# Help me name my freelance business. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853 "2007-08-16T20:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/61 "2007-09-12T21:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] Hell, I may steal the other (Techne) - specifically because of the false cognate. I’ve been doing tech stuff (webpages and such) as well as writing/editing (gotta use this English degree somewhere). [/QUOTE] You have my blessing, and my amusement at the idea that anyone else might want to use that name. 🙂 But maybe I should make you promise not to advertise in the DC area. _grin_ My “if I haven’t done anything with the domain in a year” comment meant if I hadn’t made any advances in doing freelance work at all: at this point I’m pretty certain that I won’t change names. …hmm, “Blue Techne Services”… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/62 "2007-09-12T22:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] You have my blessing, and my amusement at the idea that anyone else might want to use that name. 🙂 But maybe I should make you promise not to advertise in the DC area. _grin_ My “if I haven’t done anything with the domain in a year” comment meant if I hadn’t made any advances in doing freelance work at all: at this point I’m pretty certain that I won’t change names. …hmm, “Blue Techne Services”… 😉 [/QUOTE] Of course, I agree not to advertise in the DC area (on purpose) heh. Actually, so far I’ve only considered working for those I know, and thought I might branch out a little in a year or two. I doubt a college kid from Ohio is much competition for you “big-city DC folk.” - also, I hate driving in the DC area, so trips up there to meet with customers is a no-no. You have to allow me Philadelphia, though, as I am up there somewhat often… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/63 "2007-09-12T23:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] You have to allow me Philadelphia, though, as I am up there somewhat often… [/QUOTE] Maybe in a year or two we can compete for Philly. 😉 I see my services as things that can all be done online, so (hopefully) my clients’ physical location won’t matter. That said, I can’t imagine aggressively marketing myself outside of DC/Northern Virginia: any work I get outside this area would probably come through word-of-mouth, especially at the start. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/64 "2007-09-13T03:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] any work I get outside this area would probably come through word-of-mouth, especially at the start. [/QUOTE] That seems definitely true. The only reason I have a shot at anything in Philly is because of family connections there. My aunt, cousins, and their kids all live around the city somewhere, each with a job at a company that is ripe with contacts (specifically, my cousin works for a place that has been looking into website design. She’s already mentioned it to a boss, since it’s a small company, and they are going to wait until I get the last project up and running just to make things easier for me. I told them I didn’t mind, but any delay won’t hurt me any.) The sad thing is, I told Mrs. Small the name. She hated it. Well, she said…“it’s okay, I guess” which means pretty much that I shouldn’t use it. Since she is going to be involved a good bit (we’d like to do it full-time for both of us while she’s finishing school - about 4 more years - then she can work at a college while I work from home, since she’ll have a Ph.D. and all). Looks like I still need one. Too bad, the two I liked are unusable. Well, one is unusable, the other is disliked by my better half…heh… Back to the ol’ drawing board. Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/65 "2007-09-13T13:46:07Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] Well, she said…“it’s okay, I guess” [/QUOTE] That was pretty much my SO’s reaction to that name, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853/66 "2007-09-14T03:57:35Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] That was pretty much my SO’s reaction to that name, too. 😃 [/QUOTE] Darn SO’s. They just don’t get that it is clever, in an “it’s ok” sort of way… I figure that no matter what, I will pick a name someday… Brendon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-freelance-business/415853.md?page=3)