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CRMbrella is really quite easy to use–very nice, elegant, simple interface, crisp screens, context-sensitive help. Pretty sweet. You can see it in action here: http://crmbrella.com/demo2.html
Thanks for your efforts! If we pick your name, you’re the winner. Pretty easy. And our friend forever. We’ll have ya over for pie someday. Oh, and don’t forget the $1000 you’ll earn for your efforts, plus 100 licenses to use or give to your friends and family!
July 18, 2008 at 3:35 am
Customer Manager. Sigh–bland.
July 18, 2008 at 3:51 am
nam the soft ware Good Licks.
July 18, 2008 at 3:56 am
ZipLine
July 18, 2008 at 3:59 am
connectworks.com
taglines -
Stay connected to your customers
We keep you connected.
Connect and grow your business.
People, places and things. We keep them connected so that you can grow your business.
Pay me
July 18, 2008 at 4:01 am
Not bad, Nate & Jamie. We’ll see…
July 18, 2008 at 4:12 am
Customerge
July 18, 2008 at 4:13 am
because it is all about the customer =D
July 18, 2008 at 4:15 am
Nice, Alexander.
July 18, 2008 at 4:24 am
CRX
Customer Relationship Xcellence
July 18, 2008 at 4:26 am
Degree in Bachelor of Science in Business pays off lol
July 18, 2008 at 4:27 am
don’t tell me you drive a CRX?
July 18, 2008 at 4:28 am
Knows Goes
July 18, 2008 at 4:28 am
CustoManager (Pro)
Possibly ClientWorks , though it appears that may already be taken… not sure.
July 18, 2008 at 4:32 am
Name it Scroll-A-Dex, provided that’s not a copyright violation on Roll-A-Dex.
July 18, 2008 at 4:33 am
lol… i used to. Now I drive the new mustang. But yea you may notice that all the upscale luxury cars have stayed away from giving “names” to their cars. It is all in initials. TSX, TL, R8 etc. so CRX is what your software does. Customer Relationship.
July 18, 2008 at 4:34 am
How about simply “Umbrella”? This way you retain your name recognition somewhat (however large or small) that already exists in the market, and because it makes a lot of sense within the context of the product: “All your CRM needs under one Umbrella”. Even if you need a new start with a fresh name, you still accomplish this without sacrificing the integrity and purpose of the original product.
July 18, 2008 at 4:37 am
I like what you already have going with the umbrella theme. Along those same lines, what about Brolly? (colloquial for umbrella) or some derivatives:
Brollio, Brawly, Brahlie, etc.
Or you could go Spanish, I’ve always loved their word for umbrella:
Paraguas (literal translation: parar=to stop, agua=water - water stopper!)
July 18, 2008 at 4:44 am
ClientsConnect or back to initials CC =D
July 18, 2008 at 4:46 am
Also, Parasol might not be bad. A bit generic, though.
Parasolve?
July 18, 2008 at 4:47 am
hmm.. since i saw your ad on Facebook.. you can also call it ClientsBook =)
July 18, 2008 at 4:47 am
how about: Humanageware
— it’s ultimately about “managing” data about “humans”, right?
July 18, 2008 at 4:48 am
or how’s Clientspace lol
July 18, 2008 at 5:06 am
Worksy! like works easy..
July 18, 2008 at 5:49 am
CRoMbrella or CROMbrella, pronounced Chrome-brella
Half umbrella (represents shelter and safety) and half chrome (represents style and ease)
July 18, 2008 at 5:52 am
I happen to own CRMstudio.com if you’re interested.
July 18, 2008 at 6:20 am
Either go with Ben’s suggestion to make it a simple name (Umbrella), or just change the way you’re saying it. If you’re saying it “cee-are-em-brella,” it’s wonky and wrong. I think CRMbrella could work just find if you started saying it “Crumbrella,” although the name “Crumbrella” isn’t quite as fine.
