subject: Online Reputation Management Pr By Ronn Torossian [print this page] Interesting article today in Crains NY Business entitled Reputation management firms help professionals defend against bad reviews which discusses how search engines are the #1 trusted source for finding out information, which is why online reputation management is so important.
If any brand, company of individual chooses to ignore what comes up in their search engine results the effects can be costly. Not many actually understand how or why certain things come up in search engine results but once anything is on the Internet it is pretty much their forever. Whether it was a bad choice made as a drunk college student, a blogger in a basement, or one angry customer; anyone with a computer and internet access can damage years of hard work.
While the article above details some services (although the pricing they describe is way off its much higher than they say), each reputation management issue is unique and requires creative strategy. We are one of the few PR agencies actively involved with ORM (Online Reputation Management), and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). We combine traditional online skills (link building, content, etc.), with PR skills of organic media pitching and the like.
In a crisis management situation PR professionals are trained to respond to the public, but 5W Public Relations takes reputation management to the next level with cleaning up Google results with building authoritative long standing links, optimized blogging content and social media management. It is not the packaged set-and-forget mentality the widely advertised solutions offer. We also take the time to understand how our clients or the brands want to be portrayed.
Online reputation management is something that should be put off until there is a crisis problem, establishing a sophisticated image in search results can have positive effects similar to marketing tactics of SEO. Taking control and optimizing page one of Google for a persons name, business or brand shows authority.
If crisis PR affects your online brand, we are the rare PR Firm that offers online reputation management PR.
by: Ronn Torossian
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