Comments for Name Awards http://nameawards.com Company and Product Naming, Brands and Trademarks: rants & raves, cheers & jeers, fun & foibles Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Web 2.0, Demo, TIE and Code Camp by Trudy http://nameawards.com/2007/10/05/web-20-demo-tie-and-code-camp/#comment-116 Trudy Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:02:58 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/10/05/web-20-demo-tie-and-code-camp/#comment-116 Keep up the good work. Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Plug and Play and pray for money with a cow piss name! by Kenny Pate http://nameawards.com/2007/09/21/plug-and-play-and-pray-for-money-with-a-cow-piss-name/#comment-91 Kenny Pate Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:25:55 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/09/21/plug-and-play-and-pray-for-money-with-a-cow-piss-name/#comment-91 Planaroo is a community travel guide. I laughed about your baby-planning business comment because I can see how you could get that idea. But unless you're planning on making a baby while traveling, Planaroo probably can't help you! Planaroo is a community travel guide. I laughed about your baby-planning business comment because I can see how you could get that idea. But unless you’re planning on making a baby while traveling, Planaroo probably can’t help you!

]]> Comment on Strange Web 2.0 names continue to proliferate by Ron http://nameawards.com/2008/02/24/strange-web-20-names-continue-to-proliferate/#comment-88 Ron Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:35 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2008/02/24/strange-web-20-names-continue-to-proliferate/#comment-88 Very cool design! Useful information. Go on!y Very cool design! Useful information. Go on!y

]]> Comment on Trademark beer by Niranjan http://nameawards.com/2007/11/18/trademark-beer/#comment-83 Niranjan Fri, 23 May 2008 13:03:37 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/11/18/trademark-beer/#comment-83 I am a MBA student and am fascinated by field of branding. I was googling to see any new taglines, names or companies details which i dont know about when I found your blog. Its amazing work.. your too good :) Can u guide me regarding how to proceed to be in your line of business?? thanks I am a MBA student and am fascinated by field of branding.
I was googling to see any new taglines, names or companies details which i dont know about when I found your blog.
Its amazing work.. your too good :)
Can u guide me regarding how to proceed to be in your line of business??

thanks

]]> Comment on Strange Web 2.0 names continue to proliferate by Jitendra http://nameawards.com/2008/02/24/strange-web-20-names-continue-to-proliferate/#comment-81 Jitendra Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:44:43 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2008/02/24/strange-web-20-names-continue-to-proliferate/#comment-81 Hey, Thanks for the mention...BTW, you should try SezWho service on this blog to let your readers make an evaluation about the service :-) -Jitendra Hey, Thanks for the mention…BTW, you should try SezWho service on this blog to let your readers make an evaluation about the service :-)

-Jitendra

]]> Comment on Androids and Symbians in your cell phone by Fitzy http://nameawards.com/2007/11/08/androids-and-symbians-in-your-cell-phone/#comment-80 Fitzy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:34:16 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/11/08/androids-and-symbians-in-your-cell-phone/#comment-80 Symbiosis! I loved that word from the first time I heard it as well ;) Great Blog Symbiosis! I loved that word from the first time I heard it as well ;)

Great Blog

]]> Comment on Time at last to shop victoriously by Ad Post: eBay Hail Mary « Straw Grasping http://nameawards.com/2007/09/29/time-at-last-to-shop-victoriously/#comment-64 Ad Post: eBay Hail Mary « Straw Grasping Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:06:57 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/09/29/time-at-last-to-shop-victoriously/#comment-64 [...] than the product. Doing just a quick search about the new campaign, it seems to be getting mixed reactions. I wonder how it is translating in terms of [...] [...] than the product. Doing just a quick search about the new campaign, it seems to be getting mixed reactions. I wonder how it is translating in terms of [...]

]]> Comment on Dr. Seuss jumble of awful names by David Govett http://nameawards.com/2007/12/15/dr-seuss-jumble-of-awful-names/#comment-63 David Govett Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:02:28 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/12/15/dr-seuss-jumble-of-awful-names/#comment-63 Athol, here's one free domain name generator: http://www.japanorama.com/dd/free_dom.html Athol, here’s one free domain name generator: http://www.japanorama.com/dd/free_dom.html

]]> Comment on If names were all literal by Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch") http://nameawards.com/2007/12/20/if-names-were-all-literal/#comment-62 Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch") Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:02:22 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/12/20/if-names-were-all-literal/#comment-62 Starbucks could equally well be a shop selling Battlestar Galactica or Moby Dick merchandise (depending on your generation and choice in entertainment). But "Microsoft" is actually descriptive: microcomputer software. Even when companies do have literal names, people make jokes about what they *really* sell. (Snap-On Tools is the obvious example.) If all names were literal, there wouldn't be many trademarks, and it would be a real challenge for competing businesses to come up with distinctive names. Would it be the end of competition, or would companies just have to append the founder's name to the product description? "Bill Gates' software" sounds tediously pedestrian. Starbucks could equally well be a shop selling Battlestar Galactica or Moby Dick merchandise (depending on your generation and choice in entertainment). But “Microsoft” is actually descriptive: microcomputer software.

Even when companies do have literal names, people make jokes about what they *really* sell. (Snap-On Tools is the obvious example.)

If all names were literal, there wouldn’t be many trademarks, and it would be a real challenge for competing businesses to come up with distinctive names. Would it be the end of competition, or would companies just have to append the founder’s name to the product description? “Bill Gates’ software” sounds tediously pedestrian.

]]> Comment on Trademark beer by Fred333 http://nameawards.com/2007/11/18/trademark-beer/#comment-61 Fred333 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:01:44 +0000 http://nameawards.com/2007/11/18/trademark-beer/#comment-61 Never knew that about Bass beer. Very cool! Never knew that about Bass beer. Very cool!

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