The Name of the Beast - Softcover

Neil Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904879705 ISBN 13: 9781904879701

Publisher: Cyan Books and Marshall Cavendish, 2007

Synopsis

Creating the name for a company, product, or brand is simplified with the knowledge presented in this practical and inspiring guide. Beginning with advice on how to select a name that differentiates the company and product line from all others in the marketplace, this handbook covers the often overlooked legal and linguistic implications of a name, as well as how to market the brand and convince  people both internally and in the outside world that the chosen name is the best choice. Current naming trends and the lessons learned from failed experiments are provided as experiences from which to draw inspiration.

About this title

Synopsis:

How to choose the right name for your company, product, or brand that will make it stand out in the crowd? Adopting the right name for your business, product, or brand can be the difference between success and failure amongst today's fickle consumers. This book is the first of its kind, and is written by one of the world's leading experts in corporate naming. It has the potential to become the definitive manual on naming in business. It offers a wide feature and review coverage expected in management, marketing, branding and communications media. Giving a name to your company, or a new product or service, or to your brand should be easy. After all, how difficult is it to think up a word or two for something you are so close to? Often, what should be one of the most fun parts of your business ends up causing internal conflict, legal to-ing and fro-ing, and not to mention the occasional bout of media hysteria. Naming expert Neil Taylor presents a practical but inspiring plan to help find the right name for your company, product, or brand. The plan is based on three considerations. Firstly, there's the strategy: how do you find a name that feels right?

How do you make sure it stands out from the crowd? Secondly, there's the practicalities, which are often overlooked. Plenty of naming disasters are down to people being naive about the legal or linguistic implications of a name. And finally, there are people. Discussions about names are often subjective. Therefore, how do you convince people internally that a name is right, and then how do you convince the outside world? Taylor also looks at trends in naming and the lessons that should be taken on board today.

About the Author:

Neil Taylor is the creative director at The Writer, a brand and communication consulting company.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cyan Books and Marshall Cavendish
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1904879705
• ISBN 13: 9781904879701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192