Social Media and Privacy

Pew recently released some interesting findings about social media, which show that more people are taking control of their online reputation management. Deleting Friends One interesting stat shows that 63% of respondents have deleted people from their “friends” list, up from 56% in 2009. 67% of women say they have deleted friends, compared to 58% [...]

Web Visibility

We have written many posts about how online reputation management impacts your business, but today we will focus on one particular benefit: Web Visibility Your business has a lot to gain by increasing its web visibility. Think about all the business lost when customers search for a particular service or product you offer but go [...]

Local Google Search

These days, local search is becoming more and more important as local businesses try to attract new customers within their location. This post will tell you all that you need to know about the rise of: Local Google Search We have already focused quite a bit on the importance of having good online reviews. Nearly [...]

Social Media Reputation

Today is the final day of Privacy Awareness Week 2012, so hopefully you have picked up on many tips for improving your online privacy and managing your online reputation through our blog posts or the articles we have shared and re-tweeted on Twitter (@Reputation911.) All week we ran a blog series that dealt with cleaning [...]

Twitter Clean Up

As a follow-up to our popular post, Clean up Your Online Profile, we have created a blog series about cleaning up online profiles. Today we will provide tips for a successful: Twitter Clean Up The major social media networks have often been described in this way: Facebook is what you use to keep in touch [...]

Marketing with LinkedIn

As a follow-up to our popular post, Clean up Your Online Profile, we have created a blog series about cleaning up online profiles.  Today’s post focuses on cleaning up your LinkedIn so that you will achieve effective: Marketing with LinkedIn The internet has completely changed the way we socialize, with Facebook and Twitter being some of the [...]

Cleaning up Facebook

As a follow-up to our popular post, Clean up Your Online Profile, we have created a blog series about cleaning up online profiles. Today’s topic:  Cleaning up Facebook                Facebook started as a site for college kids to socialize with their friends, but these days it is not uncommon for [...]

3 Reasons Your Online Reputation Management Strategy Needs Online Reviews

Online reviews are the new word of mouth marketing. With the plethora of online reviews sites it is easy for a business or professional to lose track of online reviews. Since nearly 97% of customers search for a product or service online before buying, a bad online reputation on these review sites can seriously hurt [...]

How to Use Social Media for Online Reputation Management

Social media can be used in more ways than just communicating with your friends and family. Some social media sites create personal pages and get more traffic than the average website. Using the same search engine optimization strategies as optimizing a website, you can repurpose certain sites to help you take control of your first [...]

Internet Privacy: 3 Ways to Keep Your Information Safe Online

From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn to blogs, everyone leaves a digital trail as they browse the web. Most of the time, you don’t realize how much of your information is freely available online until it is too late: sites such as Spokeo, MyLife aggregate all your information online and any website where you login [...]