Thinking of some names for a company.  Narrowed it down to a few but thought I would bounce a few ideas off you kids.

 

It would help to have some idea of what kind of company it is... (realize you might not want to go into specifics, but...)

Howabout MyTwoSense ?

It would help to have some idea of what kind of company it is... (realize you might not want to go into specifics, but...)

 

It's going to be the family business, me, my brother, my cousin, my aunt and possibly one other.  I'm planning for my future.  LOL  I want to be "the man".

Howabout MyTwoSense ?

I don't like that as a company, especially when I ll be providing a service.

 

 

 

Pulling Out All the Stops? PLEASE NO!!!

Most of those names sound good......for an escort service.

^ ESPECIALLY Pulling Out All The Stops.

Revel

#2) The Third Dimension

 

Most of those names sound good......for an escort service.

 

Okay good, I was thinking the same thing.

 

But yeah it would be easier if we knew what your business was.

 

It is hard picking a name.  I remember when I was doing web design going to the county courthouse and registering myself as a business.  I had completely forgotten I needed a name, and had to make one up on the spot.

^I, too, was waiting to point that out.

 

What the HECK kind of business is this anyway? The good or service needn't be in the name, but there should at least be a connection. Unless it's a record label. Then you're off the hook.

 

Even in the interweb age, a certain amount of business convention still exists. If you can't tell what the heck the business does or is selling from the homepage, you've put your potential customers on an uphill climb.

The company would consist of two areas, possibly three: 

A) Public Relations/Publicity, Consulting, Strategy & Planning.

B) Interior design & real estate development

and possibly

C) A small boutique

 

 

 

I would just use the family name in that case.

that is, The Smith Co. or whatever your name is.

I would just use the family name in that case.

that is, The Smith Co. or whatever your name is.

 

We thought of that, but unfortunately we have different last names.  We tried to combine them but its not an option since one is american and one is latin and it doesnt sound good no matter how we played with them.

The Third Demension since your wanting to do several different things.

[NAME] & [NAME] Industries

 

Or

 

[YOUR STREET NAME] & [HIS STREET NAME] Amalgamated

I don't like any of the names. I was going to suggest "Breaking Ground" but the name was registered in 2004 by a guy in Utica, OH. You could always turn it around and call it "Groundbreaking."

 

You could call the incorporation anything, including your legal name. Then register tradenames/product names for each of your areas of business with the incorporation as the statutory agent. By the way, "My Two Sense" and "My Two Cents" are not taken by anyone for an incorporation or tradename.

^Hate to sound like Mr. Killjoy T. Echochamber, but I have to second KJP, here, too.

 

My trade is cooking up snappy phrases (as previously revealed here on urbanohio, I'm an ad writer by day). I've written literally (used correctly as a modifier here) tens of thousands of themelines, and occasionally I've been prevailed upon to think up brand names. And what I've found is this: it's all been said and done before. (And I'm sure Wide Open West owns rights on "Wow").

 

Cool sounding brand (and band) names seldom resonate far and wide. At some point, you're going to get an eyeroll. Again: don't make your customers work that hard.

 

Think of the great brand names out there: Apple. Virgin. Microsoft. Starbucks. They work because they don't try to work. They are catchy enough to be memorable, but innocuous enough for a customer to approach.

 

Remember: in the world of brand management, simple is the opposite of easy.

 

Chew on that for a spell.

 

And then name your company "Penetrating Encounters."

make it "penetrating casual encounters" and you've got a customer

Deal. Cash only, please.

i wouldn't imagine it any other way.

 

keep the lights dim please.

You could call the incorporation anything, including your legal name. Then register tradenames/product names for each of your areas of business with the incorporation as the statutory agent.

 

That is the route we're going, most likely going to go.

 

^Hate to sound like Mr. Killjoy T. Echochamber, but I have to second KJP, here, too.

 

My trade is cooking up snappy phrases (as previously revealed here on urbanohio, I'm an ad writer by day). I've written literally (used correctly as a modifier here) tens of thousands of themelines, and occasionally I've been prevailed upon to cook up brand names. And what I've found is this: it's all been said and done before. (And I'm sure Wide Open West owns rights on "Wow").

 

Cool sounding brand (and band) names seldom resonate far and wide. At some point, you're going to get an eyeroll. Again: don't make your customers work that hard.

 

Think of the great brand names out there: Apple. Virgin. Microsoft. Starbucks. They work because they don't try to work. They are catchy enough to be memorable, but innocuous enough for a customer to approach.

 

Remember: in the world of brand management, simple is the opposite of easy.

