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National Reputation
Anatomy of a modern-day political PR campaign in India
September 2, 2011 | 
Author The Anna Hazare fast, now that’s its over, was a nifty PR campaign and a great political one at that. While the 74-year-old Anna with his 12-day fast resembling the many fasts that Gandhi made for the country before and after independence has become an icon; ‘Team Anna’ walked away with PR success. Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi and other popular people like actors Anupam Kher, Om Puri and Aamir Khan all made up the PR machine behind the scenes for Team Anna. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Journalists and Reporters, National Reputation, politicians, Politicians reputation, PR / Public Relations, Press & Journalism, Reputation News, Social Network Sites | 
Tags: Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, India, India Against corruption, Kiran Bedi, Political campaign, PR / Public Relations, Ramlila Maidan | 
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Top Ten Don’ts of Reputation Management
Yesterday we did a piece on the Top Ten Reputation Management Tips, detailing 10 things you really should be doing to preserve your own/brand name on t’internet. And, while we freely admit that the list wasn’t exhaustive, there are also some things which – equally as importantly – you should NOT be doing. Whilst amicable that you should wish to fix any issues that may arise, within you is the potential to make things a whole lot worse, too.
Posted in Bad Press, Company Reputation, Damage Limitation, Google, National Reputation, Negative Forums, Personal Reputation, politicians, PR / Public Relations, Press & Journalism, Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online, Reviews & Quality, Social Network Sites | Tags: brand management, Google, negative blogs, Negative Forums, negative press, negative reviews, negative threads, Reputation Management online, Reputation Management Tips, Review sites, SEO, Wikipedia | 2 Comments »
Top Ten Reputation Management Tips
Ok, here should be a comprehensive guide to managing your own online reputation and the things you SHOULD be doing to preserve your own/brand name. If you’re here, you’ve already shown an interest in making sure you’re doing what you can to keep your head above the proverbial current of the internet. Or you’ve found yourself in an unpleasant situation and are facing unwarranted negative press/publicity and are seeking ways to rectify your situation.
Posted in About Us, Bad Press, Damage Limitation, Google, google alerts, National Reputation, Personal Reputation, Press & Journalism, Product Reviews, Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online, Reviews & Quality, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: Computing, internet, Internet Marketing, marketing, Online advertising, Reputation Management, Search Engine Optimization, Social network service, Technology/Internet, Top Ten Reputation Management Tips, User-generated content, website | No Comments »
Doctor, Doctor – I Found A Picture Of You Drunk And Now I Don’t Want Surgery.
There’s one of two reasons you’re not laughing at the moment. Most commonly it’ll be because the joke wasn’t funny. Then you have the group of doctors who’ve just realised that the pictures they posted of last year’s New Years party might well cost them clients.
Posted in Damage Limitation, Doctors Reputation, Google, National Reputation, Personal Reputation, Reputation Management, SEO, Social Network Sites | Tags: doctors reputation, doctors reputation management, Google, Internet search engines, negative media, Search Engine Optimization, Xobni | 1 Comment »
India corruption fight against bad reputation
India fights its reputation of being one of the most corrupt nations in the world, even as the Father of the nation, Gandhi’, had a new book alluding to his bi-sexuality and asking questions about his reputation. The book has clearly lost the interest it piqued when it was first reported and most Indians seemed quite okay about it, though there were the usual smattering of outrage and calls for ban so characteristic of traditional India.
Corruption has been new India’s worry and national shame and only the recent Cricket world cup win has taken the common man’s attention off of corruption. The stage was however set… the large enraged middle class, often struck with helplessness in the whole system of corruption was looking for a spark. And it came in the form of Anna Hazare, a 71-year old activist, who has invoked Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement with a fast unto death to introduce the 1968 Lok Pal bill which has been bypassed by succesive governments. The Gandhi reputation sure seems unshaken! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in National Reputation, Personal Reputation, politicians, Reputation News | Tags: Anna Hazare, anna hazare fast, Corruption in India, Egypt crisis, facebook. twitter, Gandhi bi-sexual, Gandhi book, Government of India, India corruption, India corruption scandals, Lokpal, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1 Comment »
Has nuclear power lost its reputation post the Japan earthquake and Tsunami?
