Cool gifts for teens and preteens, holiday gifts, business gifts, last-minute gifts and more.
A GIFT FOR TEENS AND PRE-TEENS THAT WILL GET THEIR ATTENTION - AND IT COSTS AROUND TEN BUCKS!
The coolest gift idea for teenagers - and pre-teens... costs around $10 a year... and you can order it online: Register your kid's name as an internet domain name.
Even if your kids don't make a blog, Squidoo lens or website for another few years... they can use the free GoDaddy email account in the meantime... it comes with the domain name! Imagine how much fun they'll have sending emails from Me@myname.com (insert your kid's name).
** Instructions on how to set up the FREE GoDaddy email account that comes with your domain are below.
PLUS... VIRTUAL GIFT IDEAS FOR RELATIVES, COLLEAGUES, OUT OF TOWNERS, HARD-TO-BUY-FORS
If you need a last minute gift for an out-of-town relative (but no time to mail one)... or for a "tough-to-buy-for" friend... or for someone who has everything already... or for a colleague who's going into business... or for someone who's retiring from a job but could use some extra (online) income - consider buying "virtual."
What's a virtual gift? Essentially, it's something you buy online and email your recipients. What could be easier? Try virtual gift-giving - for Chrismas and holidays, graduations, birthdays, retirements, business launches and more.
Cool Teen or Pre-Teen Gift: Your Kid's Name As An Internet Domain
www.mykidsname.com - Grab Their Name Before It's Gone!
- Register Your Kid's Name as a URL with GoDaddy
- When my son was still a teenager, I reserved his name as a URL... figuring some day he'd be able to use it, either for business or for fun. I knew if I waited until he wanted it himself, someone else would have grabbed it in the meantime. A couple of years ago, he started pointing his domain name to his blog. ***This is such a cool gift for around ten bucks a year.
SEE BELOW for a quick lesson on (1) how to "POINT" your new domain name to a blog, lens or free website - and (2) how to set up your FREE EMAIL account with GoDaddy. - Add A Blog Your Kid Can Easily Make
- Typepad blogs are easy to work with and very inexpensive. My son and I both have Typepad blogs. My son's old enough to pay for his own blog now... but I still re-register his domain name as a Christmas gift each year... as I've been doing for 7 years now. Here's his URL which he points to his blog: www.iancasey.com.
- Sign Your Kids Up for Their Own Squidoo Lenses
- Squidoo lenses are free! And you can make as many as you want... free. Just point your kid's domain name to the lens. You can do this easily right in GoDaddy (see below for instructions).
- Site Build It - The Easy Way to Make a Website
- If your kid is interested in a topic in some depth, or wants to generate online income, a Site Build It website could be the answer. Great manual, loads of bells and whistles for the same fee. Site Build It is easy to work with, too.
How to "Point" A Domain Name to Your Blog, Lens or Website
Quick GoDaddy "Pointers"
GoDaddy makes it very easy to "point" a real www.com domain name to your Squidoo lens, blog or freebie website. For around $10 a year to reserve a domain name, it's a bargain... plus you get free email for your domain, too.
Imagine the fun your kid will have using an email address based on his OWN domain name.
First, set up an account and register your kid's www domain with GoDaddy (or your own, for that matter).
Then set up your lens, blog or free website - with its "real" longer name - (it'll usually include http://www. plus blogspot, squidoo, typepad, homestead, etc. plus your specific name) and make sure it's "live" (published to the internet).
To "point" your shorter www name to your longer real name, head back over to DoDaddy. At GoDaddy, log in to your account with your user ID and password, click on "My Account" and then on "Manage Domains."
Check the domain name you wish to point (forward) to your lens, blog or website and then click on "Domain Forwarding."
Check "Enabled" and "Moved Permanently" (you can unforward later, if needed). Then type your entire Squidoo or blog address in the "Forward To" box (including the http://). On Squidoo, it will be http://www.squidoo.com/(insert your lens name). Click "Okay" and you're done!
Imagine the fun your kid will have using an email address based on his OWN domain name.
First, set up an account and register your kid's www domain with GoDaddy (or your own, for that matter).
Then set up your lens, blog or free website - with its "real" longer name - (it'll usually include http://www. plus blogspot, squidoo, typepad, homestead, etc. plus your specific name) and make sure it's "live" (published to the internet).
To "point" your shorter www name to your longer real name, head back over to DoDaddy. At GoDaddy, log in to your account with your user ID and password, click on "My Account" and then on "Manage Domains."
Check the domain name you wish to point (forward) to your lens, blog or website and then click on "Domain Forwarding."
Check "Enabled" and "Moved Permanently" (you can unforward later, if needed). Then type your entire Squidoo or blog address in the "Forward To" box (including the http://). On Squidoo, it will be http://www.squidoo.com/(insert your lens name). Click "Okay" and you're done!
Setting Up Your Domain's FREE Email Account in GoDaddy
Log in to your GoDaddy account with your user ID and password. Click on "My Account," then on "Email Account."
Where you see "Free Email with Domain," click on "Use Credit."
Highlight (click) the domain name you want to activate for your email address. Click the "Continue" button. It'll now show as a "New Account."
Click on "Manage Account." The Email Control Center opens in a new window. Where you see "Free email addresses for mynewdomain.com, click the "ADD" button.
Enter the prefix you want in the box (could be your name, sales, info, etc. - however you want this email address to read: myname@mynewdomain.com, or info@mynewdomain.com).
