Importance of Review Generation Management
Customers are reading your
reviews – don’t ignore them
Third-party review websites
covering various topics are businesses in themselves. Trustpilot, HomeAdvisor,
Feefo, Yelp and many more review aggregators make money from businesses who pay
a small fee to actively manage what customers are saying about them
online.
Create
a proactive Review Generation Management workflow
The review economy relies on consumers willingly
sharing their experiences. For customers to write reviews, we need to
understand why any consumer would take the time to provide their thoughts on
the experience they had with a product or service.
Proactively requesting reviews
is one way of negating the risk of negative reviews happening in the first
place while at the same time encouraging positive customer reviews.
One benefit of managing your own
review workflow is that you’ll be able to funnel customers toward whichever
review platform tends to hold the most weight in your niche, and the platform
which gains most visibility when users are searching for your brand name and
“review” queries in Google search.
Google
Alerts
Google alerts is a free
tool used to monitor a selection of keywords, which in this case (review and reputation monitoring) would be
your brand name.
Paid
tools for reputation management
In addition to the DIY solutions you
can create to effectively manage your online reviews, there are a number of
paid tools you can utilize if you have the budget.
There are some less expensive tools
out there to keep on top of what people are saying about your brand
specifically on social media, including Hootsuite and Tweetdeck.
Responding
to negative reviews
If you manage your reviews, inevitably a few poor reviews will
make it into the public domain. But don’t fear, the important part is how you
respond and manage to them.
Responding to reviews gives the
perception that you really care about your customers, and you
should be prepared to not only thank customers for their positive reviews, but
respond publicly to negative reviews in a proactive manner.
Displaying
reviews and testimonials on your site
It’s important to not only rely on
third party review platforms to help convert your customers.
Don’t forget that 73% of consumers have more trust
in a local business after seeing positive reviews, so don’t just rely on
off-site reviews, ensure that potential customers have visibility of your
reviews directly while browsing your site.
Sign
up to review platforms
As the volume of dedicated review
platforms expands, it’s important that you claim and maintain a presence on
each of the major platforms in your location and niche.
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