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Hello,
We’d like to extend our warm wishes and seasonal greetings to you
and provide some quick news to you regarding functionality recently
updated. Large images across all templates
We’ve now extended the ability to support a large image in all of
the templates, not just the single competition template released in July,
after comments from the community. This can be created using our APIs
or through third party service providers. Promoting .tel pages in adverts
We have also changed the way in which adverts pointing to other .tel
pages are handled at the request of some members of the community who wish
to promote sub-folders or other .tel domains within their directory
services. Therefore, if a .tel domain owner specifies a .tel address
within the image advert banners, instead of opening in a new window as is
the case with any other extension, it will instead open within the same
window, as a normal .tel link would. Extending the template choices
Over the past few months we’ve been hearing your feedback on the
new templates that were introduced and we’re pleased to announce that
there will be some additional options to use with your .tel name, which we
anticipate will be available at the end of this month or beginning of
January. These provide further choices of narrow versions of Template 8 as
well as the ability to utilize darker text on a light background and vice
versa. How do you use yours?
Here are just a few of the ways in which .tel community members are
using their .tel domains that we’ve spotted over the past year.
Click on the images to visit the sites directly. We’d love to hear from you
We are always happy to hear from you. If you have any questions,
would like to find out more from us or have any comments or suggestions,
please do continue to contact us at community@telnic.org or join the
tel community forum at http://telnic.org/forum. We also continue to
enjoy hearing your stories and seeing your .tel domains in action, so
please do feel free to send us any news you?d like to share.
Thanks again for being part of the .tel community, and we look forward
with you to 2013.
Regards,
Telnic Limited http://telnic.tel
Ian Bowen-Morris, Chief Marketing Officer at Telnames, explains why it pays to have a mobile website
If,
like many of us, you’ve got a smartphone, you’ve probably used it to
find directions to a shop you couldn’t locate, looked up train times, or
Googled the phone number of a local taxi firm. And the chances are that
your target customers are doing something similar every single day.
In
today’s connected world, consumers have become used to searching for
the services they need online. Indeed, according to Google, 95% of
smartphone users regularly search for – and, as a result, get in contact
with – local service providers online. What’s more, Google’s research
reveals that when people use mobile search they tend to take action
immediately, with one in five making an instant phone call (source:
Google Research, September 2012).
But here’s the shocking part.
Google’s research also reveals that less than 10% of small businesses
currently have a mobile site. That means that, every day, a vast number
of small companies are missing out on a major opportunity to grow their
business.
So, what’s the problem? Well, for many small companies
and local businesses, it’s all about time, effort, cost and perception.
Because many companies think you need a heavyweight site that’s
complicated to build and a hassle to maintain.
But, unless you’re
selling a lot of stuff online, most people who want to find out about
your business probably don’t want much more than your contact
information and a basic overview of what you do.
All of which
means it’s probably enough to just ‘mobilise’ your ‘contact us’ or
‘about us’ page of your traditional website (if you have one). And if
you’re in the restaurant business, for example, you may want to make
your menu available too. Or you may want to feature the opening hours of
your business, include a map, offer customers the opportunity to follow
you on social media, or promote a special offer.
That’s exactly
what a new service from Telnames makes possible. In just minutes you can
create a mobile-friendly .tel site that looks good and gives people all
your essential contact information in one easy-to-view location.
Everything is included – a top level domain name to get found in search,
a smart page where you can upload all your contact information and a
business profile and hosting – for one small annual fee of £14.95. A
Telnames.tel site works in parallel with your existing site (if you have
one), so you really can have the best of both worlds and ensure that
your online presence is covered – whether customers are searching on the
move or from their desktop.
Now any small business can create a
mobile-friendly website that displays perfectly on a smartphone – making
it easy for mobile information searchers to find you and make that
all-important call. For some great examples of a number of independent
businesses are using the Telnames service, just visit http://www.telnames.com
Telnames was once again pleased to attend the Business Show in London, this time in Olympia.
As well as having a stand, we were delighted to be
joined by independent experts to provide their advice, opinions and
guidance to attendees to help them think about starting, growing and
developing their own small business plans.
