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Operative Words Operative Words- The principles and practice of brand naming. Namelink Namelink- San Francisco Bay Area based. Specializing in brand consulting for top-tier and small to medium sized businesses, including agency and panel contribution. ixxéo ixxéo- Geneva, Switzerland based agency. Specializing in pharmaceutical brands and offers articles around the concept of "Abstract Naming". The Naming Group The Naming Group- NYC based agency. Provides information on namescape strategy development for brands. Lexicon Branding Lexicon Branding- Sausalito, California based agency. Specializes in international brand names, naming market research and global linguistic clearance services. River and Wolf River and Wolf- New York City based. Specializing in company and product naming, tagline creation, brand storytelling, copy and script writing. Zinzin Zinzin- Berkeley, California based. Specializing in company and product brand name development, naming architecture and brand strategy. Publisher of the naming guide "The Art of N… Tungsten Branding Tungsten Branding- Brevard, North Carolina based. Site includes a "Company Branding 101" section and extensive blog on naming topics. Catchword Catchword- New York and California based. Provides a naming guide, how-to videos, a name visualizer and naming game. Engage! Engage!- North Carolina based name development agency. Provides linguistic evaluations, brand evaluations and market research services. the Rabbiter the Rabbiter- Sofia, Bulgaria based. Provides identity creation packages and a blog on successful brand naming. Namix Namix- Naming company offering identity solutions for products, services and businesses. DriveThruNames DriveThruNames- Aurora, Illinois based agency. Provides articles on how-to create brand names along with tips for best practices. Nomen Nomen- Paris based global agency established in 1981. Provides information on name creation, linguistic checks and branding strategies. Eat My Words Eat My Words- San Francisco based agency specializing in the verbal branding of food and drink. Brains on Fire Brains on Fire- South Carolina based national identity development company. Book Authors of "Brains on Fire" and "The Passion Conversation". Stokefire Stokefire- Washington DC area branding and advertising agency. Designs strategic identities, names, taglines, logos and marketing campaigns. NameLab NameLab- San Francisco based agency specializing in automotive, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods branding. Offers a "constructional linguistics" approach. A Hundred Monkeys A Hundred Monkeys- Mill Valley, CA-based agency specializing in developing brand identities and positioning strategies. NameQuest NameQuest- Carefree, Arizona based. Provides information on name development around the science of verbal branding. Strategic Name Development Strategic Name Development- Minneapolis, Minnesota based. Provides information on name DNA, global linguistics and brand architecture. Russellmark Group Russellmark Group- San Francisco Bay Area based. Provides corporate identity systems and information design for complex, sophisticated offerings. Nomenon Nomenon- Cambridge, Massachusetts based. Provides extensive blog on identity service and naming topics. The Naming Company The Naming Company- Creates memorable, marketable names for new products, services and businesses. Nametag International, Inc Nametag International, Inc- Minneapolis, MN based. Provides information on brand identity creation using a proprietary Ideonics name development method. NameDesigner NameDesigner- Terminologically trained experts provide product and company names for small businesses. Namebase Namebase- New York based. Provides information on trademark services, market research, global namecheck and verbal branding. The Name Stormers The Name Stormers- Austin, Texas based company providing verbal branding, consulting and software. Metaphor Metaphor- San Francisco based consultants. Provides information on the importance of verbal branding. Master-McNeil, Inc Master-McNeil, Inc- Berkeley, California based company offering identity development and brand architecture services since 1989.