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Construction Brand Name Development – 4 Types of Names

Understanding the different types of names is essential to effective name development. Why? Because without this knowledge, there is a tendency to only consider certain types of names which, depending on the category, may be less than differentiated. Also, managers may tend toward naming fads, even if out-dated and ineffective. Finally, mapping competitors’ names by name type is a very…
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Brand Naming: A Critical Marketing Decision

An excerpt from CMA Chairman Neil M. Brown’s book, Branding Best Practices: A Guide to Effective Business and Product Naming. What’s in a name? That which we call a facial tissue or gelatin dessert or adhesive bandage by any other name would still be the same Kleenex or Jell-O or Band-Aid. Yet, for fear of infringing on the more common…
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