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Trina L.C. Sonnenberg
Recently, I posed a question to you all, regarding the use of weird names for screen names in social networking situations. I wanted to know why so many people use a product name instead of their real name. Why is it that people seem to join NETWORKING programs using their product or business name instead of their own?
Not everyone who submitted an answer gave me the link that they are promoting, so that I could share it.
These are the three top answers:
Trina L.C. Sonnenberg
Recently, I posed a question to you all, regarding the use of weird names for screen names in social networking situations. I wanted to know why so many people use a product name instead of their real name. Why is it that people seem to join NETWORKING programs using their product or business name instead of their own?
Not everyone who submitted an answer gave me the link that they are promoting, so that I could share it.
These are the three top answers:
1) I think many people join networking programs with a company name because they really don't know any better and or because of their zeal for a particular product. When I was a newbie online, before I came up with the clever clouda9 handle :) I was known by other names that pointed directly to the MLM company I was working with. It also comes down to a personal preference and whether or not you want to use your real name or something else that describes you and your online goals.
2) I built all of my networking memberships under the name of Hometowne Market simply because of all the "name recognition" lectures from my business classes. People become accustomed to seeing that name in a social setting and when they see your ad they are more likely to buy because they "know" you. I have always signed everything with my name and every profile shows my real information. Than being said, now that I have decided to sell Hometowne Market I am having an identity crisis and fear the loss of some of my friends. By the time I figure out how to change Squidoo, Twitter, Tagfoot and everyone else - or have to start from scratch and rebuild everything, I expect I will have learned my lesson fairly well. From now on, everything will be under my real name or my "real" nickname of Tinkmom. http://www.hometownemarket.com
3) Hi Trina. I use to advertise in social networks thinking I could make some sales this way.
First of all, I didn't understand what social networks were really about.
Secondly, I was so desperate to earn money because of being very broke, I didn't think much at all, except about being broke and needing to make sales. I didn't understand the power of positive thinking with marketing and making friends.
Thirdly, some of the gurus tell you that you can make sales using this method. Lot's of people do not understand how to market online. It took me a long time to figure out because all I thought about was how I was going to make my next sale.
Barb :)
http://barb2birds.biz
: You are definitely limiting your appeal to a wider audience if you register under a company name, or something like "make money quick". People are not going to respond as warmly to you until they get to know you, and that is a big drawback.
Definitely I believe you should register as a person not the company whose products you are trying to push.
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About the Author:
Trina L.C. Sonnenberg
Publisher - The Trii-Zine Ezine - Your Trusted Source for Internet Business and Marketing Information. EST 2001. ISSN# 1555-2276
Author of: My Journey A Lifetime of Verse, ISBN: 978-0-61516405-2
Co-Owner: Internet Marketing Mavens
http://internetmarketing-mavens.com
2) I built all of my networking memberships under the name of Hometowne Market simply because of all the "name recognition" lectures from my business classes. People become accustomed to seeing that name in a social setting and when they see your ad they are more likely to buy because they "know" you. I have always signed everything with my name and every profile shows my real information. Than being said, now that I have decided to sell Hometowne Market I am having an identity crisis and fear the loss of some of my friends. By the time I figure out how to change Squidoo, Twitter, Tagfoot and everyone else - or have to start from scratch and rebuild everything, I expect I will have learned my lesson fairly well. From now on, everything will be under my real name or my "real" nickname of Tinkmom. http://www.hometownemarket.com
3) Hi Trina. I use to advertise in social networks thinking I could make some sales this way.
First of all, I didn't understand what social networks were really about.
Secondly, I was so desperate to earn money because of being very broke, I didn't think much at all, except about being broke and needing to make sales. I didn't understand the power of positive thinking with marketing and making friends.
Thirdly, some of the gurus tell you that you can make sales using this method. Lot's of people do not understand how to market online. It took me a long time to figure out because all I thought about was how I was going to make my next sale.
Barb :)
http://barb2birds.biz
: You are definitely limiting your appeal to a wider audience if you register under a company name, or something like "make money quick". People are not going to respond as warmly to you until they get to know you, and that is a big drawback.
Definitely I believe you should register as a person not the company whose products you are trying to push.
Copyright © 2009
The Trii-Zine Ezine
http://trii-zine.com
About the Author:
Trina L.C. Sonnenberg
Publisher - The Trii-Zine Ezine - Your Trusted Source for Internet Business and Marketing Information. EST 2001. ISSN# 1555-2276
Author of: My Journey A Lifetime of Verse, ISBN: 978-0-61516405-2
Co-Owner: Internet Marketing Mavens
http://internetmarketing-mavens.com
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