Naming Your Business

Business Plan

Having a name which immediately comes to a potential customer's mind is an attribute you will want your company to have. There are a variety of theories/ideas/conventions behind how to choose the correct name for your establishment, and those will be addressed within this assignment.

Just for fun, match the following business names to the companies business – key at the bottom

1. Big Bone Lick Smokehouse a. toy manufacturer
2. Book Cellar b. costume store
3. Dirt Cheap Inc. c. auto repair
4. Disguise The Limit! d. barbecue restaurant
5. HomeSuite HomePage e. lawn care and landscaping company
6. Justin Case f. photo services
7. Lawngevity g. dirt hauling
8. Playing Mantis h. below-street-level used book store
9. Prints Charming i. Web page design firm
10. Young Entremanures j. portable toilets
11. Tanks A Lot k. compost spreading service

Name Your Business

  1. Read 7 Tips for Naming Your Business from Entrepreneur
  2. Using tips from the article, create a name for your proposed business
  3. Create a new Phototshop document that is at least 800 px x 800 px and 300 DPI – you may adjust the size as you see fit
  4. Go to Urbanfonts.com and type your company name into cool and different fonts – download one you think sets your name apart
  5. Add text boxes and arrows pointing to your name or portions of your name showing how you have met at least five of the suggested strategies in the reading

Save as a .jpg or .png and upload to the Synergy dropbox

key: 1d, 2h, 3g, 4b, 5i, 6c, 7e, 8a, 9f, 10k, 11j