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Bad Reviews ... Actually Good For Business

Drew Barnes - Thursday, December 08, 2011

If your not monitoring your business reviews, you should start immediately if not sooner. Not only to listen to what you're customers are saying and let's not forget they're your best bet in finding out where improvements can be made. 

If you're business gets a negative review don't freak out it can actually improve how customers view your business. Any normal person knows it's impossible to please every single person. By that rational having all positive reviews can seem fake. Consumers in today's online world a quite a bit sharper than most business owners give them credit for so do get caught up in making sure your reviews are all rainbows any glitter. 

Andrew Shotland wrote an informative guest article over at Search Engine Land on how to respond to negative reviews.

"But there’s a lot of lemonade to be made from those review lemons. After all, negative reviews can increase sales. Negative reviews can help potential customers feel like they have “done their homework” which moves them further towards making a purchase decision. Negative reviews can also add credibility to your positive reviews. And perhaps most important, negative reviews give businesses a chance to respond and show how awesome they really are.

So when your business gets slammed on a local review site, be it a legit complaint or a crackpot customer, you can’t afford to ignore the negativity."

There is a list if exactly how craft a response to negative reviews ... go read it here before responding to any negative reviews: http://selnd.com/uNADXI

So next time you're business gets a negative review take a moment to look at the big picture, respond ... look like a hero. 

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Mobile Couponing Being Embraced By Consumers

Drew Barnes - Sunday, November 06, 2011

Who doesn't love a bargain? Especially when you don't have to cut out and carry around those pesky coupons. Mobile couponing is a fast simple why get a discount. Customers are finally starting to embrace this fact. What does that mean for businesses? Get on board or get out of the way. With the staggering numbers of mobile users out there and just about half of them online mobile couponing is well on it's way to replacing the old paper coupons.


Below is an infographic that shows just how powerful mobile marketing is becoming.

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Learn More about Mobile Tagging at Microsoft Tag.

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