how to protect your brand and your bottom line from negative buzz
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Could this happen to you?
Ouch.
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Would you even know it?!
Is your business getting blasted someplace online without you even knowing?!
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It takes forever to build a good reputation, but only a seconds to destroy it.
A difference of one “star” in average rating led to difference in revenues of 5 to 9 percent.
-2011 Harvard Business Review Study
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Study: 90% trust online recommendations from people they know, and 70% trust opinions of unknown users they have never met.
-Econsultancy (July 2009)
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“Negative reviews can hang an albatross around your neck if they appear prominently in search results.”
-Kermitt Pattison, NYTimes.com
Protecting Your Reputation
The “New PR”
• Online reputation management (ORM)• Multidisciplinary approach involving
old strategies and new tactics• Proactive and reactive
Elements of ORM
Policies and proceduresContent creationSocial media managementRelationship buildingMitigation / crisis man-agement
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Who needs it?
• Organizations of all sizes• Retailers, restaurants + hotels• Lawyers, accountants + other
professional services• Physicians, dentists + other healthcare
providers • Celebrities, athletes and politicians• Anyone who needs help improving their
online reputation
Monitor, manage, promote
Monitor
• Social media (Twitter, Facebook, et. al) • Blogs• SERPS• Message boards/forums • Location-based directories
(Foursquare, Yelp, etc.)• Key influencers
Free Monitoring Tools
• Google Alerts• Social Mention• TweetDeck• RSS readers
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Manage
• Claim your listings• Respond to complaints (if necessary)• Encourage positive reviews
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Claim Your Listings
Respond to Complaints
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Encourage Positive Reviews
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Promote
• Social media promotions• Local directory management (e.g. Google
Places)• Company blogging / website management• Press releases• YouTube (SEO!)• Customer outreach• Advertize (Google, Facebook, LinkedIn , et.
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Best Practices
Make ORM an ongoing part of your business.
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Be willing to face hard truths.
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“A bad apology is worse than no apology.”
-Randy Pausch
Take complaints seriously, not personally.
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Questions?
We’d love to help.
• Just get in touch!
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(213) 607-9100