subject: Corporate Brand Reputation Monitoring: Safeguarding Your Companys Image And Reputation [print this page] What do you look for before buying a product or requesting a service? Obviously you would look for the brand and its reputation in the market. A reputed and popular brand is enough to convince an indecisive buyer. Most people go by brand and this is why all organizations make it their priority to safeguard and also further enhance their brand reputations in the market. In the online world, safeguarding corporate brand reputation is a tricky issue. For example, it is so easy for an unscrupulous element to launch a campaign online to defame your company or its products via social networking sites or his own blog. It is so easy to spread information online. Moreover, you will find very little time to respond to such attacks online. This is why you need to have a brand reputation monitoring system in place.
So, first of all you can open your organizations blog on which information related to your company can be posted. New product launches, likely launches, vital companys decisions, news such as appointments, promotions etc. can be informed to your customers through the blog. They also feel that they are given personal care. They should also be given the opportunity to comment on your blog posts. This way you can feel the pulse of your customers, potential customers, and clients. It is very important for you to maintain a healthy relationship with your customer and alike before in the online market your competitors are separated from you by a few clicks.
Another way of brand reputation management is active participation in social networking sites. In fact, you can subtly use these sites as a platform for advertising your products, marketing your brand, and expand your customer base. You can exploit this opportunity to your advantage. Since you are now open to the online community, you can showcase your products to them and also let them give opinions and feedbacks which can be of help to you. It is research simplified. The best part is these sites give you a platform to build up a good rapport with your customers.
