Business Name or Real name?

Beyceo · #1 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 10:08 AM

If you are on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network do you use your real name or your business name?

Govindji_Patel · #2 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 11:12 AM

I use real name in profile and use my business name where ever possible like website url will business name.

Nora · #3 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 12:04 PM

Real name & business name for custom urls.

sequencehosting · #4 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Beyceo

If you are on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network do you use your real name or your business name?

I think it depends on you're niche. For example if you're website was about you're personal tips then it would be better to promote with you're real name.

If you sell web hosting using you're business name is likely a better idea.

Niche · #5 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 04:24 PM

I use my business name. It's just what people who follow my links to my site or blog have to deal with so they might as well start with it

My real name is used on my personal twitter account, same for facebook. Those accounts are for networking with friends not business

I think it's important to keep our business seperate from our personal lives

I see tweets about the holiday in chicago and the kids christmas presents in peoples business twitter account and it's a real turn off.

If you are a lawyer you don't tell you clients about where your wife goes shopping so why should internet business be any different

Nora · #6 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Niche

I use my business name. It's just what people who follow my links to my site or blog have to deal with so they might as well start with it

My real name is used on my personal twitter account, same for facebook. Those accounts are for networking with friends not business

I think it's important to keep our business seperate from our personal lives

I see tweets about the holiday in chicago and the kids christmas presents in peoples business twitter account and it's a real turn off.

If you are a lawyer you don't tell you clients about where your wife goes shopping so why should internet business be any different

Interesting that you mention you have a separate account for your business. I never understood why people do that.

When adding websites to social networks I like knowing that the person behind the website is just a regular person. When people update with only content related to their product, such as lots of celebrities do on Twitter & Facebook, it makes me feel uncomfortable. Isn't social networking intended so you can get to know more people and communicate instead of signing up to news related to their business? I find it a turn-off when people don't tweet about their personal lives. It makes me feel like I'm only part of their squeeze-money-out-of-these-people group.

I also don't think you can compare it to regular jobs because I'd have no reason to follow my lawyer or doctor on social networks to begin with. Websites worth adding to social networks aren't just about the content of those sites, the team behind it and how entertaining they are is equally important.

alanwalters · #7 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 02:06 AM

I use business name for everything related to work,use real name for personal things.

here2read · #8 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 05:41 AM

I feel its better to have two accounts one for business and other personal..

coolzin20 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 08:01 PM

I use Real name on Facebook and Twitter..

Geekdout · #10 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009, 08:29 PM

I usually use my business or site name but the more I say here and thought about it, if your running a blog, wouldn't it make more sense to use your own name. Kind of makes the site sound more personal? And may give more people the feeling of knowing/connecting with you a little bit better.