Grab Your Social Media User Name Before It's Going Going Gone

Posted March 11, 2009 * Comments(6)

I’ve just got a colleague of mine to join Twitter and on checking out her Twitter page last night, I was surprised to find that she hadn’t used her own name. I mentioned this to her this morning on our way to the seminar at Fraser’s in Perth and Sarah replied that her name and variations of her name had already been taken. Now, if you are wanting to get into social media or even market on the web under your own brand, it is vitally important that you buy your domain name.

It is now just as important that you register your user name on social media sites as well, because if you don’t someone else will. Being able to use your name to build your profile or brand is vital to your success on the web and you need to ensure that you own it and register it. By having a consistent image across all social sites allows your followers or devotees to find you and follow you, plus it has the added benefit that you don’t have to remember hundreds of user names.

So create a user name, preferably one that identifies you instantly and register it across all social sites, you can use this great web site to check if your user name is available. Some sites will not allow your full name and limit the number of characters that you can have, so create a user name that is consistent and easy to remember.   

Register it on every site you can find, you’ll never use most of them, but at least you will own the user name and this will stop others from high-jacking your name or brand.

If you have popular web site or blog and have lots of followers, there are some users on the web who will try and grab your name and create their own logins, so now you have been warned.

Go forth and Grab it quick before it is gone, gone gone!!

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6 Comments so far

  1. harcourtsberwick on March 11th, 2009

    Thanks Mike for the heads up – you amaze me where you find these sites etc. Thanks again for all your help, my online knowledge has grown 10 fold since meeting you back in November. A million times thanks.

  2. Mike Andrew on March 11th, 2009

    Hi Catherine,
    I don’t have a life, lol, just reserach and a passion for all things social.
    Nice to have you on my blog and thank you for your kind words.
    Speak soon. Also doing a session at the Harcourts conference in May.

    Regards

    Mike

  3. Michelle Church on March 12th, 2009

    Wow that really makes a lot of sense. I have virtuallyassist for twitter to describe what I do…I could not get my name or one close to my website -but I think it works ok too. I went to look for the domain – of course it is not available – BUT I really appreciate your thoughts and I like your blog. Gonna subscribe – Have a great day.

  4. Mike Andrew on March 12th, 2009

    Hi Michelle,
    Thanks for your comment and your kind words about my blog.
    Regards

    Mike

  5. Greg Reed on March 17th, 2009

    Great info Mike.

    I’ve found GoDaddy.com to be a great source for cheap domain names. Social media or web 2.0 is all the craze with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube.

    The traffic these sites can generate for a business is mind blowing.

    Keep up the good content.

    Greg Reed
    http://www.whoisgregreed.com
    http://www.therealestatemarketer.com

  6. Mike Andrew on March 18th, 2009

    Hi Greg,

    Thanks for your comments, I’ve used GoDaddy.com myself to buy domain names and at very competitive prices for .com names.

    Regards

    Mike

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