
The growth of the Internet, social media, the immediacy of search engine results and the ease of sharing opinions via posts, emails and blogs represents a significant challenge to those who defend and enhance a healthcare organization’s image.
Online reputation management focuses on search results for products and services within the digital space. Marketers carefully craft frequent social media messages and encourage discussion, feedback and affirmations of exceptional services, care or technology. These promotions are helpful in generating brand awareness.
Social media strategies are a double-edged sword, however, when negative comments impact your reputation, brand and finances. Monitoring these inputs is essential.
The article 5 Best Practices for Online Reputation Management offers these suggestions for marketers.
- Continuously monitor all platforms and respond quickly. Timeliness is everything and it also shows authenticity that your business cares and has concern for its customers.
- Have a dedicated employee as your responder. This person is responsible for monitoring and engaging with your audiences – both with positive comments and especially negative posts or reviews.
- Always keep responses positive, authentic and concise. Thank your customers for positive comments and bring negative conversations offline by having them contact your dedicated responder directly.
- Listen and engage. By truly hearing your customer out and showing genuine interest in their opinions and experience, you may often resolve the issue without further action.
- Never delete negative comments or postings. Business transparency is demanded in today’s digital world and showing the timeliness of your response goes a long way in offsetting any negative comments or reviews.
At NOISE, we bring more than 60 years of healthcare expertise to your benefit — from both sides of the strategic and branding desk. Interested? Email Chief Brand Officer of Healthcare James Shulkin here or talk to the real deal at 239.395.9555 (x9).
James is a regular contributor to communications created by the Wisconsin Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society. This article is excerpted from his original essay here.
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