Online Reputation Management and How It Impacts Your Business?

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Your online reputation determines how others perceive your business when they search for or stumble upon it online. Consequently, online reputation management
(ORM) proactively influences what information people will find.

For instance, various techniques and strategies can help you push damaging and harmful content further down the Google search engine results pages (SERPs) by ranking your own or third-party more desirable material above it. Why is this important? Because the top five listings in Google’s search results receive about two-thirds of all clicks.

ORM is not only about managing content in search engines, though. It’s also about managing negative business reviews and encouraging happy clients to contribute more positive feedback.

Did you know that [according to BrightLoca “85% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations”?
What’s more, “49% of consumers need at least a four-star rating before they choose to use a business.”
Considering these statistics, the importance of your online personal and professional reputation can’t be understated. Here are the four distinct digital marketing channels involved in ORM,