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  <title>online at Brave New Films</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-02T18:55:12Z</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>China wholesale electronics-papayaone</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64410-china-wholesale-electronics-papayaone" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64410-china-wholesale-electronics-papayaone</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:55:12Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>papayaone</name>
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&lt;p&gt;China electronics wholesale comsumer goods,mobile phone,cell phone,iphone 3g accessories direct from China online shopping website papayaone
&lt;br /&gt;http://www.papayaone.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Underground railroad. Mr. Terry gets dam mad !!!!!!</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64202-underground-railroad-mr-terry-gets-dam-mad" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64202-underground-railroad-mr-terry-gets-dam-mad</id>
    <updated>2008-11-28T18:27:18Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>bradleyc79</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/64202-underground-railroad-mr-terry-gets-dam-mad"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/81049" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Watch this TV show. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!Find out what black people in Chicago rely think about it on the Underground Railroad TV show.channel 19 on CANN TV Satdays at 10:30pm.Website www.undergroundrailroadonline.com&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Re: Houston Business Owners - Boost Your Search Clicks With Video</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63992-re-houston-business-owners-boost-your-search-clicks-with-video" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63992-re-houston-business-owners-boost-your-search-clicks-with-video</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:55:32Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MayorGalvan</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Video Cam Direct Upload&lt;/p&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Vlogger's Lonely Love Song (I'm Really Missing You)</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63703-the-vlogger-s-lonely-love-song-i-m-really-missing-you" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63703-the-vlogger-s-lonely-love-song-i-m-really-missing-you</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:56:56Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>papa john</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/63703-the-vlogger-s-lonely-love-song-i-m-really-missing-you"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80097" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;There is that individual who lost an online friendship for whatever reason and they are really missing their internet friend. This is a musical sentiment, that may comfort and soothe someone's spirit, who is missing their online buddy!
&lt;br /&gt;"I'm Really Missing You"
&lt;br /&gt;copyright johnnie c. jenkins jr. 2007&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Mitt Romney: Town Hall 01/07/08</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62967-mitt-romney-town-hall-01-07-08" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62967-mitt-romney-town-hall-01-07-08</id>
    <updated>2008-11-18T10:47:40Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>IssueAlliance</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Mitt Romney
&lt;br /&gt;Town Hall
&lt;br /&gt;Salem, NH  01/07/08&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TRANSCRIPT:
&lt;br /&gt;MITT ROMNEY: Second thing that I described was pornography, and I'm serious abut that, we have to strengthen our families, we've got to block pornography from coming into our homes on the internet on an unwanted basis and I'll do that with filters but also there are people who use the internet to prey on kids, to find them and prey on kids. [] My view is, if somebody does that, its one strike and youre ours. And by that I mean long prison sentence. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LABEL: MR NH 1-7 (JC#67) DHILZZ - ClipB&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If youd like to acquire a high res version of this clip, VISIT:
&lt;br /&gt;https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/376cdlz2uk&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To download this entire event, VISIT:
&lt;br /&gt;https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/ucui28jb1l&lt;/p&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Arab Labor: Now Playing on Link TV</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62838-arab-labor-now-playing-on-link-tv" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62838-arab-labor-now-playing-on-link-tv</id>
    <updated>2008-11-23T00:40:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>linktv</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://linktv.org/arablabor"&gt;linktv.org&lt;/a&gt; - For one week only - watch the complete, first episode of the controversial and hilarious Israeli sitcom, "Arab Labor."&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/62838-arab-labor-now-playing-on-link-tv"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices- Part 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76855" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;You need to commit to blogging at least once a day. Once you get the blog established, you may be able to find someone who is already is an established blogger and willing to commit to providing content.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your blog posts do not need to be excessively long.&#160;Research shows that short posts about relevant topics will help you break the ice on the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An ideal candidate for blogging is a person who is already adept with the online environment, can consume and effectively present large amounts of information and can recognize industry trends.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is important to design your to fit your target marketplace. (Use the best practices for web design article that I recently published) Create a URL that is uniquely descriptive to your target market discussion and format your blog to align with your overall offline and online reputation strategy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Discuss best practices and relevant information in your industry presented as information or a resource. You should not aggrandize yourself, when you present your expertise in your target area your readers will eventually realize that you comprehend and effectively implement best practices. