{"id":1019,"date":"2018-01-29T13:57:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webigg.com\/blog\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2018-12-07T10:46:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:46:28","slug":"online-reputation-management-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/online-reputation-management-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reputation Management \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Write a Guest Blog<\/h3>\n<p>Writing an article or blog post as a guest can be a very helpful but not as much as in the past\u2014be sure to work only with blogs and ones focused on your industry .\u00a0 Start by following blogs and topics that are appealing or relate to your business and eventually pitch them an idea for a blog topic. This is a great way to get links back to your site.<\/p>\n<h3>Build Links to Your Site<\/h3>\n<p>Links pointing to your web site help drive traffic and shows search engines such as Google that you are a noteworthy, good site, thus helping your ranking. Developing a good linking strategy can be extremely time consuming but is worth it.\u00a0 Never buy links: as Google continues to weed out bad links, you\u2019ll quickly get blacklisted and ruin your reputation further.<\/p>\n<h3>Make Comments on\u00a0Online Communities, Forums<\/h3>\n<p>Follow and good, interesting and online sites, forums and communities specific for your industry.\u00a0 Check them frequently and commit to making one comment daily to show that you are a \u201cthought leader.\u201d\u00a0 Also be engaging.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just say, \u201cGood article,\u201d which sounds \u201cspamy,\u201d but put some thought into the comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Monitor Google Alerts<\/h3>\n<p>Monitor your online reputation by signing up for\u00a0free Google Alerts. Note that you need a Google account, but you should have one already\u2014if you don\u2019t, get one immediately.\u00a0 Here you simply enter the word or phrase you want to monitor and when it shows up online, you\u2019ll get an email notification.\u00a0 Usually, enter your name or your business name.\u00a0 If it\u2019s a common name, you can include an attribute about your name, such as, \u201cJane Smith Finance\u201d.\u00a0 You can also select how often you want alerts (select immediately) as well as other options.<\/p>\n<h3>Give a Talk or Speak at Conferences<\/h3>\n<p>Being visible in public is a way to generate positive news about you and build an excellent reputation, so pick some topics that you are an expert in and contact a local library, club or business organization and offer to give a talk.<\/p>\n<h3>Create a Reddit Account and be Active<\/h3>\n<p>Reddit is an extremely popular site that aggregates news and comments on various topics.\u00a0 It can sometimes be hard to add a comment or link because it is geared to block spam or frequent additions.<\/p>\n<h3>Google+<\/h3>\n<p>Although Google Plus is on it\u2019s way out, it still can be helpful since it\u2019s a Google property and post and comment daily.\u00a0 Follow influencers in your field and engage with them.\u00a0 Since it\u2019s a Google platform, it will be indexed very quickly making it a great online reputation management tip.<\/p>\n<h3>Create Yelp Reviews for Others<\/h3>\n<p>Yelp is a very popular review site, and having a presence there is a way to boost your online reputation.\u00a0 Create some\u00a0<strong>legitimate<\/strong>\u00a0reviews for places you\u00a0<strong>genuinely<\/strong>\u00a0like, and avoid the temptation to write a glowing review for yourself posing as someone else\u2014it\u2019s illegal and if you get caught, this could damage things further.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus:\u00a0Be Active in Meetups<\/h3>\n<p>A Meetup is a great online and \u201coffline\u201d reputation management tip.\u00a0 It is free to\u00a0 participate in a Meetup group, so join several in your area and post comments after attending a meeting.\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to create a Meetup, it costs about $79 to start a group for six months. Managing a group can be time consuming to create frequent group meetings but focus them around your expertise.\u00a0 Remember to announce the Meetups on your social media platforms.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus: Create Infographics<\/h3>\n<p>An Infographic is a clear, graphic representation of an idea, and is a very popular way to share information.\u00a0 Generate an infographic based on a blog post using a tool such as\u00a0Visual.ly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write a Guest Blog Writing an article or blog post as a guest can be a very helpful but not as much as in the past\u2014be sure to work only with blogs and ones focused on your industry .\u00a0 Start by following blogs and topics that are appealing or relate to your business and eventually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,21,28,27,20],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-marketing-internet-marketing","tag-best-online-marketing-company-new-delhi","tag-online-marketing-companies","tag-online-marketing-companies-india","tag-search-engine-marketing-india","tag-social-media-marketing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}