July 18, 2008 at 6:33 am
MoneyPlant
July 18, 2008 at 7:51 am
I agree with Umbrella.
But if you insist.
CRMaster
ha
“Daytimr” is probably a copyright infringement, as well as dated
i bet “Trapr” is too, as well as silly
“Jot” could work. sounds simple and easy. but maybe too informal for you
lol RoboClerk
ok
Latin “clericus” –’can denote someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence.’ Thanks wiki. but it carries some religious connotations. but actually i think you could get away with it anyway.
July 18, 2008 at 8:20 am
“Rainmaker”
July 18, 2008 at 9:23 am
I like Amass…
July 18, 2008 at 10:08 am
Salistic.com
Selleristic.com
Salesbest.com
July 18, 2008 at 10:10 am
More names:
Salistic.com
Selleristic.com
Salesbest.com
July 18, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Con.Man. (Contact Management)
PeopleViewer
PeopleDirect
Blanket - We’ve got you covered… warming up to your customers…
Blankie
UniCon- Universal Contact Management
Hive
Hoard
Stockpile
Rabble
Throng
Fare
Hive Fare
Mass Management
July 18, 2008 at 12:14 pm
CRMnation
CRMpassion
clientAID
FERVENT/CRM software
July 18, 2008 at 12:41 pm
CircleDog is an internal one in the running, as is Gatherbase…
July 18, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Originally had the same idea as Nic, but also thought it might not convey what you really wanted.
Maybe “expositus” (Latin for accessible). Not sure if that could be taken by something else though as googling it has many hits.
Or another Latin word “articulus” (translation of “a moment”) which could be about the speed of accessing all your CRM information.
July 18, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wow. There are a lot of great ideas here…I have to say I like Worksy for some product, just not this one! Pretty cute.
Mike–thanks. That might work…
Anyone have anything less literal? Abstract?
July 18, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I think Umbrella is definitely the best option so far, for the good reasons that Ben listed. Tiffani’s suggestion: Worksy is silly, but strangely catchy since it’s so fun to say.
For something more serious and still literal, but a bit more streamlined, maybe just “Brella” would be better than Umbrella. Here you keep the concept of “covering all your CRM needs with one software program” yet without looking dull or uncreative. (Plus 2 syllables are better than 3 when you are trying to have a name that can be remembered).
Possible tag-lines:
“Brella: CRM-azing.”
“Brella : We’ve got you covered.”
July 18, 2008 at 2:04 pm
How about:
Amass!
Centrales [wikipedia]
Upshot
Of course, you can add CRM to the end of any of these suggestions for accuracy.
July 18, 2008 at 2:51 pm
How about “Shelterware” ? Shelter for Umbrella and Ware for soft”ware” Simple and easy to remember
July 18, 2008 at 2:53 pm
CeRebelluM. Unfortunate that the domain is taken, but they don’t seem to be using it for much, so perhaps they would sell it to you.
July 18, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I would name it
umbuCRM
July 18, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I would name it
umbuCRM
July 18, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Nice, marco…
July 18, 2008 at 3:41 pm
so very welcome!
July 18, 2008 at 4:06 pm
It used to be called SalesWorks. We’d love to name it that, and we own the trademark, but there’s going to be a challenge to it (bugger!), and we don’t have the url. Shame.
A lot of these suggestions are pretty good. Nothing’s jumping out yet, though…now I know why companies spend thousands on this stuff!
July 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Hoody
ducksinarow
HQ (or some variation)
Centralcommand
Fester
Hubby
CRMetwork
Sumbrella
July 18, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Since connectworks.com is taken, try connectwerks
Customerger
July 18, 2008 at 4:24 pm
saleswerks
July 18, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Mysalesworks
July 18, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I’m surprised nobody has suggested CustomerWorks. It’s a bit awkward but it’s literal.
MySalesWorks isn’t bad–keep it comin Jason!
