Perfect Holiday Gifts for Internet Nerds, Bloggers and the Self Employed

Published: Tue, 12/06/16

Perfect Christmas Gifts for Internet Nerds, Bloggers and the Self Employed

Some gals wish for a pedicure for Christmas. Other, nerdy ones (like me), dream of Santa bringing them a sweet laptop. Here's a list of holiday gift ideas to surprise and delight your internet geek or home business owner friend.

This post is dedicated to a very great lady who is no longer with us who once bought me a domain for my birthday. Rest in peace, Lori D.

A domain name. Surprise your geeky friend with their very own domain name for Christmas. Maybe they've been talking about creating a petcare website. Maybe they've always wanted to start a personal blog. A "vanity" domain (YourName.com) is something that most internet business owners should probably have. A domain name doesn't cost much, and even if they end up not using it, they can just put it up for auction on GoDaddy.

A list manager. As Santa knows, "It's all in the list." If your self-employed sweetie or home-biz hubby doesn't have a way to collect contact info, it's time to steer him or her in the direction of a good list management service. I trust Aweber and so do many of my colleagues.

Just be sure of a few things first: don't do this without their permission. And if you use your own credit card to activate their account, save the login so that later on they can transfer the billing to their own business credit card.

Pre-written website content. Now this is a neat little Christmas present, and it doesn't cost much at all! Buy your favorite coach, consultant, or blogger a pack of pre-written website content. They can cost as low as $15 which is perfect for a business buddy or a mentor whom you'd like to repay for their generosity. Here's a list of content on sale, right here on my site!

If you aren't sure what type of content they might want, you could do something totally radical like sign them up for a monthly membership with a great PLR website content site. Here's a list of a few that I'd personally recommend:

MasterPLR - $10 Monthly Membership

WhiteLabelPerks - "Perks Pass" All-Access Content Membership

Other, nerd-friendly holiday gift ideas: antivirus software. A PDF creator. Adobe Dreamweaver. A Wordpress blog.

Or... basically any program, app or utility they've been thinking of adding to their collection. If you don't know, ask! Chances are, if you've got an entrepreneurial friend or family member, they have at least a few internetty things on their holiday wish list.

Happy Holiday Shopping!