Blog & Insights
Comprehensive collection of 35 published essays and commentaries by Sameer Somal across reputation repair, ethical leadership, litigation support, and emerging technology.
December 18, 2019Why Your Company’s Online Reputation Matters
As a discipline, reputation management is still nascent in the Asia Pacific region. Caught up in the rallying cry to go digital, many brands are eager to appear...
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September 10, 2019How to Manage Fake Reviews on Google, Facebook, and Glassdoor
Just as your personal reputation can have a profound impact on your quality of life, your business’ reputation is the key to your venture’s ultimate success or ...
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April 19, 2020Have Controversial Opinions on The Current Crisis? Here’s How to Manage Your Online Reputation
Nabulsi, a real estate professional with eXp Realty, didn’t see the disaster coming. She didn’t even think that much about the three-word post that would ultima...
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August 27, 2018The New Networking: 8 Strategies for Building Real Relationships
Some people make it look so effortless and easy when they engage in a new conversation. The best networkers have mastered the law of attraction. They are likabl...
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June 14, 2018Online Reputation Management: A Guide for Social Media Marketers
Your online reputation determines how others perceive your business when they search for or stumble upon it online. Consequently, online reputation management (...
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August 16, 2018How to Improve or Restore Your Online Reputation
Has your business suffered from negative reviews online? Wondering how to respond to negative posts that reflect badly on your service or products?...
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April 19, 20187 Steps to Successful Live Chat Implementation
The digital revolution has remarkably improved the efficiency of both companies and individuals. There are many forces driving this phenomenon, and one of them ...
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May 01, 2018The Importance of Online Reputation Management (ORM) for Legal Professionals
Reputation, by its very definition is a nebulous, intangible and complex concept. Trust, along with an excellent reputation as a legal resource, cannot be direc...
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December 31, 20186 Tips for Increasing Positive Online Reviews
There are specific steps to gaining and maintaining a positive online reputation. Consistency is a key element in being successful in managing a powerful digita...
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August 28, 20177 Reasons How Emotional Intelligence Underpins To Leadership Success
In today’s competitive world and integrated global economy, being emotionally intelligent holds more value than conventional intelligence. How often do you thin...
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March 07, 2018Digital Reputation Management 101
Reputation is everything. Many of the opportunities presented to us come based on our reputations. Yet reputation is an intangible, ambiguous, and complex conce...
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May 18, 2019SEO vs. ORM — What is the difference?
What do you do when you want some information? You google it — and every single second 67921 people do the same. Indeed, our next story starts online: and just ...
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July 02, 2019Why Efficient Online Reputation Repair Involves More Than Content Suppression
At Blue Ocean Global Technology, we specialize and have extensive experience in cases of online reputation management (ORM). As a result, reputation repair is o...
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December 14, 20177 Proactive Steps to Safeguard Your Online Reputation
Just as a computer owner might install anti-virus software to protect against attacks, organizations should have an authentic, vigilant digital presence to prot...
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November 05, 2020Networking in the Age of Social Distancing: Seven Timeless Strategies
Certain expectations arise during first conversations, both online and in-person, and as a professional, you have an opportunity — some might even say a duty — ...
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January 28, 20187 Reasons India Is Primed for Growth
To many investors, India seems incredible but not necessarily investable. Indeed, the challenges of adapting to India as an investor go beyond not knowing what ...
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October 06, 2020Your Brand’s Digital Reputation Is the Key to Sales Conversion
Plenty of studies have been conducted to determine why people buy certain products. For the most part, it revolves around wants, needs, and social status. The p...
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October 21, 2021Becoming an Entrepreneur in Investment Management
The decision to embark on an entrepreneurial journey, especially in the hyper-competitive investment management industry, can be an overwhelming one. It is almo...
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November 24, 2020Building & Protecting Your Digital Presence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From solopreneurs to the ranks of the Fortune 500, every business in our warp-speed world has a digital reputation to protect. A company grows revenue and achie...
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November 24, 2020Aiming For A Digital Transformation? Don’t Forget Your Online Reputation
Before Covid-19 swept over the globe, the term “digital transformation” was a sigh-inducing buzzword — a phrase that all-too-vaguely implied that a business was...
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September 23, 2020On-Page Optimization Lets You Take Control of Your Business Success
Long-term business success on and off the internet results from constant improvement. Your website presents a primary example of this principle. Fifteen or twen...
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May 12, 2021Be Prepared to Respond to a Digital Reputation Crisis
Consumers pay more attention to what their peers are saying than to what a company says, and this is what makes reviews and testimonials so powerful. Positive r...
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June 30, 2020The Nuances of Digital Transformation in the Emerging Digital Era
Currently, almost every business on Earth is ruminating on how to withstand the ongoing development of the COVID-19 crisis and, at the same time, remain relevan...
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January 05, 2021The Power of Fewer Words: Do Introverts Make Better Business Leaders?
For one thing, recent history has shown us that leaders can be commanding, powerful, attention-grabbing, and utterly wrong. The risk-taking often associated wit...
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January 08, 2022Protecting Your Reputation in a Post Fact-Check World
The Internet has created multiple revolutions in the public relations and marketing industries in just the first two decades of the 21st century, and things do ...
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January 09, 2020The Role of SEO in Online Reputation Management (ORM)
Before anybody does business with you, they’d have Googled your name. The links and information that appear on the first few pages of Google when your name is s...
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October 26, 2019Negative Press is Inevitable for Modern CEOs — And That’s Not a Bad Thing.
When it comes to sheer likeability, T-Mobile CEO John Legere is in a class of his own. The 61-year-old company leader has earned recognition from both CNBC and ...
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April 20, 2020Online Reputation Marketing: 7 Solid Tips for Social Media
You’ve probably heard it said that all brands should be on social media....
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May 11, 2021How Businesses Can Build, Monitor, and Repair Their Online Reputation
The online reputation of your business is important for finding new clients and keeping your existing ones. Poor customer service and frequently missed deadline...
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February 24, 2021When to Use Big Data and When Not to: It Should Be Guided by Thoughtful Human Expertise
BIG DATA has been on the tip of everyone’s tongue for the past several years now, and for good reason. As digital devices and touchpoints proliferate, so too do...
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November 23, 2020Why People Drive Artificial Intelligence Today and Tomorrow
Like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is already part of our daily lives. From the smartphones in our pockets to the Alexa virtual assistants on our kitc...
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August 29, 2018Your Online Reputation will Break Or Make Your Business
Reputation matters. Most people will conduct an online search on your business and decide if they are going to do business with you, based on what they find. Yo...
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December 03, 2021Inclusive Leadership: Seven Keys to a 21st-Century Skill
The long-time US civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson is often quoted on the subject of inclusion and these two particular axioms of his are becomin...
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February 16, 2022Online Reputation Management, and Why It Is Important
Building an image used to mostly depend on word-of-mouth. That limited your brand’s exposure to a small group of people. Prior to the internet, as we know it to...
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February 13, 2025Abraham Lincoln: A Model for Ethical Leadership
Abraham Lincoln had two careers; one as a lawyer and one as a politician—professions known for severe moral and ethical dilemmas. Given the events of the time, ...
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