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Of Muppets and Goldman Sachs’ Reputation
In delivering a blistering media attack on Goldman Sachs yesterday, has Greg Smith also made himself unemployable by damaging his own reputation? After all, he could have simply resigned without resorting to a public excoriation of his erstwhile employer … Continue reading
The biggest sin in sales and marketing: being vanilla
In highly competitive markets, it’s important for marketers to develop their company’s reputation as a provider of truly outstanding services and products. But in the absence of proprietary revolutionary technology, how can a company come to be known as a … Continue reading
Topless Lindsay Lohan starts a food fight in public
See how things can be taken out of context and twisted? It’s sad that someone’s reputation can so easily be marred by just a few keystrokes and a quote or picture that don’t exactly tell the whole story. Well, right … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity reputations, Hollywood, Reputation
Tagged food fight, Lindsay Lohan, Reputation, Topless, Whitney Houston
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Myspace comeback: pigs are now flying
With a new music player Myspace may be on cusp of redeeming its tattered reputation. Um, say what? Well, having a legal song inventory that’s said to be the biggest in the world at some 42 million songs, Myspace certainly … Continue reading
Whitney Houston’s reputation forever linked to drugs and Bobby Brown
Beyond the terrible sadness that we all feel for the death of, arguably, the most talented songstress of the last 3 decades, there is melancholy around the fact that she was unable to fully make a comeback before she passed. … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity reputations, News
Tagged Bobby Brown, drugs, Reputation, Whitney Houston dead
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Smartest actors in Hollywood
These actors can be counted among the most intelligent stars in Hollywood. They have consistently acted in, and often directed, outstanding dramatic films and/or theater productions. Their inclusion in this list is also based on online reputational rankings as derived … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity reputations, Celebrity reputations online, Hollywood
Tagged actors, Celebrities, Celebrity, Google, Intelligence, Intelligent, IQ, Reputation, smart, Smartest, Star, Stars
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Happy holidays from Velvet Talk Management
Velvet Talk Management wants to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year or, to be more politically correct and inclusive, happy Christmahanukwanzakkus. Good health and good online reputation to you in the new year. The VTM team.
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Fastest way to repair your reputation may be to destroy it first
What happens when someone’s is denounced publicly? Well, their reputation is damaged in many circles, but not in all of them. Indeed, some people will actually be moved to feel sorry for the subject and thus, in their eyes, the … Continue reading
In praise of much higher inflation (or shedding our reputation for conservative economic stupidity)
Inflation rate targets for developed economies are currently between 2 and 3 percent. That’s just too low, though, and it’s curtailing growth considerably. Much higher inflation rates, perhaps over 10%, would make holding onto one’s money much less attractive, thereby … Continue reading