Comments on: Naming 101.1: What’s in a Name? http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/ Go Where Your VisionPoints Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Naming Your Business 101 :: Maximum Customer Experience Blog http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Naming Your Business 101 :: Maximum Customer Experience Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:14:39 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1173 [...] « « Summer Is a Great Time to… Have a New Logo Designed (“Rebrand”) | Main | Naming 101.1: What’s in a Name? » » [...] [...] « « Summer Is a Great Time to… Have a New Logo Designed (“Rebrand”) | Main | Naming 101.1: What’s in a Name? » » [...]

]]> By: Naming 101.2: Do Not Name Your Business After Yourself & 7 Other Blunders :: Maximum Customer Experience Blog http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Naming 101.2: Do Not Name Your Business After Yourself & 7 Other Blunders :: Maximum Customer Experience Blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:22:25 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1146 [...] to rebrand a couple of years ago as Ameriprise, which violates the rule of being easily spelled in Part 1 of this series (“Ameriprize,” anyone?), and is also one letter off from the well-known [...] [...] to rebrand a couple of years ago as Ameriprise, which violates the rule of being easily spelled in Part 1 of this series (“Ameriprize,” anyone?), and is also one letter off from the well-known [...]

]]> By: Kelly Erickson http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Kelly Erickson Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:59:32 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1133 Steph, Honest truth? This series was in the can in February, but I had just finished one "series" and had another one already on the way, so I put it on hold. But I thought about you while hitting the "post" button, does that count? Regards, Kelly Steph,

Honest truth? This series was in the can in February, but I had just finished one “series” and had another one already on the way, so I put it on hold.

But I thought about you while hitting the “post” button, does that count?

Regards,

Kelly

]]> By: steph http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 steph Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:37:14 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1126 Kelly: are you writing this just for me? :) Thanks! steph’s last blog post...<a href="http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/and-now-for-something-completely-different-life-of-steph/" rel="nofollow">And Now for Something Completely Different: Life of Steph</a> Kelly: are you writing this just for me? :)

Thanks!

steph’s last blog post…And Now for Something Completely Different: Life of Steph

]]> By: Kelly Erickson http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Kelly Erickson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:36:13 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1125 Angie, Welcome and thanks for your comment! I see the #10 headache a lot. Falling totally in love with a name if you can't have it on the web is a big problem these days. Glad you enjoyed the post. I hope the rest of the series provides direction, as well! Regards, Kelly Angie,

Welcome and thanks for your comment!

I see the #10 headache a lot. Falling totally in love with a name if you can’t have it on the web is a big problem these days.

Glad you enjoyed the post. I hope the rest of the series provides direction, as well!

Regards,

Kelly

]]> By: Angie http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/2008/07/22/naming-1011-whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Angie Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:30:18 +0000 http://maximumcustomerexperience.com/?p=187#comment-1124 You totally understand what agony people experience with developing a brand or choosing a name. I went though some of what you outline above when I comtemplating my biz name. I'm in the process of developing a biz networking site and I was going back and forth between Bizintros and MyBizZone. I ended up choosing the first name because it was easier to pronouce, it's shorter and it's signifies what I would like to site to do, which is to help people make easy introductions and maintain contact with their biz contacts. This is the point that gave me the biggest headache: 10. Check that the web address is available: This is crucial in the Internet age! There's a whole generation of people buying domain names for potential resell profits. So, you come across a great name, yet someone has it in use or they've set a price so high, you're priced out of the market. At some point, you simply have to decide and run with it. You totally understand what agony people experience with developing a brand or choosing a name. I went though some of what you outline above when I comtemplating my biz name. I’m in the process of developing a biz networking site and I was going back and forth between Bizintros and MyBizZone. I ended up choosing the first name because it was easier to pronouce, it’s shorter and it’s signifies what I would like to site to do, which is to help people make easy introductions and maintain contact with their biz contacts.

This is the point that gave me the biggest headache:
10. Check that the web address is available: This is crucial in the Internet age!

There’s a whole generation of people buying domain names for potential resell profits. So, you come across a great name, yet someone has it in use or they’ve set a price so high, you’re priced out of the market.

At some point, you simply have to decide and run with it.

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