Changing author name...

themolitor said
I think it’s cool it has that double meaning (I.e. “Wilde” being your name and that it sounds like wild). Unless you pronounce your name “will-dee”

Will-dee? I’ve not heard anyone pronounce it like that. It is ‘Wild’ as in ‘born to be wild’ or ‘wild thing’ Like Oscar Wilde.

I like ChristineWilde better than WildeMedia.

JamiGibbs said
From a buyer’s perspective, I like the feeling that I’m getting a product from an actual person. I enjoy the personal touch of a real name (and face). Of course, I can understand the other side of that too. There can be times that using a name that appears to be a larger organization comes off as more professional or trustworthy.

But the thing is, it’s all too common for one person to disguise themselves as a larger company these days. Even if they give the best service and product, I still have this little nagging feeling that it’s one person pretending to be a company. To me that just feels dishonest.

This is totally all my personal opinion and I’m not saying that anyone who does that is dishonest in any way, it’s just the reason that I chose to market myself with my own name and not a company name.

Oh, and you do have a pretty rad name, Christine. You’re one of the lucky few that can have a killer company name (like WildeMedia) and also have a killer personal name (ChristineWilde). Jealous.

Very nice feedback Jami, thank you. Indeed, people got tired of being treated as mass, instead of individuals and marketing is still in the process of digesting that. I probably will head exactly in the direction of a one-man company though, changing my “brand” to something that makes more sense – but that’s because of some business plans and partnership ideas.

So yeah, I guess pretending to be a large company when it’s just you working in your pajamas, for the sole purpose of scratching your ego, might turn against you at some point.

cmt said
So yeah, I guess pretending to be a large company when it’s just you working in your pajamas, for the sole purpose of scratching your ego, might turn against you at some point.

Ha, I agree on that – on the other hand, once you register yourself as self-employed you have the right to call yourself a company, right?
How many people does it need in order to entitle yourself as a “company”? Or is this only about people actually pretending to be like ten-ish persons while they are one?
E.g. we are two regulars and we work at an office daily. I do wear extremely fluffy slippers at the moment, but that’s just for comfort and I do wear pants and all that regular clothing stuff

KarmaThemes said

cmt said
So yeah, I guess pretending to be a large company when it’s just you working in your pajamas, for the sole purpose of scratching your ego, might turn against you at some point.

Ha, I agree on that – on the other hand, once you register yourself as self-employed you have the right to call yourself a company, right?

Yes, the point was that some one-man companies try to deliberately make an impression as if they own a place like this one.