Media release: Three ways to love and take care of your reputation

As many scramble to arrange a gift or romantic evening for their partners this Friday, 14 February, Reputation Matters takes a more proactive approach to love. Chris Bischoff, reputation manager at Reputation Matters covers three ways to proactively love and take care of your reputation:

Do your employees share the love?

Communication is key, right? Normally the first and most often heard relationship advice also applies to the working environment. Often a big reason for low employee morale is a lack of communication. “Strive you keep your employees informed at all times and encourage a culture of two way communication between your employees and management. We often see those organisations that have a healthy internal climate get this right,” says Bischoff. “Have you ever thought about how your employees speak about the company to their nearest and dearest outside of work?” Having the closest relationship to the company, employees are the ambassadors of your reputation and should carry it with pride.

Get yourself a mentor

Sometimes it helps to get a bit of love advice; it’s no different with managing your reputation. “As a team of reputation managers and specialists, we have designed a mentorship programme that aims to empower businesses and people to proactively manage their reputations,” says Regine le Roux, managing director at Reputation Matters. “We’ve seen an increased need for ongoing reputation management support, especially for entrepreneurs and people starting out their careers in the communication field. It is especially important for new business owners to build and foster their companies’ reputations right from the start.”

Identify ways to build on relationships

With a unique reputation research model, Reputation Matters will help you identify ways to build on the relationships with your key stakeholders. “Our research model allows you to put a percentage to each business element that contributes to your reputation; this allows you to identify your organisations strengths and weaknesses,” says Bischoff. The percentage rating of an organisation’s reputation proves the extent to which people want to do business with your company.

“Our purpose is to help you become the business that people want to do business with, why not let us help you build closer relationships with your stakeholders?” concludes le Roux.

For more information about Reputation Matters, visit www.reputationmatters.co.za. Follow Reputation Matters on Facebook (@yourreputationmatters) or Twitter (@ReputationIsKey).

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Released by Reputation Matters

Media contact: Chris Bischoff

chris@reputationmatters.co.za

081 435 2917

About Reputation Matters

Reputation Matters has been providing customised reputation research and management solutions since its inception in 2005. The company is 100% woman-owned and a Level 4 exempted micro-enterprise BBBEE contributor.

Reputation Matters believes that if you treasure your reputation, you will measure it and are very proud of their proprietary reputation research tool, the Repudometer®. The model scientifically measures and quantifies organisations’ reputations based on an assessment of ten elements. The Repudometer® assists organisations in understanding who their stakeholders are, what perceptions each stakeholder group has of the organisation, and how to implement results-oriented, research-based communication solutions that help take their reputations to the next level.

Reputation Matters’ vision is to be Africa’s go-to reputation speclialists, building businesses that people want to do business with. The values that drive the vision, are excellence always in all ways, expertise, empowerment and ecstatic clients.

Reputation Matters have offices in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

For more information about Reputation Matters, visit www.reputationmatters.co.za or call 021 790 0208. Reputation Matters is also on Facebook (www.facebook.com/yourreputationmatters) and Twitter (@ReputationIsKey).