Company Name!
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If you guys are not creative enough to think of a good company name you are doomed to failure in the world of marketing.
Seriously - I can understand why if your specialist skill was perhaps crafting furniture or whatever you might not be able to think up a name, your skills are elsewhere, but marketing?!
You are going to be charging other people to pretty much answer the same sort of questions for them!
Innovation fail: asking somebody else for the answer
Seriously - I can understand why if your specialist skill was perhaps crafting furniture or whatever you might not be able to think up a name, your skills are elsewhere, but marketing?!
You are going to be charging other people to pretty much answer the same sort of questions for them!
Innovation fail: asking somebody else for the answer
Agree with Fox as well, see so many threads pop up on here saying spec me a company name or a logo or a slogan. If you ain't creative enough to think of the simplest thing, especially in the market you are aiming at then how do you expect to do well?!
yes i wouldnt use that attitude if your running a company or wanting help from people
how about victor and meldrews
He's not being a smart arse, he's being realistic.
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what have you come up with so far?
That's it, dismiss us as being smart.
You want to start a marketing business - you are going to charge others for your creative talent - when your talent doesn't even stretch far enough to think up a decent name?
Like the majority of new start ups this one is doomed from the start. You need to be special to make it in marketing.
He has a valid point though.
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[TW]Fox;18666085 said:If you guys are not creative enough to think of a good company name you are doomed to failure in the world of marketing.
Seriously - I can understand why if your specialist skill was perhaps crafting furniture or whatever you might not be able to think up a name, your skills are elsewhere, but marketing?!
You are going to be charging other people to pretty much answer the same sort of questions for them!
Innovation fail: asking somebody else for the answer
Exactly.
Not being a "smart arse" if we are right though...
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As much as I hate to admit it I agree with Fox as well.
I would never dream of asking anyone to assist me with Marketing stuff - it should the other way round.
Thats a bit harsh but I would never ever come on here for ideas for a business name - Marketing background or not, you would get better responses from asking people on the street.
As marketing people (I am sure you are aware) its better that your name has a meaning to the people who have set up the business... or at least is appropriate to your client base - or the total opposite to stand out.
Getting people on a forum to make suggestions I wouldn't say was the best way to choose a name.
People will ask about your name and its origin, its the substance of your brand and image.. by them asking - its a hook to a conversation/potential BD and demonstrates your marketing ability and values as a company.... sounds a bit rubbish when you are asked "so how did you come up with the name X?" "Oh we got a bunch of random strangers on an internet forum to choose it for us, who don't know anything about our company or ourselves." :/
This should be your first brainstorming project!
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I would never dream of asking anyone to assist me with Marketing stuff - it should the other way round.
[TW]Fox;18666290 said:
Thats a bit harsh but I would never ever come on here for ideas for a business name - Marketing background or not, you would get better responses from asking people on the street.
As marketing people (I am sure you are aware
) its better that your name has a meaning to the people who have set up the business... or at least is appropriate to your client base - or the total opposite to stand out.Getting people on a forum to make suggestions I wouldn't say was the best way to choose a name.
People will ask about your name and its origin, its the substance of your brand and image.. by them asking - its a hook to a conversation/potential BD and demonstrates your marketing ability and values as a company.... sounds a bit rubbish when you are asked "so how did you come up with the name X?" "Oh we got a bunch of random strangers on an internet forum to choose it for us, who don't know anything about our company or ourselves." :/
This should be your first brainstorming project!
BB x
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