How to Trademark Your Web Design Brand to Legitimize Your Business

You know what's better than having your own website? Having your own trademark. Why? What does this even mean and why is it relevant? When you get a name trademarked, you actually own it! You have officially made the abstract into something tangible. Depending on the likes of things such as social media is basically living on borrowed time; renter's space. Despite the vast audience being on here, you are still on someone else's property looking to still steal their clients. However, operating under a name that you own, you can leverage it in multiple ways online and offline. When you simply depend on technology that can fail you, you truly need something that you pay for and truly own. Get a trademark first if possible, then a website. Sometimes the latter happens a lot more often first, but we're moving to a time where people are straying away from having their own websites. Either way, they're putting their destiny in the hands of entities that still have say so over their real estate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: These are affiliate links that I will make a small percentage of money from when the user makes a purchase. These are items I use for my recording and YouTube needs. Screencast-o-matic --- http://tidd.ly/ebeb0c8c ---- Easily document your coding and design process on your laptop or desktop just for $18.00 a year. You also have access to an entire library of resources such as a feature heavy video editor, large storage for videos, 24/7 support and more. TubeBuddy ----- https://www.tubebuddy.com/mydljworksbuddy ------ If you have high YouTube goals, but concerned with the technicalities of it's algorithm, sign up for a TubeBuddy account which will take care of things such as tags, right titles, keyword research, and more. For my web design needs here, I use TubeBuddy to search for trending topics and what titles are most relevant that users are searching for. My trusted, fi-yah hosting I use JustHost http://bit.ly/dljworks-hosting For e-mail auto responding and managing subscriptions, choose Aweber http://bit.ly/dljworks-aweber