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Blog Names - You Are Your Own Brand
I like people that use their own name for their blog.
They might call it 'Joe's Blog,' ' Joe Baldwin's Ramblings on Nanotechnology for Trolls and Gnomes,' or maybe just stick their name on it with no other apparent name.
Ben Yoskovitz, when asked about what he'd name his blog, says:
That's a very good question. My initial reaction would be to just use my own name for the domain -- benyoskovitz.com -- but I always hesitated to do that because my name isn't easy to spell. Still, it would have probably improved my own personal brand that way.
I like blogs where people use their name - you can't get around tying the blog and everything associated with it to the person in question, and it affords you more freedom to write about what you want, instead of having a domain name that pigeonholes you in some way.
Been currently blogs at Instigator.com, and writes some great stuff.
Dawud Miracle, another blogger I admire, has somewhat similar thought:
And, as I write, being a solopreneur, I am clear that I'm my own brand. As a business owner and as a blogger, I think people are drawn to work with me - as a person.
A blog doesn't need a name -- it can just share yours. Sometimes this makes a lot of sense.
My blog on words, name development, branding, and writing began life in June 2006 as Away With Words, a spin on my business name, Wordworking. Last week I changed it to Fritinancy, an archaic word that means "chirping or creaking"--appropriate for a blogger, no?--and incorporates my first name. Response so far: positive! Read all about why I did it: http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2008/02/fritinancy-is-t.html
Posted by: Nancy Friedman | 12 February 2008 at 01:59 PM
Fritinancy, never heard of that word before but it fits.
Has anyone started calling you "FritiNancy" yet :) I love how your name is in the title!
Posted by: T Demop, Blogging for Business | 18 February 2008 at 10:25 AM
In my point of view that it is not necessary putting our own name to our blog. Choose better name which could easy to use by the readers.
Posted by: MLM Software | 03 July 2009 at 03:18 AM
Its important to build your names through different ways of social media channels , the various tools used in accordances as blogs are one of them .
Posted by: Shortcuts to Millions | 19 October 2009 at 12:30 AM