Monday, April 16, 2012
How to Choose a Business Name
You want to start a business? Surely then you find the name of the business for your business. Name, especially for business purposes, it is very important. Because with a name that consumers know your business. The name was also representing your business. And also to differentiate your business with others.
Such as how to choose a domain name or the name of your blog, give business name for your business there way.
Well, how do I choose a business name?
There are several ways of making the basic formulation of a business name. Here are a few:
1. Easy to remember
2. Easier said
3. Describe the business or businesses that you run
4. Unlike the other
Then where did the inspiration or business name ideas come from?
Business name ideas can come from many sources. For example
- From the name of a place. As a company named Adobe founder John Warnock of the river named "Adobe Creek" behind his house. Cisco or telecommunications company that was taken from the name of the city of San Francisco. As well as Nokia, mobile phone manufacturers are taking the brand name of the town where the factory is located.
- Of mythological names. Such as the Nike sports equipment manufacturer whose name is derived from the Greek goddess of victory. Asus or electronic peruhsaan name that comes from Pegasus, the flying horse in Greek mythology.
- Of animal names. Such as the Reebok brand name derived from rhebok, antelope in Africa.
- From the name of the fruit. Such as Apple Computer, which was named by Steve Jobs when he was eating an apple.
- Of abbreviations. As Maspion name derived from the abbreviation "Inviting You Always Believe National Processing Industry". Or Skype that comes from the "Sky-Peer-to-Peer". And Benq of "Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life" and Microsoft is coming from "MICROcomputer SOFTware".
- Of the local language. Like the Sanyo which in Japanese means "three oceans". Or Samsung in Korea which means "three stars".
- Of the person's name. As Casio derived from the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao.
What about now? There is a picture of what was about to give the business name for your business?
Oh yes, your business name is also closely related to the business logo. Hence, the name and logo of your business should be interrelated in order to facilitate people to remember your business name. The hope, then your brand becomes top of mind in consumers' minds.
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Very well written Post. Very informative to anyone who uses it, including myself. Keep up the nice work! Iwill be back to take a look at your posts again soon.
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