What comes up when they search your name?


Howdy Reader!

Kirk Nugent tried to buy kirknugent.com and couldn't. Another Kirk Nugent, a poet and speaker, already owned it.

So Kirk added his middle initial, took a nickname nobody else has, the Geek Speaker Preacher, and started deciding for himself what shows up when people search for him.

Most of us have never looked. Kirk does this for a living, and it still happened to him.

Today we're sitting down with Kirk, an online video coach and former IT executive whose career ran from NASA to a university CIO job. He now runs a program that audits and rebuilds people's digital footprints.

We're exploring:

→ How to tell whether your footprint is intentional or abandoned
→ What to do when AI or someone with your name gets you wrong
→ Kirk's four steps for closing the visibility gap
→ What to do the day you find a fake account using your name

​Join us live TODAY, Friday, September 18 at 10 AM Central​

See ya there!
​
-Jeff

P.S. Kirk has toured his studio on Ecamm's own channel, and Ecamm is what we use to make this show every week. If you want better live video without rebuilding your setup, get 15% off your first Ecamm purchase by using the code JEFF15.​

Jeff Sieh

Jeff is an international speaker and visual marketing consultant. He hosts the Social Media News Live show and podcast and is also the editor for Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People Podcast. He is also "Head Beard" at Manly Pinterest Tips.

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