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Allusionist 37: Brand It

May 29, 2016 The Allusionist

Got a company or a product or a website you need to name? Well, be wary of the potential pitfalls: trademark disputes; pronounceability; being mistaken for a dead body...

Name developer Nancy Friedman explains how she helps companies find the right names, and why so many currently end in '-ify'.

Plus: The Allusionist's origin story, with Radiotopiskipper Roman Mars.

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In episodes Tags words, language, linguistics, brands, branding, names, naming, brand names, products, product names, companies, company, corporate, name, Nancy Friedman, Roman Mars, podcast names, podcasts, podcasting, trends, trending, startups, businesses, business, Silicon Valley, internet, technology, online, websites, domains, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Spotify, The Allusionist, Semantic Drift, Idiomatic, Amazon, retain, vowels, consonants, devowellution, disemvowelment, anchors, theme tune, music, Martin Austwick, Extreme, More Than Words, puns, Boyzone, verbs, suffixes, 99% Invisible, name development, name developers, Andrew Marvell, Fallen London, The Great Courses Plus
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