 

Chew on that for a spell.

 

And then name your company "Penetrating Encounters."

You a Killjoy????  Surely you jest?!  :roll:

 

Which is why behind closed eyes, Third Deminsion, WOW are our favorities.  My father likes Revel.  I want customers clients to be about the products/services.  KOOW, that is something I tell my staff all the time, It's about our clients/product, not anyone on the staff - we should the client/service/product and be invisible/transparent to the end user! 

 

Penetrating Encounters?  That sounds like a new spa/bathhouse/brothal/juke joint/escort service/prostitution ring and brand of female condoms all rolled up in to one!

 

As i've typed this you've turned this into "penetrating casual encounters" which is even worse, although I recall The Popes clients like it when he works in assless chaps, so he would think of something like that!

KOOW, that is something I tell my staff all the time, It's about our clients/product, not anyone on the staff - we should the client/service/product and be invisible/transparent to the end user! 

 

This enterprise IS an escort service, isn't it.

My trade is cooking up snappy phrases

 

Mine too! Except mine are headlines and catchy photo captions.

Project 5

Moesha.

Moesha.

LOL, well with my family it would be more like Maria, del barrio.

My trade is cooking up snappy phrases

 

Mine too! Except mine are headlines and catchy photo captions.

 

I tip my hat to any writer who can be snappy in 12 pica increments.

My first impressions:

 

Behind Closed Eyes - Do you want to imply that you're blind?

Contents Under Pressure - Someone needs depressants.

Eminent Domain - So, you only offer legal assistance to developers?

Imaginative Execution - Creative guillotines?

In the Presence of Others - If you're on Earth, chances are you are in the presence of others.

Project 5 - Sounds like a bad Star Search singing group - I give you 3 stars.

Pulling Out All the Stops - Too damned wordy.

Revel - Oh, those wireless people with the angsty commercials!

Skillful Maneuvers - Kinky!

(The) Comfort Zone - Aren't people supposed to always try to step out of that?

(The) Gentleman’s Quarters - A nautical-themed piano bar for "my people"?

The Monolith & the Minimalist - Sounds like artsy gay p0rn.

The Third Dimension - I'm picturing sequinned jumpsuits and 70s EW&F music.

Wow - Whoopee. Woohoo.

 

My first impressions:

 

Behind Closed Eyes - Do you want to imply that you're blind?

Contents Under Pressure - Someone needs depressants.

Eminent Domain - So, you only offer legal assistance to developers?

Imaginative Execution - Creative guillotines?

In the Presence of Others - If you're on Earth, chances are you are in the presence of others.

Project 5 - Sounds like a bad Star Search singing group - I give you 3 stars.

Pulling Out All the Stops - Too damned wordy.

Revel - Oh, those wireless people with the angsty commercials!

Skillful Maneuvers - Kinky!

(The) Comfort Zone - Aren't people supposed to always try to step out of that?

(The) Gentleman’s Quarters - A nautical-themed piano bar for "my people"?

The Monolith & the Minimalist - Sounds like artsy gay p0rn.

The Third Dimension - I'm picturing sequinned jumpsuits and 70s EW&F music.

Wow - Whoopee. Woohoo.

 

 

I am in tears!  It appears we'll have to name the company "not rated".  thanks MayDay  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

I'm just saying that if you go with one of those names - be aware that you may have to do some spin against some of the things I pointed out.

If I were looking at a companies services and there was a listing with all of those names, Project 5 would be my first choice - just by name.

 

I am starting up a consulting service as well. What is the best way (only way?) to register a name?

 

 

My nephew with help from my cousins wife came up with these names.

 

Shaker Squard² Communications

 

Marlboro Men - Real Estate and Design Firm

Not sure if Phillip Morris, Altria or Leo Burnett own this or variations of this name

 

Shaker Squard² Atelier - potential name for Boutique

You guys sound like you need to hire a consulting firm.

actually we're all pretty happy with those names.  maybe some tweaking..but its better then the first set of names.

 

One of my cousins and I live in on Shaker Square and my cousins grew up on Marlboro.

*Ahem* - Shaker Squared Atelier.

 

Marlboro Men? If it's an escort service, you'd do well in Cleveland.

*Ahem* - Shaker Squared Atelier.

 

Marlboro Men? If it's an escort service, you'd do well in Cleveland.

 

LMAO...only you, the HBIC, can get away with that!  LMAO. :roll:

 

"squared" or "d²" is the question.  My nephew was so excited to tell me I didn't want to shoot him down, since he's really creative for a 12 y/o.  I was thinking of incorporating "d²" in a logo somehow.

