expanding on Vic's suggestion, maybe create a parent or umbrella brand such as:

Tiffany Melton & Associates

Tiffany Melton Productions

... and then create sub-brands, such as:

Weddings by Tiffany
Special Events by Tiffany

best of luck,

Steve

I'll toss my hat into the ring here.

I work with a lot of wedding planners (marketing to brides) and I wish more would promote THEMSELVES even though they have staff (some, even outsource to others).

If I see one more "Wonderful Memories & Events" I'm going to %$#$%.

Build your brand - and that's YOU.

Tiffany Melton Events

The .com is available (http://www.godaddy.com).

Is Melton your maiden name?

I might be more inclined to lean toward your maiden name, if you're married.

As long as it doesn't stir up any trouble at the dinner table.

I'll watch for you on Oprah!

:)

Chris Jaeger
Book More Weddings
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Melton Moments (I've always been a big advocate of alliteration).

Let me challenge you to think about this

You mentioned not wanting to be confused with Tiffany’s jewelry...that might not be a bad thing...when people think of Tiffany’s they think beauty, elegance, and special

Using your first name is going to plant that subconscious image into women’s minds right off the bat...you may even get some people who call you thinking you are Tiffany’s and end up with some clients from that

I think the a business name with your name in it would be a good thing...so maybe

Tiffany Melton...Making your day special


Gary

Tiffany,

Something you may want to consider that hasn't been mentioned yet is specializing in one area to start with...either weddings or corporate events. It's very difficult to lead a category when you're competing in two distinct ones. Pick one or the other to start with. This will allow you to acutely focus your marketing efforts in one vertical market. Give one market 100% of you're efforts rather than two markets 50% each and you will increase your success rate. Once you've firmly established your superiority (and profitability) in one, then expand to the other with a possibly different name that is specifically tuned to that target market. Don't "line extend" your original brand.

My 2 cents.

As an aside, a possible tag line is "Your party, our plan."

db

East Coast Events by Tiffany

Events, Tiffany stye

Tiffany, events to remember

Touched by Tiffany, events to remember.

Tiffany's Touch, events to remember

Dear Tiffany,

If I were to think of a Event Management Company I would think of the following names:

1. Eventualities N Revelaries
2. Momentous
3 Memorambulations
4. ActiveStuff

Cheers

I'm in the events industry...and formerly from the branding / naming industry - congratulations on your venture.
Some of the most successful event planning companies use personality names:
David Tutera
Preston Bailey
David Stark
Colin Cowie
Sasha Souza
...and the list goes on.
There are many different types of names; however, there are 3 common groups:
Descriptive of the benefits (i.e. Easy Off)
Descriptive of the personality (i.e. Uncle Ben's)
Evocative (i.e. Apple)
Each of these 3 options have their own pros & cons. For example descriptive names are easy to understand, but tough to trademark. They require minimal investment because they speak for themselves. Whereas evocative names require maximum investment, but are very easy to trademark.

I have to say that having been exposed to the events industry for about a year & a half now, the industry is saturated with companies called: extraordinary events, best events, great events, stellar events, luxury events. And each of these companies blend into one murky shade of grey to me. A name should mean something. It is one of the facets of your brand that will stimulate associations for your existing and prospective customers.

IF you are a personality - i.e. someone who walks into a room and gets attention, someone who people seek out for guidance and expertise, someone who's name precedes them...or you can/will be a personality, then I recommend using your name as part of your brand.
If not, I'd recommend that you identify what makes you unique, better than your competition and relevant to you consumers and build a name around those values.

I wish you the best of luck!

Stay away from using your name as your name in the business name. That's the #1 rule if you ever plan to sell, franchise or grow your business. While there are exceptions to the rule, that's the #1 advise M & A folks tell me.

I would create a "consolidated company name" and then have a wedding and corporate divisions. However, for the first two years, I'd concentrate marketing on the area where you can reach the most amount of people in the least amount of time and be paid the most amount of money. Build credibility with the masses, and they'll ask you if you do other events.

Since you want to grow your business outside your local area, I would pick at least 5 names you want and get it trademarked.

I'd use the word Event in the name. My suggestion for a name is

Summit Events
Peak Events
A Quality Event
ProEvents
Polished Events
Expert events
Professional Events

and l like some that were suggested: Lasting Events, Everlasting events.

your name is perfect and then consider this tagline

for classy and memorable events