Comments on: What’s in a name? http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/ Business Women of Opinion! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:45:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 LindaMattacks Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:04 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-1773 I settled on CoZo for the company name a s shorthand for comfort zone. It wasn't meant to be used for web or SEO promotion. It's an umbrella for the different types of work I do and business services offered. That started out originally on the premise of: How do you get more business when you're a one-man-band/ micro company and selling is anathema? It's easier for most people to stretch and test their comfort zone than ping themselves out of it into the unknown, only to ping back again sharpish...:-) I settled on CoZo for the company name a s shorthand for comfort zone. It wasn’t meant to be used for web or SEO promotion. It’s an umbrella for the different types of work I do and business services offered.

That started out originally on the premise of: How do you get more business when you’re a one-man-band/ micro company and selling is anathema?

It’s easier for most people to stretch and test their comfort zone than ping themselves out of it into the unknown, only to ping back again sharpish…:-)
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]]> By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-8010 LindaMattacks Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:28:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-8010 I settled on CoZo for the company name a s shorthand for comfort zone. It wasn't meant to be used for web or SEO promotion. It's an umbrella for the different types of work I do and business services offered. That started out originally on the premise of: How do you get more business when you're a one-man-band/ micro company and selling is anathema? It's easier for most people to stretch and test their comfort zone than ping themselves out of it into the unknown, only to ping back again sharpish...:-) I settled on CoZo for the company name a s shorthand for comfort zone. It wasn’t meant to be used for web or SEO promotion. It’s an umbrella for the different types of work I do and business services offered.

That started out originally on the premise of: How do you get more business when you’re a one-man-band/ micro company and selling is anathema?

It’s easier for most people to stretch and test their comfort zone than ping themselves out of it into the unknown, only to ping back again sharpish…:-)
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]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 Morag Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:09:59 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-1763 Oh it was, Ann. I've got a short story about it which is entirely NOT fiction. :) Jean-Francois is delicious, and my neighbour as well. Oh it was, Ann. I’ve got a short story about it which is entirely NOT fiction. :) Jean-Francois is delicious, and my neighbour as well.

]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-8009 Morag Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:09:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-8009 Oh it was, Ann. I've got a short story about it which is entirely NOT fiction. :) Jean-Francois is delicious, and my neighbour as well. Oh it was, Ann. I’ve got a short story about it which is entirely NOT fiction. :) Jean-Francois is delicious, and my neighbour as well.

]]> By: Ann Godridge http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Ann Godridge Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:37:41 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-1760 Now that sounds like an interesting story, Morag... I could be reconciled to be being called Ann, by a certain tall and handsome Italian I know ;) Now that sounds like an interesting story, Morag…

I could be reconciled to be being called Ann, by a certain tall and handsome Italian I know ;)

]]> By: Ann Godridge http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-8008 Ann Godridge Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-8008 Now that sounds like an interesting story, Morag... I could be reconciled to be being called Ann, by a certain tall and handsome Italian I know ;) Now that sounds like an interesting story, Morag…

I could be reconciled to be being called Ann, by a certain tall and handsome Italian I know ;)

]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Morag Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-1757 When we were at your house once when your mum was there, and called you Margaret, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was talking about. You are very definitely a Maggie, not a Margaret. When we were at your house once when your mum was there, and called you Margaret, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was talking about. You are very definitely a Maggie, not a Margaret.

]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-8007 Morag Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-8007 When we were at your house once when your mum was there, and called you Margaret, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was talking about. You are very definitely a Maggie, not a Margaret. When we were at your house once when your mum was there, and called you Margaret, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea who she was talking about. You are very definitely a Maggie, not a Margaret.

]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Morag Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:11:39 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-1756 Actually, Suzan, mine is a very niche business but the one thing it IS is overcrowded with lots of small competitors, because mums who use cloth nappies, get enthusiastic and then set up a website - they are not motivated by profit (which is good, as there isn't any!) but by The Cause. So yes The Nappy Lady is very generic, but because of the overcrowding it is precisely the term that people will search for a nappy seller under. Actually, Suzan, mine is a very niche business but the one thing it IS is overcrowded with lots of small competitors, because mums who use cloth nappies, get enthusiastic and then set up a website – they are not motivated by profit (which is good, as there isn’t any!) but by The Cause. So yes The Nappy Lady is very generic, but because of the overcrowding it is precisely the term that people will search for a nappy seller under.

]]> By: Morag http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/whats-in-a-name-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-8006 Morag Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1821#comment-8006 Actually, Suzan, mine is a very niche business but the one thing it IS is overcrowded with lots of small competitors, because mums who use cloth nappies, get enthusiastic and then set up a website - they are not motivated by profit (which is good, as there isn't any!) but by The Cause. So yes The Nappy Lady is very generic, but because of the overcrowding it is precisely the term that people will search for a nappy seller under. Actually, Suzan, mine is a very niche business but the one thing it IS is overcrowded with lots of small competitors, because mums who use cloth nappies, get enthusiastic and then set up a website – they are not motivated by profit (which is good, as there isn’t any!) but by The Cause. So yes The Nappy Lady is very generic, but because of the overcrowding it is precisely the term that people will search for a nappy seller under.

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