Like this article? PLEASE +1 it! Evan Signature
Evan Carmichael Top Header about About Home Profiles articles Tools forums inspirational quotes About facebook Twitter YouTube Blog

corporate reputation Tagged Articles



The Seats of Success: How Harley-Davidson Powered Itself to the Top
Harley-Davidson fans are known for the overt pride they take in their machines. A T-shirt that one devotee made reads: “Put your ass on some class.” Whether that motto has been officially sanctioned by the company or not, that is exactly what hundreds of thousands of bike riders around the world have done. With more than 33 models of touring and custom Harleys, which are sold by over 1,300 dealers, Harley-Davidson remains the only major American manufacturer of motorcycles, and dominates sales of the more heavyweight bikes. How did four young boys from Milwaukee turn their shed-bound experiments into a thriving enterprise and a cultural icon of America?

Online business: Build a reputation
When someone is making a decision to do business with you, they want to know about your reputation. A well built reputation will inspire confidence in you. Your service or your product is part of your reputation. Standing behind your product or service helps build a reputation for your online business. Since many online businesses depend entirely on the internet for marketing purposes, your reputation matters.
Who's Your VP of Reputation?
Reputation is the new profit center for the 21st century. Think about it. In an age of corporate scandals, suspicious customers, and budgets with very little breathing room, there is simply no substitute for being a reputable company. But no matter how many times you say you're an honest, trustworthy, customer-centered company, the proof is in the proverbial pudding.

The importance of having a good corporate image and reputation
If you want to become successful in running your business organization, you have to make sure that you take good care of your image and reputation through effective corporate branding. Bear in mind that even the most formidable business establishments can be brought down after facing a controversy. And this is considered to be extremely damaging as it has been proven that redeeming an organization's image is more difficult and costly than losing a good sales deal. If your reputation, as a business owner, is already ruined, then you will have a hard time fixing the damage that this will cause to your entire organization. Here are a few reasons why a good corporate reputation, image and branding is extremely important for your business:

Other corporate reputation Related Articles

More Public Relations Advice from the PR Doctor
The reputation of a company or organization is an intangible asset, but it is an extremely important and valuable asset. Some people believe and have written that a good reputation is an organization's most priceless asset. Unfortunately businesses face inevitable crisis situations with the potential to seriously damage a good reputation. One may ask what can be done to establish a good reputation, keep that good reputation and when hit by a crisis, repair a damaged reputation? Is there a prescription out there that provides some solid advice on this subject? Well, the “PR Doctor” researched the subject and was referred to a book entitled “The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation. Creating, Protecting and Repairing Your Most Valuable Asset,” and authored by Ronald J. Alsop.
Does Success Breed Success
Book Review -- Effects of news and advertising on corporate reputation

Book Review -- Reputation Management
Reputation Management – The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communications – John Doorley, Helio Fred Garcia; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 270 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10016; wwww.routledge-ny.com; 456 p, May 2006; $45.
JetBlue Valentine’s Day crisis—The case for Chief Reputation Officer (CRO).
A good organization reputation is invaluable. CEO’s spare no expense in their efforts to restore their company reputation when threatened or damaged in a crisis. This article examines JetBlue’s response strategies in the 2007 Valentine’s Day jetliners’ grounding crisis on New York’s JFK’s frozen airport runway. It makes the case for chief reputation officer. Reputation is simply too important to be left to chance.
How To Create A Reputation for Honesty as a Leader-Part 2
It is possible to have a well deserved reputation for honesty-the most important reputation a leader can have, simply by modeling a few behaviors.

how To Create A Reputation for Honesty as a Leader-Part 3
Modeling a few simple behaviors can help you create and keep a deserved reputation for honesty-the most important reputation a leader can have.

Online business: Build a reputation
When someone is making a decision to do business with you, they want to know about your reputation. A well built reputation will inspire confidence in you. Your service or your product is part of your reputation. Standing behind your product or service helps build a reputation for your online business. Since many online businesses depend entirely on the internet for marketing purposes, your reputation matters.
Are You Building Your Personal Brand?
The term personal branding is relatively young, but the concept is nothing new. Before the advent of the social web and its many opportunities for personal branding we just called it our “reputation.” If you’re old enough to remember building your career before the Internet became social, our reputation followed us from job to job. We used personal referrals through the relationships we built to maintain our reputation. Our reputation was built by our achievements and the relationships we built throughout our career. Those relationships included our peers, bosses, subordinates, customers, trade association colleagues and people in our community.

Your Reputation: A Dozen Ways to Protect It
Preserving our reputation ought to be a top priority for all professionals. We unwittingly do things on occasion that damage our precious reputation. The rules for enhancing reputation are all common sense, unfortunately they are not always common practice. I have developed a dozen things to remember about preserving your reputation, and I would be delighted to have suggestions of things to add to the list. What would you add? 1. Follow the Golden Rule 2. Be positive 3. Do more than your fair share 4. Admit mistakes 5. Be kind 6. Listen more than you talk 7. Be humble 8. Be reliable 9. Read Body language 10. Offer and ask for assistance 11. Operate from a sense of values 12. Keep your ear to the ground.

Winning at Working--Simple Things
I still have the email. It's been years since a highly placed corporate boss, who had the reputation and approach that things were never quite good enough, sent it to me. He was long on critique and revisions while short on acknowledgement and appreciation.

Featured Article

Bottom Footer



Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Name:
Email:
Popular Articles

Using Social Media Marketing

The new marketing question. Will they follow?

The Death of the Sales Magazine
Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.