We’re looking for you: all of us. Sometimes we need to call, sometimes we need to have something delivered, and sometimes we want to mail you some money. You are hard to find. It’s annoying.

Most of us now use Google like we used to use the phone book. We use it to find phone numbers, street addresses, and email addresses. We type in your name and sometimes add your city or occupation.

If your name doesn’t pop up near the top of the results, we get frustrated. Now we’ve got to do more to find you than we planned. I know, I know, it’s a very First World problem, but it’s our reality.

You can pay someone in the search engine optimization field a pile of money to get your name near the top of the results for searches on your name. That’s an option that often works, but it can really get expensive.

Alternatively, you can try BrandYourself. It’s in the business of helping individuals, not businesses, rank well for their names. The site will—for free—help you manage your personal website, LinkedIn page, or a free BrandYourself profile page toward the top of the search engine results. It’s demystified the process and gives you step-by-step guidance to help you get the recognition you need. It also offers free tools to monitor your progress.

BrandYourself won’t solve every problem, and it won’t help you win the battle on competitive keywords on Google. It will, however, help you get your name up there where it belongs, and it does it at the perfect price: free.

When we come looking for you, don’t hide. Make it easy for us to find you. Try BrandYourself and see whether you move right on up to the top.