Why Don’t You Tell Me, What’s in a Name?

What's in a name right? I'm sitting here writing this guest post and while you read it I want you to ask yourself, What's in a name, more importantly what's in your name. If you can take a pen and write down the first 10 things that come into your head when saying your name.

Our name represents who we are and what we stand for. If you mention my name to many bloggers online some words that come to mind are, social media marketer, entrepreneur, nice guy, Blog Engage owner, and perhaps others I don't like to admit. (lol) The point is our name is important and in fact there's a lot in a name.

Branding

When people start to know us by name we start to build an online brand. Everything we do is going to affect this brand, what it represents and what others think about it. It's up to us to build the brand we want and to influence the opinion of others about ourselves. This is nothing new we do this every day of our lives except some forget to apply it online and specifically with blogging.

The Message

What is our message, what do people that meet us take from our activity together.

Do they pass on the message we are trying to relay to others?

It's very important for people you meet to fully understand what your intentions are or what your message is. This is going to be the determining factor to whether or not a relationship will be created. It will also reflect the idea others have of us so it's very important to get our message across fast and clearly.

We are in control

We create these feelings and have the power to be whatever we want to be online. You can be the nice guy, smart a$$, techno geek, Mr. Know-it-all, my point is it's up to you with regards to what you want to be, the sky's the limit. Take control of your online identity and make it everything you want it to be. Just be sure to get the right message across in the beginning as it will have a major affect on your success or potentially create more work for you in the end.

Change is good

Change, under normal circumstances is a good thing. When you bring change you have one thing to remember, you must be consistent. If your changing your blog profile information, change it on all your guest blogging sites, if your adding a new picture make sure to update it on all your social networks, if your changing our message make sure all your visitors receive it and more importantly understand it. Change is good, if it's consistent!

So if you ask me what's in name, I would say everything you are, everything you work towards and stand for online is in a name. How important in your name? Do you work hard at creating your message or building your online identity? Tell me in a comment below, if someone was to say your name, what would they say about you?