Month: March 2026
Domain Reputation vs. IP Reputation: Decoding Your Email Deliverability
In my 12 years of working in lifecycle marketing and email deliverability, I’ve seen countless panicked emails land in my inbox. Usually, the subject line is a variation of "Why are we in the spam folder?" followed by the classic,...
How to Remove My Info from Data Brokers Without Falling for Scams
If you have spent any time Googling yourself, you have likely found your home address, phone number, and relatives listed on shady "people search" sites. It feels violating, and the immediate reaction is to pay a "reputation management" firm hundreds...
Do I Need Online Reputation Help or Can I Do It Myself?
Let’s be real: most of us didn’t start thinking about our "digital footprint" until we were well into adulthood. If you’re like me, your internet history is a decade-long trail of cringe-worthy status updates, questionable photos from 2012, and a...
How to Correct Errors That Keep Showing Up in AI Answers
I’ve spent the last decade cleaning up digital footprints. In the early days, this meant fighting bad SEO. Today, it means fighting hallucination. If you are an executive or a business owner, you’ve likely noticed that when someone asks ChatGPT,...
How Future Processing Outranked Deloitte and Amazon in LLM Citations: A Reality Check on AEO
If you have spent any time in the B2B SaaS space lately, you’ve likely seen the frantic pivot. Everyone is trying to figure out how to get their brand mentioned in an AI-generated response. But while most agencies are still...
What Does Illinois Law Say About Mugshot Websites and Updates?
For many individuals, a single run-in with the law—even one that results in an acquittal, a dismissal, or a dropped charge—can lead to a digital shadow that persists for years. This shadow often takes the form of a "mugshot website."...
The Best AEO Agencies for 2026: Who’s Actually Proven and Who’s Selling Vaporware
If I hear one more agency tell me they are "AI-first" without explaining how they handle schema markup or citation velocity, I’m going to lose it. That’s a joke. We are deep into the era of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO),...
How to Run an AEO Audit on Your Site: A Practical Guide for the AI-First Era
If you are still optimizing solely for the "ten blue links," you are optimizing for a version of the web that is rapidly fading into the background. Today, search isn't just about ranking; it’s about being cited. As a practitioner...
How do I budget for ORM when one vendor is $29 and another is $3,000?
If you have spent any time in the B2B marketing stack ecosystem, you’ve likely felt the whiplash of Elevating Your Presence, The New Rules of Trade Show Success in 2026 Reputation Management pricing. You’ll see a DIY dashboard for the...
Do Character References Actually Help With a Takedown Request?
In my 11 years of working in online reputation management (ORM), I have seen it all. I have seen founders lose funding due to decade-old local news stories, and I have seen individuals lose job opportunities because of a court...