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In order to gain more marketplace visibility you should strategically provide links to other resources that your readers might find of value. Put some thought into this before you implement. The best rule of thumb here is that you r resources point to others that help fill the needs of your readers that you do not. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make sure your blog is easily readable and easy to use. Bloggers occasionally write long, hard to digest paragraphs full of information. In order to e more effective, split the text into smaller sized formats and use bullet points. Use the same techniques for written communication that you do in offline marketing. Use formatting to emphasize and differentiate important points.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should use images, as appropriate, to enhance your content and to help illustrate important points in your content. You should try to be creative with this tactic and not use the most obvious image, think a little deeper and go for a relational idea or metaphor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices- Part 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
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&lt;p&gt;You need to commit to blogging at least once a day. Once you get the blog established, you may be able to find someone who is already is an established blogger and willing to commit to providing content.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your blog posts do not need to be excessively long.&#160;Research shows that short posts about relevant topics will help you break the ice on the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An ideal candidate for blogging is a person who is already adept with the online environment, can consume and effectively present large amounts of information and can recognize industry trends.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is important to design your to fit your target marketplace. (Use the best practices for web design article that I recently published) Create a URL that is uniquely descriptive to your target market discussion and format your blog to align with your overall offline and online reputation strategy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Discuss best practices and relevant information in your industry presented as information or a resource. You should not aggrandize yourself, when you present your expertise in your target area your readers will eventually realize that you comprehend and effectively implement best practices. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In order to gain more marketplace visibility you should strategically provide links to other resources that your readers might find of value. Put some thought into this before you implement. The best rule of thumb here is that you r resources point to others that help fill the needs of your readers that you do not. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make sure your blog is easily readable and easy to use. Bloggers occasionally write long, hard to digest paragraphs full of information. In order to e more effective, split the text into smaller sized formats and use bullet points. Use the same techniques for written communication that you do in offline marketing. Use formatting to emphasize and differentiate important points.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should use images, as appropriate, to enhance your content and to help illustrate important points in your content. You should try to be creative with this tactic and not use the most obvious image, think a little deeper and go for a relational idea or metaphor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61895-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-2"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices- Part 3</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61894-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-3" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61894-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-3</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:48Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Read other blogs in your target marketplace. This is a great way to listening to what is going on in your marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Proofread your blog for grammar and spelling errors. Use a naturally sensible and conversational tone as if you were actually speaking to your audience in a public setting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Leave comments on other blogs in your target audience marketplace. You should also provide a link back to your blog so people can find your blog if they want to learn more&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reward your advocates and loyal contributors with kudos and support for their endeavors. This will help you to strengthen marketplace relationships that are win-win.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Develop a strategy to counter your detractors, consider employing the help of your advocates in strategically flanking your detractors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not beg for site-links or link exchanges. You should spend your time figuring out ways to get people to link to your blog because of your content.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be diligent in responding to comments and questions from your audience. You goal is to keep the conversation going so you can pull valuable information from your target audience so you can provide them with what they need.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You do not need to have the whole world linking to your blog or reading your blog; your focus should be about connecting with your target audience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you buy or use a free template for your blog style, try to find template that is not too cluttered, sometimes having too many blog features will distract your target audience from your message.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be polite and ask permission from others that you would like to publish on your blog. If someone sends you a great email you may want to publish it, but be careful, you do not want to offend the sender.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not engage in negative criticism of others in your marketplace. Be thoughtful and pay attention to what you are trying to accomplish.