Namella.com

How Every Small Business Should Be Run

I used to be head of marketing for a large property development firm in Santa Monica. I say USED to, because I was laid off back in the craziness of 2008. My time as head of one of the largest property development firms in los angeles meant that I worked with a lot of big SF naming agencies in helping us develop brands and images for our new developments. If you can afford the price tag of $10,000 for name development, I highly recommend you check out firms like Lexicon and Eat My Words. After traveling the last few years, I started my own property development firm in 2011 with three other partners. First things first, we needed a name for the company, and we couldn't afford the price tag of the SF agencies I mentioned earlier. Namella had a solid price point and a strong value proposition, and we hired them to help with our naming. After things got up and running, we needed to name our various shopping centers and apartment complexes that we developed. Namella helped us with that. We joked about them coming up with the name for an annual fair we started last year in one of our apartment complexes, and they actually said they'd do it! At this point, I'm thinking of having them name my baby that's on the way, haha! You can't really beat the price point that they charge for the service that they provide. Since I started working with them they have tripled in size, I think they had 4 professionals now I believe they have 12 or 13. It's really exciting to see a company grow right in front of your eyes, and I feel like my firm has been a big part of their success (we've given them more business than we probably should have). STRONGLY recommended. Update: I feel like I should mention that they also offer web design services. They have build us 3 websites for our apartment communities, and are currently working on one for a small shopping center we are developing.

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