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Maintaining Your Personal Brand

March 17, 2008 by David Peralty

Jonathan Snook knows a fair bit about maintaining a personal brand online, and he has written up an informative post about the steps that all online workers should take in order to build a brand around themselves and their work.

One of the things he mentions is using your real name, if it is unique.

Use your real name, especially if unique

Because it’s your personal brand, it should be personal and there’s very little that’s more personal than your real name. When you meet people in person, you normally tell them your name. When you give people a business card, you normally have your name on it. When people do a search for your name, you want them to be able to find your name. Using a pseudonym can make it more difficult to be found.

If privacy is a concern, and I understand that it can be, especially for women, then I certainly I understand using a pseudonym. Be sure to be consistent and be professional — whether that’s on your site, your business cards, or any forums you may participate on.

I have one of the least unique first names in the world, and a strange, hard to remember last name, so I have always gone by pseudonyms online. The issue with those can be their representation of you in the future. The types of names that I stood behind as a username, and as an online alias were strange, like phoenixfireball.

I liked thinking of myself as a mythical creature or even just its weapon, but as I got older, I felt that this brand didn’t suit me anymore, nor did it really represent who I wanted to portray online.

There are many things you can do to make a mistake when building up your personal brand, and there are even more issues to avoid in maintaining it. Jonathan Snook has some wise advice. I suggest you check it out on his blog: Snook.ca.

Author: David Peralty

A Canadian problogger for over two years, David shares his insights from working on over 5000 posts. Currently employed as the Head of Marketing for Splashpress Media. Check out his personal blog at DavidCubed.com and his blog about his experiences at eXtra for Every Publisher.

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  1. Thord Daniel Hedengren says

    March 18, 2008 at 1:48 am

    Well, I still think Peralty should be way easier to remember than Hedengren, at least for the English speaking crowd. Wouldn’t you agree?

  2. Ayo Ijidakinro says

    March 20, 2008 at 1:23 am

    I laughed when I read that part about using your real name if it’s unique. My real full name, no joke, is Ayodele Adewale Ijidakinro.

    I think maybe that’s too unique…

    It was an insightful post though. Thanks for the information.

    Best,
    Ayo

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