Spectrum Communications & Consulting, LLC Blog: Review Management
When this year’s Remodeling Top 550 rankings came out, the team at Spectrum jumped on the data to try and determine some of the factors that make the best the best. We hope that our insights will help you improve your own remodeling company’s bottom line and make those who are already searching for...
As experts in the remodeling industry, we are frequently scratching our heads about consumer reviews. We’ve reported previously that reviews have a huge impact on your bottom line, but it wasn’t clear how your customers were using reviews to pick your company. How many reviews are your custome...
Imagine this: it’s busy season. Your moving company is inundated with calls. Your sales team is going out and providing estimates, but the jobs just aren’t closing like they used to. Your sales team has performed fine in the past, so it’s not them. What gives? You have to think about your custo...
In case you haven’t seen it, Angie’s List announced this week that they are opening up their subscriptions with a free basic service, allowing non-paying customers to read and write reviews. This will boost the number of potential customers who are looking at your Angie’s List profile! Since you're...
It’s been a tough couple of years for Angie’s List. Their stock has dropped by more than 75% and competing home services review sites like Houzz and the BBB have grown and are offering their reviews to customers for free. Now, as these changes have seemed to increasingly isolate Angie’s List, Angie’...
Let’s be honest, most customers that choose to give you a review without you asking aren’t the nicest folks—they are generally crazy customers ranting about something that went wrong. Whether it’s an angry one-legger ranting about how they don’t need their spouse to make a remodeling decision or jus...
There is a whole lot to love in the Google Local platform. For starters, you can advertise your business directly in Google searches at no cost for your core services. On top of that, your Google Local profile will appear almost every time your brand name is searched. Spruced up with...
Malicious and shady operators are out there in your industry. Maybe a competitor who can’t compete honestly, or maybe an angry ex-employee, there are people out there who write fake reviews to damage your business. Here is a guide for what to do when the fishy one-star reviews come in! First, let’s...
Skip straight to the insights by downloading our free analysis to the right! Review stars next to your listing in Google – you’ve seen it for titanic review companies like Yelp or Home Advisor. You’ve probably even seen them for some of your biggest competitors, the national players in your industry...
Eager to jump right in and get reviews? Download our 3-Step Guide for instructions! Your reputation online is not a single, unitary thing – it isn’t just your Yelp rating or your testimonials on your own website. It is the whole panorama a customer sees when they search for you on the web. Do a...