The Internet Reputation Management State of the Industry - What You Should Know!

The field of companies or individuals representing themselves as online reputation management specialist has grown substantially in the past few years.

There are several reasons for this:

a) The growth of so called consumer advocate sites on the internet and the ease of someone being able to post a comment or statement without any validation or recourse.

b) The media publicity of the industry and companies that have done stories on some of the premier companies in the field.

c) The number of mainly small entities with some internet and/or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experience that want to capitalize on the trend and make money off of businesses and individuals facing these situations.

The Defend My Name strongly recommends that you ask questions and verify the following information when looking to select and qualifying an internet reputation management firm.

Experience:  How long have you been doing internet reputation management? – Not just SEO or web services get real results initiatives with search results and performance.

How can you verify this? – Live links, press, stories, and actual client scenarios.  However, Defend My Name will not name confidential clients for your reference.  We have select clients that have agreed to allow us to share our success stories with potential clients.

Defend My Name and our partner companies: Digital Broadcast Network, DefendMyName, Verified Credible and Correct The Record have been in the SEO business for over 10 years representing national companies in the Automotive, Sports and Entertainment, Services and Manufacturing industries.

We are the pioneers of the internet reputation management industry with the creation of DefendMyName in 2005.

Our companies have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other publications – we will be happy to share with you.

So ask how long and how successful they have been.  Can they validate their response?  Be aware of companies that yell like Tarzan and fight like Jane!

Who are they?  It is a simple question but often a convoluted response.  Start with; do they list their Who Is information for their website and business?

What type of resources do they have to put towards your problem?  Are they a “one man band”?  Anyone can be Superman on the internet.  Are they mainly an SEO or internet company that dabbles in the internet reputation management field?

Pricing:  Be cautious of one size fits all plans and or monthly pricing that seems too good to be true.  In most cases neither of these solutions represents nor defines an effective campaign.

Defend My Name gives all prospective clients an individualized confidential quote based on what we see in your search results and the specifics of your situation, your expectations and what we feel is an achievable results driven program from our end. Defend My Name and Partner Companies

Digital Broadcast Network              www.digitalbroadcastnetwork.com
Defend My Name                             www.defendmyname.com                          
Verified Credible                               www.verifiedcredible.com
Correct The Record                           www.correcttherecord.com