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Title: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 27, 2012, 09:00:08 pm
As ive now converted to wfp, im going to completly re-brand my business. Ive decided to roll with...

PUREfect Window Cleaning.

This is the start of my my new journey
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Perfect Windows on April 27, 2012, 09:02:48 pm
Hmmm
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 27, 2012, 09:09:21 pm
Hmmm


+1
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: bobby p on April 27, 2012, 09:12:02 pm
there was a famous black guy called milton obote ,    you could av that on your van,distinctive
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Jackal on April 27, 2012, 09:17:14 pm
sorry fella but folks may think your dislexic (spelling  ;D) just my thoughts though,may need keep on thinking
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 27, 2012, 09:17:28 pm
You see this as an issue?
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 27, 2012, 09:23:01 pm
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1335558123_001.JPG)

Possible lettering
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Jackal on April 27, 2012, 09:30:48 pm
having said that tho the style looks quite good  ;) maybe it will grow on me  ;D
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Post by: Tomboler on April 27, 2012, 09:34:08 pm
looks alright - remember what was said about the London 2012 Olympics logo when that came out - now everyone loves it  8)
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Post by: elite mike on April 27, 2012, 09:36:37 pm
not sure on the way it says fect at the end

reminds me of father ted  ;)
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Window Washers on April 28, 2012, 12:29:24 am
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 07:27:10 am
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Ian101 on April 28, 2012, 07:32:18 am
nice logo but when they say who do I make cheque payable to what you going to say ??

spose u could say James Milton  ???

would still look good as Pure Effect imho
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 07:43:32 am
nice logo but when they say who do I make cheque payable to what you going to say ??

spose u could say James Milton  ???

would still look good as Pure Effect imho

Well, id just say Purefect.  8)
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Dave Willis on April 28, 2012, 07:49:55 am
Hmm, doesn't work for me. Logo design is reasonable, sod paying some clown to come up with his own idea.
I've seen some great logo's on here and websites too all done by windy's themselves. I've also seen some rubbish ones designed by professionals too.
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Post by: Ian101 on April 28, 2012, 07:56:24 am
nice logo but when they say who do I make cheque payable to what you going to say ??

spose u could say James Milton  ???

would still look good as Pure Effect imho

Well, id just say Purefect.  8)

my customers stugglewith H2o sometimes  ;D
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 08:00:19 am
Hmm, doesn't work for me. Logo design is reasonable, sod paying some clown to come up with his own idea.
I've seen some great logo's on here and websites too all done by windy's themselves. I've also seen some rubbish ones designed by professionals too.


Ive actually had my current business (J.M.C.S.) branded by a company, and it aint brilliant. Im happy to do it all myself.



Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 08:03:10 am
nice logo but when they say who do I make cheque payable to what you going to say ??

spose u could say James Milton  ???

would still look good as Pure Effect imho

Well, id just say Purefect.  8)

my customers stugglewith H2o sometimes  ;D

For 8 years ive been trading under the name J.M.C.S. Customers NEVER remember it... hence wanting to change name
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: red star on April 28, 2012, 08:32:00 am
it can work against you as well
i generally think a name change comes about due to a bad reputation
and they are trying to loose that name / reputation and start again under a different mask
keep your name maybe design a bold logo or something that is eye catching
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Dave Willis on April 28, 2012, 08:38:48 am
JMCS has too many letters unfortunately and is difficult to remember. Miltons Cleaning would be easier.
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: red star on April 28, 2012, 08:52:55 am
i presume it stands for your initials then cleaning services

you need something that makes you stand out
a gimmik
like purple rhino poop name but people remember the logo and name-very clever

theres a bloke round here who does maintenance
something like jims maintenance his got a pink van with a 6ft plastic screwdriver on his roof
everyone knows him great big phone number on the side of his van

great bit of advertsing
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 08:57:07 am
I want to change name as changed to wfp so its a good reason, to target bigger commercial work.
Having 'pure' in the name gives away that im using pure water system.

Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: red star on April 28, 2012, 09:12:09 am
i dont the words water fed pole pure water etc really matter to a prospective custy all they look for when searching is window cleaner
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Post by: Steve Sed on April 28, 2012, 09:23:32 am
not sure on the way it says fect at the end

reminds me of father ted  ;)

How about totallyFECT.  ;D
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Window Washers on April 28, 2012, 09:35:20 am
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
That's cool mate, but the logo you have done looks homemade I'm not being nasty I'm being honest I would start again
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Post by: Cliff perkins on April 28, 2012, 09:40:24 am
James
I think the names great and the logos great to.
Its your company call it what u wanna mate.
 ;D
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Post by: H S and Son on April 28, 2012, 10:03:46 am
JMCS has too many letters unfortunately and is difficult to remember. Miltons Cleaning would be easier.

+1
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Post by: Window Washers on April 28, 2012, 11:44:06 am
James
I think the names great and the logos great to.
Its your company call it what u wanna mate. ;D
I agree, but the logo is not great
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 01:02:44 pm
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
That's cool mate, but the logo you have done looks homemade I'm not being nasty I'm being honest I would start again

I appreciate your honesty. It may look homemade, but I still think it looks good. Id rather this for free, than pay a design company £500+ for something else.
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 01:03:22 pm
James
I think the names great and the logos great to.
Its your company call it what u wanna mate.
 ;D

Cheers  ;D
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Window Washers on April 28, 2012, 01:08:57 pm
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
That's cool mate, but the logo you have done looks homemade I'm not being nasty I'm being honest I would start again

I appreciate your honesty. It may look homemade, but I still think it looks good. Id rather this for free, than pay a design company £500+ for something else.

£500  :o you can get a logo for about £60 maybe cheaper.

look it it this way and be honest: your logo is this for your benifit (ego) or is it to look a little more professional ? if it is the latter then what you think looks good does not really come into it, it is what the perception is to others thats going to brand you correctly and in a good light.


Positive results will follow  ;)
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 01:12:58 pm
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
That's cool mate, but the logo you have done looks homemade I'm not being nasty I'm being honest I would start again

I appreciate your honesty. It may look homemade, but I still think it looks good. Id rather this for free, than pay a design company £500+ for something else.

£500  :o you can get a logo for about £60

sorry, i was on about the whole lot, letter heads, logo, bis cards etc
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: Window Washers on April 28, 2012, 01:16:58 pm
If you want to set it up right I would get a logo designer to do you a logo.

The olympic logo is shocking, my 8 year old son could have come up with something better

IMO getting your branding right at the start

Id rather do it all myself mate and save hundreads of pounds  :)
That's cool mate, but the logo you have done looks homemade I'm not being nasty I'm being honest I would start again

I appreciate your honesty. It may look homemade, but I still think it looks good. Id rather this for free, than pay a design company £500+ for something else.

£500  :o you can get a logo for about £60

sorry, i was on about the whole lot, letter heads, logo, bis cards etc
Letter heads logo biz card template I recon I could have all that designed for under £100 (then just printing cost, how ever your going to print them
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: supernova77 on April 28, 2012, 02:11:32 pm
I changed my trading name about a year ago and all my customers love it... I haven't had one negative comment!

Andy

Iconic Window Cleaning
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: g.brookes on April 28, 2012, 02:24:52 pm
im personally not a fan of gimmick names.  purefect is a made up word and doesn't really mean anything. i think it would confuse prospective customers because they probably wont know what pure water is until you explain it to them.  maybe even 'Pure and Perfect Window Cleaning' would be better.  obviously its up to you, but i dont think anyone will be like 'oh thats a cool name', they'll be more like 'what the hell does that mean'
Title: Re: Decided on my change of business name.
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 28, 2012, 02:56:52 pm
I changed my trading name about a year ago and all my customers love it... I haven't had one negative comment!

Andy

Iconic Window Cleaning


When changing name on bank account, did you have to open a new account, or did they just change the name?