Now much of the attention is on Japan’s nuclear power plant blasts following the deadly earthquake and tsunami. This could soon be the worst nuclear accident after Chernobyl. Radiation levels are a shocking 1,000 times above normal around the Japanese nuclear plant.
Japan had the misfortune to declare its first-ever emergency at a nuclear power plant because of a cooling system failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor, thanks to emergency generators being knocked out during the 8.9 magnitude earthquake. As the emergency grew, the evacuation area and level of panic grew by the minute.
The reputation of nuclear energy was boasted wildly over the years as the savior for the power crunch the world has been facing. The one prime reason was to satiate the growing need of energy, particularly for countries with limited or no reserves of fossil fuels. Ever since then reactors of all sizes and shapes mushroomed across the world to square the need for energy, without which huge populations of the world lead a miserable future, according to them. Read the rest of this entry »
Corporate Reputation lessons from Ben Ali, Mubarak & Gaddafi
Every institution should know that it is dangerous to think that community looks at you as you look yourself. And with falling of dictators in the Middle East reminds me of how the above principle tends to apply, very democratically, through to brands, governments and individuals.
When you look at this from a close quarter, you see that the crisis lies with the leaders who tend to forget that governance, product or service will not withstand for long time, if you have a battered reputation down the line. Public or customer opinion is a key factor, and it’s only when actions ally with the reputation it enhances your brand worth.
And this brings us to the Middle East. Taking into account the ousted leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and now in Libya with Gaddafi feeling the heat, it is obvious, that Public will revolt and is likely to spiral to other parts of the world. With no concrete measures and hard rule stance the gap had grown between misinformation and public opinion. Read the rest of this entry »
Egypt crisis and the social media revolution!
The Egypt crisis has escalated and perhaps reached a crescendo with a millon people protesting in Tahrir Square in Cairo, today. Interesting, how it all began and took momentum via the viral nature of Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry messages. Social networks as a socio-political tool is what we can take back from the situation in Egypt and Tunisia.
While economic issues of unemployment is the main reason for the crisis, it is also the tech-savvy, internet user of below 30 years and their disconnect with the ruling government, and in Egypt’s case, the authoritarian 30-year regime of Hosni Mubarak that has caused the crisis.
Social media is just one of the main weapons to galvanize support, to converge, to co-ordinate and vent anger in such a situation. The hashtag #Egypt continuously comes up on twitter, often much too fast to read. To see democracy being taken seriously in Muslim countries in Africa by itself makes this unrest fascinating for the rest of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in National Reputation, politicians, Reputation News, Social Network Sites | Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Egypt crisis, Egypt unrest, Hosni Mubarak | 3 Comments »
Sarah Palin’s political reputation hit by the Arizona massacre fallout
The former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin found herself in the firing range as her opponents unleashed fiery criticisms in the wake of the Arizona massacre that left six people dead. Some of her political opponents suggested that the violent political rhetoric could have played a role in the attempted assassination of Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Mrs. Palin has been criticized for the website that she created “Take Back the 20″, which included a map of the US with cross hairs on congressional districts of Democrat candidates including Miss Giffords, which she had singled out for defeat. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 10 reputation crisis of 2010 – a recap!
Being Reputation Management Consultants, Reputation Management For.com, have come with our list of top 10 reputation crashes in the year that was! Being the festive season and all, we’re doing it as honors awarded to the great captains of Industries, firms, celebrities and brands that went through a reputation storm in 2010… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Celebrity Reputation, National Reputation, Personal Reputation, politicians, Reputation Management, Reputation News, Reputation Online | Tags: 2011, BP, Commonwealth Games, Daimler AG, Ethics, Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD., India, Italy, Mel Gibson, Microsoft Corporation, Online Privacy, Privacy, reputation, Silvio Berlusconi, Tiger Woods, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, yahoo | 3 Comments »