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Crisis Management Reputation Management and Review Management As a PR team that devotes much of their working time to help our clients improve their  brand reputations manage their online reviews and deal with crisis management we  sometimes forget that some of our prospective clients do not actually grasp what the  difference is between those things.

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When we do stop and think about – as we are now – we think it’s important to educate  those who don’t understand these critical areas of public relations so that is what we  want to offer an overview of here.  CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS  A crisis is live something that is happening right now. For companies that could be a  faulty product a failed service offering an employee ‘gone rogue’ or one that’s become  embroiled in a scandal that affects the company as a whole.  For individuals it could be almost anything especially in an age when the concept of  cancel culture is so pervasive and there are people in the media – and on social media  – who are just waiting to pounce and help tarnish the reputation of people they don’t  know.  Ignoring or dodging the crisis is never the answer. And sometimes even the biggest  brands don’t understand crisis management which is surprising at times. Like it or not  crises are typically newsworthy even if it’s ‘only’ on a local level and they are not  something you can hide from.  Unfortunately especially because of the speed that information rumours and gossip  can travel at thanks in large part to social media you should always be prepared for a  public relations crisis. Part of that planning needs to include a plan that clearly defines  how crisis issues will be handled. Who will speak what will be said where information  and statements will be shared.  Having a PR team in place that’s already familiar with your brand when and if a crisis  hits can be invaluable. Without one you will waste precious time searching for someone  to help you with crisis management. And by the time you find that help a lot of damage  may already have been done.  REPUTATION MANAGEMENT

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As you can imagine a crisis can have a serious effect on a brand’s reputation. And that  damage can linger and linger thanks to Google. The negative content that a crisis  generates shows up – and usually shows up first – when people search for information  about your brand. Just one negative headline generating crisis however well the  immediate fallout was handled can stick around for years in the SERPs search engine  results pages  Reputation management is about changing the negative perception that consumers  may develop of your company as they search for information. That negative content  needs to be removed from SERP results but as that is often a lot easier said than done  it at least needs to be moved down and out of the first few pages of a search. Doing  that is something of an art but it’s one that the Pearl Lemon Leads PR team have done  – and continue to do – very well.  REVIEW MANAGEMENT  There is a big difference between an online reputation problem and an online review  problem. A review problem arises when a company has an otherwise good brand  reputation and is considered rather trustworthy but then online reviews begin cropping  up that threaten that. Consumers don’t want to do business with a brand or a company  that has a 1-star rating. And even 2 and 3 stars can give many of them serious pause.  Sometimes bad reviews are justified. In those cases review management will need to  involve responding to the review in the right way and addressing the issues that it arose  from.  These kinds of negative reviews can actually be turned into positives as if you can  demonstrate that you were attentive enough – and cared enough – to respond to a poor  review and do your best to put things right most consumers will be impressed and your  reputation in their mind is likely to be improved not damaged after all.

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You do however need to be aware of the fact that lots of reviews just are not fair and in  some instances are placed with the specific purpose of damaging your reputation. It  might be by your competition or it might just be by a person whose expectations are  way off base.  Here’s a recent example of the latter that made big headlines. A woman left a review for  a popular restaurant. Rather than try to explain it to you second hand here it is for you  to read yourself.

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Most of us would rightly find that laughable but in the review algorithms that these sites  have it still drags an otherwise great score. This review actually ended up helping the  eatery however because the owners responded quickly got the story out there and it  was then picked up by the likes of the Daily Mail and George Takei. The ‘Instagrammer’  is probably still seriously embarrassed but the restaurant is not.  This types of reviews are more common than you might think. But by dealing with them  in the right way – no one named and shamed the reviewer just shared what she wrote –  their impact can be changed from a negative to a positive as well.  Not everything about public relations is about generating good press and high praise.  That’s why you need a PR team on your side that can help you handle the negatives and  execute crisis management when they do occur. The Pearl Lemon Leads PR team do  this exceptionally well just another reason you should ​contact us to discuss how we  can help you.  Original Source: https://pearllemonleads.com/crisis-management-reputation-management-and-review-management-under standing-the-difference/