Next Time, Think About Your Username

Brad, thanks for the tip. I hadn't seen this one before.

I wish I'd have found this post prior to my signing up.  It should be required reading prior to setting up a profile.

Great post! I just signed up for AR yesterday and I thought very carefully about my user name. I chose "dallastexas" as my user name to identify what city I sell real estate in.

Is there anything else I should have added to my user name or is "dallastexas" enough to help with SEO? Is my username too general? Thanks for the help-

Maribeth Peters - Dallas, Texas

I would also like to change my username.  I had no idea it would be seen by the public!  I'm going to rate this post/flag/whatever and hope our AR people find it... *wish*

When I signed up for AR, the instructions on the Sign Up Form stated the following...

"The first step to creating your profile on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network is signing up for a free account. Simply fill out the information below, and a confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided, containing a link to finish create your public profile.

Choose a user name carefully, as it will also determine the final location of your profile.

For example: If your user name is "mattshomes" the url will be http://activerain.com/mattshomes"

This text may have been added recently to the Sign Up Form but this helped me strategically think about what my username should be. I signed up for "dallastexas" as my username instead of my usual "maribethpeters". Hope this helps-

thanks brad. I had to think for a while on getting a good one for my site www.huntsvillepr.com are there unique user name builders out there?

Brad - I think you have opened a can of worms my friend.  I never gave it a second thought when creating user ids on here or any site.  There should definitely be some way AR can make it possible for us to log in and change our user ID on our profile page.

I also checked your post on Social Networking Sites. I always learn so much from your posts.  I try to read as many as I can every day.  Thanks for being such an integral part of this communty.

Great stuff.  I too wish I had known this prior to signing up with AR.  I guess I will know better from now on.  I have read a couple of your blogs now, and they are very informative.  I'm new to all this, so thanks much for enlightening me.

I also just learned that you need to be signed in to AR to leave comments that generate points!  Duhh!  Sorry for the duplication.

Ok questions never answered.  Can we change our user name.

Pam Conley, Coldwell Banker Burnet, Apple Valley, mn

Great post I will have to remember this as I always use the same old login.

DID ANYONE ANSWER IF/HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE A USERNAM WITHIN AR WITHOUT LOSING ALL OUR POINTS????

I did not know that!  That is a really good tip, thanks!

Brad, I am late in reading this but really appreciate the information in the post.

I too never gave it a second thought when creating usernames here or on any site, and it seems like I have scoured AR for this answer.  There should definitely be some way AR can make it possible for us to change our user ID --I''m seeing this question over and over, and I see a couple of replies from you to folks on this piece Brad.  But lately, where are you?  Have you a way to close this "can of worms?"  Thanks again

btw, do you twitter?  You should :-)