Questions about creating an image for your company or yourself. Specifically, how the business is represented to other people and other businesses.
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Are .st domains reliable for web startups? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
what's more important - .com or name?
Are .st domains reliable for web startups? Is there any known issue with them?
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Public contest to design new product identity: good idea or not?
We're planning to re-build our product identity (which has never been built in the first place, it just came out of nowhere).
Obviously, we're somewhat tight on money, so hiring a professional ...
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If I were to Create a couple of brands
Hello there I was just wondering if anybody can advise me on the following. I am a designer that can design and create a broad range of garments from swimwear and underwear to ball gowns and suits. I ...
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How to market my customer's webshop?
I have my own web development company and I created a web shop for a customer using Drupal Commerce.
My customer was selling children's clothing in a regular store. This store, however, no longer ...
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How can I do branding research online cheaply and quickly?
I'm just starting my business, I have an idea for a game that I think will be very popular. Trouble is, I can't decide on a good name for it that fits and is memorable. So I want to do some market ...
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How people may react if you ask them to join your “hospital” for internet ingorants?
I came with an idea, it is mainly a small internet company that will help and guide people with no or little experience with computers and internet. Something like e-learning.
My main problem is not ...
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Which one of those emails are the most appropriate to give and print on cards?
I need your opinions about which email structure should we go with. For example my name is Gregory Gillespie.
gillespie@company.comggillespie@company.com g.gillespie@company.com
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Trademark logo and company name?
I have seen many companies on the USPTO website trademark only their company name and not their logo. Is there any downside to trademarking the logo, and if it changes down the road is it possible to ...
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What should we trademark?
We have some game development software called Construct 2. We are based in the UK.
As far as we are aware, we're the only business with game development software called Construct.
We'd like to ...
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Difference Between Lifestyle and Aspirational Branding
The two terms 'Lifestyle Branding' and 'Aspirational Branding' seem to be used in the same or very similar context. Is there a difference between them or are they just synonyms
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How do you come out with a brand/business name?
How does your train of thoughts look like while coming up with a brand/business name?
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What do you think about company names that end with Land?
I'm thinking about naming my company (financial services) with a name which ends with "Land". E.g. if I was selling books it would be bookland or aqualand if I sold bottled water. My friend says it ...
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Domain name with a number?
How do you guys feel about a domain name using a number (in numbers)? Imagine 43folders, or 37signals... (I always get those 2 confused and have to do a quick Google search oftentimes putting "37 ...
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I don't agree with my social media marketing team. Please advice who is right
I am working on developing a platform that allows sports fans to interact with their star athletes. I have outsourced social media marketing for initial 2 months. Now we have developed differences ...
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Camel notation in company name
The name Microsoft logically consists of two words - micro and soft.
On .cn zone sites I often see it written as MicroSoft, and it just looks terrible.
I am starting a mobile platform development ...
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single word names vs multiword names
We are trying to come with some names for our new startup, and wondering if a multiword name is better than a single word names?
The startup is going to be focusing on food/cooking. Some of the ...
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Does It Make Sense to Co-Brand When All or Most of the Brands Are Unknown?
It’s your premier product/service launch, and a colleague (not a VC) invests money/time in it—do they get to put their company’s name on it too? Whereas I think it might make sense when it’s an ...
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Co-Founder for a Small Pet Care Shop
I'm about to open a Pet Shop mainly Dog Food Services and I have a friend who can add wide branding experience. The question is, should I pay for it or co-founder with him?
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How to make a brand book to document company's visual language [closed]
I need a way to bring together all the visual language of my business into a coherent document complete with reusable files, textures, colours, fonts etc. I have heard of companies having a 'brand ...
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What's the best way to get early stage Beta-testers for a B2B product?
With a MVP product ready, I am planning to launch my start-up in the coming days. My product is aimed at the recruitment industry. Any suggested ways to get people to use the free trial?
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Domain Name/Branding Question
Note: the following is not my sites name or subject matter it just being used as an equivalent example.
Consider that ExampleArchive.tld is registered but nothing is even parked there. The contact ...
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Question about a Food Brand
I have a friend who makes very good banana bread. She tried to sell it on the street and got sold out of a huge batch within a very short time.
She wants to stay local within her city, but isn't ...
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How to secure your the name of your jewelry line?
Recently, I started a jewelry business. I have a name, the product, a shopping cart,a blog, and a facebook page. However, I would like to know how do I secure this name to make sure that nobody else ...
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Growing market brand and how to get your message out in the IT age
What is the most cost effective method of getting your message across to potential customers?
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Domain hacks for website [duplicate]
I am trying to register a new domain for a software product website and thinking of using domain hacks. Something like http://del.icio.us or bit.ly or fold.it. In our case ending with .it or .io. But ...
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Is it legal to use google / youtube / bing logos? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can i use a logo on my website to sell THEIR product without permission
I want to use Youtube,Google and more logos in my android application.
When pressing on a logo it ...
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Does a brand provide any value for a local business? [closed]
Disclaimer: This question is not about how to get famous and not about how to be a well-known entrepreneur. It's only about making money.
It is common knowledge that a company should have a brand: to ...
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internet business name?
Ok im having trouble finding a company name that also has an available domain name. Now I want to know is it ok if I just register a company and than try and find a domain name that us not my ...
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What social media accounts should a business have?
I know this question has a lot of possible answers, so I'll break it down to several questions so you'll understand exactly what I want to know.
Which social media accounts should I maintain to help ...
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What is the best branding company or agency worldwide? [closed]
Which agency would you use if you had unlimited resources to allocate in your startup's branding?