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Talk about your competitors. The marketplace will respect you if you can take a dignified approach to showing your strengths as compared to theirs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No one wants to read a boring blog, but cheap entertainment only brings in a few visits. You should be a subject matter expert in your marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Register your blog with indexers. feedster, technoratie, ice rocket, google, yahoo, pubsub, and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Use analytics to monitor and understand the traffic coming to your site, at minimum, Google Analytics (free) or another server based tool.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have multiple target audience strategies, you will need multiple bloggers that focus in on each of those areas individually.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you have some content, let the analysts in your industry know that you are blogging. You can either give them a call or link to their blog if they have one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Devise a plan for how to handle bad news, a company crisis or blog detractors. You must decide if you will engage, ignore or redirect these issues. Different companies handle this with a variety of public relations methods, plan in advance what the best strategy is for your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Public Relations are not dead, in fact, they have just started, and blogging is now part of it.&#160;Blogs are the new public relations tool of choice. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not hire marketing firms to help develop your a blog strategy if they are not blogging themselves. If they do not do it, or do it poorly, then how can they help you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When writing in your blog, use the language that your target audience uses; avoid using terms that are too industry specific.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find or train a blogging expert to help guide your blogging strategy. This person may or may not be your corporate blogger, but find someone that can guide, provide best practices, and get the tools in motion. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seek out industry blog leaders, read their work, talk to them and hire them if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask offline neutral third party advisors to provide feedback about your blog. Negative feedback as well as positive feedback will be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For long posts, use text editors for grammar and spelling. Edit and reduce your content before posting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not disappear for long periods between posts. Your readers will disappear as well. You must post on a regular basis so that it gets readers into the pattern of constantly wondering what they are missing by not reading your blog today.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Develop thick skin. People may besmirch your company, your products, your ideas and maybe even you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be very cautious when starting a blogging program. Take your time and make a plan. Do not just start trying things out. If you make a mistake, you may have to spend countless hours and dollars repairing your errors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your online reputation depends on your input as much as the input of others.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices- Part 3</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61894-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-3" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61894-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-3</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:48Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Read other blogs in your target marketplace. This is a great way to listening to what is going on in your marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Proofread your blog for grammar and spelling errors. Use a naturally sensible and conversational tone as if you were actually speaking to your audience in a public setting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Leave comments on other blogs in your target audience marketplace. You should also provide a link back to your blog so people can find your blog if they want to learn more&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reward your advocates and loyal contributors with kudos and support for their endeavors. This will help you to strengthen marketplace relationships that are win-win.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Develop a strategy to counter your detractors, consider employing the help of your advocates in strategically flanking your detractors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not beg for site-links or link exchanges. You should spend your time figuring out ways to get people to link to your blog because of your content.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be diligent in responding to comments and questions from your audience. You goal is to keep the conversation going so you can pull valuable information from your target audience so you can provide them with what they need.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You do not need to have the whole world linking to your blog or reading your blog; your focus should be about connecting with your target audience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you buy or use a free template for your blog style, try to find template that is not too cluttered, sometimes having too many blog features will distract your target audience from your message.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be polite and ask permission from others that you would like to publish on your blog. If someone sends you a great email you may want to publish it, but be careful, you do not want to offend the sender.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not engage in negative criticism of others in your marketplace. Be thoughtful and pay attention to what you are trying to accomplish.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Talk about your competitors. The marketplace will respect you if you can take a dignified approach to showing your strengths as compared to theirs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No one wants to read a boring blog, but cheap entertainment only brings in a few visits. You should be a subject matter expert in your marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Register your blog with indexers. feedster, technoratie, ice rocket, google, yahoo, pubsub, and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Use analytics to monitor and understand the traffic coming to your site, at minimum, Google Analytics (free) or another server based tool.