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After securing your domain name your business should venture into the world of online branding. You'll need to place your business where most people can be found online -- social networks. Joining social networks is free, keeps you connected, and builds brand personality. You can join and create a business page and get involved in social networking where you can get access to valuable knowledge, insights to your consumers and community, current news, and insights into popular culture. Social networking done right can help your business startup become an influential, important, and intelligent business brand.

In the era of computerized telephone prompts, email auto-responders, and web-based customer support, your business brand needs to set itself apart by having a "human" touch. The live informal updates, and one-on-one communication that Twitter can offer goes a long way to personalize your new business domain and your brand through status updates, comments, @replies, tagging, direct messaging, and general conversations. The current wave of the web is grounded in social interaction and if your business wants to be involved with the internet it needs to be a part of this social sphere.