OK, I have updated the basic reputation management guide several times over the last year. Again, I appreciate all the feedback and content suggestions, so thanks to those BHW members that left me feedback in 2013!
Here is a brief breakdown of all the different sections of the online branding guide:
Table of Contents
Step 1. What All Has Been Said About You Online?
Step 2. What All Is Being Said About You Online?
Step 3. What You Can Do About It - "The Best Defense Is A Great Offense"
Exact Match Domains
Buying Domain Names That Include Your Keywords And Popular Neutral Or Negative Phrases
Look Into Using A Google Plus Profile And Google Authorship
Business Directories (different tools you can use, things like using Google Alerts to automatically track your competition's business listings, etc)
Social Media Websites
Press Releases
Article Directories
Video Sharing Websites
Image Sharing Websites
Audio Sharing Websites
Presentation Sharing Websites
Document Sharing Websites
See If You Can Acquire A Wikipedia Page
Take Advantage Of Online Resume Websites
Post On Online Marketplaces
Post On Relevant Online Forums
Conduct Paid Advertising Campaigns
Post On Question and Answer Websites
Build Your Own Public Lists
Take Advantage of Content Curation Websites
Take Advantage Of "Tagging" On The Websites That Encourage It
Promote Your Brand By Hosting A Public Event
Keep Track of All Your Website URLs That You Develop and Promote Them Regularly
Leverage Pre-Existing Positive Website Content When You Can
Also, another thing that BHW members might find of interest I mentioned in another post today, I'm currently working with over 500 business directories on the Confident Brand page now. Still organizing everything into appropriate categories and verifying that you can actually directly sign up on some of these websites... plus added lots of new stuff like mentioning "Pinterest Place Pins", OpenStreetMaps, and other "open map" and creative citation sources etc. So, you should still be able to get hundreds of "NAP" citations for any business with this list: