Pamela Ravenwood
There are many reasons people use Internet marketing or search engine optimization. One of them includes the improvement of their online reputation.
The term “online reputation management”, or ORM, is defined, as the practice of consistent research and analysis of one’s personal or professional, business or industry reputation as represented by the content across all types of online media. It is als- sometimes referred t- as online reputation monitoring.
Those in marketing know and understand the value of branding and image. Combine this with the influence of consumer’s decisions based on the Internet and one can see what businesses are using the Internet t- market themselves. For instance research has shown that brands with the highest ‘social media activity’, including reviews, have seen an increase in revenue by as much as 18%. And today, over 51% of consumers are using the Internet before making a purchase in a shop t- educate themselves on a company or product.
Consumers love t- gather information. Therefore it is important that when they search for your company or brand name, they find it in the search engines. This is where SE- is tied int- reputation management. Search engines d- not automatically give credence t- one company over another due t- assets or value. It’s all about wh- understands how t- get online visibility.
S- let’s say you are Company A and want t- improve the name of your company and become more visible on the Internet. What strategy would you take t- assist you with your online reputation management? T- start you would want t- combine a series of marketing, public relations and search engine marketing efforts. Having your website and company name highly visible and in important keyword positions is good for publicity. If you are a company that is highly visible but for all the wrong reasons, such as bad press, it is important t- replace this with good press. A good SE- company will help you push out negative reviews in search engines and replace them with positive ones.
What are some strategies an SE- company will take t- help your company in addition t- monitoring results? First they will help you set up a blog and then provide you with articles with important keywords. The articles can be about anything related t- your company or product, the idea is t- have them point back t- your company website and push its value up on search engines.
Second, you will want t- create a social media profile. Using social media is one of the most powerful and yet easy ways t- help improve your online reputation. The top four social media sites have high authority in search engines that therefore affects your rankings. What are the big four media sites you should be participating in? They include:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Linked-In
- MySpace
Once these simple steps have been put int- place, the second step is t- begin monitoring and participating. Creating an account with social media groups isn’t enough; there are rules of engagement. You have t- participate in a way that adds credibility t- your profile. Participating isn’t just about talking about your company and how wonderful it is, but truly engaging others in conversation, making meaningful exchanges and contributions. Doing this requires time and effort that is ongoing.
Last, you will need t- monitor your results. You can set up Google and Yaho- alerts which will catch mentions of your company and product name online and let you know wh- is talking about you and where. You can track everything from the name of your company t- key employee names.
You can als- monitor, if you are not already, your website statistics. You will want t- determine whether your website(s) are showing up with more frequency based on keywords and your name brand or product names on the search engines. You can monitor everything from your corporate site t- product or affiliate sites.
Online reputation management doesn’t have t- be difficult and yet it is quite effective. With a little work and a little monitoring, you can help your company’s reputation move in the direction you choose along with improving its visibility.
Pamela Ravenwood is a copywriter for ArteWorks SEO. She is an award winning writer, journalist, SE- specialist and strategic planning consultant. T- learn more about this search engine optimization company, visit http://www.arteworks.biz.
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