If you plan on running a business for long, you best make sure that you’re working towards building a solid reputation. If not, other businesses and customers in bad moods will eat you alive. Not that you’re going to be totally despised, but it’s just the facts of life. You must absolutely learn how to manage the reputation of your business.
Never lose your cool with customers on social media forums. Even if you disagree with a customer, do not attack or act rudely towards the customer. Try to help the customer as best as you can and move on. Always act professionally since you do not want to create a bad reputation for your company.
To help increase your online presence consider using social media. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn will help you build business presence both online and offline. To use social media effectively you must post statuses regularly. When posting information through a social media website, use keywords, and give your readers information that they actually need.
If you find negative content about your brand online, get rid of it. It it is on a Web property you control, like a comment on your blog, just delete it. If you need to, send a request to the Webmaster where the content is. When they do remove it, make sure it no longer shows up by using the Google URL removal tool.
Try your best to be personable when you are online. Simply sending out tweets and updating messages is never successful unless you take the time to directly communicate with your consumers. If a question is posted, answer it as quickly as you can. If you don’t have an answer to a particular question, let the follower know you’re looking into it.
Be professional when posting on social media sites. Avoid using Internet jargon and slang such as LOL, YW or TY. Be professional at all times. Respond to comments just like you would to your clients in a face to face meeting. Use proper English and proofread all responses before posting them.
Remember that your offline presence also affects your online reputation. This is generally the start of your reputation. People will trust you more if you provide good customer service, offer good products and services, and maintain good relationships with your customer base. Happy customers generally will not post bad reviews, so do what you can to keep them all happy.
If you come across a negative comment or review about your company, do not ignore it. Post a response to it and defend your position. Sometimes people who post negative comments only tell one side of the story. It is up to you to present your side of it so the readers will get a fuller picture.
Time to turn on the ignition switch and get these ideas into action. Making sure you have an upstanding reputation within your industry is what it’s all about. Now that you have this advice, you have some things you need to be doing. Keeping your business image where it should be keeps those customers coming to your place.
