How to Pick a Name for Your Art Business. Should You Use Your Own Name?
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In this video, I talk about my decision to change my business name from my own name, how I came up with Easy Sunday Club, and what brainstorming process you can steal from me to help you come up with your own unicorn business name.
Picking a business name when you're about to start a business can be daunting. Should you come up with a clever and cool name for your art business, or should you just use your name? What if your name is Gary Vaynerchuk and nobody can spell your last name? All the clever single and double word names seem to be taken by now, and it's a lot of pressure to make up new words as your business name. Not having the "perfect business name" should not be your excuse for NOT STARTING.
This is a very helpful book that helped guide me through my name brainstorming: amzn.to/3m72iw0
00:00 This topic is inspired by a comment
00:50 Send us questions/ideas to be made into future videos!
01:34 Why I decided to change my original business name SeeWhyZhang (Named after my initials C.Y Zhang)
02:56 Four key criteria for a good business name
Why you shouldn't start with checking the domain availability first
06:13 My brainstorming process
09:06 More on my process to come up with Easy Sunday Club
11:45 Don't let a business name stop you from STARTING. Sit on it, make sure you like it.
12:48 Legal paperwork to fill out when you need to change your business name
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If you need help with applying for a Trademark for your business name but don't want to break the bank hiring a lawyer, LegalZoom is a more affordable option. It also includes additional helpful resources on the topic that we couldn't cover in this video.
*Trademark registration service: www.pjtra.com/t/SENJSEpKR05DS...
*Copyright registration service can be found here: www.pntrac.com/t/SENJSEpKR09D...
Here's a video we made on copyrighting your art: • An artist & a lawyer t...
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Cathy is a self taught watercolor artist and businesswoman based in Los Angeles, CA. Easy Sunday Club is a collection of Cathy's watercolor art, and baby/children's soft goods that showcase playful interpretations of subjects in her loose and expressive painting style. Prior to art, Cathy got an MBA and worked in corporate for over 10 years and Nam is an attorney. This channel is our way of giving back to the art community.
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Music: In French (Used w/ Artist Permission)
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Helpful video Thank u! Lovely attitude and helpful approach! YAYAYAYAY!
Thank you so much for another super helpful video!
awesome video, thank you! I love your naming idea to use cut-out words on paper
Thanks, the book reccomentation was great!
this was really useful, and i loved that sidebar. thank you
happy to hear that! that was Nam’s idea inspired by sports newscast to keep content organized :).
love your videos!!
Ty for the support!
Super helpful 😀
Great! Cheers :)
Does your name influence whether you want to use it as a business name?
My profession is graphic design, so I feel like I had already a good amount of knowledge regarding branding good practices (which btw you are spot on in your vid). Throughout design school I had to come up with so many fake business names, that I started using a "cheap trick" of looking up the etymology of the word and going for the greek/latin/whatever version, or making a name out of the first syllables/letters. For example, I'd have a Woodworking Shop, then I'd call it "Mater Woodshop" (latin for wood) or "WooSho", etc.
So when I had to brand my business, I decided to try the trick on my name. P for my first name, and Antonia for my middle name (which I like more than my first)... resulting in Pantonia. I thought it was super fitting, as it also resembles the word "Pantone", which is SO appropriate for a design/illustration/printing business :p
@@Pantonia that’s really clever and to validate your approach, I did think of Pantone when I saw your name :). This is a smart way to think of a name that will stay meaningful to you over time without actually using your name. Thanks for sharing!
For sure! My Etsy shop is opening again soon, and the name helped me get a handle on my waterprint :)
My name is Alex Girbu and I want to be a Singer, so any suggestions to mix up with something or just a fake last name idea ?
Did you pick a name yet?
@@EasySundayClub not yet
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Damn too bad Jesse from nelk boyz pretty much stole your name and the idea behind it for his new biz