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Why Monitoring Brand Mentions Matters

October 26, 2017 by Sally Falkow

  Back in the 1980s research showed that when someone had a bad experience with your brand they were likely to tell 35 people.  Now a negative mention online can reach millions in a flash.  If you're smart, and you have a monitoring system in place, you can catch the negative content the moment it happens and do damage control. Hats off to investment research and … [Read more...]

Crisis & Reputation Management Top Financial Services Concerns

June 12, 2015 by Sally Falkow

  Financial Services PR execs and agencies are still struggling to combat an industry peppered with regular fines, lawsuits and other scandals.  Almost all (99%) of the executives polled in the  2015 Makovsky Wall Street Reputation Study said this has made it increasingly difficult for the financial services industry to rebuild reputation over the past 12 … [Read more...]

Trust and Online Reputation Management

February 4, 2015 by Sally Falkow

The 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer showed that there has been a considerable jump in trust for the opinions of "people just like me." Another study done by BrightLocal showed that 88% of people trust online reviews from strangers as much as a personal recommendation - that's up almost 10% in the last year. Online reviews are now an integral part of marketing and PR. … [Read more...]

Trust and Reputation – the new currency?

September 5, 2012 by Sally Falkow

The Cluetrain Manifesto said markets are conversations.  They predicted that we were headed for an online version of the ancient marketplace where people would meet, share information and compare experiences with vendors and products.  We're certainly seeing that trend develop online with recommendations and reviews playing a rapidly growing role in influencing purchase … [Read more...]

Trust and Transparency Important to Corporate Reputation

January 26, 2010 by Sally Falkow

The 2010 Edelman Global Trust Barometer released today might motivate you to take another look at your 2010 PR and social media strategy. For the first time trust and transparency rank as important to corporate reputation as the quality of products and services.  In fact, in the U.S. and in much of Western Europe, those two attributes rank higher than product quality—and far … [Read more...]

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