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Reputation Management October 16, 2008. Trust in Online. 41 percent trust Internet news according to (HarrisInteractive) From Searchers: Do you trust your search engine with your information? No say 62% (hakia)
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Trust in Online • 41 percent trust Internet news according to (HarrisInteractive) • From Searchers: Do you trust your search engine with your information? No say 62% (hakia) • 44% of searchers regularly use just one engine, and another 48% use just two or three (Pew/Internet) • Marketshare (ComScore): • Google 61% • Yahoo 20% • Microsoft 8%
Crisis PR: Time Is Of The Essence • Crisis tenets apply • Like crisis, messaging cannot stray from facts • Timely reactions are critical to stymie crisis • Big blogs, social network users prompt immediate reaction • Cannot overpromise! • Even small blogs, social network users should be responded to w/in 24 hours
Badness = Bad Reputation According to the NY Times, one fan wrote to prince.org: The more I think about it, I say just drop him, remove all content, let him have his way. It’s obvious he doesn’t want us as fans anymore, so why should we want him?
Admitting Fault • Key to Dell Hell turnaround: Listening • Acknowledging • Doing something about it • If you can’t or shouldn’t fix it, acknowledge remarks • Use your social tools • Don’t apologize and do it again: Change!
Diacetyl Crisis Image by Sage - http://tinyurl.com/3jptva
Handling Trolls • Identify through search, previous Incidents • Attention seekers • Don’t feed the trolls! • If it’s serious, state your facts on your blog referencing the situation • Nikon D80 example
Questions? Additional reading: http://tinyurl.com/4g8bug