Comments on: One Name or Two? Let’s Find Out

By: Robert Ripper

Robert Ripper — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:22:36 +0000

My twitter account is derived from my blog’s domain name for branding purposes. I’m targeting a specific audience with specific interest and I’d like to establish my online presence for this niche under a single brand only.

By: Laura Pence

Laura Pence — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:22:13 +0000

I maintain two separate accounts. My first @JainaSolo13, is for personal use. My hobbies include following movies, sports, computers, religion and politics, the last two of which can be pretty controversial. I have a second account for my business, which I keep strictly professional, where I tweet about Social Networking and Marketing. The only crossover between the two is local networking and social events news. Some people choose to follow only one account, but many choose to follow both. I have found it easy to maintain them both using mainly Hootsuite and Twittelator.

By: Denny Ch Pratama

Denny Ch Pratama — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:54:56 +0000

Here is my opinion:
Create multiple accounts. One personal account with your own name and other use niche websites for each account username.

The reason is, a personal account used to chit-chat and talk about everything with a friend or colleague, and another account for your business, using the domain for your user name because by using the domain name was clearly seen what’s inside of your twitetr and by using domain name for username it’s used for keywording too.

And oh, i agree that people don’t want to hear about more than one topic from the same person.

By: Franzi

Franzi — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:44:11 +0000

I’m tweeting from several accounts now. For different reasons. 1) I tweet in 3 languages (English, Italian and French); 2) I deal with different topics and I don’t feel like spamming people with news they’re not interested with.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:06:18 +0000

Use HootSuite and it’s easy to manage multiple Twitter accounts, you can cross tweet easily. It works for me.

By: J

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:48:05 +0000

I would definitely agree with Nathan Hangen.I like to follow a person on Twitter who reveals any aspect of his life/any insight on any subject .Of course,I like to follow those who share my passions as well.
Personally,I use a pseudonym ID(so that I can be entirely frank if I choose to ) and tweet about investing,chess,some aspects of my personal life,….

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:28:54 +0000

Good points in the comments, and I agree for the most part. I started with my own name, and then moved into a few niche accounts.

However, I’m not sure I agree that people don’t want to hear about more than one topic from the same person. I think that’s part of what makes people unique and different from everyone else in their stream.

By: Clay Ward

Clay Ward — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:45:50 +0000

I’m tweeting from 4 different accounts now. Primarily I’m tweeting about procrastination and time management. But I have other interests that I want to express as well. Separating accounts makes me feel like I’m not spamming people with news that they’re uninterested in.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:36:55 +0000

I just use one id. I changed my id to match my shop and blog name. I don’t have time to keep up with 2 twitter accounts, I can barely keep up with one. I use the same one for business and personal.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:28 +0000

I’m using two twitter accounts, for one I’m using my surname (it’s the official account) and for second, I’m using domain name, because it’s a part of my blog in some way.