Presenter: Clayton Johnson of The Hoth
Description: Consumers today have instant access to reviews, comments, and ratings to evaluate your brand. Reputation management has become more important than ever. In this talk, we'll show you:
-How consumers have evolved, and how to leverage today's environment to put you ahead of your competitors
-Best practices + simple hacks to collect more positive reviews, faster, with more success
-How to serve your customers better and turn negative reviews into massive opportunities
2. • COO The HOTH SEO company
• Expertise in marketing operations
• Worked with thousands of SEO & marketing
agencies & end clients around the world since
2010
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3. 3 Part Talk
1) Reputation Disruption & SEO Effects
2) Building a Reputation Marketing Machine
3) 20 Min Q&A
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4. P A R T 1
The Reputation Disruption
& SEO Effects
What Is Happening In The SERPS in 2017
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Reputation & Social Proof Is Essential
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• 93% of US consumers check
online reviews before
shopping or dining
• Consumers are more savvy
than ever
• People don’t buy without
investigation
http://streetfightmag.com/2012/09/05/poll-93-of-respondents-check-reviews-before-dining-or-shopping/
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More Review Sites Than Ever Before
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• Reviews are everywhere – over
400 sites now (1)
• These properties are ranking in
brand & niche queries
• AND they are displaying schema
stars
1.http://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/definitive-local-review-sites/
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Small Brands Can Now Compete
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• Access to clear product
comparison leads to
equalization in the market
place
• Consumers now have more
choices, more availability, and
more accessibility than ever
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UGC Can Create Long Tail Traffic
• Displaying reviews and UGC
in a crawlable way adds
content + relevant long tail
keywords to your page
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To Survive In The SERPs, & The
Battle Of Pre-Click Comparison
Shopping, You Must Have A
Scalable Review Strategy
45. Takeaways
1) Chose Your Priorities
2) Create A Scalable Feedback System
3) Deal With Negative Reviews
4) Promote That Reputation!
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Creating The System
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• You need a reputation system
• Need to be proactive in building it
• Constantly ask for feedback gives you a
chance to serve your customers
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Monitor The Sites & Respond
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• Find where reviews are being left
for your products & services
• Constantly monitor these &
respond
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Why Be Aggressive?
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• This lets you get quick feedback,
encourage reviews when clients are
top of mind and relevant
• Helps respond to any issues quickly
vs. letting customer feeling boil
• Directs feedback to the correct
channels when there is a chance to get
the best interaction
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Negative != Bad
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• We’re not avoiding negative feedback
• Negative isn’t bad, it’s can be GREAT
• We say thank you when we get a
complaint because they took the time
to let us know how we can improve
• This helps you serve your market
better
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Leveraging Negative Reviews
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• Having a perfect score isn’t
always the best idea.
• Having some negative reviews
make you look real
• 68% of consumers trusted Yelp
pages more when there were
bad reviews mixed in with the
good.
https://econsultancy.com/blog/8638-bad-reviews-improve-conversion-by-67#i.1ek5lbviz3f281
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Leveraging Negative Reviews
• Response Shows you care –
good customer service
• Help you improve products
• Help you clarify expectations on
sales & marketing
• Leads to better marketing
content
• Improve staff or training, ops &
SOPs
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Make Feedback Easy
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• By making it easy to give
feedback, we can prevent
disgruntled customers and
direct them where we want
• (Someone that can help)
• How?....
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Now You Have
A Scalable
Reputation
Boosting
Machine
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• You defined targets that are
visible in serps
• Use scalable systems to
proactively create positive
reputation
• Prevent negative reviews by
pre-qualifying targets
• You promoted your reputation
so it’s visible to all