Register.com's radio nonsense
Have you head the radio ad from Register.com with the two guys, "We lost the client because we didn't have a web site"? What utter tripe. Apparently, Register.com doesn't have a clue how an actual sales meeting would work. If I am a sales person, already in a client's office, meeting face to face, half the battle is already won. I am the face of my company, especially if the company is my own. I have full knowledge and pricing of my company's products, and can show examples to the client in question. Presumably, on my business card will be an e-mail address of some kind, so the client can get in touch with me in some manner other than by phone. If said client--who has met me, seen my examples, been given a catalog, brochure, or other marketing materials, as well as my prices--then decides to not buy my products or services simply because I do not have a web site, then said client is insane. If by not having a web site means one would not have an e-mail address, then Register.com should note that in their commercial. The whole thing is nonsense, and really annoys me each time I have to hear it. And for crying out loud, don't pay Register.com twenty bucks when you can go to GoDaddy and register a domain name for nine dollars.