
According to several studies and researches, leading consumers trust Internet most than any other Media. When such consumers decide for buying something, they make an online “trip” over the net. 2/3 of them, under request of someone else, pass information about products and/or services to a group of 5 to 20 other individuals, that take such information to make their own decision.
The Corporate Image and its Brands are one of the most important Assets. For some of these organizations their Image and Brands are the Business itself. The challenge for managing such Assets is the diversity and complexity of the Digital Media, specially the WorldWideNet. There are thousands of sites published (created and/or updated) each day. Within this universe some of them are produced internally by organizations or even by its partners and eventually by its own Employees, Managers, etc. Such site pages are a relatively controlled space and generally named as IntraSites.
But the “outer”, “real” internet is published every minute, everywhere and cannot be “controlled”. Nevertheless one cannot control such “wide” space, there are procedures to be taken as to inhibit unnecessary exposure, and show real interest and attention in protecting corporate Image and Brands.
