**That's It! I'm going to change my username. Help me decide and win free SBD.**

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## **I've Had It!**
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That's it! I've had it with this stupid username.

If you read my post **[How My Very First SteemIt Move Was So Wrong & Will Affect My Entire SteemIt Career](https://steemit.com/busy/@mike314-0005/how-my-very-first-steemit-move-was-so-wrong-and-will-affect-my-entire-steemit-career)** you know how I got stuck with this impossible username.

The big problem is that SteemIt usernames are stored on the Blockchain and can't be changed. As a result, if I want another username, I'll have to create a completely new account en transfer all my earnings, while giving up the reputation score I worked so hard for (at one point it was all the way down to 11).
I still have to figure out the whole process, but I'm going to do it... for sure.
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Up until yesterday, I was still doubting whether to go on using this username or not. It's an impossible, hard-to-remember and easy-to-misspell username, but it seemed like such a hassle to go through all the trouble of migrating everything to a new account.
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## **The Tipping Point**

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3 days ago, I decided to make a new introduction post, this time with a picture that could be used for verification. I don't really like putting pictures of myself online, but hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gtta do, right?

So I decided I wanted a pattern we have on the wall in our living room as a background. I ended climbing up my desk, moving everything around,... believe me it was kind of a hassle (especially since I have severe back problems).

It was only when I was uploading the picture that I realized... 
#### **I had misspelled my own username!!! :-(**

So up the desk I went again... sigh.
Fortunately, the second picture turned out to be a lot better :-)
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But that was the point where I realized I should just make the change. This username wasn't going to do it for me.
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## **Choosing Is Difficult**
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But now I have to decide which username I do want.
To be noticed and remembered on social media, you need a good username, preferably one that is catchy, niche-related and easy-to-remember.

I've been thinking about it for 3 days, and I simply can't decide...

* I originally signed up for SteemIt to blog about cryptocurrencies, but quickly realized I'm no match for all the crypto-pros on this platform. So the name ***BitcoinVideosPro*** - which is the name of my website - does not cover the load, since I blog about many different topics.
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* Then I liked the idea of maybe having a SteemIt related username. I like ***Steemwise*** because it can be interpreted in so many different ways ánd it reminds me of Pennywise, the clown from Stephen King's 'IT', which is one of my favorite books. But then again... the fact that I'm writing this post proves that I may be a lot, but definitely not 'wise'...
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* Which brought me back to ***simplymike***, which is a nickname I once came up with to make 2 different points: I'm not a very simple person, but what you see is what you get. No B.S. 
This username seems to have it all: it's short, catchy, easy to remember,...
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I was about to go for it, when I realized  I could also go for the plain, boring but not unknown name ***Mike.Janssens***. I have been using this name for over 10 years when I was still in internet marketing. And although at first glance it looks like there aren't many people from that niche present here on SteemIt, I assume there are more than I think. The fact that there aren't many marketing-related posts, doesn't mean the marketeers are not there.... 
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I know @jerrybanfield has been in internet marketing once. Today I looked up and found @kurttasche. 
They may not know who I am, because back then they were the big fish, and I was more like a medium-sized fish.  

#### But that does mean there were plenty of little fish that did know my name.


On top of that, it's the name that's on my Facebook profile...
So it might not sound very good, nor is it very catchy or original (in my country this is a very common name, something like 'John Smith' in the UK), but it might bring in more followers than all the other ones...
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## The Contest
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I really Want **YOUR** opinion on this.
So I decided to **give away the SBD** I earn from this post to 2 randomly chosen upvoters (each will get half).

Below, you'll find 3 comments, each for one possible username.

#### To be eligible to win the prize, you should 

#### 1. Upvote this post
#### 2. Upvote the comment with the username you think is best. 
(You can use your slider for this and use a 1% vote if you want. If you're a minnow, and you don't have your 'real' slider yet, get one by installing the **[Steemplus Browser Extension](https://steemit.com/steem/@steem-plus/steemplus-extension-now-available-on-chrome-opera-and-firefox)** or use the **[esteem](https://steemit.com/esteem/@good-karma/esteem-ios-v1-5-0-activity-manager-58-languages-keyword-search-many-more-99e87d94f3e02) mobile app**.
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Of course you can make suggestions too ;-)
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The SBD will be divided and sent to 2 randomly chosen upvoters when the payout for this post is made, 7 days from now.
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