Blogs are Crap – More Fallout from the WVU eMBA Scandal »
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, DOM News, Government Marketing, Internet, Local News, Local Search, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 7 Comments

Rarely do I literally stop everything I’m doing to read an article.  Or post a comment.  Or write a blog.  I hit the trifecta today.

Just when I thought I had said all I could say about the WVU eMBA scandal from an online reputation management perspective, I was sent a link to this article:

Interim WVU president has big goals — but don’t count on him blogging

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TAGS: banging head on desk, blogs vs. main stream media, charleston daily mail, Heather Bresch, Mike Garrison, naked supermodels, next generation marketing, online reputation management, peter magrath, sabremetrics, twitter, unicorns, WVU emba degree, wvu president, wvu scandal

Update – WVU President Mike Garrison Emails Employees »
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, Email Marketing, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 3 Comments

In the last post, I talked about ways to respond to a pr crisis. In fairness that he is responding to the crisis with a statement – and using email to do it! although nothing further on his blog so far – I wanted to post an email WVU President Mike Garrison just forwarded to WVU employees (MOUNTAINEER E-NEWS). Full text follows:

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TAGS: Gerald Lang, Hether Bresch, Joe Manchin, Mike Garrison, Mylan, Stephen Sears, WVU MBA program

Extreme Online Reputation Management: WVU, Mylan, & Governor’s Office Edition »
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, Local News, Local Search, Paid Search, SEO, Search Engine Reputation Management, Social Media, Web Credibility | 5 Comments

In getting ready for the Next Generation Marketing series across West Virginia this spring, I began thinking about my presentation on Engagement and Dialogue. In it, I will go over the premise and some recommendations for online reputation management. The last time I spoke about that publicly was at the Online Marketing: Innovations that Work marketing conference in Southpointe, PA when I delivered They Said What? Protect Your Reputation with Search Engine Marketing.

I really want to do a post on the subject – if only there were some really big public scandal involving reputations being changed on the internet that involved West Virginia and the Pittsburgh, PA area. Hmmm. Let’s see. [shuffles through piles of old newspapers by desk - who needs the internet?]

Oh that’s right – how about Heather Bresch? Do a search on her name, particularly a news search, and see what you come up with. For those readers either too lazy to do the search or too enthralled with my hypnotic musings (read: put you in a catatonic state), it comes down to the following:

Ms. Bresch was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Mylan, Incorporated in October 2007. In doing some fact checking for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a reporter named Patricia Sabatini called West Virginia University to verify that Ms. Bresch had received her Masters of Business Administration there. WVU could not find any record of it.

The pieces of information that have the makings of a good scandal, but may or may not actually mean anything include: Ms. Bresch is the daughter of Governor Joe Manchin; she has previous dealings with WVU President Mike Garrison; and Mylan’s head is WVU’s largest benefactor.

Fast forward two seasons.

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TAGS: Heather Bresch, Joe Manchin, MBA scandal, Mike Garrison, Mylan, online reputation management, Patricia Sabatini, pr crisis, Search Engine Reputation Management, WVU