Journalist, author and media commentator Guy Clapperton, kicked off the day with a presentation on the importance of owning your own space online. As author of This is Social Media and This is Social Commerce,
as well as his many years of writing on technology and small businesses
in national newspapers, Guy’s experience in helping small businesses
gain an understanding of how to get started with their online marketing
was well-received.
Ian Bowen-Morris from Telnames presented on the
mobile imperative for small businesses and provided some key statistics
regarding why now is the right time to be mobile-ready online. He also
revealed our new television advert to the audience which will start running on Sky and other digital channels in the UK in early December.
Lloyd Gofton, MD of Liberate Media, reprised his learnings from a whitepaper his company produced and then wrote up in an article for TechCrunch on the myths and realities of social media for small businesses (his write up can be found here).
Ending the day was Reuben Milne, MD of Spark Creativity, who entertained the crowd with a fantastic presentation on the importance of personal brand.
On day two, we were pleased to host Stephen McGowan from UK Trade & Investment, who outlined just some of the ways in which Government was helping small businesses to grow and widen their market.
Finally, closing out the presentations was Lloyd Pople, MD of NeonDrum,
who provided key insights into how online PR can be an affordable and
cost-efficient way of getting your business found in organic search
through press release and news distribution (and, if you’re interested,
they’re offering a great discount if you visit their telname!).
The stand proved extremely busy as a result and
we’re incredibly grateful for those who presented and who gave their
time for free in passing on their experience and making the Business
Show a great event again. We were also delighted by the feedback we
received on the service in general and the iPhone app specifically.
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Telnames irrumpe en industria de dominios con aplicación móvil para iPhone
LONDRES, November 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Innovadora aplicación permite que cualquiera compre un dominio con solo
tener credenciales de aplicación
Telnames (http://telnames.com) está marcando hoy un cambio en la
industria de los dominios con el lanzamiento de su aplicación Telnames
Mobile Website Builder para iPhone. Pionera en su tipo, la aplicación
permite a profesionales y empresas comprar y crear su propio sitio web
apto para comunicaciones móviles en menos de 10 minutos usando solo su
pulgar.
"Creemos que esta aplicación cambia las reglas del juego al
eliminar todas las complejidades que conlleva comprar y construir un
sitio web preparado para comunicaciones móviles. A partir de hoy,
independientemente de la capacidad técnica, cualquiera podrá tener su
propio sitio en línea en cuestión de minutos", señaló Khashayar Mahdavi,
Gerente General de Telnames.
Estudios recientes de Google y Kelsey revelaron que 58% de las
pequeñas empresas en EE.UU. todavía no tienen un sitio web y que 98% no
cuenta con una presencia en línea optimizada para comunicaciones
móviles.
El señor Mahdavi agregó: "Estos resultados destacan la muy real
desconexión entre las necesidades de las pequeñas empresas y las
soluciones que se les ofrecen en la actualidad. Nuestra aplicación
pionera ayudará a cerrar esta brecha".
La Telnames Mobile Website Builder está disponible para descarga
gratuita en la Apple App Store a partir de hoy. Para más información
acerca de la aplicación y Telnames, visite http://www.telnames.com
Acerca de Telnames - http://www.telnames.tel 1. Fuente: Google
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Telnames
has unveiled its mobile website builder app for the iPhone. Chief
Strategist Henri Asseily says the core feature of the app would focus on
producing a mobile-ready site in minutes. Typically, most mobile
websites focus on key website elements which include contact
information, location, products, image galleries, and even forms to
communicate with clients. The exec was quick to point out that the
service performs these tasks easily along with a variety of other
assets.
“SMB’s have been frustrated with current solutions,” says
Asseily. “Small businesses are a key part of Telnames’ strategy and I
have to believe it will immensely useful to that particular audience
going forward.”
The UK-based company has been building solutions
for the web for small businesses using the top-level domain .tel for
since 2009. In addition to Telnames’ current website builder and tools,
Asseily says the company’s service is centered around the user
experience of quickly deploying a mobile presence with online discovery
and promotion.
“”Today, everyone is on the move and using a point
of contact. Telnames offers a service that is simple, searchable and
most importantly mobile-optimised,” says Asseily.
The world of
mobile apps has been quietly revolutionizing the small business world
for a long time now and Telnames has emerged on the scene next to other
similar companies such as TechWyze and ITX Design.
