Episode #1018
How to Fight Negative Press
May 15, 2019

In episode #1018, we discuss how you can deal with any type of negative press. Tune in to hear how you can fight negative press.

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TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:27] Today’s Topic: How to Fight Negative Press
  • [00:35] Negative press could be bad Google search results.
  • [01:05] Neil has had a really bad write up about his company.
  • [01:30] Overall, Neil feels he has done right by people and always refunds people’s money when they are unhappy.
  • [02:05] Do reputation management through SEO link building.
  • [02:50] Neil ignores all the bad press and feels it is all made up.
  • [03:45] Neil also had bad article written about him in Wired magazine.
  • [04:38] He also settled a class action lawsuit and lost a lot of customers because of the bad press.
  • [05:00] If it hadn’t been for the bad press, Neil would have sold his company.
  • [05:50] The current person writing bad posts about Neil is clearly fabricating elements of his story and posted anonymously.
  • [06:08] That’s it for today!
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