Barclays in the frame - and not just their senior management

Most of you will have seen an article like this in the last day or so:

 But that's not the only way a business like Barclays is judged. What do their customers think? Let's look...

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Our conclusion

It is not so much the reviews and scores that reflect badly on the business (although they do) but the fact that Barclays have obviously turned a blind eye to the negative impression they have allowed to be created on the web by a tiny minority of their customers (who may, or may not, be representative).

What have they not done?

• they have not had the common courtesy to respond to their customers who have taken the time to write a review - positive or negative
• they patently have no review management strategy in place - either corporately or at local branch level
  

What should they have done (and should now do)?

• establish a proactive review management strategy - to engage all their customers -  at corporate level
• implement that strategy across their branch network 
• and reply to every review

It's not complicated, expensive or time-consuming. It is simply a question of asking itself: "Do we care about our customers and, just as importantly, do we want to be seen to care?"

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