Client review, video, 1 min 9 s

A business owner on the crisis that could have destroyed 10 years of work

A DefendMyRep client describes a crisis that threatened a business built over 10 years, the three companies they tried first, and what came next. Video and transcript.

A DefendMyRep client, unnamed. In their own words, with captions.

The figures

The numbers are the client's own.

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  • 10+ years

    How long the client says they had been building the business.

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  • A few days

    How quickly the client says it could all have been destroyed.

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  • 3 other firms

    Reputation companies the client says they tried first. The client says those made it worse.

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  • Ongoing

    The client says they were satisfied enough to sign up for ongoing reputation management.

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In the client's words

What the client said, word for word.

This is a business that I've been building for over 10 years and in just a matter of a few days, it was going to be all destroyed had I not found these guys.

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They didn't handle the crisis. They actually made it worse.

About the three other reputation companies the client tried first.

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But luckily, I found the guys and they actually helped me manage this crisis situation, deactivate it so my business can keep on thriving.

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I was so satisfied with their services that I actually signed up for, you know, ongoing reputation management services.

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They actually helped me take down a bunch of false reviews that my competitors were trying to put up in order to attack my business.

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Full transcript

The whole account, in order.

Written from the video's captions, word for word. Select a time to play the video from that point.

  1. The crisis

    Four months ago, I had a huge crisis situation come up and I just quite frankly had no idea what to do, right? It was an existential crisis that could have possibly just turned my entire business upside down.

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  2. What was at stake

    This is a business that I've been building for over 10 years and in just a matter of a few days, it was going to be all destroyed had I not found these guys.

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  3. The companies tried first

    And they weren't the first reputation company, you know, I found. I actually found like three other ones, but quite frankly, they were horrible, right? They didn't handle the crisis. They actually made it worse.

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  4. What changed

    But luckily, I found the guys and they actually helped me manage this crisis situation, deactivate it so my business can keep on thriving.

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  5. Staying on

    And I was so satisfied with their services that I actually signed up for, you know, ongoing reputation management services.

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  6. False reviews and negative press

    They actually helped me take down a bunch of false reviews that my competitors were trying to put up in order to attack my business. They actually helped me handle future crisis situations and take down a bunch of negative press as well.

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One client's account

This is one client's experience of one crisis. Every case is different, so it does not predict what will happen in yours.

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