What if I just want to use if for my blogs and my online marketing? I was thinking of keeping it only a professional level and not personal.I think using a name or not on social media depends on the site and one's opinion. but for Facebook I think it's good one uses the real name because you will interacting your family and friends and not necessarily total stranger.others can make do with one's nickname or alias.
Is it then better to promote everything through your real name and not a business or blog name? This will make it easier for people to want to follow me?If you're using social accounts for fun or for connecting with your people, then it's okay to not to have any real names or even full names on these. But if you're trying to sell yourself as a product, or as a brand then it is important that you provide your real names. People feel more closeness when they know the real person. When selling or promoting products or services or even yourselves when using social media, it is very important that people know the real you. This way they are more likely to connect to your cause. Who will feel closeness to a remote personality if they try to go anonymous about everything? People always look to search for more information for their interests, and that applies even to the persons or brands they know of.
I should then create a pen name maybe and use that? This might help with privacy too.It depends actually. I use my real name for personal account. As for my writer's account, I use my pen name which is a shorter version of my full name. It's better to not put your real name if possible. You can opt to put nicknames or even pet names instead.
Yes, if you're comfortable with it use your real name. But if you think you want to promote yourself using a pseudonym as is the case in writing profession, or as a brand name, then you could opt for that also. In both cases, however, it's advisable to use something legit and genuine kind of name and not something rather illusory. You'd like to stick to the who, what, and where of the name. You could also check with the names before using them. Always prefer and choose names that sound legit and so people could relate to them. They will feel closeness to names that they could relate to. For example consider the brand name, KFC (which is short for Kentucky Fried Chicken). See how it works. It's simple yet effective.Is it then better to promote everything through your real name and not a business or blog name? This will make it easier for people to want to follow me?