Using Your Business or Domain Name

I touched on this earlier and I will mention it again. You can use your domain or business name as your username and you can fill in that business or domain name in the Name text box on the Settings page for your account. However if you do, be sure to include your name in the 160-character "Bio" text box on the Settings page for your Twitter profile. It is all about branding and just like you will want to have an About Me page on your website, you should fill in the Bio section of your Twitter account using your actual name.

Important to Note

Your Twitter username has power and influence on SEO which translates to how close to the top of a search results list you will appear in a search engine. If you're using your domain or business name, consider using a valuable keyword as your Twitter name. Ranking is everything.



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AlexEvans Premium Plus
Hi Steph , a timely tutorial thank you. Practical information.
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stephhill Premium Plus
Thank you Alexander!
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2Al Premium
Steph, I'm using my name as my username. Thank you for sharing.
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stephhill Premium Plus
You are most welcome. :)
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Give It A Go Premium
Hi Steph. Thanks for this training. I just recently opened my twitter account and managed to be able to use my name with an underscore at least. This was really helpful in terms of understanding how Twitter works in the whole SEO process. I didn't know this so thank you very much. Ange
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stephhill Premium Plus
You are most welcome!
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DeniseOlsen5 Premium
Very good lesson. I actually have a Twitter account, but have not used it for a very long time. I may have to reconsider that now.
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stephhill Premium Plus
I am glad this tutorial was helpful Denise. Have a great day!
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speedicut Premium
Very timely lesson because I just happened to sign up for twitter today.
My nickname locally in the bottled water biz is Water Dude so I'm TheWaterDude@TheWaterDude1 for a lack of something better....I might change it if I can think of something else.
You're right about the 15 characters though...I wanted it to be my website but it is way too long for Twitter.
BTW if anyone wants to follow me I'll have 1 follower!
Thanks Steph!
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stephhill Premium Plus
Hi David:

WOW That is super timely! You just signed up today?! I will be happy to follow you on Twitter. Have an awesome day! Thanks for commenting!

Steph
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