An enlightening infographic for the season
The holidays are a massive season for retailers, but did you realize many other organizations face added reputation risk from their own customers in the season as well? Time is short, folks feel frenzied, and that means patience is at a low. That irritated individual who just walked out the door because someone misspoke or they felt their wait was a minute too long is quite likely to pull out their smartphone and immediately post a scathing statement on review sites or social media, meaning you need to be on your toes.
For more compelling reasons why it pays to keep tabs on your reputation, check out this infographic from MovingTargets:
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[Jonathan Bernstein is president of Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc., an international crisis management consultancy, author of Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management and Keeping the Wolves at Bay – Media Training. Erik Bernstein is vice president for the firm, and also editor of its newsletter, Crisis Manager]
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Jonathan L. Bernstein, founder and Chairman of Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc. has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of crisis management – crisis response, vulnerability assessment, planning, training and simulations.
Erik Bernstein is president of Bernstein Crisis Management. Erik started with BCM in 2009 as a writer and subsequently became social media manager for the consultancy itself as well as for a number of BCM clients before moving to the president position.