First of all, I heartily thank Bill, for his fantastic blog „DOT TEL DOMAINS BLOG“, at http://dottel.blogspot.com/.
I agree with many of his statements, especially, about the .tel domain registry Telnic. And I can hear a lot of disappointment within his comments.
How good is the communication between Telnic and the holders of .tel domains?: The call for a professional webdesigner for the Dot Tel interface and look, had never been realized.
Bill put the question, once again, if one should renew or drop the .tel domains, and he tends to not renew most of them, due to his „uncertain future for .tel“ vision. Bills comments are easy to follow and understand, according to common sense. However, investors should aim a long term strategy of about five years, and then make a decision to drop the .tel domains, or not. If you don't think in long terms, you are not investing. Neither are you investing, if you are not taking financial risks.
Besides all the improvements for the look and the promotion of .Tel that could have been done, but haven't been done, and after ca. two years, since online, .Tel is clearly underestimated, undervalued, and hardly, or not understood. The Dot Tel domain is a Internet landing page for contact and business information, and a lot more. The domain works partly „out of the box“, and can be, on the other part, configured, with a bit of nitty gritty work, to a efficient SEO booster, and a domain that gets found in Internet.
I doubt that any .tel domain with an good name is a waste of money, if used and kept up to date.
Dot Tel domains are here to stay. The key is public education, but which hasn't taken place on a grand scale.
The monitary system is not favorable for long term investments: It depends strongly on short term profits. Every one thinking, they could make short term profits with .tel domains, must give up those expectations. The value of a domain, is not the value in form of money, that you can cash in, at a given time. With time, certain domains get sought after, by a few people, who know what they could do with them. Offer them, where there is competition from other bidders: At an live auction.
If we drop a .tel domain, or sell it under value, we lose in the long term, but save expenses in the short term: So what do you prefer, and what can you afford?
Even Dot Biz and Dot Mobi will become established and accepted by a wider audience. The are late comers, same as Dot Tel.
Now, imagine, you could just buy a domain, without having to renenew it every year...: No droped domains, would be the result.
Now imagine, Dot Tel's would cost only $5 instead of $10 (http://www.name.com/ price): The result would be....: Less droped domains. Both szenarios sound like fair deals.
For a reseller, or for a domainer with a large portfolio, the domain prices are probably too high, for uncertain long term investments: Why don't the domain registries take such a fact into account, with non-established domain creations?
The decisions are always based on financial thoughts and related to current market prices.
Basically, a good domain name and ranking, has nothing to do with money. And money shouldn't spoil the success, potential and fun.
As I once pointet out: The domain extension ".tel", is probably the best of all existing domain extension, by just looking at the extension itself. And no other existing domain name extension suits better for mobile phone computing.
People have never asked, what sense the domain name extension ".com" makes: But ".com" just got accepted and established with time, by the masses. ".com" could either mean "communication", "commerce", "company", "computing", whatever.
With ".tel", I think, people can't easily make the bridge from Internet domain to telephone, respectively, why should a website URL have a extension, that reminds you of "tel-ephone"?
As soon as Internet and the smart phone become a natural related thing, there might be a run after anything, that eases mobile communication. Inclusive "Dot Tel" domains.
If the couple "Internet" and "smart phone" is no no-brainer yet to mainstream, why should the Dot Tel registry Telnic make much effort to educate mainstream about Dot Tel?
Looking at it that way, and in that aspect, you couldn't blame Telnic, for beeing as passive, as it has been, up and till now. Telnic is not bigh enough, to take such a finacial risk, as such promotion would not just cost one million Dollars, but at least five or ten million Dollars.
By just having a lot of "drops" (droped .tel domains), the financial losses, are still kept at the smallest possible. And financial recovery is possible, anytime, within reasonable time.
Therefore, Telnic is far, from "missing the boat". And all chances are fully intact.
Dot Tel, will pick up, with time. And it will be the overall development in the world of mobile communication, that will decide about the success of the Dot Tel domain.
Of course, and nevertheless, Telnic should change a few things now, at present, and not postpone those. You might be able to say, what that should be. But I am not quite sure.
I think the registry, as well as the domain holders, are a bit overextended. And decisions and actions taken, on both sides, are either taken too carefully, or too hastily, but neither appropriate.
So, who is to blame?: I think, the basic problem are high costs for calling and surfing on a smart mobile phone, which hinders mainstream owners of mobile phones, to access the Internet from their mobile phones, or access Internet, more often. Roaming costs, or still far too expensive.
