A Competition – Cash Prizes!
July 21st, 2009
I need to come up with a better name for my forthcoming software than “SENuke Alternative”.
I was thinking something like “Underground Lead-Lined Bunker”, but that doesn’t explain what the product will do! So I thought I’d throw open the doors to you, my faithful readers.
The competition: Suggest a name for the product (which – eventually – will provide the same set of functionality – approximately – as SENuke), but at a cheaper ongoing cost. Have a read of SENuke.com if you want to see what my software should eventually be able to do.
The prize for the winer:
- A free copy of the software, for life.
- $50 worth of credit into your captcha-breaking account once you’ve got the software installed (good for 25,000 captchas, which should keep you busy for a while!).
- A 5% commission on all income generated by sales of the software (both the initial cost and the ongoing monthly fees) for the first year it’s available.
Just submit your suggestions as comments to this post, using the “comments” link below - they won’t get approved automatically, so they won’t be visible immediately. I’ll comment-out your actual name, then publish your comment, so you’ll know I’ve got your input.
The closing date for the contest is the 1st September.
If by some chance I think of a name myself that I actually use, or if I tweak the best suggestion slightly, the prizes listed above will still go to the best submitted name.
The winner will be announced here (unless you’d rather remain incognito).
[UPDATE: Competition closed. Winner to be announced in separate post in the first few days of September.]
Tags: competition, SENuke, social bookmarking, Software
How about T*****
[Suggested taglines removed]
or..
S******** –
[Suggested taglines removed]
Good Luck!
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve got them logged safely on my PC (and backed up), so I’ll be in touch when I announce the winner. I like the 2nd one!
Andy
N** E*******
[Suggested tagline removed]. Virtually non-existent competition in google when searched with quotes and without…
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Greg Watson
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Hey Greg, thanks for your suggestion.
I like that one too. Appreciate the final comment which I removed for editorial reasons! (I’ve got your full comment backed up, don’t worry).
Regards,
Andy
Thanks Robert, some great ideas there. I like the second one – not too OTT for my tastes. The recent trend for product names like “nuke”, “crusher”, “annihilator”, “assassin” …. I mean, come on boys, we’re not all Transformer fans
All the best,
Andy
How about: T****N****
or: [Suggestion removed]
or, last one: [Suggestion removed]
Hey Andrew,
Long time…..
My punt:
S**S****
[Suggestion removed] … [By line removed]
as the marketing schools say – keep it simple.
Hi Mike, Terry, and Wayne
Wayne – I like your approach, and the by line (or is it “buy line”, I’m never sure).
Terry – thanks for the suggestion.
Mike – the first one (and I guess the second one) I’ll definitely avoid, as it is a copy (knowingly or not) of another marketer’s “brand keyword”, and I don’t like people doing that type of thing. But the last one is definitely in the pool for the competition.
Thanks all for your suggestions.
Andy
Right, lets forget the scifi slogans.
Here’s a couple more “earthly”
[Suggestions removed]
Thanks Robert, I’ve added them to the local list I’m keeping against everyone’s name.
Andy
This is fun
A couple more.
[Suggestions removed]
Hi Robert,
You said “a couple”, and I made that 5 extra – where did you learn to count
Many thanks…. maybe I should be adding these to the Product Name Generator site that I’m selling? It was actually this competition that set me off thinking about the product, but I didn’t see a lot of time filling in the seed data for the generator – not when I’ve got you here keeping them coming!!!
Regards,
Andy
Yeah, if a couple of mine were copies of existing products or names, unintentional fer sure….
Glad one of em made the cut tho…..
How about: I Can’t Believe It’s SEO!
“unintentional fer sure….”
Obviously. But flattery is the sincerest form of…. something. You know what I mean
“I Can’t Believe It’s SEO!” – have you just seen the Utterly Butterly advert?
Andy
and the winner is ….
and for my second offering – how about
[Suggestion removed]
How about [Suggestions removed]
Sounds powerful, yet fun
Thanks Jeanette. I’ve added them to the log.
And I’m not sure I want to know what was going round your head when you thought of that one!
Andy
Thanks Wayne. Added it to the local copy of suggestions!
Andy
I like
the G…….. or
G….. -N….
[Suggestions removed]
Thanks Mike. Sorry it took me a while to get back to you, but I’ve got them logged.
Andy
How about
P******** S***** ***
or
S***** O***** S*****
or
T***** T***** O******
or
T***** T****** M******