{"id":22036,"date":"2020-01-04T18:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatbit.com\/fab\/?p=22036"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:16:23","slug":"online-reputation-management-tips-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatbit.com\/fab\/online-reputation-management-tips-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reputation Management Tips For Small Businesses And White Collar Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The impact of digitalization is so vast that most businesses have their own website and presence on social media channels, they subsequently have accounts on 3rd party review websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

Online presence is not only about having websites and social media accounts for your business but also about how the brand’s reputation is online.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has become immensely crucial for small businesses and white-collar professionals to manage their reputation, as it affects their business directly. Managing online reputation involves social listening, actively participating in customer interaction, and includes proactive roles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore it has become necessary to have an Online Reputation Management (ORM) strategy or an ORM agency to handle your brand reputation online.\u00a0 It allows businesses to look through a digital window, which evinces the avenues to improve and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to increase the reputation of your online business?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ask your customers to write a review<\/h4>\n

What is worse than a negative review of you or your business online? Think! It\u2019s not having a review at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Negative reviews are not always bad. If your brand has all the good reviews, the customer might not believe them at all. Negative reviews can be overpowered by positive ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the main question is, how do we encourage customers to write reviews for you or your business?<\/span><\/p>\n

There are various methods to generate user reviews, some of which are listed below. Make sure you capture the attention of users to give you a review.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Email<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. In-App popups<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Feedback prompt<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Offline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Get<\/span><\/p>\n

    An example of how an Uber Driver is encouraging customers to rate them. A message like this ensures that a customer rates the driver.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Expand your presence<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    Think extensively about your business and which platform people are more likely to use to search for you on the internet. You need to find out where your target audience is present and then leverage <\/span>the power of social media<\/span><\/a> channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most businesses and professionals have their presence on Facebook and thinking that it is enough, is a big mistake! Users rely on all types of websites to gather reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n