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have multiple target audience strategies, you will need multiple bloggers that focus in on each of those areas individually.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you have some content, let the analysts in your industry know that you are blogging. You can either give them a call or link to their blog if they have one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Devise a plan for how to handle bad news, a company crisis or blog detractors. You must decide if you will engage, ignore or redirect these issues. Different companies handle this with a variety of public relations methods, plan in advance what the best strategy is for your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Public Relations are not dead, in fact, they have just started, and blogging is now part of it.&#160;Blogs are the new public relations tool of choice. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not hire marketing firms to help develop your a blog strategy if they are not blogging themselves. If they do not do it, or do it poorly, then how can they help you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When writing in your blog, use the language that your target audience uses; avoid using terms that are too industry specific.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find or train a blogging expert to help guide your blogging strategy. This person may or may not be your corporate blogger, but find someone that can guide, provide best practices, and get the tools in motion. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seek out industry blog leaders, read their work, talk to them and hire them if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask offline neutral third party advisors to provide feedback about your blog. Negative feedback as well as positive feedback will be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For long posts, use text editors for grammar and spelling. Edit and reduce your content before posting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do not disappear for long periods between posts. Your readers will disappear as well. You must post on a regular basis so that it gets readers into the pattern of constantly wondering what they are missing by not reading your blog today.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Develop thick skin. People may besmirch your company, your products, your ideas and maybe even you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be very cautious when starting a blogging program. Take your time and make a plan. Do not just start trying things out. If you make a mistake, you may have to spend countless hours and dollars repairing your errors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your online reputation depends on your input as much as the input of others.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/61894-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part-3"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management - Blogs and Blogging</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Blogs are a great first step after you have a website created to engage with your target market. They are also great ways to establish and manage your online reputation. In order to be effective, you must first understand that a blog is a push-pull style marketing approach. You will push a message out to your target audience and then they will engage you in discussion about it. This allows you to pull information from your target audience that will assist you in presenting future messages that finely target your audience and that fortify your reputation online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should update your blog with fresh content daily. One new post of at least 100-150 words per day should be sufficient. Splitting one 500-word article into three posts is a good way to handle the demand for new content. The need for constant updating can cause a person to become lax in their attention to detail in order to get something posted. Remember, your blog is where you have a chance to tell your story, talk about your company, present your products, present your services and interact with your target audience. You do not want your target audience to perceive you as lazy or inaccurate when they read your messages. The same attention to grammatical and spelling errors is necessary when publishing a blog as it is when publishing your website.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management - Blogs and Blogging</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;a href="/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76840" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Blogs are a great first step after you have a website created to engage with your target market. They are also great ways to establish and manage your online reputation. In order to be effective, you must first understand that a blog is a push-pull style marketing approach. You will push a message out to your target audience and then they will engage you in discussion about it. This allows you to pull information from your target audience that will assist you in presenting future messages that finely target your audience and that fortify your reputation online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should update your blog with fresh content daily. One new post of at least 100-150 words per day should be sufficient. Splitting one 500-word article into three posts is a good way to handle the demand for new content. The need for constant updating can cause a person to become lax in their attention to detail in order to get something posted. Remember, your blog is where you have a chance to tell your story, talk about your company, present your products, present your services and interact with your target audience. You do not want your target audience to perceive you as lazy or inaccurate when they read your messages. The same attention to grammatical and spelling errors is necessary when publishing a blog as it is when publishing your website.