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By admin on Oct 23, 2011 in basic naming questions, best names, brand naming, company names, competitive names, creative inspiration, differentiators, international naming, naming guide, naming strategy, naming tips, product names, trademarks | 0 Comments
It’s always exciting to see a thoughtful article about brand naming in a mainstream, American staple like the New Yorker. The article, “Famous Names: does it matter what a product is called?” written by John Colapinto in the October 3rd, 2011 edition was certainly a fascinating read from beginning to end. Tools like Mind Maps [...]
By admin on Sep 26, 2011 in basic naming questions, best names, brand naming, company names, competitive names, controversial names, descriptive names, differentiators, empty bucket name, master brands, naming pioneer, naming strategy, naming tips, product names | 8 Comments
The Naru (Naming Guru) has emerged from the naming reflecting pool to finish sharing his/her branding perspectives from earlier this month. 5b.) Literal / descriptive names are better than emotional names when developing specific product names underneath a family brand. While emotional, short & snappy brand names should establish strong connections with consumers (e.g., Northface, [...]
By admin on Sep 15, 2011 in basic naming questions, brand naming, differentiators, naming guide, naming strategy, naming tips, product names | 4 Comments
One of the special educational services NameStormers offers is access to the sage naming philosophies of the revered Naru (Naming Guru). (The identity of the Naru is protected so he/she can go about day-to-day life without being chased down the street by marketers and branding strategists demanding one-on-one audiences.) 1) Think like a customer, not [...]
By admin on Sep 7, 2011 in basic naming questions, brand naming, company names, competitive names, differentiators, master brands, naming research, naming strategy, product names, retail storefront names | 4 Comments
“Consumers are buying private label food and drink products in greater numbers, typically because these products represent better value” (Mintel, The Private Label Food and Drink Consumer, Dec. 2010). But, is this causation or correlation? Are consumers knowingly buying private labels in larger quantities because of their perceived value, or is something else driving the [...]
By admin on May 24, 2011 in best names, brand naming, competitive names, descriptive names, differentiators, master brands | 0 Comments
We recently helped develop the CorFire™ name and a corresponding naming architecture for SK C&C. Here is a little background: The CorFire solution suite lets retailers, phone companies and others deliver mobile commerce to their customers, today. The CorFire team has over eight years of real world experience providing systems that seamlessly serve half a [...]
By admin on May 18, 2011 in basic naming questions, competitive names, descriptive names, master brands, naming architecture, naming strategy, product names | 0 Comments
The Harvard Business Review published an article this month discussing two possible approaches when naming next generation products: 1. Brand-Name Continuation (or) 2. Brand Name Change. Callaway Company launched its first Big Bertha driver in 1995 and then chose the brand-name continuation strategy: following with Great Big Bertha and then Biggest Big Bertha. This [...]
By admin on Jan 9, 2011 in basic naming questions, best names, brand naming, competitive names, differentiators, naming strategy, naming tips | 0 Comments
“Consumers are not buying based on price alone,” led a recent article from Brandweek. Personally, price is always a factor for me, but only decisive when all other things are equal. I agree – “there is a price-value formula consumers use to calculate brand differences” when deciding which brands to buy. Otherwise Chi straighteners ($100) [...]
By admin on Dec 14, 2010 in basic naming questions, international naming, master brands, naming linguistic issues, naming strategy, product names, translating names | 0 Comments
One of the biggest naming challenges can be in transnational markets, where a myriad of languages are spoken and customs are practiced. Besides being sure that you don’t recommend something in English that will offend somebody speaking Cantonese, there are fascinating linguistic nuances that both reveal a lot about what goes into a name and [...]
By admin on Dec 6, 2010 in basic naming questions, brand naming, brand potential index - bpi, naming strategy, naming tips | 0 Comments
Man: “How was I supposed to know that?” Woman: “You should just KNOW!” This refrain repeats in household arguments frequently. I feel qualified in making this observation, as I’m the woman in my household, and have had to bite my lip several times to circumvent this particular script. Typically, I’m not a fan of making [...]
By admin on Nov 18, 2010 in basic naming questions, brand naming, brand potential index - bpi, competitive names, differentiators, empty bucket name, naming strategy | 0 Comments
Why does every brand seek the role of the “popular kid?” Is it because the popular brands attract the most interest and consumers? Like the popular clique in high school, they drive the gossip and news that everyone actually wants to discuss. However, this seems counter to general brand strategy – much less good parenting. [...]
