Consistency is important when going through branding or rebranding exercises. To ensure the highest level of visibility for your company or client, you need to have a steady presence across all web channels.
With the popularity of social media it can be difficult to secure your company’s desired username. Before making any fundamental naming decisions be sure to check availability across all platforms.
As you go through the branding brainstorm process checking Twitter, Facebook, Digg, WordPress, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. for availability is extremely time consuming, but necessary.
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