Glamour Jessica wrote:
Or Miss Electra is cool too....Hmmm maybe Babydoll, Sweetness

MUA name, not stripper name! LOL!

Lacey Love wrote:
well love isn't my last name. wish it was. but i cant really use that if people write me checks

If its your legal business they can... If its "Lacey Loves's Artistry" they can write that whether its your name or not..

Rachel Lisa wrote:

MUA name, not stripper name! LOL!

Glad someone said it!!!

Lacey Love wrote:
I'm playing around with names for my business. I wasnt something that says Vanity and Glam but is very spunky and edgy that people will think is cute and remember... any cute ideas??

clients will take you more seriously if you just use your name.  I know it's not as fun  but a photographer is going to have a hard time selling a cute name to a big client, the client wants to hire someone with a real name it just sounds more professional... Look at the major artist agencies, none of the artists have cute business names, most go by their real name


an example...  Would you take more seriously  a photographer contacting you by the name of John Smith or one by the name of divatog?

Mary wrote:

clients will take you more seriously if you just use your name.  I know it's not as fun  but a photographer is going to have a hard time selling a cute name to a big client, the client wants to hire someone with a real name it just sounds more professional... Look at the major artist agencies, none of the artists have cute business names, most go by their real name


an example...  Would you take more seriously  a photographer contacting you by the name of John Smith or one by the name of divatog?

I advise you to listen to Mary.

Mary wrote:
clients will take you more seriously if you just use your name.  I know it's not as fun  but a photographer is going to have a hard time selling a cute name to a big client, the client wants to hire someone with a real name it just sounds more professional... Look at the major artist agencies, none of the artists have cute business names, most go by their real name


an example...  Would you take more seriously  a photographer contacting you by the name of John Smith or one by the name of divatog?

QFT
On message boards I may not use my full name anymore, but for business I definitely just go by my full name. I know many artists who started off with a cute name and by the time they started getting serious jobs they changed it over to just their name.

Mary wrote:
clients will take you more seriously if you just use your name.  I know it's not as fun  but a photographer is going to have a hard time selling a cute name to a big client, the client wants to hire someone with a real name it just sounds more professional... Look at the major artist agencies, none of the artists have cute business names, most go by their real name


an example...  Would you take more seriously  a photographer contacting you by the name of John Smith or one by the name of divatog?

yep.

Glamour Jessica wrote:
Crayola??

seriously?

Aeni wrote:
I'd just stick with your name.  God knows people wouldn't call on me if I was called "Ugly Stick".

Though if I ever own a business, I may just call it that.

Actually Aeni, I think this would be a really cool name for an FX company...

"Special Effects Makeup by Ugly Stick Productions"....I like it!!!!

Sian Melton wrote:

Well howwwdddy there, Jessica Jean! What was your name when you joined? I don't even remember.

My website is alwaysmadeup.com. I have that on my business cards and use it professionally. Most people recognize that so I haven't gotten rid of it yet. But, I'll probably switch over to just my name soon. I already bought sianmelton.com and have been phasing out the alwaysmadeup part.

I just wish that people could pronounce my name. Sigh. Actually, I really just need to move back to England; they don't have any problems with my name there. I'm going to find me a nice British boy to marry so I can get citizenship, haha.

Yeah I like how you put the Sian sounds like Barn or Yarn..that actually helped me a lot b/c before we met I was always thinking it was some retarded pronunciation like See-Ann or Sie-Ann...I had no idea!

I didn't really post when I used my cutesy name that's why you prob. don't remember it was quite awhile ago - Little Secrets (I'm going to go barf a bit now lol)

Mary wrote:

clients will take you more seriously if you just use your name.  I know it's not as fun  but a photographer is going to have a hard time selling a cute name to a big client, the client wants to hire someone with a real name it just sounds more professional... Look at the major artist agencies, none of the artists have cute business names, most go by their real name


an example...  Would you take more seriously  a photographer contacting you by the name of John Smith or one by the name of divatog?

Thank you. My faith is renewed. Gee, who am I going to recommend to my client for that major commercial project, Bunny Love's Shady Faces or the artists real name?

Sian Melton wrote:

Jessica Jean Myers wrote:
I just wish that people could pronounce my name. Sigh. Actually, I really just need to move back to England; they don't have any problems with my name there. I'm going to find me a nice British boy to marry so I can get citizenship, haha.

Sharn!!!