I decided on Oakville Admin. I initially went looking for a short (5 letter) domain name and found "oakaa.com" available so I registered Oakville Admin Associates. After a couple of networking events when people asked me "what was the Oakville Admin Association?", I decided to drop the "Associates", so now I'm just plain old Oakville Admin. While the name sounds kind of boring and pedestrian, it does have the advantage that if someone local Googles "Oakville" + "admin" or "virtual assistance" or "secretarial services", I come up near the top in Google and it seems to have worked to my advantage. I have many clients some ongoing, some one-off projects that found me that way.

I do have Oakville Admin Associates and Oakville Admin registered with the province, so if I become a multi-va practice or associate with others, I can still use that.

I recently registered YourVirtualTimesaver.com which is forwarded to oakaa.com and I'm using that in my marketing. I also registered oakvilleadmin.com and that is the url for my web space that is hosted on IVAA.

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Julia

Great question. It took me quite some time to come up with my biz name. I started thinking of catchy types of puns that I could use based on the name ie: VA Genie .... Poof! Your admin is done.

It carried on for a while with others and eventually I came up with the idea that a VA is always in their clients Back Pockets and are available when they need them.

Then the decision to go with VA in the name or Business Solutions or Business Services or Office Services, etc. You get the idea.
Well, I had to roll the names off my tongue and I actually - no lie - picked up the phone pretending to answer a call just to see how it sounded and felt.
Okay sounds stupid but it was fun at the time.

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Back Pocket Business Solutions

I had to choose my name almost on the spot because I was going to do some freelance writing for a company who requested I supply an EIN. I had just begun thinking about starting a VA business, so I figured if I was getting the EIN I should probably just jump in and attach a business name to it. I chose iQuill Virtual Solutions. I intend to focus on writing, document preparation, design services, and author assistance, so I wanted something that hinted at writing and I'm an office supply freak and collect fountain pens (I managed an office supply store for a few years, so I blame my obsession on that!), so 'quill' popped in my head. I added the little 'i' at the beginning to support the technical/internet aspect, and now my logo has a feather quill above the words with a droplet of ink where the dot on the little 'i' goes. I was going for a high quality old school meets technologically advanced efficiency feel...not sure I succeeded, but I'm digging it so far nonetheless.

I don't think you are crazy, I am not much into the new age but my daughter and some of my best friends are.

I went with eSSIST Me. I knew I wanted to start the virtual assisting company, and one night... laying in bed, while trying to write out the things I wanted to accomplish... it just hit me . I ran to the computer, did a search for the business name to make sure it wasn't taken... did a site search... .com was taken so I went with .net instead.
I think though, I initially wanted eSSISTANCE... I'm kind of happy it didn't pan out because I like the latter a lot better.

Ciboney is the name of an indigenous group of people who lived in the Caribbean before the arrival of Columbus. Most of them died out when the Europeans came to the region but there are a few who live in the region and in Florida. I thought the name would give tribute to one of the original groups of people of the region. The name is uncommon and I always have people asking about it and by my response it brings awareness to this indigenous group of people.

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Carlana Charles - Ciboney Virtual Solutions
Web: http://ciboneyvirtual.com Blog:http://ciboneyvirtual.com/blog

Speed-E-Skills... Well, I wanted people to know that I offer my skills in a timely fashion. LOL Plus, I wanted people to make the e-connection (like e-mail, e-commerce, etc.) My dh thought it was clever, and I liked it, so it just stuck!