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Pseudonyms

by craig crawford
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Hey how many of you have used these?
And to what advantage did it do for you personally?
Thanks,
Craig.
#pseudonyms
  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    I used "Caliban Darklock" as a pseudonym for many years before I went and got my name legally changed.

    I generally found that people are distrustful of someone with a pseudonym or DBA, and automatically associate any sort of "alias" with criminal activity. It was a right pain in the arse. I had to jump through hoops with clients, banks, other businesses, paperwork frequently had to be done twice, checks had to be reissued, it was a mess.

    Got it legally changed, and after about six months all the problems went away.
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    • Profile picture of the author JonAlfredsson
      This is so true - Pseudonyms can help you if you have a lot of niches.

      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      I have. 8 of them, at the moment. One for each niche in which I promote products as an affiliate.



      It prevents potential customers in each niche from knowing that I have 7 other niches as well. I think it might detract from my credibility as the owner/presenter of an authority website and expert writer about cauliflower soup recipes if the people on my list of cauliflower soup enthusiasts knew that I'm also the owner/presenter of an authority website and expert writer about biofeedback technology. (Or perhaps more likely vice-versa in that example.) I don't particularly want people reading all my EZA articles about teaching your children how to play the piano looking at my "author profile" their and seeing that I've written twice as many articles about "the inner game of tennis" and so on (for example).

      I use my real name in this and another forum, and for my writing business (which makes getting paid easier). For all my niches, I have a pseudonym. One per niche, not one per product, of course.
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    • Profile picture of the author Melanie Crouse
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      I have. 8 of them, at the moment. One for each niche in which I promote products as an affiliate.



      It prevents potential customers in each niche from knowing that I have 7 other niches as well. I think it might detract from my credibility as the owner/presenter of an authority website and expert writer about cauliflower soup recipes if the people on my list of cauliflower soup enthusiasts knew that I'm also the owner/presenter of an authority website and expert writer about biofeedback technology. (Or perhaps more likely vice-versa in that example.) I don't particularly want people reading all my EZA articles about teaching your children how to play the piano looking at my "author profile" their and seeing that I've written twice as many articles about "the inner game of tennis" and so on (for example).

      I use my real name in this and another forum, and for my writing business (which makes getting paid easier). For all my niches, I have a pseudonym. One per niche, not one per product, of course.
      This is what I do as well. I have 3 psuedonyms that I use in different niches and my real name is what I go by here and in my writing business.

      I agree with Alexa that it takes away credibility if you "appear" to be an expert in several un-related niches.
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  • Profile picture of the author Crew Chief
    Originally Posted by craig crawford View Post

    Hey how many of you have used these?
    And to what advantage did it do for you personally?
    Thanks,
    Craig.
    Some of the biggest names in IM are Pseudonyms.

    David DeAngelo, one of the most popular dating marketers is a pseudonym for IMer Eben W. Pagan.

    The list of people using pseudonyms would astound you.

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  • Profile picture of the author txconx
    Ditto Alexa's reasons.

    I want to be seen as an authority in each niche and pseudonyms help create that impression. Plus, I don't want to leave a huge footprint all over the internet using my actual name.
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