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Solidify Your Brand with
Alternate Author Names

Discover the value of using pen names to manage your multiple brands.

At EzineArticles we call them alternate author names. You've probably heard them referred to as pen names, allonyms, nom de plumes or pseudonyms. Whatever you call them, they're essentially the different unique names that authors use as bylines for their written materials. Each name is used in association with a particular writing style, genre, audience or niche, depending on the needs of the author.

In this video, I'll help you understand the primary reasons why you might want to consider using alternate author names in your article marketing plan: To maintain your brand integrity, build your Expert Author credibility and foster brand loyalty.

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Key Points in this Video:

Each niche you write about is basically a different brand.
If you write in multiple niches, you're managing multiple brands.
Good branding increases your credibility and the readers' brand loyalty.
Confusing your brands can hurt your credibility as an Expert Author.
Create alternate author names, each branded to a niche you write in.
Use variations of your real name as your alternate author names.
Have only one topic or brand associate with one name.

How to Create an Alternate Author Name:

Log in to your EzineArticles member account
Select "Edit Author Names" from the "Profile Manager" drop-down menu
Scroll down the page to "Add an Alternate Author Name"
Click on the "Alternate Author Name Terms of Service" link to review the TOS
Click on the "I agree to the Alternate Author Name Terms of Service" check box
Type your alternate author name in the field labeled "Name to Add"
Click

For more information on creating and using effective pen names, plus a fun cartoon, check out this Blog post.

If creating alternate author names will help you better manage your brand, then by all means use them! Just make sure that you continue to build each of your individual brands by writing more high-quality, original articles under each of those pen names.

Any questions? If so, leave a comment:
http://blog.EzineArticles.com/2010/02/solidify-your-brand-with-alternate-author-names.html

To Your Article Writing/Marketing Success & Passion!

Marc, Communications Manager
http://EzineArticles.com/

PS: If your niche has anything to do with Internet Marketing, our videos could be just the ticket for keeping your website visitors around longer while leveraging our Article Writing & Marketing free video training library! Find out more in yesterday's Blog.

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I became an EzineArticles.com Expert Author back in 2008. I was skeptical about this marketing strategy as a resume writer since my business is in a narrow niche. So, my approach was to write higher quality info articles that would truly benefit my readers. It worked well.

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200% increase in website visit time.
258% increase in return website traffic.
100% increase in conversion rate.
170 info articles posted again on websites.
Many new clients from the U.S. and Canada.

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