What Happened In Vegas Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas

“Your reputation isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” – X Factor

Do you really think the time you kill a shot of vodka and your friends record a video of you stealing a loaf of bread from a food cart singing Aladdin’s “Street Mice” is a good idea?

“I know I did.” –Jessica

Or have you ever wished on the night your friends convinced you that the crap in the lion’s head on MGM would be funny to come back to haunt you?

“Oh, it’s just bad execution.” – Tom

Currently, we justify this playful behavior as simply a symptom of youth being fickle, but with the power of the internet and technology, your explicit words and each move can be documented. Your reputation has value. It can and will be used against you in court or at least online.

Between posting photos and regular status updates, we became unbelievably desensitized to the realities of our own self-destruction. Damage to one’s reputation through constant social feeds would directly and unimaginably affect all areas of their life, proving Sin City really needed to change that slogan ASAP!

Look, we have all done stupid things, some dumber than the next…

We may not be capable to control ourselves after throwing the Fireball, but we can control the image we project!

Experiment time. What really comes up when you search for your name on Google?

Please wait a moment, I will wait…

Good grief! think so.

Consider us your reputation “Fairy Godfather”… because we all know nothing good happens after midnight.

Allow us to break down precisely what to do when you are stuck with your hand in the proverbial cookie jar.

#1 – Decide If What You Find Has Impact.

Can you lose your job? Has nobody hired you even although your resume reads like a list of awards? Will it damage your relationships with other people? Friends, Colleagues, etc.? Will your parents be disappointed in you? Are you shy? If my GF/BF sees this, will they try to cut out certain appendages? You get the point…

Through our expert experience, X Factor has saved some of our most elite clients/companies from losing their business because of different forms of online untruth (… and perhaps some truth, uh oh!). Bad reviews plus bad service equals bad business. Period. Identify the impact of being dishonest or contributing to a bad reputation.

#2 – Don’t Get Emotional. Focus On The Task At Hand.

Once the type of impact is dealt with, choose an attack plan. Think about what needs to be done and deal with it. See if there’s a way to utterly remove it. If that’s impossible, just push to outer scope, where nothing is relevant on the internet… aka 2^t google page.

Don’t understand how?

#3 – Reputation Wipe.

Have you tried asking nicely? Contact the suitable webmaster or contact to ask if it can be removed. Describe negative strengths and burdens in your life and/or career. If it is news or a government source, save your time. #failed miserably

#4 – Reputation Repair.

OK, so that sounds like your bad rep. not going anywhere. Go to Plan B, like emergency contraception, this is your second chance to make things right. Create positive content through “authority” sites and premium placements to squeeze out all the bad press and sources. For example creating FB, Twitter and Blogger accounts, etc. with the name of the quote that appears in “bad post”. We encourage you to interact with each of these “positive content” media outlets and accounts on an everyday basis as they will ultimately clog up your front page. Another great tool is YouTube. Develop a positive video about yourself that is not titled “Booty Clap Flip Cup”…

#5 – Confess. Admit Mistakes & Stop Being Stupid.

You are an adult now.

“No one has time for that!” – Sweet chocolate

Reputation management is all you need to do to build a solid foundation for yourself.

A positive content approach will take 3-6 months at most to produce the desired results. If not, give us a call and we’ll be happy to provide you with a free consultation, just do not mention the X Factor by name as we possibly do not want to be related to you. JK!

Good luck!