And people don't know, that .Tel pages the sites that can be viewed at the lowest cost.
When mobile Internet gets generally more mainstream, then that is when Telnic should start making some serious efforts with promoting .Tel, and spending some important amount of money for promotion. I assume, that Telnic does have a successful strategy, even if it doesn't really look that way.
All in all, domaining with heavyweight in the mobile telecommunicaion field, and expecting to make some tidy earnings, and some serious money, is nothing more than a poker game.
Dot Tel domains, are usefull, now, but for for getting tidy earnings through advertising or selling, it is far too early. But you should nevertheless learn all about .Tel, and how to improve and populate a .Tel domain. Because when things take off, you should be ready, and even better: Already established with your .Tel's.
Think twice, befor your intend to drop your Dot Tel domain(s). Act fast, to get a Dot Tel name, as long as it is still available.
Don't forget, that the future of Internet, is in mobile computing, mobile Internet, mobile phones, and mobile websites. Desktop PC's are being replaced by mobile laptops with an aditional bigger external monitor, so that they can be used at home, as well as away from home. And soon, you will be able to interact (more) between your stored data on your smart phone, and your laptop. Let us say, you scan info on the go, with your smart phone, and download it to your laptop.
And so, why will you wan't to give up a good mobile Internet address, if things are developing so promissing?
Herer are some useful links:
Create, print or display a .TEL business card
http://www.nametag.me/dot-tel-business-cards.php
Create, print or display a .TEL business card with QR Code.
http://nametag.me/qr-code-dot-tel-business-cards.php
Promote Your Dot Tel Domain: Generate A QR-Code, And Display It, Where It Can Be Scanned.
http://www.qrstuff.com/
Advertise On Dot Tel Domains
http://www.teldomaintel.com/tel-domain-services/tel-domain-advertising/
Hide Your Dot Tel Email Address
http://www.teldomaintel.com/tel-domain-services/hide-your-tel-email-tel2form/index.html
Daily Growing Dot Tel Community / New Registrations
http://www.dottel.net/daily-dot-tel-registrations#regs
Select A Dropped Dot Tel Domain Name For Registering
http://www.dottel.net/daily-dot-tel-drops#drops
Articles About Dot Tel Domains
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Bill_Rutherfurd
Register A Dot Tel Domain Name
http://www.blacknight.com/telnic.html
Share Your Dot Tel Domain
http://tel2social.com/
Sell Or Buy A Dot Tel Name
http://teltheworld.co.uk/teltheworldmarketplace.html
Dot Tel Monthly Meetup Group
Join us to learn the advantages for PR and marketing in the dotTel space: The Vancouver dotTel Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.
http://www.meetup.com/dotTel/
Dot Tel News
http://www.dottelfinder.com/news/
Dot Tel Forum For Naysayers and Supporters
http://www.namepros.com/561820-the-official-tel-discussion-thread-279.html
Dot Tel And QR-Codes
http://qr-code.dot-tel-domain.tel/
Dot Tel Info Center
http://dot-tel-domain.tel/
Dot Tel Self Learning Center And Tutorials
http://tutorials.dot-tel-domain.tel/
Dot Tel Design Support
http://teldesign.tel/
Search Dot Tel Contact Info
http://d0.telpages.com/search.action
Dot Tel Business Services
http://thetabiz-services.dot-tel-domain.tel/
Email Addressbook (Hidden Email)
http://wikiworldbook.tel/
Dot Tel Support
http://aled.tel/
Saturday 12 March 2011
Friday 21 January 2011
Monday 17 January 2011
Free mobile advertizing with QR-Codes at the Annunci.tel site, untill, 1. of Mai.
How it works:
What is a QR code?
A QR code is a two-dimensional code that is readable by your mobile smartphone. When you scan a QR code with a QR code reader app it will automatically open a related link on your phone’s web browser. Every QR code has it’s own link.
That’s very cool but what can I do with them?
We will create a sub-domain for you, and upload a QR-Code of your item description to the header-icon field.
QR codes give sellers a way to sell their online items in the offline world. Sellers can click on the QR code in their listing to print it out. Then, if you’re selling one of your items in a store, flea, or other physical location, you can put the printed QR code next to the item.
Potential buyers can scan the QR code and be taken right to the item’s www.annunci.tel listing. Since your listing contains more information on the item, it’s very useful for a buyer to see. They can purchase the item, or save the listing for later. It’s just another great way to sell your items.
