Create Pet Name Ideas

August 19, 2009 at 9:48 am (Name Generator, Name Ideas, Names)
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petnamesThe Pet Name Ideas generator at makewords.com uses a random generator to come up with hundreds of unique pet name ideas. Each search produces 100 suggestions that sometimes are quite unconventional, but if you spend a while filtering out the good ones, then eventually

Sample results:

Abraldon, Alexa, Arley, Basil, Biron, Brigher, Brookson, Bryankee, Calviney, Chanus, Cobbie, Cyrich, Dethon, Doritz, Ezerield, Gelory, Horacio, Jaeon, Jonardie, Kenda, Konson, Korey, Leftyba, Levon, Lonna, Marti, Morie, Morry, Nialle, Nobiero, Obidi, Orvil, Osbern, Osbond, Padrick, Pardenos, Phonid, Porty, Quint, Rethin, Rolari, Rudolfo, Stericio, Thade, Tiandr, Tituson, Tobin, Wilber

Makewords.com pet names

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Randomainer.com – new random domain name search engine

November 14, 2007 at 5:37 pm (Domain Names, Domain Search, Internet, Name Generator, Name Ideas, Names)
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Randomainer is a newly launched random domain name generator that uses some complex algorithms to come up with new unused domains. Just enter the keywords that interests you, Randomainer will find its semantic relations, use the parts of those words to create new names and queries the Whois domain registry database. Advanced domain search lets you specify the keywords that should be contained in the names that are generated.

The domain search engine can be used to search for available domain names for startup businesses, personal and private domains, professionals and corporatsions etc. Domain name availability can be verified with Yahoo, word meanings can be checked with answers.com.

Visit www.randomainer.com to find out more.

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How to Add a Screen Name in America Online

May 11, 2007 at 4:30 pm (Name Ideas, Screen Names)
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Each AOL account can have up to seven screen names at any one time. The screen name you created when you first registered as an AOL member is your primary master screen name and cannot be changed or deleted. All other screen names can be created or deleted at any time.

Create a screen name

A screen name must start with a letter and may be any combination of letters and numbers up to a total of 16 characters.

Some screen names are restricted due to security reasons or duplication. AOL reserves the right to delete any screen name it deems to be vulgar or sexually explicit. If someone has already chosen the screen name you desire, it will not be possible for you to use it. This is so every AOL member will have a unique email address with no duplications. If the screen name you select is already in use, delete the screen name you typed in and try again. There is no limit on how many times you can try different names.

Note: To create a screen name, you need to be signed on with a master screen name. A master screen name is the first screen name you created for this account and any screen name you have assigned master screen name status with Parental Controls.

To create a screen name:
1. Find an available Screen name. Use SpinXO.com
2. Go to http://names.aol.com.
3. In the Screen Name: box, type your master screen name.
4. In the Password: box, type your AOL password.
5. Click the Sign On button.
6. Click the Create link.
7. In the Answer: box, type the answer to your Account Security Question.
8. Follow the onscreen instructions to select the new screen name, the password, and the Parental Controls settings.

Note: If you choose either Mature Teens, Young Teens or Kids Only for the Age Category, you will also be prompted to choose whether or not to turn on Activity Reports.

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New Business Names: Naming For The Ear

May 11, 2007 at 4:28 pm (Business Names, Domain Names, Domain Search, Name Ideas, Names)
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It’s surely happened to you, too: You call someone back from a telephone message, not sure who they are or what they want, and what the receptionist recites upon answering comes off as a complete blur. It doesn’t even separate into words.

In many cases this has nothing to do with the diction of the receptionist. Out of context, the company name simply makes no sense to the ear.

Years ago I had an extreme version of this experience when a gardening columnist I was interviewing said something interesting about “squash vine borers.” Listening, I could not form words out of those sounds. I had to ask her to repeat the phrase three times. I still wasn’t sure I’d gotten it right and emailed her to check, only to learn that what I’d finally heard as “bores” should have been “borers.”

Two names submitted in our first Named At Last naming contest, for a web design/search engine optimization company, exemplify this problem. Each contains the kernel of an appealing visual image, but out loud they don’t work:

Ducks Tech Web
Agile Impala

In the first name, the consonants smudge into one another, and in the second example, the vowels blend together when they shouldn’t. Corral a colleague who hasn’t read this newsletter, and test this by saying each name naturally, without exaggerating the space between the words. Ask them to spell what you just said. Most of the time, the colleague will look stunned, unable to echo the sounds, much less spell words.

Use “the receptionist test” on any name you’re considering for a company or product. Even if you primarily sell through the written word, there will be times when you need to call a business partner and have the name create understanding rather than confusion.

Brandable and memorable business names that are pronounceable in the English language and have an available website domain can be found with www.makewords.com name suggestions tool.

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How To Avoid A Business Naming Disaster

May 11, 2007 at 4:24 pm (Business Names, Domain Names, Name Generator, Name Ideas)
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An entrepreneur of my acquaintance, in a rush to get his new company up and running, launched his new online publishing venture with a press release and great industry fanfare. Not three days later, he received the kind of letter business owners dread: a cease-and-desist request from the lawyer for a company that said the name of the new venture infringed on their trademark. Ouch!

My colleague held emergency brainstorming sessions with his cronies, registered a new domain, announced the name change, only to receive a barrage of criticism from British and Australian colleagues that for them, the new name had negative and even somewhat obscene connotations. He changed the company name and corresponding URL again.

