User Name Check – A very cool tool

I came across a handy little toy the other day that has some interesting applications for those playing in social spaces for fun and profit… It’s called; User Name Check.com

This funky little application searches a TON of the more popular social media, networking, book marking and multi-media websites to see if a given username has been taken. While that is, on the surface, pretty cool… there are a few things your can do with it such as;

Researching company/website names – if you are starting a new company or website, you could definitely use this in co-ordination with domain name research to ensure the best possible choices. If there are SMM elements in your marketing plan, certainly something to look into.

Securing all profiles for SMM campaigns – obviously if you have a new client/business/website and are including elements of a social media marketing campaign, this tool is wicked handy. There are so many listed that it makes securing all the relevant ones a much easier task. It also helps when researching the potential usernames to ensure you get one that is fairly Virgin across the majors.

Researching targets for marketing campaigns – let’s say you’re crafting some link bait and want to target various social media influencers, this tool would be great to stalk them and really understand what types of content might appeal to them. Cyber stalking is made easy with this little bad boy.

Monitor the competition – you can also use it to keep a close eye on the competition by identifying profiles and setting up some monitoring.

This little toy should definitely find its way into your social media marketing toolbox; great for business and stalking too…

(Note; in early testing there were some bugs and false/positives noticed by Andy, so be sure to double check listings while the bugs are being squashed)

Have a great weekend!

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5 comments to “ User Name Check – A very cool tool ”

1. # 1 Gary has said:
   November 15th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

   Great tool!
   Thanks!

2. # 2 Bingo has said:
   November 21st, 2008 at 12:37 pm

   Yes it’s little but nice site to know about particular profile exist or not in different bookmarking and networking sites.

3. # 3 Makemeprofit.biz has said:
   November 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

   Great tool let the brain storming begin

   Doc Sholas
   Webmaster

4. # 4 real estate has said:
   January 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am

   Now that is one very handy little tool.

   I am doing social bookmarking in a big way and the good usernames are often taken but there are still many gems to be mined.

   Really appreciate the heads up..thanks

   Andrew. Australia

5. # 5 Madonna Lay has said:
   July 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am

   a very good tool for people such as I who use a unique profile UID and maybe worried someone has snaged it to open account on line just to cause trouble. Madonna Lay; Pensacola, Florida