The Telnames
Mobile Website Builder is available via the Apple App Store. Customers
can create and manage a full online profile of their business with
contact information, links to social media profiles, business logos, a
map and address of their location, promotional offers, photos and a
video. Customers can also choose a background image for display on
tablets.
Telnames’ $20.99 per year subscription includes the .tel
domain name, hosting, social network integration and email support.
Check the jump on the PR for more info.
In the third of our customer stories from our Heart FM
advertising campaign, we explore how Bristol decorating
company Scott Feltham uses Telnames to paint a picture for new customers
Servicing the Bristol area, small interior and exterior decorating
company Scott Feltham Decorating Services is growing thanks to its
reputation for offering a friendly, reliable and fairly priced service.
From Day One, word of mouth recommendation has proved an important
source of business. It’s why the company is using a .tel from Telnames
to make it even easier for new customers to see for themselves what
Scott Feltham Decorating Services could do for them.
.Tel.us: What do you do?
When Scott Feltham was made redundant three and a half years ago, he
decided it was time to strike out on his own and start working for
himself.
“Initially I started doing decorating just for family and friends.
They recommended me to others, and before I knew it, I had a full time
business on my hands,” explains Scott.
Today, his small team of reliable decorators undertake all aspect of
decorating, including interior and exterior painting, wall papering, dry
lining and plastering in the Bristol area and across the South West.
“We work to a very high standard and pride ourselves on offering a
clean, tidy and professional service,” says Scott. “Our motto is ‘no job
too small’ and we still stand by that today.”
Alongside its domestic work, the company also has a thriving
commercial customer base. Growing a new business during one of the UK’s
worst economic recessions is testament to the dedication and hard work
of Scott and his team, plus the power of networking. .Tel us: Why do you use a Telnames .tel?
“Word of mouth recommendation is the key to our success,” confirms
Scott. “When people have a decorating challenge, they often turn to
friends or colleagues and ask if they know of someone who has done a
good job for them.”
For a young business – with limited resources for marketing and
advertising – capitalising on generating new business enquiries is the
name of the game. So when Scott heard about Telnames he immediately
recognised the potential for his company.
“When a friend told me about Telnames .tel I just thought “what a
brilliant idea”. It was just what we were looking for – as I see it,
it’s like having a portable business card on people’s smartphones.”
“The added bonus is that Telnames is so affordable – plus we can
update our .tel mobile website as often as we want at no added cost.” .Tel us: How has your Telnames .tel helped your business?
In no time at all Scott was able to create his http://felthamdecorating.tel
site, which includes all his details so customers can get in touch for a
free no obligation quote.
“We’ve uploaded photos of us at work, so people can see what we do
and have the confidence of knowing they are dealing with a pukka
company,” explains Scott.
Even better, from Scott’s viewpoint, it’s easy for his customers to
instantly use the ‘share’ button to pass on the company’s .tel site with
anyone who asks them who they’d recommend for a decorating job.
“With our .tel we’re hoping to see the business continue to grow,”
confirms Scott. “For a small business like us, it’s perfect. The low
cost is very appealing, plus it was really easy to set up.” Scott Feltham, Owner, Scott Feltham Decorating Services
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The
interview with Ian Bowen-Morris starts at minute 43. He starts with
his career, tells about the challenges at Yell.com, the product Telnames
is offering, the differences of .tel to other domain extensions and the
competition and differences compared to Yellow Pages. He is
especially very pleased to have cracked online self-service for small
businesses and the long-tail of small businesses Telnames is attracting. He
continues about how Telnames attract new customers and future
activities like entering all English speaking areas and the European
market in 2013 and upcoming apps for interaction with Telnames. He
points out the market shift to mobiles and finishes with how easy it is
to integrate customer videos into Telnames. Nice job!
Go West – Focus on Bristol
Telnames has launched its first ever radio advertising campaign and
is proud to be debuting its new ad spots across the city of Bristol
right now.
With a strong university base and a global reputation as a hub for
innovative start-ups, Bristol has long been associated with the very
best that new technology can offer, so it’s an appropriate launch pad
for Telnames’s inaugural radio campaign, as we bring the message “go
mobile in minutes” to small businesses across the UK. Over the next few
weeks, listeners to Bristol station Heart FM will be able to hear
how Telnames .tel websites are boosting business for local boiler
specialists Combiline, beauty salon Aura Hair and Beauty and
decorating services firm Scott
Feltham.
