I do want to do these things though, and making this list public could possibly motivate me to accomplish these things within the hopefully realistic timeline I'm giving myself. One week.
Every week until I officially "open for business" I will post a list of things I need to accomplish before hand.
So here goes . . .
- Decide on a darn name already . . .
- Register the business
- Decide on a web host and website and start designing
- Make that amazon purchase already . . . stop adding to it and then removing stuff. You know what you need. You can build a wishlist later.
- Design a logo, so you can get business cards.
I think 5 is enough for this week, especially since I will take forever on #3 and possibly #5.
OOO NAME UPDATE
I do still find carieliz photography to be quite clever and I love it, really. I love that it is personalized. There will be no denying my connection to the business if it has my actual name in it. Nothing more personal than your name.
but
I have another idea that connects my faith to it too, which . . . I LOVE. Salt and Light Photography. (or maybe Salt & Light- details to be decided after actually committing.) Also clever and fantastic. I wish someone would choose for me. I think my husband likes this one best. It is also a safe pick for adding photographers later, but the downside is people won't immediately associate the name with me. I don't want people to find it impersonal and therefore a turn off.
but
I have another idea that connects my faith to it too, which . . . I LOVE. Salt and Light Photography. (or maybe Salt & Light- details to be decided after actually committing.) Also clever and fantastic. I wish someone would choose for me. I think my husband likes this one best. It is also a safe pick for adding photographers later, but the downside is people won't immediately associate the name with me. I don't want people to find it impersonal and therefore a turn off.
I keep asking for comments on things, and get so very few. Which tells me not very many people read these things or care too much. Which is fine. You don't have to care, truly.
But . . . please give me insight. Am I over thinking this name thing or is one really more alluring than the other?
But . . . please give me insight. Am I over thinking this name thing or is one really more alluring than the other?
Vote! carieliz or Salt and Light
:::::UPDATE:::::
Just kidding, don't vote. I voted and you lost.
I'm jumping in . . . Salt and Light Photography.
Won't be the only one out there, but the only one on the east coast as far as I can tell.
:::::UPDATE:::::
Just kidding, don't vote. I voted and you lost.
I'm jumping in . . . Salt and Light Photography.
Won't be the only one out there, but the only one on the east coast as far as I can tell.
I didn't see this in time to comment. But what I would have said, is while I like cariEliz, the capitalized E in the middle really messes with my grammarian equilibrium. I like Salt and Light Photography. Good luck with the website and logo. The PW uses wordpress, which I think is great, because even if you don't have a ton of experience, it's easy to use, and super easy to find tutorials on how to do things.
ReplyDeleteYes I am using a lovely combo of blue host, prophoto, and wordpress for all my internet needs. I highly recommend them to others out there. Very easy!
ReplyDelete:) EEEK I'm getting so excited.
working on a domain name, because even though saltandlightphotography.com is not in use, it is also unavailable . . . which I fail to understand.
.net? .co?
The suggestions are hilarious though: Salt and Dark Photography. Pepper and Fall Photography (what?!), Free Salt and Light (why would I want them to think it is free . . .), Salt and Red Light Photography, Salt and Dark Line . . . I'm done.
People regularly buy up domains similar to their main one just so other people don't use them. We have about 16 reserved for the PW.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think you should have gone with something about red light photography. You could get some interesting queries from Amsterdam.