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61888-online-reputation-management-blogs-and-blogging"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices-Part 4</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;In general, a website is the most formal and static portion of your online reputation and internet marketing efforts. It is important to ensure that you are correctly perceived by your target audience and have a concrete business goal being communicated. Every time someone views your website, that person should walk away with a clear understanding of what your organization does and how it can help him or her solve his or her problem at hand. Because your website is static, for the most part, you can see how even the slightest communication can have a negative or damaging effect on your reputation that snowballs with time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should update the information on your website regularly in order to ensure that everything is correct. Do not change your email without updating your website contact information and without informing your contacts. Make sure and update your website bio and photo often, as you will want people to recognize you when they meet you for the first time. If your bio is out of date by more than three months, you may run the risk of misrepresenting yourself. Your website will constantly be communicating with the world about you so make sure that you are diligent about what you are saying to them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should also follow a set of web design best practices. Here is a checklist of things you need to be doing. If you choose to ignore this set of best practices, you run the risk of presenting yourself to your target audience in a way that damages your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices-Part 4</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In general, a website is the most formal and static portion of your online reputation and internet marketing efforts. It is important to ensure that you are correctly perceived by your target audience and have a concrete business goal being communicated. Every time someone views your website, that person should walk away with a clear understanding of what your organization does and how it can help him or her solve his or her problem at hand. Because your website is static, for the most part, you can see how even the slightest communication can have a negative or damaging effect on your reputation that snowballs with time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should update the information on your website regularly in order to ensure that everything is correct. Do not change your email without updating your website contact information and without informing your contacts. Make sure and update your website bio and photo often, as you will want people to recognize you when they meet you for the first time. If your bio is out of date by more than three months, you may run the risk of misrepresenting yourself. Your website will constantly be communicating with the world about you so make sure that you are diligent about what you are saying to them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should also follow a set of web design best practices. Here is a checklist of things you need to be doing. If you choose to ignore this set of best practices, you run the risk of presenting yourself to your target audience in a way that damages your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61889-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-4"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices-Part1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Blogging best practices center more on the target audience and conceptual pretenses. You do still have to worry about the way the blog looks and how its audience sees it. For the most part the blogging software takes care of many of the concerns that we faced with website best practices. If you have questions about the best practices for putting together a website then please refer to my article on website best practices. I have listed several best practices and ideologies for blogging. Implementing these will help you to create the type of online reputation that you desire and aid you in managing your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Understand and be able to deal with the concept that your target audience is taking charge
&lt;br /&gt;Understand and be able to leverage that  most people trust other consumer opinions over all others
&lt;br /&gt;Understand that your marketplace is going to be talked about even if you choose not to engage in the discussion
&lt;br /&gt;Blogs are not special or new. In fact, blog tools are often easier to use and understand than most free email services. 
&lt;br /&gt;A blog is just another tool to help establish and manage your online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt; Everyone, especially target market consumers, can quickly publish their opinion, and others can easily find it quickly
&lt;br /&gt;Business blogging is publishing a message (pushing) and engaging in the conversation with your target market (pulling).
&lt;br /&gt;Listen to others in the blogosphere. Start listening to what is going on in your marketplace, or consider hiring a company to monitor and report on the blogging in your target market. There are varieties of tools that can help you do this, but this part of your online reputation management is a full time job. 
&lt;br /&gt;Create an atmosphere of conservative creativity within your organization and define what is acceptable to blog about and what is not. Create a public disclosure policy and disclose it to your employees. Even if your company is not going to engage in blogging, you need to communicate what is acceptable and what is not acceptable to employees.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Blogging Best Practices-Part1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Blogging best practices center more on the target audience and conceptual pretenses. You do still have to worry about the way the blog looks and how its audience sees it. For the most part the blogging software takes care of many of the concerns that we faced with website best practices. If you have questions about the best practices for putting together a website then please refer to my article on website best practices. I have listed several best practices and ideologies for blogging. Implementing these will help you to create the type of online reputation that you desire and aid you in managing your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Understand and be able to deal with the concept that your target audience is taking charge
&lt;br /&gt;Understand and be able to leverage that  most people trust other consumer opinions over all others
&lt;br /&gt;Understand that your marketplace is going to be talked about even if you choose not to engage in the discussion
&lt;br /&gt;Blogs are not special or new. In fact, blog tools are often easier to use and understand than most free email services. 
&lt;br /&gt;A blog is just another tool to help establish and manage your online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt; Everyone, especially target market consumers, can quickly publish their opinion, and others can easily find it quickly
&lt;br /&gt;Business blogging is publishing a message (pushing) and engaging in the conversation with your target market (pulling).
