every month, 75,000 baby boomers are joining the ranks of new grandparents. Dubbed “grandboomers” — marketers’ nod to yet another stage of life that baby boomers are transforming — they are redefining the stereotypical image of grandparents. “The average age of a boomer who is a grandparent is 53,” said Mr. Thornhill, who adds that Oprah Winfrey is 53. “So we’re not talking your traditional image of a grandma here. We’re talking about 53-year-olds who don’t feel like they are anywhere near old age.”
The trend nationwide is for cool, hip names, said Mr. Thornhill.
“They don’t want names like grandma or granny,” he said. “They want a name that works for them.”
East Brainerd resident Rodena Maas is known as “Deen-Deen” to 20-month-old grandson Hudson.
Deen-Deen was a natural derivative of the nickname Deen that her good friends already used.
Once baby is born, boomers have a new outlet for their discretionary income.
“In general, boomers as first-time grandparents spend an average of $1,100 in the first six months,” said Mr. Thornhill. “Their planned spending for the next 12 months is another $700, according to a study done by grandparents.com last year.”
The researcher said the initial outlay is to purchase a crib and all the accessories the baby has at home to outfit nurseries in their own homes.
“Boomers can be our No. 1 customers,” said Tim Allen, owner of Children’s Fair on Lee Highway. “Most are wanting to turn guest bedrooms into nurseries for their grandkids to come over.
The travel industry already has reached out for doting grandparents’ dollars.
Mr. Thornhill said amusement parks and theme parks are offering different admission prices for grandparents bringing their grandchildren.
“We’re seeing a growing number of tour companies putting together multigenerational travel packages targeting grandparents,” he said.
Jimmy Campbell of Apollo Travel said his firm has done a number of these family trips.
“They’ve gone on cruises, to Walt Disney (NYSE:DCQ) World (NYSE:DIS) , and we did a group of 10 who went to the Mexican Riviera.”
“We’re wondering when the first casual dining restaurant will come out with a grandparent menu that has games and interaction for grandparents and grandkids to do,” said Mr. Thornhill.
Campus Print Management (.com)
Academia Embraces Green:
With the cost of fuel and an eye on the environment, universities seek solutions to stem free printing and unclaimed print waste on campus.
Its a simple idea, but it solves a problem nearly everyone can relate to: The ubiquitous wasted page. This is the page with just a URL, banner ad, legal disclaimer, etc. These wasted pages occur many times a day littering homes and offices around the world and wasting money, trees, and time. The problem is 100-times worse in paper-intensive campuses.
It’s not by coincidence that TreeHugger.com was a $10 million acquisition. Or why GreenPrint Technologies won Oxford University’s Venture Fund Competition.
For years, intelligent and visionary communicators have been demanding environmentally-friendly printing materials and procedures for their projects. Now it’s time to go beyond recycled paper and print with real planetary responsibility.
> 35% of the worldwide wood harvest ends up as paper
> The United States threw out 20% of all the paper made in the world
> One fifth of all the tropical rainforests in the world disappeared between 1960 and 1990
> Only 3% of the Earth’s water is fresh
> Europe and America have less than one-half of their original forest cover
> Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, New York is the highest mountain on the east coast, south of Maine
> It takes about 31 million BTU’s to make a ton of paper enough energy to power a U.S. home for 2 months
Taking control of documents on campus is a major opportunity for print management software providers. And campusprintmanagement.com can deliver it as an application, widget or blog.
Proud Citizen (.com)
If you want to really brand and market a real strong political related domain name. You need not look any further. <a href=”http://www.grandnames.com/view-and-order-names/?showdomain=proudcitizen.com”>BUY THIS DOMAIN</a>
Unblended (.com)
More and more people turn to the Internet to share recipes and stories. Whether you are an author, mixologist, smoothie franchise, spirit marketer, movie scriptwriter, or TV host selling blenders on QVC, consider the value of owning this one-of-a-kind domain name for your online success.
Owning Unblended.com provides a distinct competitive advantage and a position of status.
The right domain name can directly impact your image and can instantly establish trust, credibility and gain more recognition among all stakeholders.
Distinctive, relevant, easy to remember, easy to spell and search, Unblended.com can become THE globally recognized and dotCOM gold standard applied to your advantage.
Miracle on The Hudson Blog (.COM)
January 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Branded Entertainment
A US Airways jetliner with 150 passengers and 5 crew members plunged into the icy Hudson River on Thursday afternoon less than five minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport. Capt. C.B. Sully Sullenberger and crew performed heroic actions to bring all 150 people to safety. Fans set up a Facebook page but the Captain himself was quick to admit that he is not a Facebook user. So for all the other Facebook users who want to pay tribute and to share safety tips and ideas so you’ll be prepared for any and all emergencies, there is Miracle On The Hudson Blog (.com). Or be prepared for a movie on the subject with this title.