You can listen to our radio advertisements in full using the links
below, and we’ll be posting customer stories on all the featured
Telnames .tel owners over the coming days. If you’re a Bristol-based
business and want to tell your Telnames story, we’d love to hear from
you. Here are all the ways you can get in touch with us: http://telnames.tel/ Telnames – 30 second advert Telnames – recap Aura Hair and Beauty Combiline Scott Feltham Bristol in bitesize facts
Population of 428,100 – the largest city in the South West
7th largest city in England outside of London and one of
England’s eight ‘Core Cities’
Green Capital, the UK’s first Cycling
City, and also a Fairtrade City
Home to 17,500 businesses, including Airbus (UK), Rolls-Royce, BBC,
Hewlett Packard, Toshiba Research Europe and Orange
More than a third of UK-owned FTSE 100 companies have a presence in
the Bristol area
Birthplace of Ribena, Wallace and Gromit, the Plimsoll Line, Tarmac,
Concorde, Schweppes and the motorbike sidecar
Over 25% of the world’s natural history films are made in Bristol,
most of these at the BBC’s
Natural History Unit
The .tel has the power to accommodate lot of new ideas. However, they
are developed within the available options for developers. A sample
weather widget we created for .tel domains is available here at www.new-york-city.wx.tel.
Above are two screenshots of the weather widget we have provided for
new-york-city.wx.tel. We can provide similar weather widgets for any geo
position in the USA at present. Weather forecasts for other
cities/towns anywhere in the world can be provided on any .tel page as
shown above.
If you have a geo domain, then you may allocate a separate tel page
(there 3000 tel pages or sub domains that comes with every .tel domain)
dedicated for weather forecast.
Similar widgets for Stock market quotes, Forex rates, Auction updates,
Bargain Sales, Lottery results etc can be designed and displayed on any
.tel page.
The power of personal branding – an interview
with Thomas Power
If you maintain a professional online profile – such as a LinkedIn
page – or if you’ve done any business networking on the web, the chances
are that you’ve come across the name Thomas Power. A renowned author,
speaker and C-level gun-for-hire, Thomas has worked in the technology
industry for over 30 years and, true to his name, is widely known as a
power networker extraordinaire. With his wife Penny Power, Thomas was a
founder of business networking website Ecademy,
and is now focused on what he describes as “internet business
development” – helping CEOs and business owners to harness the latest
social media platforms and online tools to grow their business. With a
reputation as an early adopter and a passion for the latest and greatest
online technologies, Thomas – of course – has a Telnames .tel profile,
so we spoke to him about his work and asked for his thoughts on his. tel
as a business tool… Tell us about what you’re working on right now…
We sold our business networking website Ecademy in July of this year,
which is actually our third successful exit as business owners. I now
sit on half a dozen boards as a non-executive director, chairman or as
an investor. Penny has a new group of companies focused on the education
sector and the youth unemployed, so we’re already reinvesting our money
in other companies. How much time do you spend managing your social media
presence?
It never ends. Everyone knows that I try every system until I get bored
with it. Right now, all of my time is being spent on Google+. If you
roll forward another five of six years, I think Google+ will be
dominant. I think its success will mainly be down to the clever
integration with elements such as Gmail, which is delivering major
benefits for my personal productivity. It really is light years ahead of
any other platform out there. And the more effort you put into Google+,
the better your search results and served adverts get, so it’s a very
powerful system. I also currently have a big focus on cloud computing,
since this is the largest driver of the next draft of new businesses
being born in Silicon Valley.
In terms of social media in general, I’ve worked hard over the years
to maintain a major online presence. I’m a member of 700 networks, I
currently have 80,000 followers on Twitter, I’m number one in the world
on LinkedIn,
I have more than 30,000 followers on Google+, and I manage a
massive email database of 45,000. As a result, my online “authority” is
well-ranked, with a high Klout
score, Kred score and Peer
Index score. So, as you can see, I’m a hugely active networker.
