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Choose Your Account Name Wisely, You Cannot Change It.

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HubPages Forum Topic 7678

started by Hub Author: Webismine

Introduction

Here I will give my own insights into choosing the perfect name and I will link you to several hubs that will help you further learn through other Hub Authors insights.

Many people choose their Author name quickly without thinking too much about it then months later when they find themselves established want to change it because the name they chose doesn't really fit. 

I think actually that starting out many writers are green and not really sure where they fit into the scene but 6 months and 80 hubs later they learn exactly what they represent and want to be known by.

The best thing however is to put some thought into your name because you cannot change it and you want it to represent you, not a passing fad. Many choose their names based on a screen name they've used for years in other venues and this is a good move as it links your work to your past work which can only help your popularity by bringing fans doing a Google search for you to your HubPages as well!

My Reasons for picking my two account names

My real name Jerrico Kensington Usher has always gotten compliments so I decided to use my real name, I wanted an account I used to show the world who Jerrico Usher is so that became my personal account name. I later created another account using my Under the radar so to speak name, my alter ego name, SamurWriter, although I don't hide that this is me, I do distinguish this account from my other account. In the first account my name is on it and so my hubs back my personality, written about things passionate to me personally. In many ways those hubs are my Journal, my trek through life, my way to inspire others with my own path of lessons. I learn as much from my hubs as those reading them.

Often I write hubs to get things out of my head and organized in front of me so that inspiration you may get from my work, rest assured it hits me the same way. Sometimes I'm surprised I wrote it because it feels like someone else did a month later when I read my own work again! This shows how information in your head can cloud your judgment, your awareness and so forth. I write like I'm explaining it to someone else but it is very personal to me too.

My second account SamurWriter is more about my business with adsense sites, although also personal this is more about getting link-backs to my sites, but this account is also deemed the test SEO account for this very site your on. All hubs on my first account were not written with SEO or making money in mind, but this account is. I wanted to have an account that I applied the same principals I teach here in so this account will stand for the example, the proof that this works. I may be here teaching the path but as I build this site I am myself walking the path too. There are many differences in knowing the path, and walking it. When this site is fully established I will have walked it as well as known it.

You should make this at least a decision you take a whole day to think out

I implore you to take a day to figure it all out. Read the hubs linked herein and discover the best ways to pick a Name. If later you decide your something else realize your name will become associated with the theme of self you've created. Your hub author name will become all that your hubs have shown you to be so its not that big a deal in the end, however you should pick a name that is cleaver and memorable, unique and even cute. Your Hub Author name is your brand and your hubs are selling yourself to that brand and to the other people.

If you choose a name that is unusual or that people may not get right away, I see this a lot in license plate names, write a paragraph up in your profile and possibly write a whole hub to explain the back story of your name. This brings notoriety and can really give people a deeper look into you. When they read your story and see your name the two will synergistically become one, it will do much for your fan base, as people will connect with you on a deeper level and really understand who you are.

I suggest your name be something passionate to you, something you can write a whole hub on, something that will connect your fans and readers to you, after all in the end you want  of fans so your work gets read and of course ads get clicked based on traffic!

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