&lt;br /&gt;Listen to others in the blogosphere. Start listening to what is going on in your marketplace, or consider hiring a company to monitor and report on the blogging in your target market. There are varieties of tools that can help you do this, but this part of your online reputation management is a full time job. 
&lt;br /&gt;Create an atmosphere of conservative creativity within your organization and define what is acceptable to blog about and what is not. Create a public disclosure policy and disclose it to your employees. Even if your company is not going to engage in blogging, you need to communicate what is acceptable and what is not acceptable to employees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/61887-online-reputation-management-blogging-best-practices-part1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How "Bots" Control Your Life - Daniel Suarez</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61782-how-bots-control-your-life-daniel-suarez" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61782-how-bots-control-your-life-daniel-suarez</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:56:50Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FORAtv</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Complete video at: &lt;a href="http://fora.tv/2008/08/08/Daniel_Suarez_Daemon_Bot-Mediated_Reality"&gt;fora.tv&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Businessman, author, and programmer Daniel Suarez (aka Leinad Zaurus) examines the increasing importance of automated "bots" to everyday society.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-----&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Businessman, author, and programmer Daniel Suarez (aka Leinad Zaurus) discusses the increasingly important role of AI "bots" in our society. He argues that because of our growing reliance on them, along with their increasing complexity and the vast amounts of data they have access to, they are becoming a threat to human autonomy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An avid gamer and technologist, Daniel Suarez (aka Leinad Zeraus) is a senior IT consultant to Fortune 1000 companies. He has designed enterprise software for the defense, finance, and entertainment industries. Daemon is his first novel.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/61782-how-bots-control-your-life-daniel-suarez"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Page Layout Best Practices
&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you have researched your target audience and make the layout appealing to your target audience 
&lt;br /&gt;Pay attention to little details like making the site header/logo consistent
&lt;br /&gt;Make sure your navigation area is the same for all pages
&lt;br /&gt;Include a very informative page title that includes the company name, organization name, and site name 
&lt;br /&gt;Supply a page footer area that details copyright, last update, contact e-mail address 
&lt;br /&gt;Ensure your page displays without horizontal scrolling at 800x600 and higher resolutions 
&lt;br /&gt;Try to use an equal balance of text, graphics and white space on every page 
&lt;br /&gt;Use black fonts on white backgrounds to ensure good contrast between text and background 
&lt;br /&gt;It is very important that your home page is full of compelling, interesting information above the fold (before scrolling down) at 1024x768 
&lt;br /&gt;People leave if they do not get what they want immediately so make sure your home page downloads within 10 seconds on a slow speed connection&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;a href="/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73913" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Page Layout Best Practices
&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you have researched your target audience and make the layout appealing to your target audience 
&lt;br /&gt;Pay attention to little details like making the site header/logo consistent
&lt;br /&gt;Make sure your navigation area is the same for all pages
&lt;br /&gt;Include a very informative page title that includes the company name, organization name, and site name 
&lt;br /&gt;Supply a page footer area that details copyright, last update, contact e-mail address 
&lt;br /&gt;Ensure your page displays without horizontal scrolling at 800x600 and higher resolutions 
&lt;br /&gt;Try to use an equal balance of text, graphics and white space on every page 
&lt;br /&gt;Use black fonts on white backgrounds to ensure good contrast between text and background 
&lt;br /&gt;It is very important that your home page is full of compelling, interesting information above the fold (before scrolling down) at 1024x768 
&lt;br /&gt;People leave if they do not get what they want immediately so make sure your home page downloads within 10 seconds on a slow speed connection&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59970-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-2"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 3</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;a href="/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73912" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Browser Compatibility
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Internet Explorer (6+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Firefox (2+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Opera (9+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site display on current versions of Safari (both Mac and Windows) 
&lt;br /&gt;Navigation
&lt;br /&gt;The sites main navigation links labeled clearly and consistently 
&lt;br /&gt;The sites navigation is easy to use for target audience 
&lt;br /&gt;If you use images for navigation menus, Flash, or DHTML is the main navigation, provide users with clear text links in the footer section of the page 
