Monday, June 6, 2011

ARE YOU MONITORING YOUR ONLINE REPUTATION???

Many businesses, especially small businesses, seem to always find themselves a few steps behind when it comes to the recent explosion in social media and online reviews. But can business owners really afford to not know how consumers are depicting them and commenting about them online? NO, they can't!!
With consumers now doing more searches on Facebook than they do on Google, social media, blogs, networking sites and the like are not to be ignored. Not to mention the reviews that consumers leave on the search engines themselves. Negative reviews can spread like wildfire online and sometimes get better placement within search engine results than your own business website may be getting (especially if you are not doing any SEO or SEM to ensure better online placement). Online reviews are being weighed increasingly heavier when it comes to your online placement, consumer confidence and branding. If you don't know what comes up when someone searches for your business, both good and bad, you're making a huge mistake.

The best defense if often having a strong offense. Get your satisfied clients to post online reviews for your business. Even if you have to offer an incentive for them to take the time to do so, it's worth it! If you don't have time to monitor your online reputation yourself, hire someone (or even us) to do it for you. Protect your online rep! With the direction things are going it may end up being the most important and valuable reputation you have.

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