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For centuries there’s been a belief that a man’s word is his bond , or his reputation. As modern means of communication evolved, the ability of the media and later of the public to investigate the actual actions of individual leaders and business tycoons put their reputations under greater scrutiny. Today, with the internet leaving no corner unturned, it is possible to investigate the reputation of anyone — not just political and business leaders and celebrities. Everyone, from the small business consultant to the college student can have their reputation smeared online and have to figure out how to fix it.

This is where the field of online reputation management enters the picture. There are definite strategies and actions that can be taken proactively to make it harder for someone to damage an online reputation. There are other strategies to use once someone’s reputation has been attacked or otherwise damaged.

In general, the quality of an online reputation is determined by conducting a web search for the name of an individual. If the highest results are negative or if most of the results are negative web pages, reviews, and other links, then the overall reputation is negative. If people are researching a potential employee, the CEO of a start up they want to invest in, or a candidate for a position on a local board or committee, a negative online reputation can be extremely damaging. This is why companies like elixir interactive work to provide advice and strategies to people looking to protect their online reputation. While they will do the actual management work for companies and individuals who can afford to hire professional help, they also provide tips on their blogs and websites that can be used by average people who want to protect their own reputation.

Tampa is a wonderful city for travelers and tourists, with a ready and easy access to great theme parks and plenty of natural wonders. It’s also got a very lively local population, with a great social scene, making for some splendid evenings out on the town. The cultural mix here is very strong, so that there are plenty of world rhythms to move one about on the dance floors, and great venues for live music. When it comes to what in town is the very best, Tampa spa resorts offer some splendid relaxation. It’s a very popular way to travel these days, where health and rejuvenation are the centers of attention.

It’s also a town that has a fine share of local celebrities, with loads of sports greats, wrestler and showman Hulk Hogan, bestselling author Dennis Lehane, and rap star Bubba Sparxxx. But one celebrity who had the public eye for many years was in the news for unfortunate reasons last year. Billy Mays , the fast-talking pitchman for a wild number of products, passed away at only 50 years old. The causes of death were the subjects of a lot of rumors, but the family likes it to rest at hypertension and heart trouble, which were the main factors.

He was born in Pennsylvania, and started his salesman education on the boardwalk of Atlantic City. This is the perfect place for someone who could talk and think fast, and sell with an enormous enthusiasm. For Mays, this kind of old-fashioned selling was the exact formula for a life of financial success. He got a very big break when he became the spokesman for OxiClean , and his initial excursions into the public realm on television were very well-received. His enthusiasm was contagious, and it was difficult not to get swept up in the pitch.

There was something enormously charming about him, and audiences liked watching him as if he were a stand-up comic, but found themselves getting convinced that these were fabulous products they had to have. It’s an approach to selling that people in the country hadn’t seen since PT Barnum, and it’s curious to wonder who might ever fill these shoes.

He’s missed here, and everywhere.

Las Vegas might be a city of sin and decadence, but there is law and order there. There is also the CSI show there too, and though Jay-Z might consider New York the city of sin, others think that Las Vegas made the patent. But there are people there trying to fight that perception, and not just the cops and lawyers fighting the problems with drugs, murder, stealing the kind of crimes you turn on the TV for to watch on the news for the true experience of reality TV or on those crime shows that range from the docile, Murder She Wrote and Blues Clues, to the intense, Southland and The Wire and not just on those TV shows you might see time to time when you are tired and watching the TV, waiting out the hours until the alarm rings or the radio turns on and wakes you up.

I know a guy who fighting in a Las Vegas, Nevada law firm. He has had to work hard to get into the position he is, especially saddled with his name, Saint-Exupery. He works with primarily soon to be divorcees and prenuptial agreements, which might seem like a disparate connection but not really. Besides, it helps him to do the kind of work he really likes to do. He likes to volunteer his services to those that cannot afford them normally. He takes to heart the saying that America wants you to give her your poor and needy, in the good times, and in sickness and health.

He also has a soft spot for libraries. He likes to volunteer as a reader to children. These children love to hear the stories he picks out for them. He read The Little Prince the other day and then asked the kids to draw their own versions of animals outside and inside. He chose to an elephant that the children all instantly recognized but that the adults just thought was the top part of a hat, a fedora to be precise because that is the kind of hat that my friend likes to wear, whether he is lawyer garb or not. The children are smart enough to know the difference between a hat and elephant but a lot of adults do not. That is why they liked the little Prince so much. That is why he likes them so much.