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02/10/2005 07:50:28 AM · #1

Ok, I need some help

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

Bolti

Canon EOS-5D

02/10/2005 07:55:29 AM · #2

Divorce?

Realy it can't be all that bad...

Tell people?

Another idea! Live with it :P

Chiqui

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Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

02/10/2005 07:56:19 AM · #3

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

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/10/2005 07:56:55 AM · #4

Originally posted by Bolti:

Divorce?

Realy it can't be all that bad...

Tell people?

Another idea! Live with it :P

Not Divorced....Married and Happy!

Just have 2 Melissa King's In the same small town

Melissa

Message edited by author 2005-02-10 07:57:09.

Fleximus

Canon EOS-50D

02/10/2005 07:58:34 AM · #5

How about letting people know in your history.

By the way, your website looks great.

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02/10/2005 07:59:11 AM · #6

Originally posted by chiqui74:

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

Melissa

colda

Nikon D800

02/10/2005 07:59:52 AM · #7

Contact a local newspaper and make a story of it, advertisment and clarification in one :)

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02/10/2005 08:00:17 AM · #8

Originally posted by Fleximus:

How about letting people know in your history.

By the way, your website looks great.

thank you

What about the websites I design?
what will I do for them?

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

02/10/2005 08:04:05 AM · #9

Originally posted by melking23:

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

blemt

Nikon D70

02/10/2005 08:21:33 AM · #10

You oculd use Melissa Brown professionally? Or use your middle name.

Clara

02/10/2005 08:23:20 AM · #11

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.

02/10/2005 08:28:09 AM · #12

what do you think of using Melissa King (nee Brown)

02/10/2005 08:29:36 AM · #13

To be honest.....It looks and sounds a little strange. I think it's mostly because of the "nee" part. All I can think of is Monty Python. Sorry.

02/10/2005 08:30:09 AM · #14

Yeah, no good...what's your middle name?

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02/10/2005 08:30:41 AM · #15

anne

Arcanist

Nikon D810

02/10/2005 08:31:31 AM · #16

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.

02/10/2005 08:32:16 AM · #17

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)

02/10/2005 08:32:38 AM · #18

Melissa Anne King sounds like a very professional name! I like it a lot!

02/10/2005 08:33:35 AM · #19

Actually a psuedonym isn't a bad idea either. My wife uses one in her writing. Why not use one for photography?

02/10/2005 08:34:07 AM · #20

Originally posted by NathanW:

Actually a psuedonym isn't a bad idea either. My wife uses one in her writing. Why not use one for photography?

like what?

02/10/2005 08:35:50 AM · #21

Originally posted by melking23:

Originally posted by NathanW:
Actually a psuedonym isn't a bad idea either. My wife uses one in her writing. Why not use one for photography?

like what?

Robert Zimmerman.

02/10/2005 08:36:32 AM · #22

I really really like Melissa Anne King. It sounds like a pseudonym already...it flows really well!

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02/10/2005 08:37:57 AM · #23

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).

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

02/10/2005 08:38:43 AM · #24

I agree with the suggestion to start using Melissa Anne King instead.

If a lot of your business involves face to face work with clients, include a small picture of you in the About page of your website.