Named It!
I’ve been battling the naming beast for about 5 months on and off. Meaning, I tried for about 1 week 5 months ago then gave up until this past week, searching for a good name for my blog network.
Do I name a a media company that would incorporate all of my media needs or do I just name my blog network, which has now expanded to 13 blogs with a 14th and 15th blog on the way (yeah it’s twins). I’ve been asking a couple people close to me and my Internet endeavours, what should I name my blog network?
Some good names have come around but all of them are taken, not necessarily naming a blog network but naming something. I couldn’t find a .com name that rolled off the tongue and fit the blogging world. (Of course b5media doesn’t really scream blog network, but it does have a great ring to it.)
Well I went running this afternoon, after the Michigan Wolverines defeated Penn State!!!! They gave a little scare towards the end but remembered they had to play the whole 60 minutes and played tough to stop em. BCS standings come out this week!!!
Anyway, about 5 minutes into the run and bam, it hit me. The name of my network. Now I’m not going to give the name away right now, that would be silly. I’m going to do an official launch in about a week with a network home site and a sweet contest that I know everyone will want to take part in. YOU WIN SOMETHING, and IT’S FREE!
I’ve been learning how to create “web 2.0″ feeling graphics and hope to have a great looking site in a few days.
Finally!!!
Comments
Comment from Erik
Time: October 16, 2006, 8:23 am
2 days later, a 6.6 earthquake later, and the name still rolls off the tongue. 
I am going to work on some designs of the logo and the name and hopefully will be able to launch it with a sweet contest by the beginning of next week!
I’m still letting the name sink in but everyone I’ve tried it on says rock it. I have one more guy at work I want to ask so we’ll see.
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Time: October 23, 2006, 10:51 pm
[...] I have been asking myself this over the past day as I my weeks long laboring over my blog network main site has been getting nowhere, should I desing these sites, graphically that is, or should I hire someone else?. I’ve never sat down to design a graphically elegant design. Or maybe I should say I’ve never succeeded. For those of you who’ve been to my blogs within the network, you’ll notice that they all have the same layout with a 3 color pattern and slight changes here and there. Nothing big. [...]
Comment from Jaro
Time: October 14, 2006, 10:49 pm
Erik, good to hear that you finally found a name that you are satisfied with! One advice from my own experience: let it rest for a few days and if it still snaps then go for it!