George found a 2018 Reddit thread about himself he had no idea existed.
People were asking if he was still alive.
It was ranking on page one. Shaping how strangers thought about him. And he had zero input on it.
That's reputation. It doesn't wait for you to show up.
This is the masterclass. Four weeks in the making, taught at a live event, and refined through client work, George breaks down everything you need to know about online reputation: what it actually is, how to audit it, how to manage it, and the mindset to carry it forward.
What You’ll Learn In This Episode:
Key Takeaways:
✔️Reputation is how someone would talk about you and answer a question about you when you're not in the room. It's not your Instagram. It's all of it.
✔️AI is crawling everything, blog posts from 2012, Reddit threads, old reviews and surfacing them when prospects research you. Two clients found George through ChatGPT recommendations.
✔️If you haven't Googled yourself in a private browser in the last 30 days, you don't know what strangers are finding. Go do it now.
✔️Micro reviews are the unsolicited praise happening in DMs, comments, and texts. Document every one. Macro reviews are end-of-engagement assets. Capture both systematically.
✔️The biggest missed opportunity: responding to every review, good and bad. Not responding online is the equivalent of staring at a customer in silence when they ask you a question.
✔️The painting vs. garden rule: if you can't tend to a platform consistently, paint it. Update the bio, pin a redirect post, get the contact info right. Don't leave an overgrown yard for strangers to find.
✔️Scaling your reputation doesn't mean automating the human touches. It means protecting them as you grow.
✔️Your perception is their reality and it's being shaped right now, whether you're paying attention or not.
Timestamps & Highlights:
[00:00] — The Reddit thread, the AI rankings, and why reputation can't wait
[01:07] — Curb appeal defined: what people decide before they ever talk to you
[05:00] — The real definition of reputation and why it's bigger than any platform
[09:00] — How AI is surfacing forgotten content and the two clients who found George through ChatGPT
[14:00] — The four-step reputation audit to run today
[22:00] — The 80/20 strategy: where to focus your time and energy online
[28:00] — Micro vs. macro reviews explained
[33:00] — The biggest missed opportunity: responding to every single review
[38:00] — From 70 to 6,000 comments in a month, the comment response case study
[40:00] — The painting vs. garden framework for dormant platforms
[43:00] — Reputation mindset: protect the human, let AI handle the rest
[45:00] — The 48-hour challenge: find one gap and fix it
Your Challenge This Week:
Open an incognito window. Google yourself. Then ask an AI platform what it finds about you.
Find one gap. Fix it in the next 48 hours.
Then text or email George and tell him what you found.
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