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    Critical Mention

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACritical Mention headquartered in New York offers their eponymous media monitoring platform for public relations and crisis management.N/A

    iReview

    N/AN/AiReview Reputation Management is a solution to cultivate and control a brand's digital identity. As a guardian of a brand's online presence, iReview harnesses sentiment analysis and real-time monitoring to curate a brand's reputation. Through the software, every online interaction becomes a cornerstone of a brand's narrative. iReview scours the digital landscape and compiles user-generated content into actionable insights. This tool transforms scattered feedback into a strategic…

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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Critical MentioniReview
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    57%
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    Happy with the feature set
    71%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
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    User Ratings
    Critical MentioniReview
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.6
    (21 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Critical MentioniReview
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Critical Mention
    Critical Mention is great for schools/businesses/etc. that want to know when they are in the news. Sometimes a brand's reputation can suffer greatly if you are not aware of an issue that was posted by a competitor or media outlet If you are not in the news a lot, there is no need for this product.
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    Pros
    Critical Mention
    • Critical Mention's customer service is excellent. Any time we've had a challenge finding a clip or anything, they are on top of it and go above and beyond to make sure we have what we are looking for quickly.
    • The ability to create tailored clips of each mention and quickly share them is unparalleled.
    • The reporting feature is fantastic. It makes it very simple to pull detailed reports and share them with interested parties.
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    Cons
    Critical Mention
    • I believe the one frustration I have with searching in general that if the closed captioning is not correct on the broadcast end Critical Mention will miss that data. Which is not a Critical Mention issue and does overcome depending on the search. Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be about to handle 30-minute programs.
    • One nagging issue when using Critical Mention is that it does not save e-mail addresses when sending a report and this requires a waste of time having to type in e-mails that should be able to be pulled from the customers' contacts.
    • Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be able to handle 30-minute programs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Critical Mention
    I gave this a 5 only because I do not make the decisions to renew. When I used this at my previous company, I also recommended to the decision maker to renew this tool as it was a crucial piece to the overall client objective
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    Usability
    Critical Mention
    It's great for quickly looking up a specific clip, but this platform makes it difficult to select and accurately report on a high volume of clips
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    Support Rating
    Critical Mention
    Look, Critical Mention follows up on an or phone call immediately or in the AM the following business day. I have called them after hours and get a live person to work through any issues that may have come up. Support seems to be job one with Critical Mention.
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    Implementation Rating
    Critical Mention
    Critical Mention implementation was easy and fast. Their support and training were awesome.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Critical Mention
    Burrelles is confusing and outdated. Critical Mention works on the side of the account team and understands our needs better. I was able to share hundreds of outlets that I wanted to be included in my online search and Critical Mention added all of them in less than a day I was seeing better results in my searches. The possibilities with Burrelles seem limited while Critical Mention's online monitoring service really lets me craft reports the way I want to
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    Return on Investment
    Critical Mention
    • Every week the department I am a part does dozens of searches on Critical Mention. We use it as our primary search engine for all things broadcast.
    • One negative aspect is that we do not know where Critical Mention gets their audience viewing numbers from so we just have to take it as their word.
    • Another negative aspect is that we are limited on the amount of time that one clip can be so we have to share several clips of the same show with our clients.
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    ScreenShots

    iReview Screenshots

    Screenshot of Main screen and dashboardScreenshot of the dashboard where iReview lets users create a URL based on a business's name. Under tools the Review Page feature helps edit the page, users can add more buttons, change the button’s color so it matches the color of the business, add the platforms that will receive reviews, as well; as edit the URLScreenshot of a URL created based on a business's name.
Once the Review Page is created, clients will be able to access and leave reviews from an edited Review Page. If someone wants to send a bad review, they instead contacting the business, which filtrates all bad reviews from other review platforms like Google and Facebook, etc.Screenshot of Listings:
iReview helps manage scores on all review platforms. The higher the score the higher a business is listed. This score reveals how present and accurate listings are across the web. Adding or removing sources will affect the business's score, a high score on most of the review platforms helps a business rank higher on search as opposed to the competition.Screenshot of Analysis Report:
From iReview's reports, the user can see what are the most used words and phrases from customers, and analyze the most used keywords and phrases from customers.

Keywords and Phrases can be divided into positive and negative based on the reviews received and the ratings that they possessed. The user can check which keyword or phrase is being used in negative reviews the most. Making customers happy and receiving 5-star reviews from them is a win-win situation.