Ryan Howard doesn’t head to the plate with a whiffle ball bat. Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t drive a 1989 Toyota Camry. Stephen Spielberg doesn’t make his movies with a HI-8 camcorder.

So why are you still using a free domain name?

If you’re serious about what you’re doing, then make sure you do it right. A www._______.com/yourdomain screams “I don’t care enough about my buisness/blog/image to spend six dollars on my own domain!”

If your website is a conversation (and it should be), then your domain name is part of your introduction. So be careful, because you know what they say about first impressions…