I plan to have my business name discovered and registered for both domain name and hosting by the end of this month...

Right now I am thinking of this:

Joyful Assistant - Virtually savvy (for slogan)

What do you think?

Yvonne

I really like 'Joyful Assistant' - it's got a lovely ring to it

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I like it as well - there are a lot of creative directions you can go while branding yourself as the "Joyful Assistant."

I like it, it's different and has a nice sound to it!

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Kate V. Kerans
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Sometimes it's helpful to emphasize how a VA is a happy administrator, compared to many 'employees' who feel oppressed. So that could be a very attractive business name!

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Mary H. Ruth/Virtual Writing & Communications
http://www.writingVA.com

I think it is a very good name for your business.

Hello everyone!

I PM'ed Tess not realizing she gets so much in a day, oops! No more PM's for her, from me. :0)

What do you think of this business name?

Octopus Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management

www.OSAVM.com

Why octopus? Because it represents the ability to do many things...

But I am currently working on finding a different word for "O"...

Do you notice anything about this?

OSAVM ??



It is "Oh - Save me!" So www.OSAVM.com

I like it because that is what virtual assistants is for! To help assistant others who are overwhelmed & need help in their daily business activies.

What do you think?? I think it is original and clever. I might do have to find a different word for "O" though - we'll see.

Or maybe O Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management? LOL.

With much warmth,
Yvonne

Yvonne,
I *do* get way too many PMs to be able to answer questions like this - and by posting to the boards you get the feedback of an entire community Thanks for understanding!

So - about the business name - I think it's definitely interesting...very creative; may I suggest playing around with the word/connotation of 'octopus' a bit more? I'm not sure that 'Octopus Savvy' gives the impression you're hoping for - it sounds more like just what it says - that you're savvy about octopus

It IS a cute idea though to start with and I love that you're going in a totally nontraditional direction!

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Yeah, I know (about the octopus thingy)

I looked up some words starting with the letter "O"...How about:

Office Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management?

This way I can keep my "OSAVM", hehe. It has a good sense of humor too, if you think about it! Oh - save me! LoL

THAT sounds perfect - and makes good sense

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YaY! I might just go with that. I've also found another word, "onyx". Does that word sound like "honest"? If it does, I could use that one to send a message that they will be hiring an honest & savvy assistant.

Onyx Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management

Hmm, which is best?

Office Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management

OR

Onyx Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management?

I think I'll go with the first one simply because it keeps things simple and easy to understand format for people. But I also like the second. I'll ask my hubby when he gets home from work and see what he thinks.

When I was a child I used to have a puppy named Onyx and I loved that name.

Tess - if I went ahead with, "www.OSAVM.com", will it still come up in search engines when people type in "virtual assistant" as long as I put in the tagline of those two words??

You'd have to do a TON (and I mean YEARS) of on and off site SEO work to turn up in the first twenty pages of Google's search results for the term 'virtual assistant' - even if you buy a domain with the words right in the URL...focus on setting up a business name that resonates for you and will make good sense to your potential clients (has good marketing value) and don't even worry about the search returns for now.

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How about One Source - Absolute Virtual Management... Absolute meaning "complete", therefore being One Source... Just an idea

I do like Office Savvy Assistant - Virtual Management. I just took this as a challenge to come up with something fun.

-Kellie

I'm rather partial to Office Savvy, myself. We like intelligent sounding people

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Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

Hi,

I think it is a little catchy, but you need a tagline to go with it. Something like...

Your virtual extension to your daily needs

Consider it done virtually

I am really tired, so not thinking, but you really need something to associate it it with your company.

Why not TheSavvyVA.com?