Someone left your business a bad review and your response has made the situation worse
When you’re operating a business online, not everyone is going to like your product or service. Or there will be a day where you or one of your employees are in a bad mood and somehow this got transposed onto the service performance with a customer. Anyhow a bad review occurred, it’s posted, and so here are some tips and tricks on how to respond to negative reviews:
A response is necessary
First, know that responding to a negative review is a must and improves the reputation of your business. There is no way out of not responding to a negative review, you must reply and admit your mistake or fault if that’s what happened.
In addition, your response needs to emphasize why your service is great and if necessary what you’re going to do to improve the experience. Note, you don’t need to expect that your response will improve the reputation of your business in the eyes of everyone.
Swallow Your Ego
Your response to a negative review needs to start positive such as “I appreciate your feedback” and either “here’s what we’re going to do about it” or “but here’s why I disagree.” Show empathy in the response, try, to make it heartfelt, and make the customer feel like their post meant a lot to you.
Now, I know a lot of you business owners are reading this anxiously thinking “many negative reviews are just from customers devising excuses for a refund.” However, even if that assumption is true, use it as a practice to break through your ego and write up a quality response to a seemingly real issue.
Focus On The Product Or Service
Truly take the negative review as an opportunity to improve your product or service experience. The fact that someone got so frustrated to write up a negative review is telling us that at least something can be improved.
Conclusion
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