Major Fitness Club Chain
Under NDA
Reputation Management
Duration
6 years
Budget
$53K/year
Difficulty
Medium
Industries
Other
Reputation Management
ORM
Monitoring
Content Creation
HR
Situation
Under NDA
Financial Damage
Budget: ₽4,200,000/year
Problem
67% negativity in the top-10 of Yandex and Google search results. Low club card ratings down to 3.5*. Low rating for the club's mobile app in AppStore and Google Play.
Tasks
- •Reduce the share of negativity in search results
- •Increase the share of positivity in search results
- •Increase brand loyalty
- •Reduce and neutralize negative discussions
- •Increase ratings on recommendation platforms
- •Monitor and analyze the information field
Solutions
- •Create new content islands
- •Develop a methodology to stimulate loyal clients and employees to publish information on the most important recommendation platforms
- •Write and publish articles about the client's activities and promote them to the top-10 of Yandex and Google search results
- •Register official company representatives to neutralize negativity and increase brand loyalty
- •Submit complaints from the official brand representative about unconstructive and uninformative negative reviews for their removal
Results
- •In 2 years, client loyalty to the brand increased. Negativity in the brand's information field decreased by 60%
- •Ratings on recommendation portals grew from 2.8* to 4–5*
- •By increasing ratings on recommendation platforms, negativity in the top-10 of Yandex and Google search results dropped from 67% to 10%
- •Created over 50 positive content islands, 30 of which were promoted to the top-10 of search results for various brand and reputation queries
Financial Effect
Improved ratings and positive content led to increased sales and trust in the brand, strengthening the company's market position.
Conclusions
1
Systematic work with content and ratings can dramatically reduce negativity in search results.
2
Engaging loyal clients and employees is key to improving online reputation.
3
Official brand representation and proactive complaint management help remove unconstructive negativity.