8. Social Reputation
• What is a social reputation?
– Your reputation online, on social media and
IRL (in real life).
9. Social Reputation
• Why is it important?
– We live in a 24 hr/day media world
– The internet is forever
– Delete does not = erase
– Social/ Online Reputation impacts off-line life
and job relationships
– Email to Instagram, you are leaving a
permanent social footprint
10. Social Reputation
• Social Media Managers
– Each member is a social media manager
– You represent yourself, your company and
your charities
– What you tweet, post and pin becomes your
social reputation
– Your reputation becomes one part of the
Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk’s
reputation
– Potential Members, Supporters and Donors
are watching
11. Social Reputation
• Social Strategy
– How to you want to be perceived?
– How do you want to represent your
personal brand, company and charities?
12. Social Reputation
• Social Tactics
– Visual content is the most read and
shared on all platforms
– Share YOUR story, a personal
connection is important
– Different platforms require
different content
13. Social Reputation
• Social Platform Content
– Personal network of friends and
family
– Business network for connecting
and sharing content
– The network for real time
information
– Your digital billboard – defines you
and your brand
14. Social Reputation Management
• The Rule of Cocktails
– Don’t share, say or do anything you wouldn’t
share, say or do at a cocktail party (think
Grandma’s 80th birthday party, not 5 year
college reunion cocktail party).
15. Social Reputation Management
• Avoid The Snooki Effect
– Currently, Snooki is a new
mom. She would like you to
think of her as this woman.
16. Social Reputation Management
• The Snooki Effect
– The internet is forever so when
you “Google” Snooki you find
this gal.
17. Social Reputation Management
• The Snooki Effect
and sadly this will be on
the internet FOREVER..
Think before you
tweet, pin or post.
18. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Facebook
– Don’t Hoard Friends
Do you really know all 987 of those FB
friends? Make sure you “know” the people
with access to your page.
Do you trust your FB friends to keep any
inappropriate picture of you (from college
spring break) in a box where they belong?
19. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Facebook Mistakes
– The Forgotten Friend
Did you “friend” a colleague, boss or client
and then COMPLAIN about them?
Welcome to the reply all button of 2012!
20. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Facebook Mistakes
– Saucy Photos
Keep the cleavage covered
Just say “no” to party pictures
Control tagging of you by “friends” by
removing tags or changing tag preferences
in the settings.
21. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Facebook Mistakes
– Over Sharing
We’re all very happy about your new boyfriend /
husband/ baby/ house/ job/ etc. etc. etc. but
PLEASE do not show us EVERY SINGLE photo of
the event/person.
We’re all very sorry to hear about your gluten
allergy/bad boyfriend/pregnancy heartburn/ weird
looking mole but again, please do not share every
detail with us.
Don’t drink and Facebook/Twitter (Pinterest is
fine).
22. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Twitter Mistakes
– Keep it Clean: NSFW is a bad thing.
It’s great to be funny and maybe even
shocking on Twitter, but try to keep it clean.
A Twitter stream of F bombs and trash
talking will stay with you forever (this is a
good rule for all Social Media platforms).
23. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• Twitter Mistakes
– Tweet at appropriate times
In a really boring meeting? Skipping work
for a beach day? Ditching class because
you didn’t do the reading? DON’T TWEET
ABOUT IT!
Think your boss, client or co-workers won’t
check your social stream? Think again.
24. How Can you Protect your
Reputation?
• LinkedIn Mistakes
– Keep it professional
Are those morning workouts really paying
off? Please don’t post your bikini as your
profile pic. Bikini babes are not
professional or appropriate.
25. Who is looking at your social
reputation?
• Everyone is watching
Potential/Current Employers
Potential Colleges
Potential Contributors/Investors
Family & Friends
Your children
Lawyers
26. Who is looking at your social
reputation?
• Recruiters & companies are researching
you
78% of recruiters check search engines
63% of recruiters check social media sites
8% of companies have fired someone for
abusing Social Media.*
* Info via kbsd Digital Marketing
27.
28. Rules of Managing your social
reputation
• Follow these rules to monitor your socialreputation
Know your friends & followers.
Remember the Cocktail Rule.
Avoid the Snooki Effect.
Don’t over share.
Avoid The Social Media “Reply All”.
Remember employers & schools will ask for your social
media handles and check them.
Google yourself, know what is out there.
Have a Social Media plan for your image.
Have a Social Presence (being digitally non-existent can
be detrimental ).
29. It takes many good deeds to build a
good reputation,
and only one bad one to lose it.
-Benjamin Franklin
How many of you are on at least 1 social media platform2?3 or more?Yes, instagram, flickr and google are “social” channels.
Personal Blogs/WebsitesSearch Engines (catalogs everything) (78% of recruiters check this)Social Media Sites(63% of recruiters check this)Posts to OTHER blogs/posts/social media sitesWHAT you like, comment and follow impact your reputation – ex. By “liking” a page that was called “I shouldn’t have to press 1 for english I am American” a young man was turned down for a job for being potentially racist.