Insights Type: Tips & Guides

Coined, empty vessel names carry no meaning for the average consumer. Kodak? Exxon? Zappos? Zoosk? Adidas? Meaningless, the lot of

So, you’re considering using consumer research for your new name. Consumer research is a way to gather opinions about your

02.26.2015

As naming specialists know all too well, creating a brand name that passes creative and strategic muster is only part

Here at Catchword, we get a lot of inquiries from business owners of all types with one thing in common:

12.17.2014

Anyone who has tried to name something will tell you, naming can be a battle, a chore, a quagmire, or

10.13.2014

As naming consultants we often distinguish between two common categories of brand naming, descriptive naming and suggestive naming. The first

When product or company naming, I can’t tell you how many times a client will ask us for a brand

Hop on over to Domain Name Advice to read the blog I wrote about business names and domains. It’s a

12.02.2013

Naming a new company is hard enough. Renaming it can be downright painful. (And expensive: the corporate rebranding of Andersen

11.15.2013

Several people have asked me, “Hey, have you read that novel with Eunice Park as one of the main characters?”

08.12.2013

Don’t know your Aphesis from your Euphemism?