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- Online reviews are second only to personal advice from a friend as the driver of purchase decisions; user reviews are more influential than third-party reviews. (“Web users and web community,” Rubicon Consulting, Inc. October 2008)
- 86% of consumers read online business reviews before making purchasing decisions; 90% of whom say they trust these reviews. (Kudzu.com survey of 600 users, December 2008)
- Almost two-thirds (62%) of consumers read consumer-written product reviews on the Internet. (Deloitte & Touche, September 2007)
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Sometimes the bad reputation hits them right away. They see something bad about you on a site that shows up in a search for your company name. Online reviews reveal a customer complaint that causes a potential client to walk away.
Welcome to business, if you are handling the kind of business volume required to keep a small medium business running you will run into a few that want to be a squeaky wheel. It's not the end of the world, but you do need to get those comments out from in front of your primary message.
- Moving bad results to the second page of google.
- Reducing the impact of bad online reviews.
- Increase your reputations overall value.
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