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		<title>Naming Faux Pas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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	As a professional name developer, I am often amused by the decisions companies make when naming products. Here are just a few of the naming faux pas I have observed.

	1. Poor Visual Communication &#8211; Naming is an emotional decision and you often get caught up amongst the trees instead of seeing the whole forest. Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Smart To Throw Rocks At Yourself?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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	HEY EVERYBODY!&#160; Our Pizza Tastes Like Cardboard!&#160; 

	Trash Talking Your Own Product
	Um&#8230;well&#8230;yes it does actually, and your sauce tastes like ketchup.&#160; That&#8217;s why I haven&#8217;t eaten your pizza since my daughter&#39;s 10th birthday when it snowed 3 feet and you were the only place open. 
	The new Domino&#39;s Pizza ad campaign explains that they listened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens When A Few Lights Go Out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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	This falls into the category of &#34;you can&#39;t think of everything when naming&#8230;can you?&#34;

	

	Something that will crack me up and usually leave others staring at me is what store signage can spell when the bulbs in some of the letters in the names have burnt out.&#160; My personal favorite is from a Lone Star Steakhouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in Branding From Anti Monkey Butt Powder</title>
		<link>http://nameflash.com/2010/01/lessons-in-branding-from-anti-monkey-butt-powder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I posted a Twitter Poll (Follow me @NameFlash) to gather opinions on Anti Monkey Butt Powder&#8230;Good Name or Bad Name? The results indicated that about 70% of people thought Anti Monkey Butt Powder was a bad name.
However, the real learning came from the comments I received about the post. The people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naming Confusion</title>
		<link>http://nameflash.com/2010/01/naming-confusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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	So the owners of this store probably think they have a terrific name for their business: &#8220;Kids Exchange.&#8221; Well I beg to differ. First of all, what is a kids exchange, anyway? What do you do here? Swap your kids out when you get tired of them or turn them in for cash like those [...]]]></description>
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