Reputation Re-shaper Gifts

Sportswasher's

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

Pity vs. Bragging and Public Relations

"I've spent all night diluting our negative reviews on Yelp." "Really?" "Yeah. You know how you can usually tell when a business owner does that?" "They post 'reviews' that don't have even a hint of negativity." "Amateurs. Check out the negatives I include: 'House of Java Cafe. I hate it because it's so perfect, it makes the rest of my day feel inadequate.'"

"Sinclair's not all he's cracked up to be. His reputation exceeds him."

Others' perceptions (which aren't always true)

"Before the library cuts I was well-read now I just have ill-informed opinions."

"I mind my mother, eat my broccoli and do my homework, but you won't tell the guys, will you?"

"C'mon, Hillary – just answer the question!"

"After all the trouble I've been in lately, I decided to hire a PR firm to repair my image."

"I was against the war, but my objections fell on deaf ears."

"Unfortunately your Twitter has been hacked. Fortunately it has been hacked by someone much cooler and funnier than you."

"Free speech" does not mean your ignorance is equivalent to our knowledge!

'Now that I'm King, no more of that 'Eddie' stuff, Mom.'

"Don't mess with that guy. He's a real hardwood."

"Long time commenter, first time reader. . ."

You can have your privacy back, as soon as I've finished showing it to everyone

On - Undecided - Off switch

"I used to be known as Mr. Nice Guy, but I bought my way out."

'A role model? Yes, I suppose he was. Everywhere he went, people would say 'That's Bill Fenton... You don't want to be that guy!''

"In my family we're forbidden from mentioning my uncle...he made his money with cat food stocks!"

'All my opinions are posted on my online blog.'

'An ability to listen is fundamental to a more democratic society...'

'...I'm the only one here who's outrageously high opinion of themselves is actually justified.'

'Promise me one thing, Lorraine... you won't tell my friends we met at a church picnic?'

"If you're planning to run for public office, 'a man of conviction' sounds better than 'prison parolee'."

"I try not to judge people by the actions of their state government."

'My leter to the editor lost a lot of its punch since they made it fit to print.'

"I wish he could have been here to hear all those wonderful lies they told about him."

they are not Democrats

List of pros List of cons Congressional Roll Call -or- Sizing up the situation

'He claims he's grown. He used to be the darling-of-the-left. Now he's the darling-of-the-right.'

'My blog may be controversial but it's free speech.'