July 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm
mastermanager The URL is available
July 18, 2008 at 5:05 pm
nvrmind. mastersalesmanager is available…
July 18, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Hey, how about CustomerWorks? ahaha! Better than ShelterWare? Possibly…
July 18, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Or how about ebrella? Everything these days has an “e” in front of it
July 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm
thecustomerweb
“Make sales stick”
July 18, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Nice Marco. Or ibrella…take a page from the Apple playbook
July 18, 2008 at 5:18 pm
we wanted brella.com, but it’s taken! We have umbrellacrm, but that’s not gonna work.
I woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday and thought I had it–Interface CRM. The thing we’re known for is the UI–that’s the main differentiator. But I was shot down…shoot!
July 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm
expressinterface
July 18, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Good UI makes people happy. Being happy makes work more fun.
FunCRM
(or CRMFun)
Other/Related ideas:
HappyCRM
HappyCustomer
SmoothCRM
More abstract:
Smoothe (or Smoothy or Smoothie)
WorkFun
July 18, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Piccadilly
Equipe
Relaytion
July 18, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Marco and Jason–we’ve gotta give you something simply for effort. I’l work on that…Aaron, happy smooth happy joy joy–nice stuff. it’s in the mix…
July 18, 2008 at 8:28 pm
how leave brella in there and call it like brella-base or because your companies are not for profit or whatever how about visionbase.
July 18, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Yeah, Visionbase, “helping fulfill your vision one transaction at a time” ooh what an epiphany, lol sounds good though
July 19, 2008 at 11:20 am
Aaron–I agree! Software shouldn’t be a drag to use. Or to promote! Something fun would be nice. I liked the name ChiliSoft back in the day because it gave us permission to be a bit wacky. When we were just 3 people, we threw a margarita party for 300 people at Comdex East (or south) in Atlanta…June 1997. handed out wacky invites…mostly press and partners. Blast!
I miss the days of fun and sometimes cheesy promotional stuff. FunCheese.
By the way, folks, we’re FOR profit, though we serve 7000 nonprofits. We’ve donated 20% of founding stock to a foundation, though, and are a socially responsible company. D Braden–I like that! Visionbase…
July 19, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Ed–great name (paragua)!
July 19, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Greetings,
I am a organization consultant in Sacramento who works with a lot of non-profits to help them to be more effective. Thus, I am interested in the results that non-profits want to produce.
My submitted entry for the “Name the Software” contest is based on the idea of desired results and engaging with the people who help the non-profits produce those results.
Thus, I recommend that the basic software package be called “Generous Spirit” and the PRO software package be called “Generous Spirits.”
The first has to do with the attitudes of giving, philanthropy, and empowerment that non-profits want to create in their supporter-base, and the second has to do with the diverse and wide-spread community of donors that each non-profit wishes to enroll from their potential supporter-base.
I hope you like my offered names.
Best wishes,
Sherrie Connelly
The Strategy Foundation
July 19, 2008 at 3:22 pm
PS Of course the primary immediate result that would be produced is the management of donations, and the ongoing results that would be produced would be meeting the needs of the non-profits service audience as a result of those donations.
Regards,
Sherrie Connelly
July 19, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Name: CLIENTEAL
Domain: clienteal.com (it’s available as of this comment submission)
Motif: Ok, teal is no power-tie hue, buy why reinvent the colour palette - you’re almost to blue-green with the current CRMbrella graphics as it is.
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Referrer Header Junkies: I got here buy doing research on GiftWorks - so far looks like the best fit for a np small org I’m advising. Any Canadian GW customer referrals I could be put in contact with? Thanks! http://wittman.org/contact-form/
July 19, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Aloha,
I think you need to look to your competitors a bit for inspiration, and then incorporate the hopes and aspirations of your clientelle to create a powerful name and corporate identity.
