Allison Reynolds the Movie? You might have noticed the video I have just posted ( Allison Reynolds the Movie ) and wondered “what on earth is she doing?!?!?!”.
To recap, I have been working to ensure that my blog ranks #1 for the Google search term Allison Reynolds.
For many of you out there that might not be an issue as you have unusual names, or there is not that much in the way of competition, or you have some awesome backlinking going on. But woe is me, my name happens to coincide with that of a character from an 80′s cult movie and that means I have some pretty stiff competition from fan sites and entertainment trivia type sites.
It is pretty important to your internet image to be able to be instantly found by a search for your name. Sure it may seem like a huge vanity trip to be fighting for that #1 position, yet when you think about how hard names are protected in business you should realise that your name is a huge part of your “brand”.
Exhibit A
Allison Reynolds makes the grade
After 6 months the blog has worked its way up from position 7-9 to position 1 & 2 according to SEO type measurement (yay!!!!) . For the average punter looking for my name there are those two pesky YouTube videos at the top. Hmm, how does one get around those two. Well first is to have some competition against them, which means….videos.
If you search YouTube for Allison Reynolds this is what you will see
Allison Reynolds YouTube Search
Now I Have a video up there from a year ago for my fund-raising activities and I am going to leave that doing what it does. What I need now is something that can be linked to the blog and possibly get a leg up from the blog’s authority. You will note that to get to top position in YouTube I need to get 17k+ views and 5 stars. Well when people catch on that there is one frame in my video of me totally naked I am sure I will grab a few more views (that is totally a joke …. maybe).
Until then it will be same old, same old. Building more authority, and I am an expert in me 
Planned and executed my exit from the corporate world. Walked away with a 6 figure payment to boot.
I feel for you. I feel more for me since my name is Susan Lewis. Not only a TV character, but an author, doctor, Olympian and a bunch of others. Sigh. So I don’t even bother to try to rank for my name (although I just discovered my LinkedIn profile is #3. Weird.) I use my full name or my common log-in name of Lewister on everything. Rocking those.