Comments on: How Many Online Personalities Do You Have?

By: Melinda - WAHM Biz Builder

Melinda - WAHM Biz Builder — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:33:13 +0000

Interesting question. I ‘am’ WAHM Biz Builder, and I am also very much Melinda (or Mel) Brennan. I use WAHM Biz Builder as my twitter name, and when facebook changes to usernames I’ll use it there too. However I’m also very clear about being ‘me’. Both those sites have my real name there as well.

I’ve chosen to do it this way because of branding – I want people to recognise my business brand AND associate my name with it.

I find it ethically uncomfortable to even think about not putting my real name on something. If I’m not keen to have my real name associated with it, then should I be putting it out there? Hmmmmmm….

By: Genesis

Genesis — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:56:06 +0000

One thing I´ve found, that you might want to keep in mind, is that clients tend to Google you. So even if you think you`re just talking to a personal audience, chances are that clients can find it. I don´t bother really censoring myself while on Twitter, but then I`m not that controversial either!

By: Genesis

Genesis — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:50:35 +0000

You know, if you`re interested in a number of things, it´s quite possible your followers are, too.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:21:44 +0000

I only use twitter and facebook and both are just for personal use. I don’t really talk much about what I do professionally on either. I suppose doing so would boost business and help me generate leads but I kind of like just being myself and talking about the cat vomiting (i don’t have a cat but you know what I mean) on those sites. If I made it a part of my business plan, I think I would start censoring everything I say. I’m paranoid as it is… I don’t want to feel like every word I type will be scrutinized by potential clients!

I think those internet marketing types are icky. I don’t want to do that for my business. I really don’t understand how they make money. Their sales pitches make me cringe. I guess they sell to other internet marketers and internet marketing wannabes.

By: Cindy Bidar

Cindy Bidar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:26:26 +0000

I really struggle with this myself. On the one hand, I don’t want to deal with dozens of accounts. It’s all I can do to keep up with one Twitter account and one Facebook account, thank you very much!

On the other hand, I blog about a few very different subjects, and I wonder if my Twitter followers wouldn’t be better served by not having to wade through tweets they’re not interested in?