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Offices in Washington, D.C. will often have a toll-free number for you to use. Depending on who you are calling, you may be referred to a staff member or an assistant. Ask for what you need directly. If you are calling because you need help with your trash pickup, getting services for someone with a disability or any other issue that requires action, make your request clear and be specific.  This is especially important if you are calling to share your opinion on a volatile political issue or pending piece of legislation. You want to leave a good impression.

summary: Locate the correct phone number online or in your local directory. Dial the number and ask to speak to the government official you are contacting. Introduce yourself and explain why you are calling. Follow any instructions you are given to get your issue resolved or follow up with different offices or officials. Be courteous and thank the official you speak to for his or her time.


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Before you begin to brainstorm a name, you need to be able to define the products, services, and customer experience your business will provide for its customers. Write down the key benefits of your products and services, as well as what will make your business unique. Write down at least ten adjectives that will describe your business, and ten things that will make your business stand out. Once you have a firm sense of what your business will be like and what it will do, you'll be better able to find the perfect word or phrase to define it. Look through the dictionary, magazines, books, and a catalogue of business names to find words that stand out to you, or to look at the names of successful companies and figure out what makes their names work. Why do the brands Nike, Sephora, Old Navy, or Victoria's Secret stand out? What can you do to make your business stand out in the same way? Plan a session with all of your future employees, or even your family members or creative friends if you have a small group of people. You should sit down and dedicate your time just to thinking of a name to get the best results. Set a rule for the brainstorming session that everyone suspend judgment on any name ideas suggested. The key to good brainstorming is freedom to create a list of ideas inspired at the moment, not to immediately choose the perfect name. You should start by brainstorming names around the benefit, features, and customer experience. But as you expand your ideas, you can start thinking more broadly. At first, use these qualities, but you can also think more abstractly. Here are some things to keep in mind as you expand your ideas:  Go broader and brainstorm names around intuitive and associative feelings around the benefit, features, and customer experience, such as visual, audio, smell, touch, taste. Ask participants what imaginary or visceral associations come to mind when they think of your business or product benefits. For example, when you think of your product, does it make you think of a cool calm sea? A tiger? Relief? Bitter taste? Use real words that are easy to understand, or made-up words that are fun and roll easily off the tongue. Don't pick a name that is too close in sound or spelling to the name of another company."Nikey" might be pronounced differently from "Nike," but the names sound too similar. Even if some of the names sound silly or irrelevant, they may end up being your golden ticket. At first, while you're suspending judgment, you should just write down as many names as you can so you have more to work with as you start filtering down your options. Get creative. You can make up a name, like "Acura," that captures the essence of your product without being a real word. Though a professional naming service can be costly and can take from six weeks to six months to find the best name for your company, the value that the company brings to your business may be worth it. If you've tried brainstorming a number of times and have come up with nothing you like, this may be an option for you if you have some money to spare.

summary: Define your business. Use your resources. Hold a brainstorming session. Brainstorm ideas that are closely related to your business. Write down at least 100 names. Consider investing in a professional naming service (optional).


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Ribs and wings may be delicious, but their saucy nature makes them terribly hard to consume without a huge mess all over your hands and face. As a general rule of thumb, if your food requires a moist towelette, it’s best to avoid. Nothing brings attention to the crude nature of eating like slurping down some chowder. The combination of the noise, the potential mess, and hunching over a bowl are a losing combination. It may be tempting to order a whole lobster to impress your date. But between trying to wrestle your crustacean out of its shell, getting lobster juice on your hands and butter on your face, wearing a bib, and setting an expensive precedent, it might be something better served for a date much, much further down the road.
summary: Forego foods with lots of sauce. Skip soups. Ignore the lobster.