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Remember the saying that “First and Good Impression Lasts”, In the corporate world that is crucial. Sometimes we neglect the power of the World Wide Web, some people don’t even believe that it could affect their reputation, that goes the same for businesses around the globe. Every person has the dream to become “SOMEBODY”, some maybe after gaining respect and others has the need for integrity.

Reputation matters may it be negative or positive, people won’t care who you are personally or what you’ve done in the past that they were not aware of. Sometimes if you are going through remark ability stick with your PRESENT status. PAST IS PAST, you cannot live on the past alone. Surely, you made history BEFORE but it doesn’t mean that it’s the end of it. For example a person had a very good background, established a good life and suddenly out of circumstance that person that you used to know became the worst person whom you never thought would be, that person just lost reputation. It goes the same vice versa, what if it was the past that had a bad reputation and at the present time you are trying to make up for it?

Pro’s and Con’s come in, companies nowadays set sometime looking up the name of the applicant on the net. This doesn’t only apply for individuals but for businesses around the globe as well.

Probably the hardest task in maintaining a good reputation is by MONITORING it. People have different opinions in mind. Controlling how they think about you or your company affects is just impossible to do, but on the other hand you can be aware of it so you would know how to respond.

There are actually THREE ESSENTIAL DO-IT-YOURSELF MONITORING TOOLS according to the book Radically Transparent by Andy Beal and Dr. Judy Strauss; these are RSS, E-mail Updates and Tracking Software. The tools mentioned are a good way to help you filter out needed information into a specific content, to be updated anywhere in the world and to track the “untraceable”.

A company or a distinctive person may choose to hire a reputation manager(s). The personnel may be an in-house or an outsourcing company. Hey, you can not run a big company and handle your reputation at the same time. Hire someone who can do it for you, someone who has more knowledge and ability. Think about it, your hard earned money deserves the right “reputation” for you.