Reputation Management
WebiMax — Integrated Digital Agency
WebiMax is a full-service digital marketing firm with reputation management as a flagship practice — founded 2008 by Ken Wisnefski, now a Vertoz company. The 2026 firm profile.
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AI Communications
Reputation Management
ReputationDefender — The Industry's Oldest Name, Now Owned by Norton
ReputationDefender is the legacy DTC reputation brand — founded 2006, sold to Stagwell in 2018, acquired by NortonLifeLock in 2021, now part of Gen Digital. The 2026 firm profile.
Reputation Management
NetReputation — High-Volume DTC and SMB
NetReputation is one of the highest-volume DTC and SMB reputation management firms in the U.S. — Sarasota HQ, four-time Inc. 5000, aggressive marketing footprint. The 2026 firm profile.
Reputation Management
BrandYourself — DTC Personal ORM at Scale
BrandYourself is the largest DTC personal reputation management firm in the U.S. — freemium, software-first, Shark Tank alum. The 2026 firm profile: founding story, services, competitive position, and the AI-era opportunity.
Reputation Management
Reputation.com — The Enterprise Standard
Reputation.com — now Reputation — is the largest enterprise reputation SaaS in the category. The 2026 firm profile: history, services, pricing, competitive position, and the strategic gap as AI Communications becomes the defining discipline.
Generative AI
What Is LLM Optimization?
LLM Optimization — LLMO — is the practice of improving how large language models represent, retrieve, and cite a brand. In most working use, it is the same discipline as GEO. The two terms are used interchangeably across the industry, and the gap between them is mostly one of emp…
Food & Beverage
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 5: QSR & Fast Food
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 5: McDonald's 84 (A), Chick-fil-A 71 (B), Chipotle 69 (C). 750 audits. Private-co disclosure penalty + historical-reputation drag are the two structural stories.
Entertainment & Media
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 4: Netflix Tops Streaming. WBD Last.
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 4: Netflix 87 (A), Disney 78 (B), Warner Bros. Discovery 68 (C). 750 audits. Netflix the highest single-brand score in the series. WBD: the naming-churn case study.
Luxury
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 3: LVMH Owns Luxury. Kering Trails.
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 3: LVMH 84 (A), Richemont 76 (B), Kering 73 (B). 750 audits. Richemont edges Kering on hard-luxury concentration. The maisons are dominant; the parents are uneven.
Hospitality
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 2: Marriott Beats Hilton in the Chatbox
EPR GEO Scorecard Vol. 2: Marriott 83 (A), Hilton 76 (B), Four Seasons 67 (C). 750 audits across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AIO. Brand strong, ownership graph thin.