A Quick Word on Email Addresses

Email addresses. Pretty much everyone has at least one. Many people have multiple email addresses. Free email account domains are not appropriate for business. What is a free email domain?

• GMail
• Yahoo
• Hotmail
• Juno

And so on.

Whenever I see this I cringe. Using a free email account tells me a couple of things about a person/business.

• They are lazy.
• They are unnecessarily cheap.

The answer? Buy a domain (web address) for your business and then an email account. You can buy your domain at one company (such as GoDaddy) and email from another company such as Google’s Apps For Work.

Here are the earth shaking costs.

Domain through GoDaddy: $12 (approximate)

Email from Google Apps For Work: $5 per user per year (You also get a lot of additional functionality included in Google Apps For Work).

Show the world you are serious about your business (and yourself). Stop using free email services for business.