That is, you may do well with a descriptive name, but I think it’s telling that even Microsoft has chosen a different route. I.E., they have a history of naming their products after exactly what they do (Word, PowerPoint, SQLServer) and they have not done so for their CRM products.
I think that goes towards the heart of the creative, company founding, company expanding and marketability ethos inside each company wanting to utilize CRM software.
That being the case, IMHO, I think you might best be served with a name that conjures up where you product can take people. Insofar as people trusted the ancient greek Oracle of Delphi to solve their problems, many people today seem to use Oracle as well.
Your company offers a modern, scientific based resource for CRM management and utilization. It’s cutting edge and easy to use, while based on the driving force of modern society- reason and ingenuity.
When you trace all that back in time, all the powers and thoughts that shaped our modern world, you will end up with the Ancient Greeks, and with luck at Archimedes. It was that one fateful experiment that led to his cry of Eureka! He had found the secret that tied it all together, and in doing so (by enabling mathematical calculations of a previously unsolvable problem) ushered in a new era of enlightenment.
Your Product- Archimedes
Your Mission- Enabling each Clients Eureka! Moment.
Hope you like it.
July 19, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I think some people posting here think that CRMBrella is software for non-profits. Mission Research has a product called GiftWorks that is specifically designed for non-profits. CRMBrella is designed around for-profit small businesses like ours.
July 20, 2008 at 6:13 am
That’s correct, Kaiser–we’re naming the small business product, not the nonprofit product. Darin–great post. Archimedes is taken, unfortunately.
Sherrie–thanks. Great notion!
July 21, 2008 at 8:03 am
Here’s another batch…
EasyWeek (can be bought for $2988)
BusinessExclaim!
ExceedBusiness
XceedBusiness
WorkdayExpert
WorkdayExpress
BusinessRadar (can be bought for $3800)
xpandbusiness
Simple Workweek
Weekstrong
July 21, 2008 at 11:13 am
Hi there,
Please find a few ideas below:
Fundwerks
Fundbridge
kindware
transcend
beneware
Best,
Holly
July 21, 2008 at 1:40 pm
CRM Simplicity
July 21, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Hmmm, how about simply Ubrella.com or the one I mentioned before, Ebrella.com
Cheers!
July 21, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Fundbrella.com! haha
July 21, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Cuman (short for Customer Management, pronounced like Cumin or Cue-min)
SwiftSoft
Elegance
July 21, 2008 at 5:29 pm
BusinesSoftware
July 21, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hey,
How about Umbrella Management, or Umbrella Managing? Keeps the Umbrella in your name, and adds the purpose of the software right after it, still in the title. Simple. Straightforward.
Good luck!
-Jatti
July 21, 2008 at 6:23 pm
How bout this.
CMB University
or
Ella Bella U
or
Ella Umbrella
July 21, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I like Umbrella CRM. We have umbrellacrm.com, anticipating the possibility of going more literal. It’s in the running as an internal name, John–thanks!
Holly–nice. Fundbrella could work if we switched GiftWorks to match the branding, but alas…
Transcend is pretty decent. Transcend Software…ohm….
July 21, 2008 at 9:37 pm
BusinessX
July 22, 2008 at 12:19 am
NetWorks
as you’re creating a management work space on the net. And networking people.
And it goes with GiftWorks, obviously.
July 22, 2008 at 12:24 am
ViewPoint
July 22, 2008 at 12:26 am
oh, sorry! I see that the latter is QUITE taken.
July 24, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Where did the CRMbrella team go?
July 24, 2008 at 12:36 pm
we’re still here…got very pulled away!
So what’s the final name?
July 25, 2008 at 3:39 pm
It’s either Ubrella.com or Ebrella.com
Why mess with an aspect of the original name is what I say!
August 4, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Am I the only one who cares now? Does this mean I win? Yay!
August 4, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Marco, well, yues, you win the persistence prize…
August 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Super Duper!
August 5, 2008 at 8:48 pm
you’re featured on the front page…