Think Before You Die (.com)
January 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Healthcare
No one wants to think about death. But PLANNING NOW CAN MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR YOUR FAMILY.
“Where should you keep these instructions?
Not with your will; sometimes wills aren’t read until after the funeral. And not in a safe deposit box, because that might be sealed pending reading of the will.
You should keep a copy with your will, give another to your lawyer, to the executor of your will, your spouse and any other close family members or beneficiaries. According to (my) attorney Howard Neu; “believe it or not, a will is considered to be a LIVING document that can be modified, changed, altered or revoked at any time prior to the death of the Testator. It has no meaning or effect until death and therefore is continually subject to change. By the same token, a will should reflect the change around you and that can only be done if it is readily accessible in a drawer at home or in your office. It should be reviewed annually.
A good time to do so is on your birthday. You are another year older, you think about your mortality and the will should reflect the changes around you, If there are none, put it away for another year, but NEVER put it in a lock box.
The main thing is that it be accessible and that everyone who needs it will know in advance where to find it.” More importantly Howard reminds me that very few jurisdictions allow wills to be deposited with the court before the Testator dies. They don’t want or need the paperwork jamming up their files.
And if you own domain names, you also need to know that just because the Federal Courts of the Eastern District of Virginia have been bullied by Network Solutions to find that domains are a contractual obligation and not property does not make it so for purposes of your estate. A
s long as you have been treating them as property in reporting income, gain and loss from sales, they are property. To read all advice on how to make it easier for your family:; And if you want to solve a problem crying out for an online solution, stake your claim to ThinkBeforeYouDie.com where estate legal services and sales result from understanding.
Everybody Loves A Coupon (.com)
New figures from analyst firm Juniper Research estimate that almost 3 billion mobile coupons will be issued to mobile users by 2011, with just under $7 billion of discounts redeemed. What they need is a way to quickly get the coupons they want.
EverybodyLovesACoupon.com can be it. Compare this to UnadvertisedCoupons.com, with a twist.
At EverybodyLovesACoupon.com, under YOUR management, online shoppers could benefit from hundreds of free shipping offers, dollar or percentage off deals, and more from nationwide retailers and big box stores and in any product category.
With automatic coupon distribution, deals can always be current, work flawlessly, and provide great value. You could run the site without registration or advertising, so users can shop and save from the stores they care about without distraction.
This memorable, brandable dotCOM domain also holds high mobile app, widget and branded-entertainment potential.
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Shalom Towers (.com)
Concept could be a Jewish community portal with apartment tower theme. Kind of Melrose Place meets Boca Towers. Could also be virtual like J-Date meets Second Life. Could feature personal pages. E-mail. Chat. Articles. Events. Links. Live webcasts of Simchats hosted by Jackie Mason and others. Could even provide virtual companion for high-rise memorial park like “Open-Air Chapel Mausoleum.” Or a widget/application to facilate community-based fundraising for various Jewish causes.
BUY THIS DOMAIN
Full Price For Your House (.com)
January 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Real Estate
Imagine those keywords in a campaign to build listings. What seller doesn’t want “Full price for your house”?
Added to any Realtor’s or home seller’s sign, this prime generic keyword domain elicits that immediate “I want” response from potential home sellers. They’ll go to “fullpriceforyourhouse.com” to learn how they, too, can get full price.
What can you do with this domain? Use it to build a social community and provide services to home sellers in general, or to build your own brokerage network. Or use it to leverage the online video revolution to host expert “how to” videos showcasing how to sell your house yourself, and at full price. Include advice like Realtor Walt Dowdy’s top six essential selling strategies for getting your home sold in 2008!
Generic domains like this can be powerful draws for companies hoping to build traffic to their home pages. BUY THIS DOMAIN
Webstreamer (.com)
January 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Widgets/Apps
If you wanted to broadcast video on the Web, what more logical place would you go looking for it than at Webstreamer (.com)?
WEBSTREAMER the ultimate brand name with matching dotCOM base camp URL for the ultimate in Internet Broadcast Applications.
Now that the online video revolution is here, Webstreamer.com provides a unique opportunity in time to acquire a highly targeted and memorable dot com domain that can address your needs both online and off. As the registered owner of this domain, you have a sound investment that is an asset adding to the resale value of your business.
Whether it’s a company’s primary domain or a branded effort, the goal is to create a domain that is contextual, meaning it has relevance to the consumer – depending on how the consumer is speaking, thinking or even typing it.
When devising a new branded domain, consider how search robots – the Internet engines that traverse the Web looking for relevant content – will view it. Those results can strengthen a company’s online brand-building effort.
Moreover, if the URL is part of a specific campaign, it can steer visitors to a unique landing page or site that either features a short video or message related to the effort, or logos that link back to the company’s primary site.
