<p>Do you know what your customers are reading about you? If you do not know - then you need to perform and “<b><a href="http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/tag/ego-search" title="Posts tagged with ego search">Ego Search</a></b>“.  Simply put - search the Internet for your <b>name and your business name</b>. You might be surprised what you find.  Whatever you find is the samethings that your potential customers or clients will find when theysearch - and you can bet they  <b>ARE </b>searching.</p><p>If everything you find is great, positive, encouraging, and will make your customers feel honored to do business withyou and your company - then <b>Kudos</b> to You!</p><p>If you find rants, negative comments, or anything disparraging then you need to do some damage control. <br></p><p>You need to <b>bury these <a href="http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/tag/negative-comments" title="Posts tagged with negative comments">negative comments</a></b>so they are off the first page - and preferably off the second page ofresults as well.  If you are proactive this can be done fairly easily.</p><p>The fastest way to see positive results is to use Social Marketing tecniques - this is something you can do to clean up your persieved reputation or just to promote your website or brand.  </p><p>Make a profile with the negative search term at the following Social Sites -</p><ul><li><a href="http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/tag/twitter" title="Posts tagged with twitter">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/tag/linkedin" title="Posts tagged with LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a></li><li>MyBlogLog</li><li>StumbleUpon</li><li>Digg</li><li>FaceBook</li><li>MySpace<br></li></ul><p>These are the leading <b>Social Sites</b> - although thereare hundred of different Social Sites available.  These are the bare basic sites - if your niche or market has industry specific sites then add them to your list as well.  Create the profilewith the negative search phrase - so if you searched for your businessname and found negative press then make the profile in your businessname.  Then invite friends to follow you.  Every time a new personbecomes your friend it creates new links and your profile will start toraise.  This will push the older listings down.  Join groups within thesocial sites - this will pass “<b>link juice</b>” as well.  Also create a list of your profiles on your website - creating more links.</p><p>Get your good clients to right <b>positive testimonials</b> for you and post them on various profiles and online directories on the Internet.</p><p>The goal is to get the profile pages, articles your write, and positive testimonials to show in the search engines instead of the older, negative comments or rants.  Search engines love new content and hate old, stale content.  This is a great thing to keep in mind when dealing with your website as well. <br></p>With some effort on your part and a little time it is very easy to "clean up" your reputation on the Internet and get clients coming to you - and that is what Attraction marketing is all about - customers coming to you.<br><p>If you do not have the time to invest in getting rid of <a href="http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/tag/negative-comments" title="Posts tagged with negative comments">negative comments</a> about you and/or your business then it is worth <b>hiring a professional</b>to do this for you.  Just imagine how many potential clients you areloosing by having less than favorable comments floating around on theInternet.</p><p><br></p> 2008-10-31T02:34:39Z -15.9323 303 2108 true 15 12993 know-what-your-customers-are-reading-about-you 0 2008-11-04T22:52:31Z 2008-11-04T22:52:31Z

How to get rid of negative information about you or your business on the Internet.

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