Shakespeare said, “Whats in a name?” Well he would surely not have said so, if he would have known the efforts the founders of these IT giants had to put in to dish out a perfect name which would be the image of their brand and services.

Here we share with you the details of how some of these leading brands got their names.

1.    Apple:

The founder of Apple Computers Steve Jobs was a man of humble origins and he used to do summer jobs at an apple farm in California. Besides this he was a huge fan of the Beatles whose official label is “Apple Records”. While teaming up with Steve Woznaik they both were at their wits end looking for a suitable name and when they reached a dead end in their brains they decided to opt for “Apple” This is how one of the leading brands in IT got its name. Although they did have to face violations issue from Beatles, yet they sustained and overcame the trademark issues.

2.    Facebook:

The name Facebook was inspired by the colloquial name given to a set of books which were usually handed out to the students at the onset of the academic year. These books included the pictures of other students and were handed out with the intent to help the students connect to and interact with each other. This is exactly the essence of what Facebook can actually do and so the name struck a chord.

3.    Twitter:

Twitter got its name in an unusual twist of chance. There was a small group of employees from Odeo from the San Francisco podcasting startup. This was where Twitter originated. This group was trying to zero in on a name which was zingy and apt. they wished to give the impression of a mobile phone which would buzz the update while it was in the pocket. They scrutinized several options before they narrowed down to Jitter and Twitter. It was here that they reached a dead lock and with the aim to break it, they decided to pen down both the names and put them in a hat. They left the rest to destiny. And that’s what we have, a Twitter.

4.    Google:

Can you believe that ‘Google’ the word which is an answer to all our queries is the result of a spelling error? Well, lets begin at the very beginning. Initially the founders were looking for a suitable name for their newly designed search engine which they planned to call “BackRub”. However as its popularity and reach expanded they began to hunt for a new name which would represent the enormous volume of data. They speculated on the word ‘googolplex’ which they later improvised to ‘google’. However one of the Google founders made an error while checking for a domain name and accidentally typed in ‘Google’. As the domain was available they instantly accepted it and that’s how ‘Google.com’ came into existence.

5.    Wipro:

Wipro the IT giant owes its name and carries with it the story of its humble origin. Wipro was made up of the words ‘Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd’. This was the name when they ventured into the market as humble producers of detergent, washing soap and vanaspati. Presently Wipro has evolved and has become a leading IT giant. However, the name helps the company to remain grounded and never forget their humble origins.

6.    Accenture:

Originally known as Andersen Consulting, there was a brainstorming session where the employees suggested numerous names for the purpose of branding. A creative employer from Norway suggested the name ‘Accenture’ which was short for ‘accent on the future’. The name struck a chord and was re christened in the year 2001.

7.    Hotmail:

The origin of Hotmail is dripping with technology. Basically while trying to device a name for their newly launched mail service they thought of various names which would end with the word ‘mail’. Not finding anything interesting they finalized on Hotmail. Another reason why Hotmail struck a chord was that it included the letters HTML in it. HTML means Hyper Text Markup Language. Originally Hotmail was spelt as ‘HoTMaiL (the initials of HTML in upper case).

Adobe Systems: Adobe is known as the giant of multimedia software. However there is no creativity behind its name. Adobe was named after the Adobe Creek as it ran behind the home of John Warnock who was the co founder of the company.

8.    Acer:

Initially Acer was known to the world as MUltitech International. However in the year 1987 they renamed the organization and came up with the word Acer. Acer in Latin means ‘Sharp, Acute, Able and Facile’

9.    Skype:

The answer to numerous prayers, the one name which overcame all geographic barriers was initially named Sky-Peer-To-Peer. Feeling it too long and boring, the makers then shortened it by combining the words. They called it ‘Skyper’. Later, they once more changed the name and coined the term ‘Skype’.

10.    Infosys:

The IT Giant Infosys is a name which will be instantly reckoned. However have you ever given a though to what it actually means. Well, Infosys is a morphing of the words Information System. Shocking, isn’t it? Such a simple term for an organization that works with the most complex technology. Well, that’s the secret- Keeping things simple while progressing with the information systems.

As we all know that Twitter can drive quality traffic to our site. Some of traffic driving tricks are organizing contest on your twitter profile, connect your blog to twitter page or ask another user to propose your profile. There are so many strategies but before they drive traffic to your site it is important to have good number of followers. When I registered to twitter I was initially having problems in having large number of followers but gradually I used the tips which I am going to tell you guys which helped me improving the twitter followers and now I am  having quite a number of followers which is resulting in quite a increase in the traffic on my blog. Because these tips helped me to increase my followers, I thought of sharing with you.

Here are some simple tips to have large number of followers:-Have a complete Biodata of yourself on twitter. Don’t leave your biodata blank; write about yourself, so that people who wants to follow can know about you and your company. When you leave your twitter page or other vital information blank, it doesn’t hearten people to follow you.

• Most easy tips are to follow more people so that you can get more followers. Try to follow those people who shares same interest as yours.
• Tweet your followersand encourage them to retweet.
  

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• Links as much as you can. Add your link on your blog, your dig profile, facebook profile and everywhere you can exist on internet. This tip really helped me a lot.
• Learn about # hash tag. You can tweet about your passion, your achievement. If people like your content they will surely be encouraged to follow you. Uniqueness does matters.
• Make your twitter profile as a forum for discussion. This will help people to visit often and keep your twitter profile interesting.
• Take care of your followers: You should focus on the people who are already your followers. Share your interests with them. Keep tweeting them. Others people who are following your followers, would surely notice your regular tweets and can be your potential followers.
• Tweet regularly: You should have consistency in posting your tweet, but remember that your tweet should be unique and interesting.
• Follow top twitter users ;learn from the leaders as they say. Analysis how they tweet and how they are growing their number of followers.
• There are many twitter directories available like Just Tweet It or TwitDir. Get listed in such directories according to your profile. They have different categories. This will help you to find more people of same interest and thus you increase your followers.
• Try to add pictures of current affairs or new gadgets. You can also tweet on current affairs .This will help to get you more followers.
• Make habit to use FriendFeed to update your loyal followers about your tweets. You can also use your email signature, it do work to attract followers.
• Start puzzle, contest or quiz on your profile, this will help in flow of responses and thus more number of followers.

I hope this tips will surely help you to generate lots of followers and eventually drive traffic to your website/blog.

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