You and Your Blog Reputation Is Everything

February 10th, 2007 · No Comments

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email feed. Thanks for visiting!

I happened across a ~~rant~~ post a while ago at Pearsonified, one of my favorite sites. Chris Pearson, the designer of Cutline (the backbone of this site), pointed out that someone had taken his hard work on Cutline, modified it, and then claimed the whole theme to be an original creation.

Rightfully, Chris was pissed. And then he let everyone know he was pissed. Because Chris is such an awesome designer (he’s done some fantastic work), he has a huge following (including me) and to each of us, the name of the guy who ripped off Chris’s design was mud.

That was three months ago. If you rip off someone else’s hard work and/or don’t give proper credit where credit is due, you risk ruining your reputation forever. Because the blogosphere is such an efficient medium a momentary lapse in judgment (or worse) could destroy all the hard work you’ve done to build up your reputation. Sometime down the line the stuff you do (good or bad) will surface again.

Of course, if you (or your employee) ever did make a mistake, owning up to it immediately and making the necessary corrections is the best policy.

Popularity: 3% [?]