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American Riviera Orchard – Meghan Markle’s boring new lifestyle brand

Here’s an article I’m quoted in, about Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. The author is Phoebe Bain. American Riviera Orchard is too long, too in-your-face and too …

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The Omicron Follies: Covid-19 Variant Names Offer a Lesson in Bad Branding

Rebecca Deczynski of INC. contacted me recently to ask for my opinion on the naming of Covid-19 variants. Here’s what I had to say. To effectively market anything – product …

Bad Names / Company Names / Press / Trademark

Branding: Can companies reposition themselves by changing their image?

Susan Ladika of CQ Researcher contacted me recently to ask for my opinion on rebranding: Will a rebranding change a company’s reputation? CQ publishes a pro/con debate written by outside …

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What happened to all the ‘good’ drug names? Inside the modern day dilemma of Rx naming

I was interviewed by Beth Snyder Bulik, Senior Editor at EndpointsNews for this piece about drug names. Prescription drug names often spark speculation, debates and sometimes derision, but they also …

Bad Names / Press / Product Names / Trademark / Uncategorized

Comirnaty: Why the president of the American Naming Society isn’t exactly a fan of the name

Phoebe Bain interviewed me for this piece on the name of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, originally appearing at Morningbrew She prefers Covuity, which was also in the running for Pfizer’s Covid …

Bad Names / Name Review / Product Names

The Internet of Names: CES Round-Up

This post originally appeared at the Duets Blog. CES 2016 (January 6-9, 2016) has come and gone, and, as always, offered up a rich selection of new product and company …

Bad Names / Company Names / Etymology

The strange case of Strange Fruit

This post originally appeared at the Duets Blog. Of all the marketing people in the biz, you’d think a PR firm would have the best instincts for names that appeal, …

Bad Names / Good Names / How to

Guest post at Marketing Profs: The 6 biggest naming mistakes

This post originally appeared at MarketingProfs. Naming your new company or product is a huge opportunity. Get it right, and you could put your brand on the map, generate buzz, …

Bad Names / Product Names

Crowdsourcing Product Names Results In A Bunch Of Terrible Product Names

This post originally appeared in Fast Company. From Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s baby to Sony’s pink speaker balls to exoplanets, crowdsourcing for names is all the rage. There’s strength in numbers, …

Bad Names / Company Names / Name Review

By Any Other Name: App.net Name Review

This post originally appeared at Catch This. Do you remember the world before Twitter? Do you know that there are actually competitors to Twitter, like FriendFeed? Not that anyone uses …

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