Own Your Identity

Jonathan Bernstein crisis management, Crisis Prevention, crisis public relations, Crisis Response, internet reputation management

One of the biggest steps an individual or organization can take toward securing their identity is to lay claim to their own name on the Internet. Now, a new product from reputation management experts ReputationDefender, called NameGrab, is making that a lot easier.  As they explain it: Now, you can …

LinkedIn Poll

Jonathan Bernstein crisis management, internet reputation management, public relations

Though it’s not exactly crisis management-related, I’ve created a new poll on LinkedIn that I’d like to invite all of my readers to respond to. If you’re not already a member, LinkedIn is a fantastic networking site, commonly viewed as the “professional” sibling of Myspace and Facebook, where users gather …

Not the Best Buy

Jonathan Bernstein crisis management, internet reputation management, public relations

If there’s ever been a company in need some serious reputation management it’s Best Buy. They’re in the news again for mistreating customers, this time busted by HDguru.com for lying about price matching and delivery, among other policies. The article also includes a list of excuses managers allegedly supplied to …