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A client calls at 8:15 on Monday morning. Their Google rating has dropped, a negative article is appearing for the brand name, and the account team has no specialist available to investigate the source, draft responses, assess removal options, and explain the situation to the client. You can either build a reputation operation from scratch […]
Read moreA procurement lead is evaluating your company. Before they visit your site, they ask ChatGPT a simple question: “Is this brand safe to partner with?” The answer comes back fast. It sounds confident. It blends a stale business directory profile, an angry employee post, an old outage discussion, and a third-party article that no longer […]
Read moreYou search your name before a client meeting and find a page on the first results page accusing you or your business of conduct that never happened. The page may be old, anonymous, copied across several sites, or attached to a review profile you control. You've already gathered documents proving the claim is false, but […]
Read moreA founder searches the company name before a partner meeting and finds an old complaint, a one-star review, or an unanswered accusation occupying the first page. The issue may be resolved internally, but the searcher doesn’t know that. They see a public record with no context, then move on to a competitor. That moment now […]
Read moreThe CFO searches your company before a partner meeting. Google’s AI Overview compresses a negative review thread, an unresolved complaint, and an outdated Crunchbase description into a few sentences that sound authoritative. She doesn’t click your carefully written About page. She doesn’t inspect the positive press you earned last quarter. She repeats Google’s summary to […]
Read moreA brand’s reputation used to be shaped mostly by advertising, word of mouth, and the occasional news story. That’s no longer how it works. Today a brand’s reputation is built and rebuilt constantly across search results, review platforms, social feeds, and increasingly, AI-generated summaries that consumers see before they ever visit a company’s website. Brand […]
Read moreCEO reputation management is not a vanity exercise. In one landmark executive-reputation study, 45% of a company's reputation was attributed to the CEO's reputation, and 44% of a public company's market value was tied to the CEO's reputation, which is why this work sits inside online reputation management, not just communications. That same research found […]
Read moreA prospective client searches your name after a referral. They see a few prominent negative reviews, an incomplete Google Business Profile, inconsistent office information, and no clear evidence that you understand their neighborhood or property type. Your actual experience may be strong, but the search results tell a thinner story. The prospect contacts another realtor […]
Read moreClient success metrics for reputation and PR programs start with a hard truth: activity is not proof. Net revenue retention is the cleanest historical proof that customer success can drive growth, not just reduce damage. Gainsight's glossary says best-in-class companies are greater than 100% and ideally greater than 110% on NRR, which means existing customers […]
Read moreManaging corporate reputation used to sit mostly with the communications department, treated as a matter of press coverage and public statements. That framing is outdated. Recent research has put a hard number on what reputation is actually worth to a company’s balance sheet, and the figure is large enough that managing corporate reputation now belongs […]
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