Tuesday 26 November 2013

How You Can Handle Criticism In Web Marketing

By Dennis Wilson


The idea that a business can be globally admired and loved is false. This is true for traditional and web based organizations. Even if you believe your company is great, you will have to face some criticism. It's what you do when you find out that criticism that is vital. As an online based business owner you don't have any face to face interaction to help contradict unfavorable text about you so this is especially true. So here's what to do.



Respond to the criticism as fast as you are able to. This is super crucial. You should not just let a bad feedback sit somewhere and not respond to it. If the feedback was left in a public forum, leave an answer on the same thread thanking the person for his or her opinions.

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Write out that you are checking out things and then ask the person for permission to continue going over the matter in private. This provides proof that your most important priority is the development of the best possible product and that you can take feedback well. It'll earn you a great deal of respect.

Actually take at least a short while looking into the critique and deciding whether or not you have to do any kind of rectifying. The differences between a troll and a genuine critique are obvious. There's no need to react to "you suck."

It is crucial, though, to check out things like "the format is wonky" or "there is a 404 page where the about page should be." Check everything out and if the change is something you'll need (or would really like) to make, make it. This indicates that you pay attention and will do something when you want to.

Your responses must be personalized. If you choose to make a change based on something someone has said, tell the person you are taking what they said to heart and are making things better. It's also good to put up a post or a reply in the message board that says, basically, the same thing. That proves to everybody that you could take constructive critique without getting upset.

It shows that you make an effort to give people what they want. This is a great idea even if you do not make a change that a person asks for. State that you considered it but decided to leave things as they are. Be sure you explain why this is.

Reputation management is the name of the game when you respond to criticism; just remember that. If you fire back at another person for saying something unfavorable about you, you just look petty. If you pay no attention to peoples' criticism and try to insist that it is all okay, you are going to look like you do not understand your own business all that well. Keep your ego in check. People are not attacking you as a person (hopefully). They basically had a less than good experience with your product or service. This means something has to be fixed so the experience will be better next time.

The way you address criticism tells people lots about both you and the business you are running. Make an effort to be as optimistic as you can about it!




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