If you want, you can give it a try with your smartphone on any listing. Just enlarge a QR code on a listing, aim the reader app at it and see what happens!
Do you want to sell an item on annunci.tel?:
Send us your item description with requested price and your contact email, to the following email address:
annuncitel@gmail.com
We will list your item, together with the related QR-Code, that we will generate.
Sunday 16 January 2011
Thursday 13 January 2011
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Monday 10 January 2011
Sunday 9 January 2011
Test the .Tel
How to get a lot of attention and customers for your small business mobile web site:
1.) Get a mobilized web site, or a mobile ready Dot Tel domain (.tel).
2.) Populate the pages (inclusive the sub-domains).
3.) Make an attractive web design.
4.) Generate a QR-Code from your domain name, by using a QR-Code Generator.
5.) Customize the QR-Code, so that it looks cool, by a skilled designer (for example me).
6.) Make a billboard with the code and only a little text on it. Example: http://bit.ly/f9P36w
7.) Get public advert space for your billboard at a strategic good place, where there is loads of traffic from pedestrians, respectively workers on their way back and fore to work, or during lunch time, shoppers, tourists, people strolling around the city.
8.) Mount/install your billboard.
9.) Promote your mobile web site in blogs. Use Google Favorite Places, to point to your billboard, office, or shop, etc, with your QR-Code.
Link to Google Favorite Places:
http://bit.ly/7Y8BVm
QR-Code designer Alexander, will be happy to design your code. Contact me, via email, at:
schiesser@2wire.ch
My email in QR-Code, for scanning later:
http://bit.ly/ifh5TE
Or scan my email address directly here:
(If you wish to follow my example, then you can generate your
* URL
* VCard
* Message
* Phone
* SMS
here, at mobile-barcodes.com:
http://bit.ly/DwSg )
My Custom QR-Code Gallery:
Promo picture „QR-Codes for the Dot Tel domain“:
http://bit.ly/i7OMyt
Examples, Color without Logo/Brand:
For privat/personal usage:
http://bit.ly/dX0cmh
„Nice Codes“ Series, for tea bag tags and product packaging:
http://bit.ly/hudEyd
Vintage Watches:
http://bit.ly/f3UNKI
Telpages:
http://bit.ly/e4YO9D
Dot Tel Mobile:
http://bit.ly/g8lZNZ
Dot Tel Service Center:
http://bit.ly/fLHqUj
Dot Tel Service Center Light:
http://bit.ly/enV3zr
Wine Splash:
http://bit.ly/eauPXG
Wine Splash Two:
http://bit.ly/fCdKQr
Wine Splash Three:
http://bit.ly/fhh89N
Empire:
http://bit.ly/feyqVW
Fish One:
http://bit.ly/fyxIXl
Fish Two:
http://bit.ly/h8yoaa
Paris:
http://bit.ly/gWT32a
Victory:
http://bit.ly/fDyQGl
Triest City Frame:
http://bit.ly/eNSe5z
Triest City Classic:
http://bit.ly/ikiFn2
Triest Color One:
http://bit.ly/eCAj1i
Triest Color Light:
http://bit.ly/e0L6KP
Water Power:
http://bit.ly/eVVnBA
Swiss Watch Dealer:
http://bit.ly/f58fUu
Triest Color Forte:
http://bit.ly/fjMtI0
Triest Color Forte Due:
http://bit.ly/hQ84fD
Triest Color Power Woman:
http://bit.ly/gVYLQj
Triest Color Piazza:
http://bit.ly/gU1SN0
Triest Bajazzo:
http://bit.ly/gLCC0u
Triest Mystery:
http://bit.ly/gD3FUm
Saturday 8 January 2011
Friday 7 January 2011
Supporting .Tel, doesn't mean, that Telnic does not have to change: It is a contstant pain in the Ass of any serious and ambitious .Tel holder.
No justification for sluggish promo and development. More honesty and transparency. It is wrong, to think, that Telchina will bring the main success. Success must establsh within the home market, first. Collaborating with Japan, would be smart. Time for QR-Code thinktanking and brainstorming. Don't miss the boat.
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Businesses using .Tel mobile technology: Terra Housing Consulting, Development and Property Management, Vancouver, Canada
Since 1982, Terra Housing has been helping non-profit groups and government agencies to realize their housing objectives. We have over 250 housing projects completed or in development. As well, we have completed affordable housing plans and housing portfolio reviews. We have extensive experience producing studies and papers, and leading workshops and planning sessions. We've worked with more than 130 housing providers to co-ordinate the activities of dozens of builders, lenders, architects, engineers, code consultants, lawyers, realtors and other professionals.