Enter your password twice. (Don't forget to write your password where you'll readily find it... or use one that's easily remembered... you'll need it to access your mailbox.)
Keep the defaults for the other questions (i.e., don't enter anything else). Hit the "OK" button.
To access your mailbox, on the Email Control Center page, for the email address you just set up, click on the "Envelope" icon. This launches your webmail box.
Bookmark it to find it easily in the future. When you click on your bookmark, you'll be asked for the email address and password. Enter them both and hit "Login."
Where you see "Free Email with Domain," click on "Use Credit."
Highlight (click) the domain name you want to activate for your email address. Click the "Continue" button. It'll now show as a "New Account."
Click on "Manage Account." The Email Control Center opens in a new window. Where you see "Free email addresses for mynewdomain.com, click the "ADD" button.
Enter the prefix you want in the box (could be your name, sales, info, etc. - however you want this email address to read: myname@mynewdomain.com, or info@mynewdomain.com).
Enter your password twice. (Don't forget to write your password where you'll readily find it... or use one that's easily remembered... you'll need it to access your mailbox.)
Keep the defaults for the other questions (i.e., don't enter anything else). Hit the "OK" button.
To access your mailbox, on the Email Control Center page, for the email address you just set up, click on the "Envelope" icon. This launches your webmail box.
Bookmark it to find it easily in the future. When you click on your bookmark, you'll be asked for the email address and password. Enter them both and hit "Login."
Prosperity and Self-Improvement e-Gifts
Order online and forward the link to your recipients. Piece of cake.
- The Classic Seed Money in Action
- This e-book sets out simply the Universal Law of Tenfold Return. If you send out anger, you get back anger... multiplied times 10. If you send out kindness, you'll receive kindness from others in abundance. The Classic Seed Money in Action shows you how to attract money using the same principle, by "seeding" for your tenfold return.
- Money Beyond Belief
- This e-book by Joe Vitale and Brad Yates shows you how to achieve money freedom by releasing limiting beliefs using EFT.
** Heal financial beliefs
** Attract money-making opportunities
** Tune the subconscious mind into a perpetual "wealth frequency" - Personal Power Through Self Awareness
- This powerful course guides awareness towards thoughts and emotions so you respond to life's events from your potential, rather than react and allow the ups and downs of life to control you.
Virtual Adventures for Kids and Adults
Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Business e-Gifts
For friends and colleagues starting a business, these are great e-publications.
- Robert Middleton's InfoGuru Marketing Manual
- If you're giving a gift to a solo professional or home business owner, they will LOVE this manual by Robert Middleton. It spells out in plain language how to position and market yourself for success in your field. Great value, very helpful.
- For the New Internet Entrepreneur
- For anyone who wants to earn "passive" income online through affiliate programs, this is the place to start. Rosalind Gardner was a civil servant who quit her job to start an online business. She now grosses over a half million dollars a year, selling other people's stuff.
- A Gift for Your Friends Who Want to Write e-Books
- "Desperate Buyers Only" lays out very clearly what you have to do to write and sell a successful information product. If you have writer friends who know a topic in depth that other people want to know, get them this e-book as a gift.
- Recession-Proof Your Business Tutorial
- ESPECIALLY FOR HOME BUSINESS OWNERS...
= A full hour audio presentation on ways you can recession-proof your business
= A 15-page report with specific ideas to keep your business thriving during an uncertain economy
= Additional tips and tweaks to bring in cash quickly
= 19 directories for listing your business online - with links
= List of marketing ezines you need to be reading
= Tips on pricing, finding free stuff for your business, where to post your articles online - Create a Buzz with Free Online Media Tutorial
- ESPECIALLY FOR SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURS...
A full hour audio of my teleclass on making yourself known with free online media
19-page e-report covers:
= Creating buzz around products that solve problems
= Establishing your profile and presence on social networks such as MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn and Powerful Intentions
= The value of YouTube videos
= Twitter microblogging
= Social bookmarking sites including Digg, Del.icio.us & StumbleUpon
Click on the link above to view a FREE online tutorial on setting up your FaceBook profile page. - Buy 1 - Get 1 Free Tutorial Special
- 2 tutorials for the price of 1! Click on the link to see this week's special.
Cool Virtual Cards to Go With The Gifts
Paper cards? When you can click and send an e-card... with music!
- Check out Mike Dooley's e-Cards
- Mike Dooley was in the movie "The Secret." Before that, he started this great site at tut.com. In addition to his "Notes from the Universe" emails, he has some really nice e-cards with uplifting messages. Good stuff.
- Hallmark Still Has a Few Free e-Cards
- It's getting a bit harder to find the freebies on Hallmark, but they're there.
- Get Religious and Inspirational Cards at Dayspring
- Dayspring has a pretty extensive collection of Christian-themed cards for all occasions.
- Dreams Alive Has Non-Denominational Inspirational Cards
- For something a little different to send along with your gift (well, maybe in a separate email), you'll have fun browsing here.
- Blue Mountain's Free e-Cards
- Here's the direct page for Blue Mountain's free e-cards.
- Spirit Card Center
- Free animated musical e-cards: flowers, goddesses, love, Rumi, mandalas, Native American, peace, landscapes, animals and more.
The Ultimate Virtual Gift - A Vacation!
A welcome gift that you can't wrap, mail, or cram under a tree.