The moral of the story: Names matter. In your inventor’s zeal for getting the technical stuff right, don’t leave a blank for the company name and then pick one at the last minute. Take the time to choose a business name that has these characteristics:

  • Suggests the content or subject area of your business
  • Has pizzazz
  • Makes a positive impression on your target market
  • Can be easily spelled and pronounced
  • If the company will mainly do business online, corresponds to an available domain
  • Is legally available for use

Tips for Brainstorming Names

A comprehensive, free guide to brainstorming a winning company name can be found at www.yudkin.com/generate.htm. Another series of steps to follow are these:

1. Find 8-10 company names that you like – not necessarily in your own industry.

2. Analyze the type or formation of these names. For instance:

  • Google, Yahoo – short, sounds humorous
  • Dr. Pepper, Green Giant – based on a fictitious character
  • Done Yesterday, Call Caren! – describes a result or says what to do
  • Speedy Muffler, One Stop Frame Shop – states the competitive advantage
  • A Quiet Touch, Tranquility Day Spa – emphasizes a feeling
  • Queen of Clean, A Hire Authority – catchy, uses a meaningful rhyme or pun
  • Riviera Diamonds, Niagara Well Services – evocative geographical reference

3. Use the patterns of the names you like to think up new names that fit your line of work, target audience, competitive strengths and personal preferences. Always brainstorm dozens of possibilities, not just a few.

4. Run your candidates through the criteria listed above. Get feedback from trusted friends, clients and colleagues. Select your top choice from those remaining.

Domain Names

To find available domain names go to the domain name search tool at Makewords.com

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How To Create A Memorable Domain Name

December 20, 2006 at 8:56 am (Domain Name Basics, Domain Search, Name Ideas)

An article about finding available domains at typedHype.com

Read some knowledgeable recommendations about how to start your domain name search:

http://www.typedhype.com/index.cfm/2006/10/12/How-To-Create-A-Memorable-Domain-Name

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Naming Your Start-up: Simple Do’s and Don’ts

December 15, 2006 at 10:46 pm (Business Names, Name Ideas)
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The time to start thinking about the ideal name for your new business is at the same time you start putting your business plan on paper.

Yes, your business – no matter how small a start-up – should have a written business plan. But that’s another story for another day. For now, let’s look at the most important reason to pick just the right name for your business.

If there’s one idea you want to carry with you always, particularly as you evaluate possible names for your business, it’s this: Perception is reality!.

How would-be customers will think about your business starts with the impression its name creates in their mind. So think long and hard. Next, they’ll be impressed – or not – by how that name is presented graphically – colors, type style, any accompanying art, perhaps a “tag line” or “positioning statement” that describes or amplifies some unique aspect of your business.

How and where you use that name also creates an impression, including on business cards, letterhead, envelopes, labels. Even bags and boxes, billboards, store windows, including on the sides of your fleet of delivery trucks.

As you can see, the name of your business will have many faces and wear many hats, so creating the final graphics package – unless you’re a graphics pro – isn’t something you want to do while sitting at your kitchen table. Invest the few hundred dollars it takes to have a professional graphic design firm put together several versions for you to review and choose from. It’s truly a wise investment.

The image or perception you create for your company name – whether deliberately or through neglect – is how both existing and potential customers will think of your company each time they see or hear its name. And creating that perception, the perceived reality of your business, begins with whatever name you give it.

Give some thought, too, to registering that name in its final design presentation – the whole thing is called a “logo” – as a trademark. Yes, it will cost you several hundred dollars more, but once it’s registered, no one else will be able to use your name for their business. That simple act of registration can save you untold head aches, plus thousands of dollars, down the road.

Another thing you need to secure for your brand is an available domain name. Since there are now nearly 200 million domain names registered globally, it can be extremely difficult to find a suitable name with an available .com or .net domain extension. Therefore it is possible to save hours by using automated domain name suggestion tools like Makewords.com.

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Business Name Generator

October 31, 2006 at 11:27 am (Business Names, Domain Name Resources, Domain Names, Name Generator, Name Ideas)
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Go to the free online Business Name Generator

Naming your business is one of the most important decisions you are facing when establishing a new company.

There’s a lot of room for creativity, but in order to have a truly unique, memorable and brandable name, you need to consider certain basics:

  1. You need a distinctive name that characterizes what your business does
  2. The name must be pronounceable, brandable and relatively short
  3. You want a name that has an available .com domain

While the first two are a matter of brainstorming and consulting with your friends or colleagues, getting the third one right can be an impossibly difficult task to encounter. With more than 50 million .com domains registered today, you can spend hours looking them up in the Whois database one-by-one, only to find that all the sensible ones are already taken. Fortunately there are the domain name suggestion tools, like http://www.makewords.com/, that generate hundreds of name ideas instantly, and speeds up the domain name search process greatly.

Very often the names have nothing to do with the underlying business, or service, such as Kodak, Google, eBay. Remember, it’s the uniqueness of the name – you want to distinguish yourself from your competitors. Deep etymology is secondary compared to the uniqueness and brandability of the name.

Another way to decide on a domain name is to try to figure out what message you want to convey to people and combine a couple of short words together, that are easy to remember. Many small businesses prefer to use words that cleverly suggest qualities about the underlying product or service without describing them outright, such as Lending Tree for loans, Slenderella for diet food products, or The Body Shop for personal hygiene products. Such names can easily be generated with the MakeWords.com Popular Affixes or Dictionary searches.

If you’ve found the perfect name for your business, you have to take the extra step to secure it by registering the domain name. Domain name registration is not something to be intimidated about. It is a straightforward process, where you just have to follow the step-by-step instructions given by your domain registration provider. All you need to know, is your contact information. No technical knowledge is required.

Try it! http://www.makewords.com/ business name generator.

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