Terra works with clients to reach a clear understanding of their goals and the resources available to them. Then we develop a realistic plan to achieve the goals and implement the plan together.
Terra has skills in financial modeling, project management, capacity building, planning and research.
If your group has a housing problem, we may be able to help you solve it. Contact us for more information.
Contact:
Mr. Stefan Melnyk is Development Manager at Terra Housing Consultants.
Stefan Melnyk, BA, PMP
Development Manager
Stefan Melnyk is a project management professional, specializing in the development of multi-family commercial and residential projects for non-profit and government organizations.
A husband, father, and, construction project management professional. Enjoys golf, hockey, football, and gardening.
Here is his online business card and contact information, which he constantly updates: Click either on the .Tel icon, or scan the QR-Code (Quick Response Code) to decode, view and store the .Tel page:
Click on icon:
or
Scan with smart phone, respectively, with a browser-enabled camera phone equipped with QR reader software:
To read QR codes on your iPhone, go to www.code.google.com/p/iphone-qrcode/
To read QR codes on your camera phone, download via www.reader.kaywa.com/phones
To learn how QR codes work, see www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code
Projects:
100 E Cordova Street
48 units, High-rise apartment
Client: Bridge Housing Society for Women
1001 Waddington Ave., Nanaimo
21 units, woodframe apartment
Client: Nanaimo Youth Services Association
12075 75A Ave., Surrey
72 units, woodframe apartment
Client: Progressive Inter-Cultural Community Services Society
1254 East 8th Ave.
22 units, wood frame apartment
Client: Lu'ma Native Housing Society
27 W Pender Street
98 units, high-rise apartment
Client: Vancouver Native Housing Society
Bedford Manor
76 units, concrete
Client: John Howard Society of the Thompson Region
C Side
284 units, townhouses and highrise apartment
Client: Affordable Housing Societies
Cardington Apartments
30 units, four storey apartment
Client: John Howard Society of the Central and South Okanagan
Evergreen Timbers
58 units, wood frame apartment
Client: Langley Lions Senior Citizens Housing Society
Four Sisters Housing Co-operative
153 units, High-rise apartment, Row (townhouses)
Client: Four Sisters Housing Co-operative
Fraser Street Transitional Housing
30 units, wood frame apartment
Client: RainCity Housing and Support Society
Liberty Place
20 units, wood frame apartment
Client: Howe Sound Rehabilitation Services Society
Lions View
126 units, wood frame apartment
Client: BC Housing Foundation
Lore Krill Housing Co-op West Cordova
106 units, high rise apartment
Client: Lore Krill Housing Co-operative
Mole Hill
170 units, Heritage renovation
Client: Mole Hill Community Housing Society
North Shore Shelter & Transitional Housing
50 units, woodframe apartment
Client: Lookout Emergency Aid Society
Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
community centre
Client: Vancouver Peretz Institute
Seymour Place
136 units, High-rise apartment
Client: Affordable Housing Societies
Smith-Yuen Apartments
52 units, concrete highrise
Client: Katherine Sanford Housing Society
St. Andrews Place
27 units, wood frame apartment
Client: Kiwanis Senior Citizens Homes Ltd.
Strawberry Hill Townhomes
64 units, highrise apartment
Client: Conference Housing Societies
The Lux
92 units, highrise
Client: RainCity Housing and Support Society
VCC Students' Union
redevelopment
Client: Students' Unions of Vancouver Community College
Woodwards Family Housing
75 units, highrise
Client: Affordable Housing Societies
Real Estate, Development Manager, Terra Housing, Financial Modeling, Capital Costs, Operational Costs, Municipal Approvals, Housing Consultant, Stakeholder Analysis, Risk Management, Complex Care, Senior Housing, Independent Living
Thank you so much, QR-Codes
QR-Code info can quasi enter into a niche within communications:
Example:
JuicyPizza Company:
Created a QR-Code for the „Pizza of the Day“ Internet sub-domain info page of its restaurant. But hasn't displayed it yet.
Big question: WHERE DO I DISPLAY THIS (....) CODE?
Answer: Somewhere, where there is traffic, and people around, before, and during lunch time.
Another big question: MUST I CREATE A NEW CODE, EVERY DAY?
Answer: No, dummy: It is fine, to have a code from that web link, and update your web content daily.
