The art of the deal is the name of the game, and today’s podcast guest has made a name for himself across varying industries for nearly 40-plus years, spanning from the industrial to the information age.

From funerals to insurance to flowers to coffee to search marketing and more, Bill McClure is certainly not shy when it comes to assessing and initiating deals — the good, the bad, and ugly.

If you’re a lawyer or attorney in Texas, or if you know one, then today is your or their lucky day — as far as domain names are concerned.

The State Bar of Texas has long held firm on its belief in the law that all attorneys and lawyers should use their surname(s) as their legal entities’ names.

Texas is one of the last states that bar law firms from using trade names — New York and New Jersey revised their professional conduct rules in the last 12 months.

Now you’re likely wondering, Alvin, “what does Texas approving a change allowing law firms to use trade names have to do with domain names and domain investing?”

“It’s another day, another dime, another dollar, another day here in domaining paradise…”

Who proclaims and lives by this moniker?

Well, you’ll have to tune in as today’s podcast guest who truly lives in the sun, sand, and sea in the land of opportunity.

Today’s podcast guest is a long-time mover and shaker as a top leader, visionary, and strategist in the domain industry.

A bridge-builder with innate gifting in establishing and sustaining relationships with a wide range of people and personality types, she’s a one-of-a-kind personality that leaves an impressionable mark on one’s life upon encountering and engaging her.

The most critical challenge of any business is prudent cash flow management, especially when the business is buying and selling domain names.

Domain renewal fees are every domain investor’s nemesis. Why? 

In-person conferences (yeah, remember those pre-COVID) can sometimes feel like hundreds or thousands of people descending upon a single space with a common cause, yet as different as the east is from the west.

What a difference 12 months can make when considering relationships. One minute you casually pass by a stranger and neither one of you ever give a first or second thought to one another.

Then with a simple introduction, a meal, phone call, or email exchange, and you soon forget about what life was life before you both entered into one another’s story and life journey.

What a wild ride 2020 was, and for a multitude of reasons. The good, the bad, and ugly, to say the least.

There are many defining moments that touched us all — global pandemic, quarantining, masks, colossal loss, the movements, an election, and a long list of others.

As for the domain industry in general, 2020 will be remembered as the year of digital transformation and revolution. It’s the year of businesses making a mandatory pivot to digital empowerment online, or shutting their doors for good.

Many sales, purchases, and great memories were made domaining in 2020, with many more on the way in 2021.

As we move forward into the great unknown of 2021, take a moment to listen to the most downloaded Kickstart.fm podcasts recapping 2020 from some of the most innovative voices in the domain industry.

Wishing you a Happy New Year, and a year filled with health, wealth, and safe living! 🍾🎉🥳