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If you’ve tried the Facebook Pages Manager app, you can be forgiven for not getting excited. Rest assured, this one is much better. It’s called Google My Business, and was announced for iOS and Android last week. Already, it seems less buggy and more user-friendly than Facebook's Pages Manager — although that's not exactly difficult.
It seems Google is really starting to pay attention to what small business need and want. The app ties in with the new Google My Business service, which essentially it easier for local business and brands to manage their G+ page and be found on Google.
If your audience are reacting badly to something you’ve posted, you might be tempted to delete it. Instantly. But unless you’ve done something majorly wrong, you’d do better to leave it — deleting a post makes you look guilty. Besides, it’s likely somebody’s taken a screenshot already, so you can’t exactly pretend it didn’t happen. You might want to forget, but your angry customers won’t. We’ll be talking about the best ways to apologize in a couple of weeks, but in the mean time, let’s focus on how to avoid making things worse. If there are trolls involved, and you haven’t actually done anything wrong, this is really important. Essentially, trolls are bullies. They target people and businesses who they think are weak, or whose response is likely to entertain them. More than anything, trolls want a reaction out of you. Unfortunately, unlike with real-life bullies, standing up to them won’t do you any good at all. Luckily, though, you can deal with most low-level trolls by banning or blocking them. Here’s how: For Facebook, go into your Page, and choose “Settings” from the banner up the top. You’ll see this:
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