Buttons for fans of the Nintendo DS
If you are a fan of the Nintendo DS, you can show your support by sporting some buttons.
DS Buttons offers 10 different buttons. You can order 5 buttons for $9 (which includes shipping). The buttons are 1.25″.
Spell Words With Buttons
Pinsetter™ let’s you spell with buttons. Just visit the website, enter the word you want to spell, and you’re given the option to buy those letters. Each button/letter is $1 and shipping is $1. So, if the word (or words) you want to spell has 6 letters, then your cost is $7.
If you aren’t sure what you want to spell, consider the “Spelling Set” which includes
two each of A-Z and 0-9 plus one more of each of these letters: ETAOINSHRDL and of course, +, ?, ! and the red heart
What’s in a Name?
Naming a business can be just as hard as finishing a business plan. Sometimes, the name of a business can be the difference between success and failure - especially online.
The first successful business I started was named Silk Screen Biz. I really don’t remember why I picked the name. From an internet marketing standpoint, I wanted “silk screen” in the name; I then added “Biz” to the end and I had a business name. When I decided to expand into buttons, naming my business was easy - “Button Biz“.
Companies spend thousands of dollars with ad agencies for the sole purpose of naming a product or a business. When I decided to start this blog, the obvious name for the blog would be “Button Blog”. Unfortunately, the .com domain was not available. Instead of spending a lot time thinking about a name for the blog, I decided to try out a new service called NameThis.
For $99, you’re able to post a project on the website. For the next 48 hours, members of the website post suggestions and vote on suggestions. At the end of the project, you’re presented with the three most popular names as voted on by the members. You can visit the project I posted, and you can see the top three suggestions below.
There were 290 different names suggested. The top name was “Nippy” but the .com version of that domain wasn’t available. So, I selected a different name that was suggested (and who’s .com domain was available). That name was buttonblogger.com and that explains how this website was named.
If you are looking to name a business, find a slogan, or name a product then consider NameThis.
I am the Button Blogger
My name is Ryan Renner and I’m the Button Blogger.
Back in 2003, I started ButtonBiz.com. Since then, it has become one of the largest online retailers of button making machines and supplies. Over the past five years, I’ve helped thousands of people make their own buttons, and I’ve seen thousands of different button designs
With this blog, I hope to share with you some of the best buttons ever made. Some will be funny, some will be artsy, and I’m sure a lot will be political. I’ll also post some tips to help people making their own buttons. The format of the blog will always be a work in progress, and I encourage readers to send me feedback on how to make it better.