Ok: So what happens?:
The code gets displayed in the appropriate size / format, on a billboard.
„What is it all about, I don't get it!“
Listen: Consumers wan't to be able to make decisions upon sufficiant information provided to them, which is easy accessable, on the go.
Randomly displayed codes are ideal, and meet the demand of the modern consumer and smart phone user (addict):
Get short (and useful) information (Twitter concept..., by the way..., but not Twitter...), for making your daily routine decissions, for food, shelter, learning, administration, transportation, communication, entertainment, enjoyment, health, time saving, money saving, money spending, economy, information (news, bargains, etc.), and so on.
Where else, but not here, can the QR-Code exactly meet the need for such updated daily info for consumers?
Bingo! Thank you.
.
Example:
JuicyPizza Company:
Created a QR-Code for the „Pizza of the Day“ Internet sub-domain info page of its restaurant. But hasn't displayed it yet.
Big question: WHERE DO I DISPLAY THIS (....) CODE?
Answer: Somewhere, where there is traffic, and people around, before, and during lunch time.
Another big question: MUST I CREATE A NEW CODE, EVERY DAY?
Answer: No, dummy: It is fine, to have a code from that web link, and update your web content daily.
Ok: So what happens?:
The code gets displayed in the appropriate size / format, on a billboard.
„What is it all about, I don't get it!“
Listen: Consumers wan't to be able to make decisions upon sufficiant information provided to them, which is easy accessable, on the go.
Randomly displayed codes are ideal, and meet the demand of the modern consumer and smart phone user (addict):
Get short (and useful) information (Twitter concept..., by the way..., but not Twitter...), for making your daily routine decissions, for food, shelter, learning, administration, transportation, communication, entertainment, enjoyment, health, time saving, money saving, money spending, economy, information (news, bargains, etc.), and so on.
Where else, but not here, can the QR-Code exactly meet the need for such updated daily info for consumers?
Bingo! Thank you.
.
A interesting idea to show your information: The QR-Code tree:
Example:
Blue Code: My web content (3) / My Twitter web page.
Red Code: My web contact info (1) / My Skype phone number.
Green Code: My web content (1) / web site / Dot Tel landing page (includes my contact info).
Yellow Code: My web content (2) / My blog (home page).
White Code: My web contact info (2) / My email address.
Result:
Or just simply:
My .Tel
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QR code is a black and white image. Each QR code represent a specific website URL. Smartphone’s camera can be used to scan QR code image and translate into corresponding website URL, text, phone number. You can convert and generate QR code image of any website URL, phone number or any text on the internet. This is possible using free QR code generator tools online.
Online QR code generator tool
1. Open kaywa QR code generator tool in web browser.
2. Click to select ‘text’ from content type option. You can also select website URL, phone number or SMS to convert and generate respective QR code image.
3. Type or paste required text. (Enter Phone number, if converting phone number into QR code).
4. Click ‘Generate’ button to get QR code image. You right click QR code image to copy and paste. Alternatively, grab permalink URL for QR code image,
Wednesday 5 January 2011
www.tuerler.tel
Türler、スイスの腕時計
Türler、スイスの腕時計
Türlerは、時計とジュエリーの取引でいくつか残っている個人所有の事業の一つであり、時計、宝石、貴石のドメインでの経験の120年以上と際立っている。
Türler、時計＆ジュエリー、バーンホフ通り28はCH-8001チューリッヒ
It is a desire that dates back to the origins of humankind: to adorn oneself, to give a gift that counts, to evoke emotions. Since time immemorial, jewelry has been a mirror image of the philosophies of life and of the lifestyles of every culture. In the last millennium, in the early 13th century, mankind discovered a new type of ornament, a marvelously mechanical one which was not only decorative but also capable of structuring the course of a day: the timekeeping instrument. Today, timepieces and jewelry are part of our very nature. The reasons people have for acquiring, possessing, and giving watches and jewelry as gifts to loved ones have remained unchanged. The mission of Türler has remained unchanged as well: we live and breathe the culture of watches and jewelry - and that is the foundation of our credibility.
Zürich-Paradeplatz
Türler, Watches & Jewelry, Bahnhofstrasse 28, CH-8001 Zürich
Monday 3 January 2011
Ideas to customize QR-Codes
Here we have a logo for hydro-power: The swirl is in the foreground, and the drop is in the background. Between both parts of the logo, is the code.
More design ideas:
www.triest.tel
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www.triest.tel
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