Reputation

Last Night, I Dreamed That I Was Goldman Sachs' Social Media Manager...

April Rudin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Reputation, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Crisis Communications, Online Reputation, Public Relations, Social Media, Google +, Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, Media News

One of the stories pinging around on the Internet a couple of weeks ago was Goldman Sachs' plan to hire a social media community manager. While most c...

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Are You Prepared To Die?

Bethany St. James | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Diary of an Aspiring New Yorker, Mortality, Reputation, Business, Goals, Spirituality, Deception, Funeral, Death, Healthy Living News

How will I be remembered by those who knew me? What will my legacy be? When asking yourself those questions, do you like the answers?

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2012 Reputation Checklist

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Bp, Reputation, Online Reputation, News Corp., Reputation Management, Weber Shandwick, Business Social Media, reputation.com, Business, Crisis Communications, Brands, 2012, Business News

Reputation will always continue to matter but for reasons that are less financially-based than in the past.

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5 Key Questions to Ask Your Potential Real Estate Agent Before Hiring

Nick Segal | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Home Buyers, Los Angeles Real Estate, Reputation, Professionalism, Homebuyers, Real Estate Agents, Realtors, Real Estate, Business, Los Angeles News

How can you tell which real estate agent is the right one for you? Here are my top five suggestions of questions to ask a realtor when you consider hiring them.

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It Is Your Reputation, After All

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Sheralyn Macale, Celebrity, Finance, Personal Risk, Jobs, Bing, Klout, Grader, Government, Social Media, Peerindex, Analytics, Alan W. Silberberg, Reputation, Credit, Google, Crowdbooster, Technology News

Social media is no longer just a buzzword, but really a part of daily life. Now the new thing is a play on the old one, "You've got Klout." Or do you? Or do you have Peerindex? Do you know your grade on Grader? Do you know what your Kred is?

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5 Tips For Defending Your Online Reputation

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Digital Reputation, Reputation Tips, Reputation, Social Life, Online Reputation, Internet Reputation, Technology News

By Leslie Gaines-Ross, The Wall Street Journal My recent Harvard Business Review article, "Reputation Warfare", described various corporate strateg...

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Boards Must Create Communication Systems to Safeguard Reputation

Brad Reid | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Directors, Governance, Reputation, News Corp., Rupert Murdock, James Murdock, Suits, John & Johnson, Integrity, Business News

While reputation is not a physical asset, directors are accountable for the proper oversight of all corporate assets.

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Building a Personal Brand Means Investing in Yourself

Mark Jeffries | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Reputation, Personal Brand, Soft Skills, First Impression, Build Personal Brand, Personal Profile, Personal Image, Business Networking, Investing in You, Canada Business News

With everything we say and every step we take, people choose whether to buy us... or not. Would you buy you? Take a few minutes to consider how you have invested in yourself -- your clothes, your tone, your brand, your knowledge, your stories... your buy-ability.

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Strauss-Kahn and the Age of Reputation

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Alexander Hamilton, Reputation, James Callender, Tom Vilsack, William Safire, International Monetary Fund, Shirley Sherrod, Imf, Thomas Jefferson, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Slander, Scandalmonger, Blogging, Dsk, World News

In today's fast-paced world, a reputation can be destroyed rapidly -- and if, as in the case of Strauss-Kahn it seems, the consequences of charges made actually precede the processing of those charges.

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"Big Brother" Is Us: The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Sexting, Anthony Weiner, Social Media, Reputation, Media, Mobile Devices, Integrity, Texting, Technology News

The bigger reality is, Big Brother is indeed here, and we've discovered that it's us.

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Guest Post: How to handle toxic teen friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Talking Teenage, Reputation, Guest Post, Toxic, Relationships, Toxic-Teen, Friendship by the Book, Teen, Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder, Toxic Friendship, Downgrading, Phasing Out, Living, Breaking Living News, PsyD, Healthy Living News

By Barbara R. Greenberg, PhD and Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder, PsyD Teens are hard-pressed to know when they should phase out a friendship. As parents, ...

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Which CEOs Get 'Should?'

Dov Seidman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Government, Politics, Reputation, Inspiration, Trust, Values, Economy, Sustainability, Society, Corporate Culture, Corporate Social Responsibility, Customer Experience, Outbehaving, Business Ethics, Business News

We are in the grip of bad ideas, false assumptions, and wrong values. Our 20th century habits of thought and behavior are getting in the way of responding to the new realities that require attention in the 21st century.

