Official Visibility Expert - Nancy Marmolejo Nancy Marmolejo is an award winning entrepreneur and recognized expert in the areas of small business marketing, work life balance, and creative thinking. She now helps other entrepreneurs stand out, get noticed, and get more business as sought after, recognized experts. Get Nancy's 7 part free audio course by visiting www.VivaVisibility.com Featured Books Why Isn't My Web Site Making Me Any Money? 10 Easy Steps To Make Your Web Site G Got a Web site and no sales? In 30 minutes or less you can quickly and easily pinpoint EXACTLY what's wrong with your site and what you need to do to transform it into a money-making machine! More The Joyful Business Guide This business attraction planning system gives you the tools you need to harness attraction energy and smart marketing practices together for more success with ease, creativity and joy! More 42 Rules for Effective Connections For anyone who wants to improve communication, get better results in any networking environment and alleviate the stress and anxiety that comes from building a business. More

Request Reprint Print About Author Email to a Friend Report Problem Related Books PR Lessons from Robert Downey, Jr by Nancy Marmolejo Send Feedback to Nancy Marmolejo Robert Downey Jr. Media, Marketing More Details about Robert Downey Jr. Media, Marketing here. Translate to Spanish Translate to French Translate to German Translate to Italian Translate to Portuguese Get Your Vision Board Iphone/Ipod App and start moving toward your dreams today! Syndicate Nancy Marmolejo's Articles Straight onto Your Web Site! - easy one-time setup, takes only minutes - fresh, informative content on your site - updates automatically - build content-rich sites with our authors! - best of all, it's FREE!! Click here to get started! Books by this Author Make MySpace YOUR Space This step by step guide shows you exactly how to set up a reputable, credible business presence on the most popular social networking site around. Recommended by Internet marketing gurus Tom Antion and The Blog Squad!   Feature Articles: Article Marketing And Duplicate Content Misco... The MOST Powerful Marketing and Advertising o... How to Weed Out Your Social Media Following... Email Marketing Tips for Maximizing Sales and... How to Attract Clients and Opportunities Usin... Is Leadership a Gift or An Acquired Skill?... The Quirky Way to Market Your Business... Get More Clients, More Sales, with Testimonia... Click here for more >> Just in case you happen to find yourself in the midst of scandal or stewing over some not-so-great PR, look no further than Hollywood heroes for tips on walking tall even after you land yourself in hot water. Robert Downey Jr. is this year's comeback kid with a starring role in Iron Man. For the last 15 years or so, the only time you'd hear his name was in relation to a drug bust or yet another failed stint at rehab. Bloggers joked that the only costume you'd expect Downey Jr. to wear was the orange jumpsuit from county jail. Now we see him suited up as the intense billionaire genius Tony Stark and basking in his redemption. Downey Jr. has learned to refer back to his troubled years with a hearty dose of wit and self-deprecating humor. I'm sure that his 4 years of sobriety have helped him move into a place of acceptance on this topic. OK, so what does this middle aged Brat-Packer have to do with you? Sometimes things happen in business that we can't control. Your company may be involved in a sticky legal dispute, you may have shot your mouth off to a reporter without first engaging your brain, or you screwed up big time in some unforeseen way. And God-forbid you tee off a rabid blogger who goes to town on discrediting you publicly. Either way you slice it, it's not the most positive attention for your business. So what do you do next? Damage control starts with you. Here are a few tips just in case you step in some PR doo-doo and need to recover your good name. 1. Own up to it. No one wants finger pointing or accusations- that will make you look like a whiner. Take the Harry Truman approach and let people know that the buck stops with you. Your ego may need to take one for the team, but in the long run you'll come out stronger. You want to acknowledge a problem and assure people that a solution is in the works, if not already enacted. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook incurred the wrath of many last year with his inaction and ended up all over the blogosphere because of it. 2. Chin Up. Mary Poppins dishes out some good advice if you think about it. Chin up means you're saying, "OK, I'm in the midst of a bunch of crap but I'm not going to let it get me down. I still have my dignity." In this category, look at the spouses of high-profile people embedded in scandal. Name any political wife whose hubby has been caught with his pants down (literally). Save your emotions for the therapist's couch, but in public stay strong. You can always write a tell-all memoir after the dust settles and make a fortune. 3. Do Something Good to Make Up For It On whatever scale, part of owning up to wrongdoing needs to expressed in action. Maybe you need to send someone a nice card with a heartfelt apology. Or perhaps charity work is in store to regain your good name. Do something publicly to rewrite your story. People will remember your most recent acts so be sure to keep paying it forward with good deeds. At some point, you'll be able to look back and realize a big lesson was learned through this. The ups and downs are what make for strong leaders. Remember not to give up if something negative comes your way . . . ride it out with common sense and humility then keep making forward strides with your newfound wisdom. Nancy Marmolejo simplifies social media for entrepreneurs so they can attract opportunities and build loyal customer fan bases. 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