&lt;br /&gt;The site provides navigation aids, such as site map, skip navigation link, or breadcrumbs are used 
&lt;br /&gt;Ensure that all site navigation hyperlinks work properly and are not broken 
&lt;br /&gt;Color and Graphics
&lt;br /&gt;Use of different colors in page backgrounds/text is limited to a maximum of two to three colors 
&lt;br /&gt;Color is used consistently throughout the site
&lt;br /&gt;Color has good contrast with associated text 
&lt;br /&gt;Site color is not used alone to convey meaning 
&lt;br /&gt;Use of color and graphics enhances information presented rather than distracts from the site 
&lt;br /&gt;Site graphics are optimized and do not significantly slow download 
&lt;br /&gt;Each graphic used serves a clear purpose in relationship to the site and your content
&lt;br /&gt;Image tags use the alt attribute to configure alternate text to display
&lt;br /&gt;Animated images on the site do not distract from the site and do not repeat or only repeat a few times&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 3</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;a href="/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73912" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Browser Compatibility
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Internet Explorer (6+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Firefox (2+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site displays on current versions of Opera (9+) 
&lt;br /&gt;Site display on current versions of Safari (both Mac and Windows) 
&lt;br /&gt;Navigation
&lt;br /&gt;The sites main navigation links labeled clearly and consistently 
&lt;br /&gt;The sites navigation is easy to use for target audience 
&lt;br /&gt;If you use images for navigation menus, Flash, or DHTML is the main navigation, provide users with clear text links in the footer section of the page 
&lt;br /&gt;The site provides navigation aids, such as site map, skip navigation link, or breadcrumbs are used 
&lt;br /&gt;Ensure that all site navigation hyperlinks work properly and are not broken 
&lt;br /&gt;Color and Graphics
&lt;br /&gt;Use of different colors in page backgrounds/text is limited to a maximum of two to three colors 
&lt;br /&gt;Color is used consistently throughout the site
&lt;br /&gt;Color has good contrast with associated text 
&lt;br /&gt;Site color is not used alone to convey meaning 
&lt;br /&gt;Use of color and graphics enhances information presented rather than distracts from the site 
&lt;br /&gt;Site graphics are optimized and do not significantly slow download 
&lt;br /&gt;Each graphic used serves a clear purpose in relationship to the site and your content
&lt;br /&gt;Image tags use the alt attribute to configure alternate text to display
&lt;br /&gt;Animated images on the site do not distract from the site and do not repeat or only repeat a few times&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59969-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-3"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management - Part 1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

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&lt;a href="/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73810" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The words online reputation management seems very intimidating and confusing if you are new to online marketing. As daunting as the phrase may be, you should not fear this term. The simple fact of the matter is, the term online relationship management is the control and management of all of your online marketing efforts. It also consists of controlling and monitoring what others say about your efforts as well. 
&lt;br /&gt;Your online marketing efforts may include a website, a blog, social network profiles, articles and videos. All of these marketing mediums are open to scrutiny and the opinions of others. Your performance as a business is up for scrutiny do to this type of exposure too. All of these concepts and efforts teamed with marketplace opinions add up to you online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt;Once you have an understanding of your online efforts, it is easy to understand how people perceive you and what your online reputation is. You also must naturally conclude that managing this reputation is just as important as managing your offline reputation in your local marketplace. Let us look at a few examples of online media that help to form your online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt;A website is one example of online media that helps establish and reinforce your online reputation. Reflected upon logically, a website is comparable to a business card or a brochure even though their application in your overall media campaigns is different. When you set out to design a business card or brochure you want it to look professional and convey your brand effectively. You also want people to be able to read your materials with ease and have them be free of spelling or grammatical errors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management - Part 1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

  &lt;object width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zTf5YGCxr_g&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zTf5YGCxr_g&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;



&lt;a href="/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73810" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The words online reputation management seems very intimidating and confusing if you are new to online marketing. As daunting as the phrase may be, you should not fear this term. The simple fact of the matter is, the term online relationship management is the control and management of all of your online marketing efforts. It also consists of controlling and monitoring what others say about your efforts as well. 
