Offbeat News Identity Crisis : Request for Suggestions

I Need to Come Up with a New Name for Offbeat News

Tony Payne
There are so many other sources using Offbeat News, Weird News, News of The Weird, Odd But True, Oddly Enough etc, it's time for MY Offbeat News to get a new identity.

Try as hard as I can, I have found it hard to get my Offbeat News articles noticed as much as I would like, and so I think it's time that I found a new identity for these articles, a new way to get noticed, a title that nobody else is using.

The problem is - I can't think of one, and so I thought it might not be a bad idea to request the help of you, my friends and treasured readers, to assist me in coming up with some good ideas for a title and a theme for this weekly article.

A lot of obvious names have already been used by the media, including Offbeat News, and I would like to find something original and witty, so that people searching for MY articles will have a better chance of finding them.

Other names that are already in use are:

Weird News
Odd But True
News Of The Weird
Oddly Enough

And so I have to try and find a name that it completely original.

If you think you can help me, please add a comment to this article, so I have the suggestions all in one place.

If I do choose a title from one of the suggestions, I will be sure to add a link to the person who suggested it in each of the Offbeat News articles.

So now I sit and wait, and hope....

Published by Tony Payne

Tony Payne is a freelance writer who lives on the South Coast of England with his wife Debbie. He has worked in the IT Industry all his life, and has been writing on various sites for the last 10 years. T...  View profile

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  • James Fenelius8/21/2010

    Well done - hopefully you will come up with a catchy title.

  • Shelly Barclay8/20/2010

    This ain't your gradma's news! :) Sorry, that's all I got.

  • Michele Starkey8/20/2010

    How about "Payne Tells you the 'Strange But True' " cheers

  • Solomon Steele8/19/2010

    How bout, "outside the frame with tony payne" LOL

  • Mildred Windham8/19/2010

    This is another great story, love your articles.

  • Jennifer Wagner8/19/2010

    Unbelievably weird news? Clips of insane news? If I were you, I would think how YOU would 'google' information about weird news and then work that into your title. "Tony's weird news report"???

  • Tony Payne8/19/2010

    I kind of like "Tony's Weird Wednesday Report" in a way, thanks Rita. Rewards4Life has got me thinking though, since I can be found all over the net if you search for "Poddys". Thanks for that thought David. I just thought maybe "Poddys Unbelievable News" might work. I like a lot of the ideas really and really appreciate the helping hand. Think I need to sleep on it a bit further.

  • Nancy G in Tennessee8/18/2010

    Good question, Tony! Here's my answer for you: One-Off

  • Jeanne Baney8/18/2010

    Nutzy News.

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky8/18/2010

    Wow, you've got some great suggestions going.

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