Why Limit Yourself to 26 Characters When Business Naming?
Why limit yourself to 26 characters when business naming?
Don't limit your naming opportunities: think numerals and symbols
Though hyphens are not good naming devices (they’re hard for folks to remember to use, and this is especially important for domain names), there are other characters and symbols that can be used when naming a company.
The most obvious would be numerals.
There are certain strings of numerals and characters with inherent meaning. For instance A1 or One A meaning top notch. Don’t forget that numerals can also be expressed in Roman form. So you might look at a name like Factor X or Alpha III.
Number sequences can also be familiar expressions favorable to a company’s identity. Everyone is familiar with 101 and 123 meaning easy. Other combinations, though not as familiar, can be explored. The main attribute of a number sequence is whether or not it can be remembered easily.
As we’ve seen on the web, the use of the “at” sign (@) can be incorporated into a name. So can the ampersand (&), the pound sign (#) and of course the plus sign (+).
In the same manner as numerals, individual characters such as the “A” in “A1” can be used in names. Other examples include JohnnyO, Double-D, Factor-X, Blog-E.
So as you build your name candidate list, look beyond the 26 characters of our alphabet to embrace familiar symbols and numbers.
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