&lt;br /&gt;Your online marketing efforts may include a website, a blog, social network profiles, articles and videos. All of these marketing mediums are open to scrutiny and the opinions of others. Your performance as a business is up for scrutiny do to this type of exposure too. All of these concepts and efforts teamed with marketplace opinions add up to you online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt;Once you have an understanding of your online efforts, it is easy to understand how people perceive you and what your online reputation is. You also must naturally conclude that managing this reputation is just as important as managing your offline reputation in your local marketplace. Let us look at a few examples of online media that help to form your online reputation.
&lt;br /&gt;A website is one example of online media that helps establish and reinforce your online reputation. Reflected upon logically, a website is comparable to a business card or a brochure even though their application in your overall media campaigns is different. When you set out to design a business card or brochure you want it to look professional and convey your brand effectively. You also want people to be able to read your materials with ease and have them be free of spelling or grammatical errors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59889-online-reputation-management-part-1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

  &lt;object width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BuQ_t37RIbQ&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BuQ_t37RIbQ&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;



&lt;a href="/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73808" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Online Reputation Management - Part 2
&lt;br /&gt;In general, a website is the most formal and static portion of your online reputation and internet marketing efforts. It is important to ensure that you are correctly perceived by your target audience and have a concrete business goal being communicated. Every time someone views your website, that person should walk away with a clear understanding of what your organization does and how it can help him or her solve his or her problem at hand. Because your website is static, for the most part, you can see how even the slightest communication can have a negative or damaging effect on your reputation that snowballs with time.
&lt;br /&gt;You should update the information on your website regularly in order to ensure that everything is correct. Do not change your email without updating your website contact information and without informing your contacts. Make sure and update your website bio and photo often, as you will want people to recognize you when they meet you for the first time. If your bio is out of date by more than three months, you may run the risk of misrepresenting yourself. Your website will constantly be communicating with the world about you so make sure that you are diligent about what you are saying to them.
&lt;br /&gt;You should also follow a set of web design best practices. Here is a checklist of things you need to be doing. If you choose to ignore this set of best practices, you run the risk of presenting yourself to your target audience in a way that damages your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Online Reputation Management Website Best Practices - Part 1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1</id>
    <updated>2008-12-02T18:45:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>David Skul</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">

  &lt;object width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BuQ_t37RIbQ&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BuQ_t37RIbQ&amp;border=0&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;



&lt;a href="/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73808" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;div class="post_content"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Online Reputation Management - Part 2
&lt;br /&gt;In general, a website is the most formal and static portion of your online reputation and internet marketing efforts. It is important to ensure that you are correctly perceived by your target audience and have a concrete business goal being communicated. Every time someone views your website, that person should walk away with a clear understanding of what your organization does and how it can help him or her solve his or her problem at hand. Because your website is static, for the most part, you can see how even the slightest communication can have a negative or damaging effect on your reputation that snowballs with time.
&lt;br /&gt;You should update the information on your website regularly in order to ensure that everything is correct. Do not change your email without updating your website contact information and without informing your contacts. Make sure and update your website bio and photo often, as you will want people to recognize you when they meet you for the first time. If your bio is out of date by more than three months, you may run the risk of misrepresenting yourself. Your website will constantly be communicating with the world about you so make sure that you are diligent about what you are saying to them.
&lt;br /&gt;You should also follow a set of web design best practices. Here is a checklist of things you need to be doing. If you choose to ignore this set of best practices, you run the risk of presenting yourself to your target audience in a way that damages your online reputation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/59887-online-reputation-management-website-best-practices-part-1"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
    </content>
  </entry>
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