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How To Monitor Your Online Reputation With Google Alerts

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How to monitor your online reputation with Google Alerts. A step-by-step guide to setting up alerts so you can protect your business, blog, or personal brand. | Olyvia.co

Tell me truthfully: do you ever think about monitoring your online reputation?

I know a lot of you probably hear me say that and think that sort of thing is for Fortune 500 companies, Angelina Jolie, and Presidential hopefuls.

And yes, you would be right.

But I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't tell you that you're also dead wrong.

That's because monitoring your reputation on the interwebs is not just for the already powerful, rich, and famous.

Please believe me when I tell you that if A) you exist in this world and B) hope to have any sort of successful public presence that brings in an income or other opportunities (I'm talking to you entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers, bloggers, actors, artists, authors, models, executives, and those who have a career of any kind), you need to know what's being said about you on the internet.

What I'm going to share with you today is an easy, free way to start doing that using Google's alerts capability.

It's not a full-fledged, comprehensive option for catching everything that's said online, but it will get you started. I think you'll find it helpful, and (good news!) it's not going to require any real maintenance from you once you set it up.

(Though I would go back and tweak them every so often as you or your brand develops.)

Here's my step-by-step beginner's guide to monitoring your online reputation with Google Alerts:
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