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Re: Rate my new startup, Appointment Reminder by edw519 on Friday May 14, 2010 @02:18PM (#1348092)
so I went back to my old trusty generic

I'd love to hear more about your struggles with this, Patrick. I suspect this is an undertreated topic.

bingocardcreator. appointmentreminder. These names leave little doubt about what it's about. I've also noticed a lot of TV shows do this very well too: Undercover Boss, Pawn Stars, Desperate Housewives.

So what should the rest of us do? Go with a "trusty generic" so we don't have to lose attention trying to explain what it is? Or come up with something short and slick, with far fewer SEO synonyms?

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Re: Rate my new startup, Appointment Reminder by philwelch on Friday May 14, 2010 @07:35PM (#1348933)
The one movie that tried this tactic (Snakes on a Plane) didn't do that well.
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Re: Rate my new startup, Appointment Reminder by iron_ball on Friday May 14, 2010 @10:04PM (#1349172)
Counterexample: classic kung fu movies. You rent "Snake and Crane Styles of Shaolin" because you want to see people beating each other up using the snake and crane styles of Shaolin. (insert "Snakes on a Crane" joke)
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