There's nothing that drives me up a wall farther and faster than getting a business card from someone whose email address ends in aol.com, hotmail.com or yahoo.com. I'm lukewarm on gmail.com, but you get the idea.
If you're serious about your business you can spend less than $10 a month to register your own domain name. Not having a branded email address is just screaming that you are only in this business as a hobby. In my humble opinion you might as well hand paint a sign and nail it on a tree if you're going to promote yourself with anything other than a branded email address.
Once you've got the domain name registered, why not put up a basic Web site? You can do it yourself using a wide array of free or inexpensive Web design tools. All you need is to have our business name and contact information on there. You can add more (or hire someone to do it for you) as your business grows. Companies like Innuity offer inexpensive packages to help you put up a professional-quality Web site complete with Internet publicity (called SEO for Search Engine Optimization). Usually for less than $500.
So get out there and register your own domain name. Find a .com address that works for your business (a .net or .biz or .whatever only drive traffic to the .coms).
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