 

Marlboro, doesn't sound like an escort service.  That is the name of the street they grew up on, you nut!

Marlboro is also the name of a rural township about 10 miles from where I grew up. However... Marlboro Men most certainly sounds like an escort service - a butch one.

 

In all honesty, picture yourself introducing your company over the phone and giving someone your email address - in a hurry. It should be easy to remember and easier to deliver.

Poor MyTwoSense. I applaud the effort of coming up with that many names. My favorite of the originals was Project 5. I have to agree ... Marlboro Men is Bad, Bad, Bad with capital B's. I think Shaker Squard² is clever, but it's a little much for me. Plus, I think that Shaker Square, as a place, already has such a significant local brand that you might lose out in your own marketing efforts. What I did like, however was d², maybe by itself. Or if you're married to Shaker Square as a jumping ground, maybe just s². "We take your idea to the next level." "Moving your event from standard to superior in a matter of days: Welcome to the s² experience." Sorry ... my dime-a-dozen tangents. Blah.

 

I agree with most everyone, keep it simple. With creative businesses, I think it's a little less necessary to be so literal as "X-Service, LLC". That can be kinda bland. One of my favorite brand images among Cleveland businesses is Chartreuse, a Lakewood-based graphic design firm. Instead of naming themselves after the owner (Ewanko Design Services), they kept their name simple and increased brand recognition through a consistent color palette, copy, etc.

 

Whatever happens, good luck to you. And kudos to you for being brave enough to vet your concepts with all of us condescending bastards at UO ... God knows that I won't be posting my new micro-business's name for scrutiny!

 

Whatever happens, good luck to you. And kudos to you for being brave enough to vet your concepts with all of us condescending bastards at UO ... God knows that I won't be posting my new micro-business's name for scrutiny!

 

None of us have come close to the levels of abuse dished out by Vladimir Nabokov, who said: "Only ambitious nonentities and hearty mediocrities exhibit their rough drafts. It's like passing around samples of one's sputum."

 

It's shit like that got him banned from UO back in the 60's.

d² is a pretty well-known fashion design group, http://www.dsquared2.com/.

 

In all seriousness, I'm not trying to be condescending - and MTS knows that I'm busting his chops :-) I hope I don't come across as too brutal.

 

Having worked in advertising and marketing for the past 14 years (and working with small businesses/start-ups) - a lot of entrepreneurs don't run their ideas by anyone. That, or they limit their "test run" to people who are too close to offer sincere criticism. Then, when they launch - they can't understand why they get snickered at when they say their company name at events. Almost every concept/brand has some potentially bad connotation and while you can't avoid everything, it doesn't hurt to rule out the bad stuff.

 

And I agree - Chartreuse has done a great job.

^ No, I wasn't suggesting that you were brutal, just that UOers tend to be hyper-critical by our very nature. I think all the constructive criticism will serve MTS well;just wanted to be encouraging, as some of those names certainly weren't bad for a creative services provider.

8shades...thanks for the concern, thats sweet.  But comments like KOOW, MayDay and others, is why I posted in UO specifically.

 

There are some talent, smart & creative people on that frequent UO and based on what I read quite a few of you are entrepreneurs, so I tried to prepare myself for comments.

 

UO is a built in focus group and I knew that I would get the feedback that I needed and push my creative boundaries.  So the harder the critique now, the better end product the end user will receive.  Cause I don't do "half ass" unprofessional work. I don't want in my home, so I know a client wouldn't.  I don't shop in stores with poor/low quality items...so I don't anticipate my clients would either.  They want the service, service, service that they are paying for!

 

I thank you all for you comments and suggestions as this will only make my company that much better.  Once up and running you'll all be eligible for the UO discount!  Frequent UO customers will be receive the HBIC Concierge Services for free (evil queen picture/theatrics are an additional charge though)  :wink:

^but what about the HNIC?

^but what about the HNIC?

 

He'll be working the valet stand.  LOL

I think "Gentleman's Quarters" might get you sued:

 

http://www.gquarters.com/

http://www.thegentlemensquarters.com/main.html

He'll be working the valet stand.

 

Now that's funny...

He's not a very good valet. I handed him my keys 10 weeks ago and he is NOWHERE to be seen.

^but what about the HNIC?

 

He'll be working the valet stand.  LOL

 

Racist mulatto!

^but what about the HNIC?

 

He'll be working the valet stand.  LOL

 

Racist mulatto!

 

LMAO!  Mulatto?  What is this, 1955??