43 Quotes about Reputation That Will Change The Way You Do Business

43 Quotes about Reputation That Will Change The Way You Do Business

Industry leaders around the globe have one thing in common, regardless of their enterprise. They understand the importance of their online reputation. These quotes about reputation prove that managing your personal brand or the online image of your business can make or break your chances of success.

These quotes from branding influencers, past and present, illustrate the value of reputation. Let this advice about reputation management, branding, and social media inspire you to build (or rebuild) your online reputation.

43 Quotes about Reputation, Branding, and Social Media:

1. “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
2. “What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution.” – Germany Kent
3. “Your brand name is only as good as your reputation.” – Richard Branson
4. “A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
5. “Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it’s not going to get the business.” – Warren Buffett
6. “In a digitally connected world a byte of data can boost or bite your brand” – Bernard Kelvin Clive
7. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” – Warren Buffet
8. “Reputations can be manipulated; character can only be developed and maintained.” – Bohdi Sanders
9. “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” – Booker T. Washington
10. “Too many companies want their brands to reflect some idealised, perfected image of themselves. As a consequence, their brands acquire no texture, no character and no public trust.” – Richard Branson
11. “When you win, don’t swagger. When you lose, don’t sulk.” – Rick Warren
12. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
13. “If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand.” – Howard Schultz
14. “The way to gain good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” – Socrates
15. “Being authentic, and being perceived as such by your audience, relies on your ability to ensure that every decision you make when it comes to your business is rooted in being true to yourself.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
16. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
17. “Branding is a lot of things, but one thing it’s not is soft.” – Richie Norton
18. “If you’re in business, that’s the goal. Buyers. Branding done well creates both long term loyalty and timely purchases.” – Richie Norton
19. “Strong brands are built on unshakable values and authenticity.” – Simone Smith
20. “Don’t entertain others at the expense of your reputation.” – Bohdi Sanders
21. “Strong brands are not built through shortcuts and copycats.” – Bernard Kelvin Clive
22. “What you say to customers is advertising. What they say to their friends, is the truth. Businesses should be seeking advocates of their brand at all times.” – Stacey Kehoe
23. “Unprofessionalism damages the business reputation and tarnishes the trust of society.” – Pearl Zhu
24. “Building a profitable personal brand online is not a sprint, and something that happens overnight. Don’t aim for perfection early on. Instead allow your brand to evolve naturally over time and focus on providing massive value and over deliver to your target audience. Then you will get more clear over your message and brand as well. Always remember that!” – Navid Moazzez
25. “When you brand, rebrand or brand-diggity, ask yourself one thing to do it right: how will my brand create buyers?” – Richie Norton
26. “If you are in a competitive industry, great online reviews are not just nice to have, they are a requirement!” – Tom Kenemore
27. “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden
28. “Reputation is everything when it comes to building a digital brand.” -Stacey Kehoe
29. “Image and reputation are just as important as finances and associations.” – Germany Kent
30. “If you really want to dominate the competition and make big bucks, you’ve got to be the best. Do that, be that, and no one will be able to touch you. With one exception. Someone with less passion and talent and poorer content can totally beat you if they’re willing to work longer and harder than you are. Hustle is it.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
31. “Reputation and influence must be earned. Social media is the quickest way to show your audience how good you are.” – Stacey Kehoe
32. “When you’re not around, your reputation will speak for you.” – Frank Sonnenberg
33. “For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.” – Andrew Griffin
34. “Technology hasn’t grown enough to influence consumer behavior. You cannot change the habit of reading newspaper: You cannot change the habit of watching soap opera. You can only replace newspaper with e-paper, and TV with YouTube. What changes is the platform, not the behavior pattern.” – Hecate Strategy
35. “The idea of reputation, influence, and influencers in the offline world is as old as the hills. It’s not new on the web either, but semantic search is creating a portable sense of identity, reputation, and influence that in the days before it simply did not exist. And this is changing everything.” – David Amerland
36. “If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.” – Germany Kent
37. “Digital Marketing is not an art of selling a product. It is an art of making people buy the product that you sell.” – Hecate Strategy
38. “Brands are like shoes, they come in sizes and styles; one size & style doesn’t fit everyone.” – Bernard Kelvin Clive
39. “Your personal brand is a promise to your clients… a promise of quality, consistency, competency, and reliability.” – Jason Hartman
40. “The answer to the question how to use Social Media lies in the name itself – being social; listen and respond; humanize the brand.” – Anoop Raghav
41. “Personal branding is about managing your name — even if you don’t own a business — in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your “blind” date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.” – Tim Ferriss
42. “A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another.” – Seth Godin
43. “It’s important to build a personal brand because it’s the only thing you’re going to have.Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you’ve got to be a good person. You can’t hide anything, and more importantly, you’ve got to be out there at some level.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

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