increasing personal social standing

I have a client that has had a bit of a smear campaign against him and he has asked me to help.

I want good articles to pop up when people search his name instead of whats currently appearing.

I figure I need to have 10 good google links appear to put the bad stuff on page 2, which no one will see.

Just looking for any tips and tricks from the SEO world.

I'm going to create a number of web 2.0's with articles off good deeds, and then GSA'ing those articles.

any other suggestions?

any keyword type suggestions for a person rather than a brand or business?

Moved to Online Reputation Management (ORM) subforum.

Web 2.0 and socials are the right way to start. Add some domains with their name in in it (just register available variations. Try to keep it short).
Posting on authoritative websites should help as the tend to rank well in low - medium competition. Try to use good and long content for your "money sites". From there on it's basically doing SEO for all the properties from the first steps.

Try to get strong on a keyword like "Facebook". Use the area of your work as a keyword. Create a platform in identity sites or identitysites.com to express your stories. Blog posts, FAQs, mentions in the media, photos, press releases, reviews, resources, and videos can all be included. It gives you the option of combining many website names into a single website, depending on which aspects of your life demand an online presence. By monopolizing search engine results with multiple linked sites, you can boost your SEO potential. Start crafting the story of your online identity from here.