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Is Wikipedia Reliable? Seven Free Wikipedia Alternatives.
There are many free online encyclopedias to fit different needs and you may have more choices than you expected. Here is a list of seven free Wikipedia alternatives.
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Measuring corporate reputation based on shareholder value
- A percentage of your company’s value can be attributed to your corporate reputation.
- In 2019, corporate reputation was responsible for one-third of the valuation of the world’s top 15 stock markets.
- Investors are more likely to buy stock in a company with a good reputation than one with a bad reputation.
- Focus on foundational business goals like satisfying customers, attracting strong employees, and generating long-term company growth.
- Over 50% of the Walt Disney Company’s value can be attributed to its reputation.
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Corporate social responsibility and reputation
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a strategy is an essential part of your company’s reputation. Not only will your CSR help build your corporate reputation and customer base, it also will help protect your business from reputation damage and accelerate your recovery time after a crisis.
CSR mistakes can damage or even ruin your reputation, so it’s vital to plan and implement your strategy properly. We’ll discuss the basics of CSR, as well as the benefits and how to utilize it for business growth and stability.
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What is Corporate Reputation?
- According to Andrew Lester of FreshBusinessThinking.com, “A company’s corporate reputation is the sum of all the views and beliefs held about the company based on its history and its future prospects, in comparison to close competitors.”
- Corporate reputation is arguably a company’s most valuable intangible asset.
- Underestimating the importance of corporate reputation can be fatal.
- A positive corporate reputation is very difficult for competitors to replicate or overcome and can have a huge impact on a company’s bottom line.
- One of the keys to building and maintaining a good corporate reputation is keeping your stakeholders in mind first and foremost.
- Corporate reputation can be molded by things like search engine results, the content on your site, reviews, news coverage, and public actions by your company and its leaders.
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How to survive a reputation crisis
- Learn from the mistakes of companies that have weathered reputation-threatening problems to avoid experiencing a reputation crisis.
- Every company makes mistakes. How you fix those mistakes determines whether they make or break you.
- By facing up to mistakes, addressing the concerns of your customers, and taking a proactive approach to solving problems, you can save your reputation.
- It is critical to face up to problems promptly, directly, and honestly.
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What factors influence reputation?
Corporate reputation is formed by various factors that shift public opinion over time. These factors include search engine results, news coverage, social media posts, reviews, and other public comments. Reputation work is essential whether you are currently in good standing or have suffered a blow. Irrespective of the activity that may have led to poor public opinion, it is essential that corporate reputation is protected to keep up with the pace of modern life.
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How to avoid the corporate pitfalls of reputational risk
What is reputation risk, and how to reduce it
Reputational risk is finally starting to gain some traction among executives and decision-makers as a legitimate and essential part of their business strategy.
Considering the massive and sometimes devastating effects of reputation damage, it’s a wonder there are still so many businesses leaving themselves vulnerable.
Learn more about what reputational risk is, where it comes from, and how you can protect your company from the losses it causes.
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How Fortune ranks the world’s most admired companies
The world’s most admired companies based on a nine-point ranking system
- Fortune Magazine has another well-respected, powerful list: Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies.
- The peer-judged list is scored and determined by business insiders within each industry.
- List candidates are rated based on nine key attributes running the gamut of business performance indicators.
You’ve heard of the Fortune 500, a well-respected ranking of the largest companies by revenue in the United States, but you might not be aware of another annual list Fortune produces that ranks the admirability of global companies based on key attributes as perceived by a large audience of qualified professionals.
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The Extremely Comprehensive Google Business Profile Guide
The fact that the word “searching” is now interchangeable with the word “Googling” should tell you just about everything you need to know about what Google can do for a business that needs to be found.
Since 2014, Google Business Profile has been connecting local businesses with a bigger and better audience than they ever would have had access to on their own. With the accelerating transition to digital, it’s more vital now than ever that you get your local business online. So how do you get on Google Business Profile and why is it so important that you do?
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SEO Reports – Traffic Ranking and Backlinks – What to Look For
As a client, you need to understand what your SEO provider is doing in an objective way. This article outlines the types of things you should look for in an SEO report.
SEO service providers must prove the value they are adding to your business both in the short and long term. Remember that SEO work is often a long game, so don't expect to see massive changes overnight. It's more important that your SEO service provider keeps you in the loop of changing search results with transparent reporting every step of the way.
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All about the reputation quotient model
- We live in an economy where about 70-80% of market value is derived from intangible assets such as corporate reputation.
- Your company’s reputation is easier to gauge than you might think thanks to the Harris-Fombrun Corporate Reputation Quotient Model (CRQ).
- Many people consider The Harris Poll/CRQ to be a reliable validation of corporate reputation, so it can drive public perception of a company positively or negatively.
- The CRQ has become an invaluable tool for companies when managing corporate reputation and identifying new market risks and opportunities.
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Corporate Donations and Reputation
Is your company thinking of giving to a charitable cause? Let us be the first to thank you for your generosity. Generosity is good for both the cause being donated to and your corporate reputation. We've found that many companies don't optimize giving in a way that benefits their online reputation to the fullest so here are some things generous businesses can do to not only help charitable causes in need but improve their reputation PR as well.
Once you choose a cause you'd like to support, ask if they're willing to do one of these things to promote your donation:
- Write an article and post it to their site
- Publish a press release about the gift
- Post about it on social media
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The Role of CSR in Corporate Reputation
CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility. CSR is a term used to describe socially beneficial activities performed by businesses. Corporate Social Responsibility can take the form of philanthropy, activism, charitable giving, or volunteering. CSR Return on Investment (ROI) is often intangible, as is the case when tuning a CSR initiative to improve corporate online reputation.
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What are the different types of Google Knowledge Panels
Key Takeaways:
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Net Promoter Score as a measure of company reputation
Imagine for a minute that there was an easy-to-understand metric that told you:
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WikiData - How and Why to Set Up a WikiData Page for Your Brand
- You may want to know how to create a Wiki page for your company, but if you can't (most companies can't), consider a WikiData page instead.
- WikiData pages are automatically created when a Wikipedia page is published, but a WikiData page can also be setup manually.
- Studies have shown that Wikipedia content ranks for 99% of Google searches, but WikiData is used by search engines to better understand the subject, be it a person, company, brand or concept.
- Wikidata doesn't show up in search results directly. It doesn't provide any inbound links. So why do it? It's used by Google to better understand your business.
- Setting up a WikiData page may seem intimidating at first glance, but Wikimedia made it easier by creating an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to make one.
What is a WikiData page?
There’s a reason Wikipedia content dominates search engine results pages (SERPs): it’s credible, recognized, and very SEO-friendly. And when we say dominate, we’re not using that term lightly.
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How to fix an inaccurate or negative Wikipedia article
Can Wikipedia be edited by anyone? Yes, anyone can edit a Wikipedia page. But those edits can be positive, negative, or neutral. If your brand, or even you, have been lucky enough to be eligible for a Wikipedia page, good for you! Wikipedia is highly visible in search results, confirms your brand as significant, and even feeds information to Googles' Knowledge Panel. But with all of the good that comes with a Wikipedia page there also comes the bad - again, anyone can edit most Wikipedia pages. Even haters.
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Is Your Online Reputation Score High Enough?
Your company’s online reputation is a real-time evaluation of what people think of your company on digital platforms.
Every public action, interaction, or publication will affect your online reputation. The strength of your web content, the positivity of your social media interactions, and the reliability of your customer service, just to name a few, all work together to build a digital representation of your brand.
How the public perceives that representation is your online reputation.
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Is Your Corporate Reputation Helping…or Hurting?
Ask any business executive if they think having a good corporate reputation is important and the answer will be an obvious ‘yes’. But ask them what’s involved with having a good online reputation, maintaining one, or even what a good online reputation entails, and many will stumble trying to define a clear answer. It’s important to understand the ‘what’ and ‘why’ before setting up a reputation management plan. First, let’s start with the basics.
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What is an influencer?
Influencer marketing has grown from a fringe tactic to a billion-dollar industry. So much so that brands are set to spend up to $15 billion on influencer marketing. There are many types of influencers, from Instagram influencers to Amazon, YouTube and Twitter influencers. Each has her or his own niche. This article explores what they are, factors that make an influencer, and how partnerships work.
In recent years, the word “influencer” has received a new dictionary definition, become a job title, and forced brands to reconsider their marketing strategy and budget.