Your customers, clients, and associates want to know the "real" you. They want to know if they can trust you.

They want to know if your book will truly help them with their needs, or if your product will help them succeed, or if your service will answer their questions, or if your consulting will provide guidance.

People want to know how you entertain, educate, or inform them. They want to know if you provide quality, and they look to your public persona to "suss out" if you're trustworthy or not.

These days your Google search results are your resume (or so some would have you believe).

I use Gravatar to add a photo near my comments, and I keep my online profile up-to-date on most of the channels Claimid.com/monicadear.

Here are ten steps to managing your online identity and protecting your personal and professional identity, reputation, credit score, and bank account on the web. 

1) Protect your password.

We believe in the following Seven Pillars, and we do our very best to abide by these values as we move forward.

1) Create a Compassionate World

We are all unique, powerful individuals --- we each have thoughts and feelings --- we each act in an interconnected web. With more compassion, we understand one another more. This is a compassionate community. We are compassionate individuals.

2) Practice Honesty