Archives of Reputation

managing reviews

Why Managing Reviews Is Crucial for Your Dispensary

All businesses eventually make mistakes, and all shoppers eventually have bad experiences. In a digital and interconnected world, this means that bad reviews are inevitable. Regardless of who is really at fault or what actually happened, the story a review tells will affect your business one way or another. According to a 2017 survey, 68% […]
4 months ago
review sites

The Review Sites That Matter Most for Your Dispensary

Positive customer reviews are crucial to building a strong and reputable brand, especially in the internet age. Positive reviews and testimonials can be utilized as differentiators that work to separate your dispensary from other local competitors. In fact, approximately ⅓ of respondents to a recent Hubspot survey indicated that customer reviews on review sites played […]
5 months ago
fake google listings

How Google is Fighting Back Against Fake Listings

In June of this year, The Wall Street Journal published an article exposing the runaway problem of fake listings in Google’s search results. The publication’s researchers had discovered nearly 11 million fake business listings on Google Maps, sometimes known as GMB spam. Following the publication of the article, Google promptly released a statement committing itself […]
5 months ago
budtender training dispensary

Dispensary Basics: Proper Budtender Training

One of the most important aspects of managing any dispensary is ensuring your staff is knowledgeable and efficient. More than anything else, the staff you hire will make an impression on customers and represent your brand with every action they take. While standards for training dispensary staff are still being developed, there are principles that every […]
6 months ago
dispensary experience

Crafting a Comprehensive Dispensary Experience

What happens when your customers walk through your doors is crucial. Despite the popularity of online ordering in the cannabis space, cannabis customers still use dispensaries to discover the breadth of products available and to make their purchases. Developing a dispensary experience that is both aesthetically pleasing and satisfying to customers is essential for thriving […]
6 months ago
effect of online reviews

Friend Or Foe? The Effect of Online Reviews On Your Search Ranking

Once upon a time, a dissatisfied customer of your business might have made an angry complaint to the manager or ranted to their friends. Nowadays, though, that same dissatisfied customer can wield the power of internet reviews to air their grievances, making their criticism available for all to read. To make matters even more complicated […]
9 months ago
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How to Fight GMB Spam (and Why You Should)

While the age of the Internet has brought success to many new businesses, it has also created dangers and challenges for business owners. Any business that wants to be successful must learn to master the new environment of digital marketing and overcome the difficulties presented by this terrain. One of the most common features of […]
9 months ago

How to Delete a Google Review: Tips and Best Practices

At some point, someone is going to say something bad about your business. It may be that they received poor service, or it could be that they’re having a bad day and decided to take it out on your staff and then post negative comments on Google Reviews. Is there anything you can do about […]
10 months ago
dispensary hiring interviews

How to Hire the Best Budtenders

Nothing is more important to a company than their team. Without your team, you don’t have a business. The challenge, of course, is finding the right people in a highly competitive recruiting environment. Heck, it’s hard enough finding the “right” people when the economy’s not doing well. In this article on dispensary hiring, we’re going […]
10 months ago
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The ROI of Reputation Management and Why It’s Worth Your Time

Put simply, reputation management refers to the strategies and efforts your company (or dispensary) invests in controlling and influencing how customers perceive your brand. The ROI of reputation management refers to the return-on-investment you can expect from online reviews. Social media reviews rule, so what your customers are saying about you on sites like Yelp, […]
10 months ago