Here are five free tools you can use for online reputation protectionHere are five free tools you can use for online reputation protection. The reason you need these tools is to protect your brand or name.This also allows you to take action against whoever misuses your name in articles, blogs, etc. This also allows you to be proactive in forums and conversations that have to do with your area of specialty.This helps your brand name circulate. Once you start writing content and purchasing things online, your name is being used throughout. (Articles you write, blog entries,social-networks, comments, videos, etc.) Believe it or not, according to "research firm IDC, they have found that there is more content being created ABOUT you thna you create yourself." Unfortunately, part of your brand is in the hands of others.So it is critical that you monitor it" before a flame becomes a forest fire."
What are people saying about you?This is where these free tools come in handy.They allow you to "track and monitor your brand." www.google.com/alerts. This allows you to keep track of e-mail updates of the latest up to date Google results. This is based on your choice of query or topic. You can subscribe to this through e-mail and RSS.www.Technorati.com. This device tracks "blog reactions", that connects to your blog. www.Backtype.com. This device monitors blog comments. www.boardtracker.com. This is where people can gather in a community and talk about you. www.friendfeed.com/search. This allows you to combine all your social accounts,(YouTube, Delicious, etc.)You can combine them into a single feed. Use these five tools and you will be able to control what is being said about you and your brand. Check this site out www.marketingprofs.com *quotes by Dan Schawbel. Online Reputation Protection to HomePage
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