Should I Claim Social Media Accounts If I Won’t Use Them Right Away?

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Pat Flynn

Business Advice, Marketing, Podcasting, Getting Started, Business Strategy, Business, Small Business, Passive Income, Online Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today's question comes from Diana, who asks about claiming social media handles for her new business. Should she claim social media accounts right away, even though she isn’t planning to use them immediately? Do you have a question about social media? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

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0:00.0	Ask Pat.
0:01.0	Ask Pat.
0:04.0	Ask Pat.com
0:07.0	Dot com.
0:09.0	Ask Pat.
0:10.0	What's up, everybody?
0:12.0	Pat Flynn here and welcome to episode 575 of Ask Pat.
0:15.0	Thank you so much for joining me today.
0:17.0	As always, I'm here to help you by answering your online business questions five days a week.
0:20.0	Okay, here's today's question from Diana.
0:23.4	Hi, Pat.
0:24.5	My name is Diana, and I am a new entrepreneur.
0:27.6	I just bought my first web domain this year, and I wanted to say that your site and your podcasts have been my go-to for what to do next.
0:35.9	Thanks for all you do.
0:37.7	My question is, as a new business,
0:40.4	should I go ahead and reserve my business name on all social and other platforms and media sites,
0:46.7	even if I do not plan to use them at this time?
0:49.8	What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this so early in my business.
0:54.8	Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.
0:58.0	Bye-bye.
0:59.7	Hey, Diana, thank you so much for the question today.
1:01.9	And first of all, congratulations on your brand new business.
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