Blog: Online Reputation Management
When you search for your moving business online, what do you see? This is exactly what a prospective customer (or someone on the fence after talking to your sales team) is going to do, so it’s a useful thought experiment. You see your own moving website (woo!). You see your Google Local listing (dou...
The short answer: definitely, unequivocally YES! Business owners tend to (fairly) focus on negative reviews – but the majority of reviews on Yelp are 4 or 5 stars! The more reviews you have, the higher your star-rating tends to be, so you should aim to get as many reviews as possible. The long answe...
Here is a useful thought experiment for home services business owners: Google your business name. For me, that’s “Spectrum Communications Schaumburg.” See what your customers see when they find you online. If you’re investing in your website’s architecture and SEO, your homepage is hopefully showing...
2015 is coming to a close and, if all went well, another successful year for your home services company is in the books. Since most people will spend the next few weeks visiting family, attending holiday parties and popping champagne, you probably don’t have too many jobs lined up, leaving you with...
Keeping up on trends and best practices in your industry should be a top concern for any quality remodeling company—and what better way to improve your own business than by learning how others have done the same thing? Recently, Remodeling Magazine released its annual report of the Top 550 remo...
Yes, you read that correctly. While the common, knee-jerk reaction is to assume that getting a negative review (or more than one) is a death-sentence for your business, it’s time to think again. Negative reviews are actually great opportunities; handle them the right way and they can do wonders to b...
You already know how important reputation management is for growing your business. As one of our valued Spectrum customers, you also know your dashboard has a variety of tools to help you do just that—manage your reputation easily and effectively. And now we’re proud to tell you that we have another...
So you’re ready to take control of your reputation management strategy. Great! But before you tell yourself that responding to negative reviews online and posting good reviews from customers on your website is easy, hold your reservations. In fact, maintaining an active reputation management program...
Ready to "move" forward with your business? Great! That means it's time to take control of your reputation management strategy. But before you tell yourself that responding to negative reviews online and posting good reviews from customers on your website is easy, hold your reservations. In fact, ma...
As a company working in the home remodeling industry, you know that your potential clients are looking for something to make their home stand out. Likewise, this translates to their search for a remodeler—which begs the question— are you standing out from your sea of competitors? Competition is f...