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Managing Risks Through Online Reputation Management (ORM)

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Online Reputation Management involves social media, search engine ranking, and online reviews. It should never be used solely to bury bad information about a company on the web. In fact, reputation management involves more than brand perception.
 

A majority of customers do research online before purchasing a product or contacting a company about their service offerings. First page results on the keyword-focused search listings are imperative since very few searchers make it beyond the first page of listings.
 

Your Company's Reputation Affects The Worth of Your Company
 

Reputation clearly impacts a company's sales, revenue, and stock prices. With the world moving to making the majority of their purchases online, reputation management services are imperative. One of the major problems with a company's online reputation is that it often remains forgotten until something bad happens. Reactive ORM is available for situations like this, but it takes time to employ. It is much more effective to proactively build and maintain a company's reputation.
 

Your Employees' Personal Reputations Will Impact Your Company's Worth
 

It is easy to associate a company's online reputation with the company’s worth. But, personal online reputations play a part too. Companies must set up guidelines and parameters to encourage employees to use social media in a productive way. The social media guidelines not only build an employee's personal brand, but they help to build your corporate brand and image to improve productivity and increase performance.
 

Conclusion
 

If your company is on the web, you need an online reputation management strategy that is proactive and also focuses on constant and consistent monitoring. This would help businesses to maintain a strong, healthy presence amongst your customers online.