Small business reputation management

That's total ******** too. Now we can't share our experience with a business good or bad? Bunch of crap.
 
I've had a "competitor" leave a bad review for us that is obviously fake. Nothing we can do about it, cannot be removed. Absolutely ridiculous. If I could conclusively prove they were the ones that did it I would 100% be slapping them with a lawsuit over it.
 
jay-d said:
That's total ******** too. Now we can't share our experience with a business good or bad? Bunch of crap.



A bad review isn't the issue. I'm betting this was a case of a spiteful false review for personal or competative reasons. The problem is the anonymity of the net. Perhaps the review sites should start requiring a scanned image of a receipt or invoice so that these false reviews can be tracked.
 
Nth Degree said:
A bad review isn't the issue. I'm betting this was a case of a spiteful false review for personal or competative reasons. The problem is the anonymity of the net. Perhaps the review sites should start requiring a scanned image of a receipt or invoice so that these false reviews can be tracked.



Very true indeed as there are people (competitors) who will write false reviews about another competitor just to get an edge. And yeah there are things that can be done like you said with the scanning of receipts or whatever.



An easier one would be to make them sign in with their Facebook profile because it shows their info on there. Sure you can make a face Facebook account, but 99% won't.



Also the reason I cried BS is because lawyers will find a way to use this against real customers who had bad experiences. And that is a shame...
 
It's unfortunate that things like this happen, both with the consumer and the professional.



If you are a big time web review junkie like I am- I ask all customers, ever service (even though review sites won't allow them to leave multiple reviews) to leave me a review on any number of sites (Angies List, Manta, Yelp, Google+, YP, etc...). More and more people check these sites every day for a reputable company and it seems "good" reviews are hard to come by. Either the review sites are blocking reviews due to a "filter" or due to habit or whatever it may be or they're allowing everything to post with the "inability to remove it." There are ways to validate certain aspects of a review and keep spamming or fraudulent reviews from being posted. It all comes down to the mighty $$ and how much you are willing to pay some of these companies to maintain your reviews.



In the case of this video- it seems that some of the accusations (i.e. stolen jewelry) seem a bit far fetched, but other aspects may have been true. He obviously did something to irritate this woman that she blasted him all over the net. Whether it was true or not. I don't think it gives her any right to try to destroy this guy's reputation either. More logical thing to do is work it out with the contractor to get it right before leaving that review.



I had a customer once while working for a national lawn care company call up to say that she was going online to leave a terrible review about my company but her husband told her to call and see if the issue could be resolved. Simple issue, resolved in minutes- saved my company probably the worse internet review (based on what she said she was going to write) we would have probably ever gotten.



This video just brings to light how important it is to maintain a positive view in your customers eyes. We can't (and won't) please everyone- but you should darn sure try your hardest with each and every customer.
 
ShineShop said:
I've had a "competitor" leave a bad review for us that is obviously fake. Nothing we can do about it, cannot be removed. Absolutely ridiculous. If I could conclusively prove they were the ones that did it I would 100% be slapping them with a lawsuit over it.







yes you can....Ive had someone post up a fake review and a whole lot of people joined me in addressing it to yelp...it was taken down.
 
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