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9:06 am
January 10, 2011
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growrichsimply
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First, thanks so much for a great community, I'm glad that I stumbled across it.
Second, I'd like to get everyone's opinion on whether changing the title of my (newly launched) blog makes sense. I registered the domain growrichsimply.com and just got going. I had heard of the other, quite large, blog that has a similar name but I never thought much about it. In fact, I'm not sure if I've ever visited that site more than once or twice in the past. My blog is about finances, but it is also meant to be about family (with the majority of those posts coming from my wife) and I intended the word "rich" to be used in many senses.
All of that being said, if you were me, would you change the title to something else?
I've only recently launched the blog and I'm getting ~20 visits/day so it's not much trouble to change now… but I sort of like the title.
Thoughts?
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9:11 am
January 10, 2011
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Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
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Get Rich Slowly (make money over time) and Grow Rich Simply (simple ways to grow wealth) mean two completely different things to me, so if you like it, I would keep it.
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9:16 am
January 10, 2011
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moneycone
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Post edited 9:19 am – January 10, 2011 by moneycone
If I were you I wouldn't change the name. Concentrate on building your blog, write up some unique and quality articles, build a blogger circle…
I actually like the name.
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9:26 am
January 10, 2011
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JamesFowlkes
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Keep your name. You chose it for a reason. Just don't ever abbreviate it as GRS and you should be good to go. I like the name as well.
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9:54 am
January 10, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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I think you should keep the name. You have a good reason for it, and it should be clear that you aren't trying to copy off of anyone else.
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10:20 am
January 10, 2011
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growrichsimply
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Thanks to everyone for their thoughtful responses. I'm still debating it, but I really like the name as well. I think I just need to make clear the distinction in the About (and elsewhere) so that I feel good about it as well.
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5:48 pm
January 10, 2011
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Buy Like Buffett
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What's your concern if you keep the name? Are you worried about Get Rich Slowly saying something or your site's readers becoming confused? I agree with the others and say keep the name.
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6:05 pm
January 10, 2011
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growrichsimply
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I think my main concern is that other bloggers would be less likely to link or otherwise associate with my blog because they felt that I had "copycatted" the name. Clearly, that doesn't appear to be the case.
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6:18 pm
January 10, 2011
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Keep the name, people will read and come back if they like your blog. I don't think you'll face some type of potential reader backlash, because you aren't doing anything wrong in the first place! That's my 2 cents.
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6:29 pm
January 10, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I agree with everyone. People come back for your and your content. And other bloggers might not link you with a anchor text "GRS", but other than that, I don't think anyone cares about the name when they are linking. I visited your blog after I saw your post on the other Alexa 1 million thread, I didn't even realize the name abbreviation until I read this post :) Adding my 2c.
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9:04 pm
January 10, 2011
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Sandy @ yesiamcheap
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Everyone knows Get Rich Slowly. No one will make the mistake unless you were the a**hole that registered yesimcheap.com as a rip off of my name. But since you're not, you're totally safe whether you change it now, or leave it.
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9:48 pm
January 10, 2011
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growrichsimply
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Haha, no, that's not me. This is actually the only domain I own.
Thanks again to everyone.
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10:50 pm
January 10, 2011
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Buy Like Buffett
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sandy@yesiamcheap said:
Everyone knows Get Rich Slowly. No one will make the mistake unless you were the a**hole that registered yesimcheap.com as a rip off of my name. But since you're not, you're totally safe whether you change it now, or leave it.
That's just messed up that someone would do that.
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4:40 pm
January 11, 2011
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Keep the name. I like it, and like BFS, the names mean two totally different things. I'm excited to see what will come out of your site!
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9:24 pm
January 11, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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sandy@yesiamcheap said:
Everyone knows Get Rich Slowly. No one will make the mistake unless you were the a**hole that registered yesimcheap.com as a rip off of my name. But since you're not, you're totally safe whether you change it now, or leave it.
Wow, that's horrible! Did you ever try to contact them?
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7:59 am
January 12, 2011
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Kevin McKee
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I changed from thousand-aire.com to thousandaire.com early in my blogging career, and I think it was definitely a change for the better. If you have something else you like better, then I'd change it. If you like what you have, then keep it.
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9:14 am
January 12, 2011
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I think they're different enough that you don't have to worry about that … if you had "getrichsloowly" then that wouldn't be so cool ;)
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9:36 am
January 12, 2011
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Invest It Wisely said:
I think they're different enough that you don't have to worry about that … if you had "getrichsloowly" then that wouldn't be so cool ;)
Haha, good one here.
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9:43 am
January 12, 2011
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Sandy @ yesiamcheap
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Post edited 9:45 am – January 12, 2011 by sandy@yesiamcheap
KNS Financial said:
sandy@yesiamcheap said:
Everyone knows Get Rich Slowly. No one will make the mistake unless you were the a**hole that registered yesimcheap.com as a rip off of my name. But since you're not, you're totally safe whether you change it now, or leave it.
Wow, that's horrible! Did you ever try to contact them?
I didn't bother. I know that they get a bit of my traffic, but as we always say, content is king. They have none.
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8:46 pm
January 12, 2011
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Keep your name. I also like your theme. I would recommend adding headings in your posts. Your paragraphs look kind of daunting at the start.
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