It all starts with your name, and your company name. So the question for today is, what are you doing to protect them?

Most of you are going to answer that you are doing solid, ethical business and keeping everything on the up and up. Which is what most companies actually think. If you don’t do anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. But that’s not necessarily true. We get calls from new clients almost daily that thought the same thing. But they were wrong. Because it’s not just ticked off clients that write bad stuff about you online my friends. It can come from places you least expect. › Continue reading…

Internet slander is on the rise, and with it, a lot of questions about what slander really is, and isn’t. So today we’re going to go over it as much as possible.

Now first, let me say that I’m not an attorney, nor do I claim to be. These explanations are what I understand to be true, but if you are considering a defamation case in a court of law you are going to want to consult an attorney that specializes in this area. This blog is about reputation management and our goal is to help people dealing with online slander. › Continue reading…

One of the first things that comes to mind when you find negative reviews on Ripoff Report is to take them to court, especially when you find out that they will never remove the content they have on their website.

But it’s also true that they can hide behind several laws that protect them, so you may not receive the remedy you want from the judicial system. Everywhere you look online you can read complaints about users trying to get unfounded ripoff reports removed, allegedly resulting in a sort of ‘extortion’ by the site owners to join some kind of program they have. Not my words, you can do a Google search and find plenty of ticked of people screaming that the whole Ripoff Report setup is a scam to pull in memberships. › Continue reading…

An online attack on your brand, your personal, or your corporate reputation can happen at any time. Completely without warning. The internet is full of websites like Ripoff Report, My 3 Cents, ShamScam, and the likes that allow users to post whatever they like, without validation, about anyone they like.

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When it comes down to it, business owners often don’t know what, if anything, is being said about them, their company, their products, or services they offer. Many just continue business as usual each day without ever bothering to check on what is going on online.

That is, until one of their clients brings a negative piece to their attention…..

Then it surprises you more than a slap in the face, often taking you completely off guard with absolutely nothing to say. Not a good position to be in at all. Nope, you need to be aware of what the world is saying about you in order to protect your hard earned business reputation. And that means monitoring what they are saying about you online.

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