Monitoring what is being said about you and your business, company or Corporation on Social Networks such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and hundreds of others is essential to your brand reputation because responding immediately makes the difference between positive Buzz and the type of PR Nightmare HP is experiencing now.

If HP doesn’t know how to effectively handle a reputation crisis will you? You can, if you know what to do in advance!

NOW is the time to put a Social Media Monitoring Plan in place. This is so critical that Influence People has scheduled Social Media Monitoring Events in San Francisco, Boston, New York, Paris and London.

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Andy Beal recently wrote about Tiger Woods Crashing a $1 Billion Reputation With His Silence? on Marketing Pilgrim. This quote says it all:

“In the absence of an official statement, your stakeholders will fill the void with rumor and speculation.” ~ Andy Beal ~

How much can NOT knowing how to monitor Social Media cost you? Here are just a few famous examples:

• Clever Video United Breaks Guitars Costs United Airlines $180 Million
• Apple’s Defensive Tactics Under Fire
• Coca-Cola Gets Slammed For Vulgar Facebook Campaign
• Toyota Brand Damaged by their Slow Reaction Time
• Pampers Reputation Crisis
• CNN Money: Corporate Branding Oops

What else might happen if you don’t know how to monitor your brand on Social Networks?

• Facebook Community Pages: Your Lurking Reputation Nightmare

I hope by now you realize that every company really needs to know The Truth About Online Reputation Management. Jeremiah Owyang wrote about why businesses need to prepare ahead of time for Social Media Attacks.

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