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Word-of-Mouth Marketing Can Bite Back
A lot of reputations are at stake when you give a referral--including yours. Make it count and keep your integrity.

The Importance of Building Your Business Reputation Online
If you want to be taken seriously as a successful online business owner, you need to build a serious online business reputation. Preferably one that will encourage people to trust you and your products/services. And while some might try to convince you otherwise, a good reputation cannot be bought for the price of a good website, some clever SEO practices, and some fake social networking attempts. The problem with reputations is that they can take years to build up. Rome may not have been built in a day, but it was very probably built quicker than a good reputation. Many newcomers to the online business world have been swayed by fancy promises of making money faster than Michale Shumacher can get round the grand prix circuit.

Lesson #1: Make a Commitment to Your Brand
Many before him had tried, but Gallo was able to do something that no one else had ever successfully done before: he introduced wine to a country that was only used to drinking liquor and beer. How did he do it? By building a brand that would stick, and by refusing to abandon that brand in the face of market pressure.

How He Moved The World: Ford's Success Factors
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste,” said Ford. “I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.”
Power 3.0: Kinder, Gentler, and Better
Choose your weapon: Power 1.0 = muscle and weapons Power 2.0 = money, market share, or brain power
When the Accountant Speaks, We Don't Listen!
Warren Buffet's very informative and enlightening Annual Report each year includes a list of owner related business principles by which Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger)have skippered the ship. Principle # 6 discusses aquisition of portions of businesses or whole companies, the related costs and taxation benefits or drawbacks. Mr. Buffett has successfully led Berkshire Hathaway to the empire it has become through steadfast reliance on money saving, intrinsic value growth and goodwill accrual principles such as these.
Be Consistent & Keep Your Customers Happy
One of the things that frustrate me the most as a customer is inconsistent service standards, inconsistent procedures and people’s inability to deal effectively and honourably with different types of people. If left unchecked this leads to confusion, frustration, wasted time, wasted effort, impaired brands and reputations, lost revenue and lost customers. These issues don’t seem to be as much of an issue when you deal with very small companies because usually everyone knows what everyone else is doing and how it should be done even if it is only via word of mouth. However as businesses expand and get on board more people to work in the front line you, as the customer can’t always expect to get the same person to deal with then the challenges begin.
The Truth About The SendOutCards Scam
Here's the real truth about the SendOutCards scam and what it really means in the MLM and Network Marketing industry. Read this before moving forward with any home based business opportunity.
Innovation minus Support = Zero Creation
There is an abundance of creativity in our world. Humanity is replete with inspirational people who have enormous value to contribute in their own ways - yet most are never seen or heard. As a collective society, we seldom encourage others to take a path of innovation because it's untested, risky, and breaks convention and related reputations.
Choosing the Next Great Tech Product Boom…or Bust
Holidays are nerve wracking for you, us, everyone. You want to buy just the right...thing. You don't want to spend too much or too little. You want it to be something the recipient will want, will use, will keep, won't go out of style tomorrow. With the speed of change in the industry that's a tough order. Even worse when you're buying something for your business or yourself. Admit it...look in your store room. Peek in the garage. Yesterday's great solutions, great answers are lying around and you wonder how you could have missed the signs. Our recommendations aren't bulletproof but maybe some of the information will help you think twice and avoid investing in another deadend revolutionary product/solution. But 20+ years in the industry working with industry leaders will give us a huge edge.

Are You Rude on The Internet? It Can Hurt Your Business.
I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed a disturbing trend occurring both on the Internet and in real life. The trend is rudeness. I watched a taping of Oprah tonight (see the CNN breakdown of this show here) that enlightened me to a book, a doctor and a quote that made the light bulbs go off. Dr. PM Forni wrote a book called, “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct” and although I have not read it yet, you bet it will be in my next book store purchase.

The Case for Outsourcing
As virtually every marketing manager will tell you, any marketing program is only as good as its implementation. Whether you're talking promotional or sales programs, effective implementation can make the difference between success and disaster.

Why Are You Not Working From Home And Turning Your Annual Income Into Your Monthly Income?
Find out the benefits of creating your own online business that allows you to work from your home or anywhere. Control your own destiny and make a ton of money doiong it.
The Essence of Ethics
It's difficult to define, exactly, what ethical behavior is; and it's impossible to measure. But we can sense when ethics are present in an individual or a company culture - and especially we sense it when they're not. Ethical behavior is a two-way street. Companies and customers cannot effectively engage unless there is trust between them. And, to my point in this article, neither can companies and candidates.
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.
If You Build It, They Will Come: Why REPUTATION Really, Really Matters to Customers—and How to Create a Great One from the Ground Up
Tips for creating a reputation that customers will reward with their loyalty.
Keeping Promises Builds Your Reputation
How many times have businesses promised to get back to you about your inquiry, quote, order (or anything else) and actually done it?
What’s up with Personal Branding, and why you should consider it
In recent years, the concept of personal branding has been getting more and more attention. The basic premise of this is that over the course of your career, you would benefit from creating “Brand You” as a way to differentiate yourself from other jobseekers, business developers, vendors, and people in general.
Leaders Aren't Leaders Based on Their 'Say So'
Can you be a leader independent of organizational performance? One can be a success in one organization and a bomb in the next. What is the determining factor?
Politics in the Office
Can you have civil discourse in the office on the 3 Taboo Topics of sex, religion & politics? I hope so, what else is there to talk about?
What's In A Plan
Create and use a written business plan. It's your road-map to success.