This isn’t about ego or online “status” though – I invest the time to
learn how all these systems work so that I can advise directors and the
boards that I sit on. As a former plc director, I empathise with how
difficult it is to run a company and keep up with constantly evolving
technology. So I try to position myself as a digital non-executive
director, a companion for the CEOs as they climb up Mount Everest. I’m
trying to be the porter – the one who carries the bags and cooks your
food and pitches your tent up when you’re scaling the mountain.
I’m always looking at new technology and when Ian Bowen-Morris
[Telnames’ Chief Marketing Officer] showed me Telnames, I was
immediately interested. What drew you to Telnames?
Firstly, I love HTML5 because it saves you the burden of having to
develop an iPhone app, an Android app, and a Windows app – you just
create one version and it works seamlessly across all the platforms. The
implementation by Telnames is excellent, including your Twitter
details, Facebook page and YouTube videos. So, I was really keen to set
up http://www.thomaspower.tel.
It looks terrific, many people have commented on it, and contacts are
already phoning me on my mobile straight from my Telnames .tel profile,
which is perfect. It’s just a really convenient mobile profile and keeps
everything in a single location. It’s useful for anyone who wants to
contact me on the move and, because it’s a top-level domain name, Google
indexes it within 24 hours. That’s really significant. I’ve also added http://www.thomaspower.tel
to my Twitter profile – it’s such a neat user experience when you click
through especially for mobile Twitter users. Now I’m looking to include
my .tel in all my online profiles. What type of businesses and professionals would benefit from a
.tel?
The Telnames .tel product is a simple, clean mobile profile without all
the complicated interaction of “likes” and comments. It’s totally
functional and so it’s a perfect entry point for having an online
presence – it works well for businesses taking a first step online as
well as those that have a website but realise it doesn’t display nicely
on mobile phones. Also, from a personal point of view, we all do many
different things and have many part-time jobs, so having a single
profile for your own “brand” – your name – is key, in fact an important
part of managing your online reputation. I’ve built my personal Thomas
Power brand online over 15 years, so having my own .tel is a natural
step for me.
It’s a simple to use yet very effective product, so I think it has
very wide application for businesses and individuals looking to get
noticed online. It looks great on iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. When I
show it to people they invariably say “That’s cool, what’s that
called?”. And I’m happy to tell them it’s my .tel name, my smart digital
profile.
You can find Thomas online at http://thomaspower.org and, of course,
at http://www.thomaspower.tel.
And don’t forget to secure your personal .tel name here. Personal brand
building starts here!
We’re delighted to be winners of the
Innovation Challenge by the EIDQ, the Association for the Directory
Information and Related Search Industry in Europe when we presented at
their conference in London this week
We are pleased to announce that we will be providing open source scripts
(php5.3 + MySQL + JQuery + JQuery Mobile) similar to that of TELcpV3+
in one bundle or in modules (i.e. 1.Manage Records 2.Manage Ads etc).
These will be in the form of web applications that can be hosted in most
of the hosting companies in the world.
Also you will be able to host them in your own computer (We will explain
you how to do this, including how to install a self signed SSL
certificate in your own computer which will enable you to maintain a
secure connection to the CTH).
However, these apps will not require OAuth, and will be limited
to manage your own .tel domains only (as they will be using your own log
in credentials)
If successful, we will work on FREE iphone, android apps too.
Please stay tuned or send pm if you wish to be inform back to you by pm.
Also follow us on twitter just to make sure that you will not be missing
the launching date etc.
Call a Business or a Person by Voice using .Tel DNS Contact Data
This application
demonstrates how a consumer with a smart phone could potentially make a
call
to a business or person just by voicing the related .tel
domain or service into their phone.
With location-aware GPS, local results can be delivered first.
Click the microphone
icon, say the domain or keyword(s) you are interested in and wait for
the results.
This app finds
the contact info from the DNS data for the associated tel domain.
Additional, location-sensitive topical information is retrieved from
Telpages.
Mobile phone manufacturers should embrace this evolving technology
to make
even smarter smart phones. Intelligent, local hands-free calling.
Include .tel Nearest Me:
Only First .tel:
Show
Phone Numbers:
Emails:
Websites:
Don't see a microphone? Use the Chrome browser to run this HTML5 app.
Speech input is not enabled in your
browser.
Try running Google Chrome with the --enable-speech-input
flag.
http://localtrades.tel/
TELcp Open Source
Call a Business or a Person by Voice using .Tel DNS Contact Data