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Toni King February 28, 2010 at 4:47 am

Hi Kimberly,
A little while back I changed my username on both twitter & facebook to marry in with my blog (tonisuggests) However there was one step I was not aware of until reading this post. I had never thought to re-register my old name….I shall get onto that. Thanks for sharing this very useful piece of information. We are so blessed to have you guiding us :) Cheers Toni
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Kimberly Castleberry March 15, 2010 at 4:28 am

Thanks for the great reply Toni!
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Kellie Hosaka March 1, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Wow, this is a very cool thing to know! You are incredible Kim! You really know your technical stuff! Thank you for always sharing with all of us! You are a gem!

Mahalo (thnnk you),
Kellie :0)
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Beth Allen March 1, 2010 at 9:11 pm

As always, very valuable information! Thanks @Ask_KimC! :)

I have a long name as well ~ but atm will continue to just deal with it. But if I change my mind down the road, I know where to head to ensure the transition is painless!
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Don Enck March 1, 2010 at 9:36 pm

Kimberly,
You always have such interesting tips to share from the personal experiences you encounter. Thanks for passing that along to all of those that need to consider implementing it. It’s always exciting to check in and see what’s new in your world and how you pass it along to the rest.

Thanks again for great tips.
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Beth Hewitt March 2, 2010 at 3:38 am

Kim,

This is great information – I think I will be sticking with my username but its always useful to know there is a way to do it which isnt too tricky.

Thanks for the great advice as always :-)

Beth
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Cherrie Bautista from Young And Fabulous March 2, 2010 at 12:39 pm

A friend of mine wanted to change her twitter name but was so afraid of losing followers. Well, I’ll be sending this to her, I’m sure it’ll make her day. Yes, you gotta conserve that 140 characters, it’s really not much for your messages. Thanks for sharing!
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Jacqueline Gates March 2, 2010 at 12:40 pm

How do you always post exactly what I need to know at exactly the right time??
But with a name as long as mine, I’ve definitely hit this problem as I get more involved on Twitter …. but now, thanks to you, I know how to fix it!!
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Lori Thomas-The Hypnovator March 2, 2010 at 7:50 pm

Thanks again Kimberly, for another get Social Media Tip – put into your famous easy steps, making it all so much easier for all of us !!!

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Lori Thomas-The Hypnovator from Motivative Hypnotherapy March 2, 2010 at 7:58 pm

Testing the back link thing with KeywordLuv – Cool, had not done that before.
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Justin Glover March 2, 2010 at 8:23 pm

Great stuff Kim!

I’m glad that I didn’t stick with my original twitter username.

@justingloveristhecoolesttwitteruserintheworld was really hurting my abbility to get retweets. :)

Seriously though, great stuff. Thanks for your contribution! :)
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John Damstra March 2, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Thanks Kimberly. This post came in a timely manner. I have a business client and I manager their twitter account. We recently changed their twitter account name, but we didn’t go back and reclaim the original name. Great advice (as always)!
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Tracey Keefer from Free MLM Help March 3, 2010 at 8:03 am

Kim you never let one down when it comes to great tips and content! Thank you! You now have me thinking about the length of my twitter name and pondering if I should find something shorter? The best part is if I do decide to change it, I can follow your easy to understand advice and get it done in a snap, while still preserving my current name!

Thanks again Kim for making this so easy for all of us!

“Dream, Believe, Become…”
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Val Wilcox March 3, 2010 at 8:55 am

Kimberly,
I always enjoy your informative posts to support us in managing our Social Media pages.

Thanks so much,
Val
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Jan from social media rockstar March 3, 2010 at 8:59 pm

Hey Kim I have been contemplating changing my twitter name to match my blog but thought I would have to start all over so I decided not to do that – and then I read your post! So now I am reconsidering – my twitter name now is janhill123, and somewhere someone said you shouldn’t use numbers in your “twitter handle” so thought I would change it to my blog name askjanhill – so decisions decisions! Thank you for forging ahead and doing this first! Great post.
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Garrett Miller from attraction marketing, network marketing March 4, 2010 at 1:48 am

Wow I didn’t even realize this was possible. At 14 characters, my twitter names feels a little selfish, but all my social media profiles are @garrettcanhelp… Gotta keep it!

Either way, thanks for sharing Kim!

Garrett
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Jose H. Caraballo March 6, 2010 at 1:37 pm

I know many people that have thought about doing this but had no idea how to go about it. They are afraid to lose their following, so they just open a second account. This is definitely a better way!
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Dr Linda Douglas March 9, 2010 at 6:49 pm

Kim:

As always,your indepth knowledge is amazing!

Thanks for showing us a safe way to make Twitter changes and not lose any of our following.

Looking forward to your next words of wisdom!

Take care.
Linda.
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Lisa M Arnold March 12, 2010 at 9:31 pm

Great information Kim! This is good to know and very helpful. Thanks for posting!!
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Kara Grabenhorst April 1, 2010 at 5:43 pm

Hey Kim, I’ve been considering dropping the find off my user name just not sure I’m ready to let go yet. Glad you have shared this great post with so much helpful info. Always know where to turn for great tech guidance!
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Manuel Rangel April 20, 2010 at 11:52 pm

These are all great tips, glad you wrote this and it’s going in my archive :-)

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Kevin M. May 20, 2010 at 8:51 pm

This has been something that I have been thinking about doing for a while now. Thanks for the helpful tips!
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Allegra Sinclair August 10, 2010 at 5:09 pm

You have great timing as usual! This is awesome! I went through this (in a much more clumsy and hair-pulling fashion) a couple weeks ago and managed to break several things in the process. I appreciate your leadership.

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