Reap Rewards with the Right Reputation
We’ve all heard the old cliche, “Under-Promise and Over-Deliver”. It’s easier said than done, isn’t it? Today, in these challenging economic times, many people tend to promise prospective customers more so they perceive the value as better than what a competitor can offer. Those same people also enjoy over-promising to make themselves feel more valued. Do they not think these actions will come back to haunt them? The overall point I’d like to make today is that we cannot build a reputation for ourselves or our company by what we say we can do. We build good reputations by delivering what our customers need.

10 Rules for an Internet Marketer
These are important things to remember if you're an entrepreneur, an internet marketer, working on your own website or on the sites of clients.
Sales Values
I just finished reading an excellent book about the history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Interestingly enough, it’s simply called “Harley-Davidson.” This is an unusual read for me since I am not a Harley owner nor do I own or even ride motorcycles. But I am interested in learning about how successful companies got their start and grew over the years, and this book was very interesting and educational, and loaded with the most beautiful pictures of motorcycles that one could imagine. At one point there was a picture of the company’s value statements.

Other reputations Related Articles

Why use PR
In simple terms, we think of PR as communications management. It creates awareness, educates and influences public opinion, promotes and protects reputations and encourages organisations to communicate.
Moving up the Value Chain
As consultants, our rewards and reputations are rooted in the value we bring. But value is always a perception; like beauty it exists in the eye of the beholder.

The Sum of the Whole: Part I
Did you know that your marketing materials talk about you behind your back? In the business world our reputations mean the world to us and part of that is how we are perceived by the outside world. What does your visual identity (logo, stationery, collateral etc.) say about you and your business? Learn insider tips on how to tap into the power of marketing and graphic design to create more professional collateral materials to represent your business properly and to help your business be more memorable.
Crisis Preparation: It isn't just for Fortune 500's
Crisis can hit any business at any time, dealing devastating blows to hard-earned reputations and impacting your bottom line. Preparation for surviving and even prospering in a crisis isn't just for large businesses. Every business can and should know how to respond when the worst happens.

Innovation minus Support = Zero Creation
There is an abundance of creativity in our world. Humanity is replete with inspirational people who have enormous value to contribute in their own ways - yet most are never seen or heard. As a collective society, we seldom encourage others to take a path of innovation because it's untested, risky, and breaks convention and related reputations.
Be Consistent & Keep Your Customers Happy
One of the things that frustrate me the most as a customer is inconsistent service standards, inconsistent procedures and people’s inability to deal effectively and honourably with different types of people. If left unchecked this leads to confusion, frustration, wasted time, wasted effort, impaired brands and reputations, lost revenue and lost customers. These issues don’t seem to be as much of an issue when you deal with very small companies because usually everyone knows what everyone else is doing and how it should be done even if it is only via word of mouth. However as businesses expand and get on board more people to work in the front line you, as the customer can’t always expect to get the same person to deal with then the challenges begin.
Word-of-Mouth Marketing Can Bite Back
A lot of reputations are at stake when you give a referral--including yours. Make it count and keep your integrity.

Do You Have a Reputation?
When I was growing up, we wanted to avoid being someone with a “reputation. Today, we want a reputation, but we need it to be positive. However, maintaining one’s reputation is getting harder and harder. As social media and social networking sites continue to flourish, the power of the individual voice is growing greatly. We have to protect our reputations, and have someone (it’s probably you) that is fully in charge of managing our online reputation. It may seem insignificant now, but new things on the horizon will make this a part of any businessperson’s life.

Reap Rewards with the Right Reputation
We’ve all heard the old cliche, “Under-Promise and Over-Deliver”. It’s easier said than done, isn’t it? Today, in these challenging economic times, many people tend to promise prospective customers more so they perceive the value as better than what a competitor can offer. Those same people also enjoy over-promising to make themselves feel more valued. Do they not think these actions will come back to haunt them? The overall point I’d like to make today is that we cannot build a reputation for ourselves or our company by what we say we can do. We build good reputations by delivering what our customers need.

That Beast - Google Search
Potential employers are no longer settling for the pristine resume, stellar references and sharp business suits (although these do play an integral role in the hiring process). In a recent report conducted by Microsoft, in 2010, they found that 79% of hiring managers vigilantly screened the online reputations of potential employees looking for a job; and of those 79%, 70% rejected job applicants based on the results populated mainly through Google search.

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