You may have noticed a slight change. Better Blogging with Michael Martine is now Remarkablogger. I kept thinking about Seth Godin’s speech about remarkableness, embodied by his “Purple Cow” concept. That has been a tremendous inspiration to me to really crank things up to the max in terms of originality and creativity and to stand out from the crowd. I kept asking myself what would a remarkable blog look like? The more the word remarkable ran through my mind, the closer it got to the word blogging, until they just became one word in my mind: Remarkablogger.
Although you don’t see it in use yet, I own the domain remarkablogger.com. For now, the blog stays at michaelmartine.com. Remarkablogger.com will forward to michaelmartine.com. Eventually, I plan to do the one thing I have always advised against: change domains over entirely to remarkablogger.com, and wean michaelmartine.com away from the blog consulting content for an ambitious and personal project. A new design is also coming in the future, hopefully before the end of the year.
I’ve never made a move like this before, so if anyone has some good advice based on experience, I’d love to hear from you.
By the way, here’s the video I found so inspiring:
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Congrats on your new name and thoughts on why – I loved the Purple Cow. Great new name Michael and any Seth Godin inspiration is a winner in my book.
Cyndee Haydon
Good move! ‘michaelmartine.com’ was too personal for your (semi?)professional blog.
Can’t wait to see what the new design looks like!
Do it, dude. Do it.
It’s all about being different in a way that makes a difference.
Awesome video – thanks for sharing that.
Each time I revisit your blog, it’s improved once again. Basically it seems like ages when I reviewed you…
This is truly an advancement.
I love the Remarkablogger title. It is deffinatly more appealing and inviting. Good job on the rename.
I LOVE the new name. Well done Michael.
Perhaps you should start signing your blog comments “The Remarkablogger – Michael Martine” to start branding yourself?
Well done!
Thank you, Phil, that means a lot to me. Transitioning the brand from Michael Martine to Remarkablogger will be somewhat of a long process. Thank you for the tip — I think it will help.
And thank you to EVERYONE for your kind words and encouragement! I know I’m doing the right thing, but it’s always nice when other people are on board with it!
Remarkablogger.com is a cool name I think it could also do double duty… remarks and remarkable.
Might I suggest that you add ‘remarkable’ to your subtitle?
Remarkablogger
Remarkable Blog Consulting & Coaching
I think it would make sure that people ‘get it’ plus it really nails the concept. Like a friend of mine that named his business ‘High Speed Printing’ and I said to him, “It’s hard to be slow when your name is High Speed Printing”.
My 2 cents.
If you have decided to make the move, the sooner the better. It’s going to cause some havoc and the longer you wait, the more it will do so. There are a lot of issues that will arise, but it can be done and you will eventually recover from it. In this case, I think the change of names will help brand you better and so it’s worthwhile, but I certainly don’t envy the move.
Remarkablogger is definitely a better name for your business.
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What a GREAT name – that is so brilliant! I’ve never heard such a creative name behind a blog. Well, I’m not surprised someone like you could come up with that because you seem to be willing to dive deep down within your creative and dare I say spiritual self to come up with such a great brand name!
Congrats!
Stephen
Thank you very much, everyone! It’s very motivating to read these words from you.
Sure thing! I let my heart speak for me.
Stephen
I love that you’re not afraid to change and evolve! I love the name and just added Remarkablogger to my blogroll.
Thanks, Christine. This is a different kind of change than what I’ve done before, because there’s a definite goal and a plan behind this. What I had done before was change because I didn’t have a goal or a plan and I was trying different things because nothing was sticking.