Why Your Online Reputation Can Make Or Break Your Business — Scott Brandley, DJ Sprague | Why Your Reputation is Crucial for Ecommerce, How to Get Customers to Leave Verified Reviews, How New Businesses Can Build Trust Without Existing Reviews (#314)

In this podcast episode, we talk about why online reputation management is a crucial aspect of building and maintaining a successful ecommerce business. 

We share how to become the most trusted brand in your space. Our featured guests on the show are Scott Brandley, Founder & CEO, and DJ Sprague, Chief Marketing Officer of ShopperApproved.com. 

Get your FREE copy of the Reputation King book (a $39.95 value) at https://reputationking.com/coffeebreak 

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Why online reputation management is crucial for eCommerce businesses (Trust from search to checkout). 
• Biggest challenges in building trust for eCommerce (Collecting reviews, handling negative reviews). 
• Different types of review platforms (Open vs. Verified) and their impact.
• Importance of video reviews and how to incentivize them. 
• How Google handles reviews (Google My Business, Review Aggregation, Product Reviews). 
• How to deal with negative reviews (Responding strategically, turning them into positives). 
• Key metrics to track for online reputation (Star Rating, Recency, Review Volume). 
• Why privacy matters when using customer reviews for marketing. 
• Strategies for new businesses to get reviews quickly (Multiple survey requests, video reviews). 
• Their book "Reputation King": A guide to online reputation management. 

Links & Resources

Website: https://www.shopperapproved.com/
Landing:  https://reputationking.com/coffeebreak 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanesprague/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shopperapproved/


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