My name was Melissa Brown and when I got Married I changed it to Melissa King ...that was great! But the only problem I have it there is another Melissa King in my Home town and everyone who does not remember or know I got Married think's my work is the other girls in town!
Well, I dont suppose you would change your name (again) just for the sake of photography. I don't have that problem, but if I was you I would use hmm....say... Melissa Brown-King. I don't know, just an idea. Both the last names are short so it's not such a mouth full, if it was me it would be a heck of a last name!
Well, I dont suppose you would change your name (again) just for the sake of photography. I don't have that problem, but if I was you I would use hmm....say... Melissa Brown-King. I don't know, just an idea. Both the last names are short so it's not such a mouth full, if it was me it would be a heck of a last name!
June
I design website, and on the bottom of the sites I have ( Copyright (c) Melissa King) and people in my town thinks it is the other person
My name was Melissa Brown and when I got Married I changed it to Melissa King ...that was great! But the only problem I have it there is another Melissa King in my Home town and everyone who does not remember or know I got Married think's my work is the other girls in town!
What should I do
Melissa
I have a similar problem, I was born and raised in Colorado but now live in Illinois. About a year ago a friend was doing a web search for Scott Bacon to see if my web page showed up and he found a photographer..Scott Bacon...IN Colorado. His photos surpass my wildest imagination and ability; so when I did my website I included my middle name to hopefully keep from getting my beginner stuff confused with his professional beautiful work. Maybe just for business reasons you could hypen your name Melissa Brown-King? Good luck
How about instead of just using Melissa King, try Melissa [middle name] King? Sooner or later everyone will start to recognize you by all three names instead of just the confusing two.
Update your copywrite to have a hyperlink to your BIO including information on who/where you are. Offer your customers a one-time quick up date to their site on some minor issues in order to take advantage of updating your copywrite info.
or choose a psuedonym that works for you and start building that reputation.
Melissa Anne King. There's nothing wrong with that. Why not use it? At least it's better than Melissa Gertrude King. (My apologies to anyone named Gertrude)
Well, that's up to you. Have you ever had a name you really liked? I remember when I was a kid I loved the Name Jason Bourne (yes from the books and a long time before the movies).
However once the movie came out I admit I stopped liking it so much.
I've always been partial to the female name April (admittedly I had a crush on a girl named April when I was a kid).
In all honesty, why not just use your maiden name? There are a lot of people that have done that (just don't ask me to back that up with facts).