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The Evolution of Reputation -- How Do We Build Trust in Online Communities?

Jeff Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reputation Management, Reputation, Online Reputation, Corporate Reputation, Technology News

While some users don't pay enough attention to their reputation on the web, others pay so much attention it limits their usage. It is incumbent on us as an industry to get in front of this.

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8 Ways Reputations Will Change in 2011

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weber Shandwick, Reputation Warfare, Reputation, Reputation Recovery, Online Reputation, Social CEOs, Corporate Reputation, Business News

During the past twelve months, I have been asked to hold my finger up in the air and divine from whence come the changing winds of reputation. Now is my chance to let it all out.

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Four lessons companies can learn from the midterm elections

Michael Maslansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Language, Obama, Reputation, Business, Midterm, Message, Elections 2010, Business News

The morning after the mid-term elections it seemed anyone considering a run for office wouldn't need to hire a campaign manager. Every news site, eve...

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Trust in Banks...gone! How to get it back?

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Reputation, Journeys, Trust, Service, Engagement Banking, Risk, Business News

During the global financial crisis, governments spent billions to bail out banks in an effort to keep liquidity in the banking sector, largely so that...

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Don't Let Digital Dirt Derail Your Career

Robyn Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Executive Recruiters, Reputation, Googling, Online Reputation, Executive, Careers, Digital Dirt, Identity Management, Social Media, Internet, Privacy, Technology News

The challenge to professionals is twofold: create a positive identity and suppress a negative one. Information about you posted by others requires quick damage control.

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Florida Senate: Campaign by Numbers

Michael Fertik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Privacy, Charlie Crist, Reputation, Kendrick Meek, Marco Rubio, Florida Senate Race, Technology News

From my stance as an online reputation expert, my advice for both the trailing candidates in the Florida Senate race is to better engage your audience online and pull out all your messaging guns.

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Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arrogance, Reputation, Personality, Money, Likable, Matrimania, Inheritance, Achievement, The Social Connection, Dr. House, Passion, Media, Movies, Happiness, Joy, Success, Philanthropy, Intelligence, Singlism, Exploitation, Sexism, Single, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Skills, Intensity, Coupled, Technology News

The word on the street is that the Facebook movie, The Social Network, ruins Mark Zuckerberg's reputation. I'm not so sure.

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Witches, Marxism and Mental Anguish -- That's a Spicy Senatorial Search Result!

Michael Fertik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delaware Senate 2010, Chris Coons, Christine O'donnell, Reputation, Witchcraft, Politics News

This week's side-by-side comparison of the online reputations of two contending candidates, Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons, offers its fair share of flag-raising results. Let's dig in to a few of the more interesting scores.

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Online Ads: Can They Ruin Your Reputation?

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Google, Ads, Branding, Advertisements, Internet Safety, Reputation, Google Ads, Branding Identity, Healthy Living News

Everything you do, say, are and think from your words to your website add up to the message you give to the world.

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Why and How Universities Should Embrace Startup Culture

Dave Lerner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tech Transfer, Steve Jobs, Reputation, Trust, Chris Dixon, Startups, University Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Vc, Legal, Transactional, Culture, Bayh-Dole, Business News

Recently an entrepreneur/investor/blogger extraordinaire I admire by the name of Chris Dixon touched on the two general paradigms people/institutions can adopt towards one another when conducting business.

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CNBC Panel on Improving Business Confidence Doesn't

Charles H. Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cnbc, Reputation, Trust, Gallup, Confidence, Business News

CNBC put together a special panel on "Restoring Trust in Business." Interestingly, there was consensus on the panel about how to restore trust in business: It's the government's fault.

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A Mild Form of Mel Gibson

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reputation, Mel Gibson, Crisis Communication, Public Relations, Hollywood, Entertainment News

It's easy to point a finger at a troubled Mel Gibson. It would be infinitely more productive if both the media and us, their audience, recognized how we allow and encourage similar negative messages into our homes.

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Who's Responsible for Your Company's Reputation?

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sec, Toyota, Ethics, Crisis Management, Reputation, Security and Exchange Commission, Public Relations, Business News

A number of years ago some enterprising deal makers at GE Capital proposed a series of transactions that would provide financing for a chain of funera...

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