Google Domains Discount For New Users

Google Domains is extending a discount for new users. If you're looking for a place to host your domain, I got an email today saying: 

 

Invite Your Fiends. Have a friend who hasn’t tried Google Domains yet? New users can enter code FRIENDSOFDOMAINS at checkout for 25% off** a new domain or transfer-in.

I've been using Google Domains for a few years now. I pay $12 a year each for my two domains and they are .coms. I found them through my free Blogger blogs so it was easy for me to make the transition from sub domains to my own domains by following the instructions.

If you don't know a lot or very little about launching your own domain for a blog/website that you want to start, just start by opening a Blogger blog. It will be easier from there to buy your own domain. Blogger and Google Domains offer lots of help articles and groups. There are many Youtube videos on starting a Blogger blog and buying Google Domains.

 

Searching on the internet brings up a plethora of help about these subjects. So, you can have a blog that you use to share content and sell products and services. You can design your blog as a website with pages. It is possible for you to do what you've been putting off, even if you have very little understanding. I don't know a lot about websites and domains but I took time to search, read and follow instructions. You can too!

I am not an affiliate of Google Domains or Blogger.

Free Images: Fashion & Dogs

 

Free Image Mondays has become FREE IMAGES and I will be sharing them occasionally.

Today's free image is a fashionable, pre-roaring 20s lady accompanied by her sleek, black dog. Alter the colors to suit your needs. Enlarge, reduce. It's yours to use as you please. From the New York Public Library Digital Collection. The dimensions are 1000 x 1886 px, JPEG file.

Download It Here From My Files At Microsoft OneDrive:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AucUJVHYQ3s5jFezS6QW-N2qiQnA

Then click the download link at the top of the OneDrive page.

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The bonus image is an Arabian rider on his brown horse as his white dog chases an animal. From the New York Public Library Digital Collection. The dimensions are 760 x 507 px, JPEG file.

 

Download It Here From My Files At Microsoft OneDrive:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AucUJVHYQ3s5jFSPekQElmqJBSCz?e=0U68II

Then click the download link at the top of the OneDrive page.

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Comment if you have problems accessing the images.

HAPPY CREATING!

 

 

I suggest that you edit the images or add them to your own designs to make them unique to your brand. This is important especially if you are using them in products that you are selling. 

After all, free images may be currently used, as is, by any number of sellers. Editing them or adding them to your own designs will help prevent your potential customers from confusing you with another seller.

You want your customers to return to your shop because what you have is unique. Don't lose them to another shop because they mistakenly thought they were buying from you because the products have duplicate designs. 

I share images from the Web and from my own studio. While I cannot guarantee that my internet-obtained, free images are copyright free, I only share images that are labeled on the internet in one or more of these forms:

• free to use without restriction,
• for personal and commercial use,
• no need for a commercial license,
• no compensation needed,
• no attribution required.

You can always do your own research on any free image that you obtain from Printaphoria & Creative Living.

Image Sources:

The Graphics Fairy

The New York Public Library Digital Collections 

PublicDomainPictures.net

Pixabay.com

Dropbox And Onedrive Pros & Cons

I've been using Onedrive for some time but have known about Dropbox a long time, as well. I've had to download some files at Dropbox that I purchased. Both cloud storage systems offer free accounts with Onedrive being more economical for the value. Both services are also affiliated with Microsoft and Onedrive is free with a Microsoft account. I've been a longtime user of Outlook, so my Onedrive is through my email service.

I'm going to continue with Onedrive for now. Since Dropbox offers a free account, I'm going to sign up. It's such a popular cloud storage platform and I may need it in the future.

Casey Schmidt at Canto breaks down the pros and cons here:

Dropbox vs OneDrive – Which should you choose?