Management Training Website - branding question

[AnnHalloran]

Hi
I have been self employed for 20 years, helping businesses with anything to do with training, learning and development. I have worked mostly in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, but have also completed contracts across a wide range of sectors. It doesn't matter what the subject, the approach is generally the same.
My company name is In-Tuition, reflecting the fact that I work mostly in company, and I love to develop employees to be able to pass their knowledge and skills on to others.
In the last few months I have been developing a site for new managers, covering tips on a range of subjects such as time management, communication, teamwork, performance appraisal and so on.
I called it www.practical-management-skills.com, as I thought it would help with the search engines.
I bought the www.in-tuition.ie address and all clicks on that are automatically redirected to www.practical-management-skills.com.
Is this confusing for people? I currently have my In-Tuition logo at the bottom of each page. Any advice on this issue or in general to improve the site would be most appreciated!

Thanks
Ann

[FS Concierge]

Hi Ann,
I will leave comment on your website queries to others who are better qualified to answer, but just wanted to say g'day - and welcome to Flying Solo. It's nice for us to have a new member from the Emerald Isle

All the best to you and your new venture,
Jayne

[AnnHalloran]

Thank you for your kind welcome!
Ann

[jdyason]

This could be confusing for some - but if you let customers know what's happening along the way you should be fine. You could place a timer on your redirect page for say 5 seconds while displaying relevant information there. So when a customer goes to your web address > the redirect page appears > tell them something like 'Redirecting to our new homepage...Please wait...' You can even place your logo here for reassurance. > Then they land at your new address.

I think as long as end users are aware of the process they won't think 'Hey - I didn't want to go to that url!' (well some might!)

If you need clarification on this just ask.

Regards,

JAD

[AnnHalloran]

Originally Posted by jad

This could be confusing for some - but if you let customers know what's happening along the way you should be fine. You could place a timer on your redirect page for say 5 seconds while displaying relevant information there. So when a customer goes to your web address > the redirect page appears > tell them something like 'Redirecting to our new homepage...Please wait...' You can even place your logo here for reassurance. > Then they land at your new address.

I think as long as end users are aware of the process they won't think 'Hey - I didn't want to go to that url!' (well some might!)

If you need clarification on this just ask.

Regards,

JAD

Thanks, that's a great idea! I will talk to my web hosting company. I have also put a copy of my logo near the top of every page, so hopefully that will help as well.
Regards
Ann