How to Choose a Powerful Business Name

Are you planning on starting your own business? Congratulations- what will you name it if you don’t know for sure? Remember, a business’s name is the first thing consumers or investors will see. You only have one chance to make an excellent first impression. The way you pick to brand your business will have a significant impact on its success. Therefore business owners worry about coming up with the right name for their business. This article will show how to create a memorable name that will set you apart from your competitors and build brand recognition.

1. Select a scalable and future-proof name
If your business’s name becomes too particular, you can end up with a false name when you broaden your services. Choose a scalable name that will allow for growth and development in the future. It should evolve alongside the business, remain relevant, and be adaptable for different products and brand expansions.

2. Select a name that is descriptive, simple to remember, and spell
Use words that are easily associated with your product or service, the goal of your business, and what customers can anticipate from your company. Avoid using difficult-to-remember acronyms and stick to essential, memorable words. Select a name that is not too long or difficult. It must also be simple to say and remember. It can otherwise be disastrous for your business.

3. Use A Name Generator
Use an online tool to research a memorable name for your company. Utilizing a business name generator like Namify or Businessnamemaker.com will guide you in creating a name that will help brand your business.Namify’s technology searches for meaningful words and gives you options that will appeal to your target audience. Regardless of your product and service, these tools have name generators for each industry category, whether you are a brick-and-mortar or an e-commerce business.

4. Ensure that you can use the name in your logo, slogans, and taglines
Brand consistency is essential for success, and it all begins with the name of your business. The title should complement the rest of your branding elements, such as logos, taglines, and slogans. You should be able to translate/communicate your name using design elements such as icons, logos, and colors.

5. Select a name that has some meaning and offers a purpose
The business name should convey your brand identity, generate a positive image, and foster a good emotional connection. Determine what you want to accomplish before picking a business name. You’ll be able to identify the ones that fit the picture you want to build using a few characteristics of your business and brand.

6. Choose a name that has no registered trademark
You can begin your research by conducting a general web search for businesses with similar names. If another company has trademarked a name, violating that trademark can result in legal action against your business. You can also obtain a letter of authorization from the trademark owner to use it.

7. Select a name that is web and SEO friendly
Do your homework to see if you can secure a domain name and social media profiles that match your business name, as they can affect your online presence. Potential customers’ ability to be found is part of having an SEO-friendly name. Your business name will, therefore, have a higher rank on search engines.

8. For Example Coolhats.com
If you promote and sell strange and unusual hats, you can name your business coolhats.com. You are finding suppliers to support your business and brand- which would be an added adventure to your hard work and promotion.
Or perhaps a wine store with a logo of a bottle of wine being uncorked that can design appealing t-shirts to sell and create advertising, which you could name something like-truebrew.com.

Conclusion
No doubt, choosing a mighty name for your business can be challenging but truly rewarding. With the right approach and tools, you can select a full business name that will distinguish your business from all the rest!

By Reginald Jackson

Your Business and Social Media Advertising

In this modern competitive world of marketing, there are many ways to reach and engage customers. The “organic” way businesses advertise their products or services is the traditional methods that’s been used for centuries. Then there’s the method of targeting potential customers online with the help of social media and social networking tools. There are several reasons why to use social media to increase your business and improve your client base. Here are 5 ways in which your business can join the modern world of social media advertising.

Method Of Advertising has Changed
Businesses who use to depend much on the Yellow Page and newspaper classified ads are now finding that it doesn’t seem to be as effective as it did once before. The reason for this is because people read much of the news online and if they are in need for anything to purchase, they’ll just “google” it. Now even large industries are focusing on budgeting a large amount of their marketing expense to make their presence on social media.

Using Social Media to Find Potential Customers
A good fisherman knows where to look in order find the fish, as well as what bait to use. He goes where the fish is! Your business needs to know where to find their potential customers or client. Since millions of people now spends a lot of time on the net-on social media, you need to be where the people are- and that’s online. For example, 1.4 billion people are on Facebook and that’s just one social media channel. So learning how to leverage social media to reach potential customers is like finding that spot where all the fish are. It can certainly prove to be advertising that works.

Being More Sociable
Businesses, corporations, and industries are now learning that just throwing a good sales pitch in front of people may not be enough. The rules are different now on the net. With social media is all about engagement and mastering the art of interaction. Companies are even hiring or outsourcing social media managers to do just that-engage with potential clients. So because of social media, businesses are learning how to be more sociable, more conversational, in retrospect to “cold advertising,” and to many that’s a good thing.

Keep Up With the Competition
There’s no doubt that your competitors have already leverage the use of social media for their own advertising campaign. So to keep one step ahead of the competition is a good reason why a business would want to seriously consider using social media to promote their goods or services. There are so many tools, free and paid, that helps any business keep tabs on what the other guy is doing and how to adjust their advertising campaign accordingly.

Having a Social Networking Presence 
With millions of people searching online everyday using search engines-Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others, it’s not only a matter of how to find people online, but how they can find you. A strong social networking presence can include the following tools:

• A website (Learn how to optimize to drive traffic to your site)
• A blog (A good blog shares content that can draw traffic)
• Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+,Youtube, Linkedin, Foursquare, etc)
• Google Maps (Put your business on the map)

Advertising That Works!
Getting your small business one stage further, demands a new influx of promoting attempts you may not previously experimented with before. Social media marketing could very easily be this new wave that you are looking for. Whether you learn for yourself or hire a Social Media Manager-either way you will find accomplishment within your new advertising and marketing endeavors. You will  discover that it truly is advertising that works!