Kerisma

Did you lose your job?

Do you need to increase sales for your business?

Do you want to impress someone in hopes to date?

Do you just want to send out the right message to others about you and don’t know where to start?

Start taking control of your virtual presence and making a serious commitment as you have with your personal relations.

People are watching, reading or learning about you whether you like it or not. Thanks to the web and search engines, otherwise known as “Googling someone,” it’s as important to define who you are in person, as much as you define yourself online. Put your best foot forward as to how individuals come into contact with your background to learn more about you in cyberspace. Today, it’s important to be accessible online if you want to get noticed.  Whether it’s for your career development, meeting that special someone to enhance your life, or to just network with others showcasing your personality and talents to build stronger relationships. It’s difficult to climb an uphill battle to gain back one’s reputation, integrity and build respect among others than anything else. We must consider our interactions in the real-world and how it may impact our presence in the virtual world. Of course, we can’t worry what others think about us all the time because there are all sorts of people with different motives. But, it’s important for everyone to take the necessary steps to manage both one’s online and off-line reputation. Let me help you create your profile in the virtual world to lead you on the path to success. Every environment online can be different and keeping track of all the tools can be overwhelming. Take my advice to assess your personality and perfect your profiles across the web.

Give yourself a virtual make-over. Craft the right message, to the right audience to attract others professionally, or enhance your relationships with others. Gain the proper exposure about you, or your business to make a positive impact with others. Whether it’s Match.com, LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter, your personal blog, or providing guidance for a face-lift to your website, let me assist you in the areas where you virtual presence will help you get noticed. CIO.com offers some advice on Managing Your Reputation Online

Don’t worry it’s nothing like lions, and tigers, and bears, but be prepared to get eaten alive if one doesn’t embrace new innovations. People are fearful of change and we need to throw that notion out the window by providing greater resources, more knowledge and connect people of different backgrounds together in order to move forward. It’s important for us to work together, young and old, because each of us need to challenge the ways in which we’ve come to think and relate to one another for our future.

I notice too often that much talent is overlooked by big business because one may have not followed the traditional career path, whereas companies could benefit from the new ideas and creative skills that others can offer. Why is that? Also, it’s funny, how some employees and employers continue to see the use of digital media as a threat, rather than embracing it, testing it, and taking new approaches to further their understanding and career development. Even some teachers have seen digital medium as a reason to be concerned about the future of their jobs, later to realize, “Wow, look what this can do.” Yet, they are all overwhelmed and not sure where to start. Just think of the opportunities out there. </p

Virtual everywhere around the world and creating domestic problems …http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5002721.ece

This story is a bit much, but it’s an example of our changing world and what’s to come. It’s all over the internet today popping up in many places. I was saying at a recent event that social media also creates an arena where others without good intentions can make personal attacks online against individuals. People could attack one’s character, credibility with no grounds and make a public statement across the Internet where it’s difficult to remove those comments. Let’s say one person may have had poor judgments about an individual for some reason or another and makes it’s known publicly in many places online. If you didn’t know that individual yourself, and you did come into contact, had a chance to “Google” him/her, and you happen to see a few negative comments about this person’s character…. Wouldn’t you shape an opinion about that individual? You may.

When in fact, if someone knew that individual first-hand or had personal encounters face-to-face, this person was nothing like what someone on the Internet described. We know how rumors spread and are we going to live in a future world where people can put laws or sue others for defamation of character or slenderizing someone online? Well in this new virtual social world, one can make poor comments online about another person and get away with it! Another area of concern is that people could steal the identity of someone else online, pose as that person, potentially destroying one’s character and reputation, not to mention their credit. We’ve all become celebrities online where others can make positive remarks or share good experiences, while others could potentially take negative hits against each of us. It can become the social media paparazzi! It’s scary to think it will be challenging for each of us to not only protect our true identity in the real world, but also in the virtual world. If someone makes a negative comment online about someone with a personal attack or accusation, one will have to manage those responses, as people should also be managing the credibility of their brands and taking away new insights from the communities online.  Sometimes, it’s best to dispute those claims, learn something new to change your behavior, or handle them with a positive response to shape the best outcome. I still value personal relationships, but I do enjoy what other opportunities the virtual world can bring, but we have to be cautious, pro-active and aware of how things are changing in this new world.

Maybe one day I should go back to school and become a virtual lawyer, or an online crisis management consultant..that may not be a bad idea

Food for thought.