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This Year Top 7 Tips to Keep Your Online Reputation on Track
How to improve your personal reputation in 2020
From Cassio lamenting “I have lost the immortal part of myself…My reputation, Iago, my reputation!” in Othello to Mr. Darcy declaring “My good opinion once lost is lost forever” in Pride and Prejudice, literature is full of characters and lines espousing the importance of maintaining one’s good name. We naturally want others to think well of us, even more so when business is at stake, and especially now that the Internet’s made it ever easier for faux pas to be career finishers.
On the one hand, that makes sense. Actions have consequences, reputations can be hard to salvage, and like Mr. Darcy alludes to, once your customers’ “good opinion” of you is lost, it may be “lost forever.”
Cancel Culture has its place, but you don’t want to be the next figure cancelled for bad behavior online.
These basic steps can help ensure you promote yourself and your business while avoiding social media faux pas and ensuring your online reputation remains intact.
- Private vs. Public Personas
The first and most essential step to preventing online faux pas is by keeping your private life and views out of your public, professional persona. Set your Facebook…
