Naming A Salon That Sticks

Today's podcast is actually about, how did we come up with Panachion Company? And I wanna just kinda walk you through the process because, you know, a name is something that's going to be on everything, right? So you kinda have to like it.

You kinda have to enjoy it.

Let me, um, go back to my last salon that I had.

It was called Xanadu, and I did not come up with that name.

I actually bought that salon with the name Xanadu, and it was a two-station salon.

It was a cute little salon, and to tell you the truth, I couldn't afford to buy a new sign, so I just kept the name, and the name was part of the...

You know, I bought the name when I bought the salon.

So I just kept it, and then when I looked it up, Xanadu meant something to the... along the lines of it's a place that you don't know very well but you come to love, and I absolutely loved that.

Now yes, we did rebrand it, but we kept the name, and now, unfortunately, Xanadu is no longer.

When I sold it, um, I sold it to a gal who had another salon, and she, I guess, merged the two, and I think she's still using Xanadu's website to direct people to her other website.

I don't really know, but you know, I sold it when I sold the salon, so kinda I can't use that name, even though a few people have said, "Why don't you just use Xanadu since it's no longer there?" And I'm like, "I can't.

I sold the name with it, and plus, I want a fresh start," right? Another one of my salons was called Oz Salon, O-Z, Oz Salon, and the reason why it was called that, couple of things.

I created this logo that I loved, like, years before, and I said, "One of these days I'm gonna use this logo for something," 'cause I just loved the look of it.

And then also, I'm originally from Kansas, so you know, The Wizard of Oz, even though the salon had nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz.

But it kind of, like, tied it back to, you know, Kansas, Oz Salon, cute logo, but you would not believe how many people came in to that salon and said, "How do you pronounce it? O-Z? Is it ounce? Is it Oz? Is it..." It's just like, are you kidding me? It's Oz.

So keep that in mind when you're [laughs] coming up with a name.

People really do need to know how to pronounce it right off the bat.

For this salon, I started thinking a long time ago, 'cause I had it in my mind that eventually something was gonna happen, and so I started thinking to myself, uh, we're in Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg.

Today's podcast is actually about, how did we come up with Panachion Company? And I wanna just kinda walk you through the process because, you know, a name is something that's going to be on everything, right? So you kinda have to like it.

You kinda have to enjoy it.

Let me, um, go back to my last salon that I had.

It was called Xanadu, and I did not come up with that name.

I actually bought that salon with the name Xanadu, and it was a two-station salon.

It was a cute little salon, and to tell you the truth, I couldn't afford to buy a new sign, so I just kept the name, and the name was part of the...

You know, I bought the name when I bought the salon.

So I just kept it, and then when I looked it up, Xanadu meant something to the... along the lines of it's a place that you don't know very well but you come to love, and I absolutely loved that.

Now yes, we did rebrand it, but we kept the name, and now, unfortunately, Xanadu is no longer.

When I sold it, um, I sold it to a gal who had another salon, and she, I guess, merged the two, and I think she's still using Xanadu's website to direct people to her other website.

I don't really know, but you know, I sold it when I sold the salon, so kinda I can't use that name, even though a few people have said, "Why don't you just use Xanadu since it's no longer there?" And I'm like, "I can't.

I sold the name with it, and plus, I want a fresh start," right? Another one of my salons was called Oz Salon, O-Z, Oz Salon, and the reason why it was called that, couple of things.

I created this logo that I loved, like, years before, and I said, "One of these days I'm gonna use this logo for something," 'cause I just loved the look of it.

And then also, I'm originally from Kansas, so you know, The Wizard of Oz, even though the salon had nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz.

But it kind of, like, tied it back to, you know, Kansas, Oz Salon, cute logo, but you would not believe how many people came in to that salon and said, "How do you pronounce it? O-Z? Is it ounce? Is it Oz? Is it..." It's just like, are you kidding me? It's Oz.

So keep that in mind when you're [laughs] coming up with a name.

People really do need to know how to pronounce it right off the bat.

For this salon, I started thinking a long time ago, 'cause I had it in my mind that eventually something was gonna happen, and so I started thinking to myself, uh, we're in Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg.