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Reputation & Branding Specialist

Adam

Reputation and branding specialist. 9+ years agency-side running forensic review audits and 90-day operating plans for hospitality, healthcare, legal and home-service brands.

New York, United States9+ years experienceEnglish
repeat engagement rate
80%+

Clients who complete a 90-day plan and re-engage for a follow-on quarter.

typical rating trajectory
4.1 → 4.7

Average rating movement for a full-engagement client over 90 days across primary locations.

crisis response SLA
48 hrs

Time from a negative spike alert to a written containment plan on the client's desk.

"A reputation strategy that only works when nobody is looking isn't a strategy. It's a liability with a countdown timer."

- Adam, Reputation & Branding Specialist

Background

About Adam.

Adam spent his first six years agency-side in New York, running brand reputation programs for hospitality groups, multi-location healthcare providers, and legal firms where a single bad quarter of reviews could cost a location its lease or a partner their book of business. He learned early that reputation work is 20% craft and 80% operational discipline - the audits, the scoped briefs, the sign-off calls that stop a bad decision before it ships.

He joined BGR Review in 2021 to lead the client-facing side of the reputation practice: forensic audits, positioning briefs, and the 90-day operating plans that turn a fragile 4.1-star profile into a defensible 4.7. His repeat-engagement rate sits above 80% because he refuses tactics that don't survive Google's policy review or a customer's scrutiny.

Adam is the specialist most clients meet first. He runs the initial audit call, translates raw dashboard numbers into an in-brand response strategy leadership can actually sign off on, and stays as the named account lead through the full 90-day plan. When a competitor attack or a viral 1-star spike hits, he's the first responder assembling the containment plan, the response copy, and the PR-safe messaging leadership uses externally.

How Adam thinks about the work

Reputation strategy is boring when it's done right. It looks like an audit, a scoped plan, a response system, a weekly report - not fireworks. Fireworks usually mean somebody took a shortcut a platform is about to punish.

Every response you publish is a public commitment. That's why nothing goes out under a client's name unless it would still make sense read out loud in a courtroom, a customer meeting, or a newsroom.

Credentials & certifications

Verifiable industry credentials.

  • Google Business Profile Product Expert (Gold contributor)
    Google · 2022
  • Hootsuite Social Marketing Certification
    Hootsuite Academy · 2019
  • IAB Digital Media Buying & Planning Certification
    IAB · 2020
  • PRSA Accreditation in Public Relations coursework
    Public Relations Society of America · 2023
Education

Formal training.

  • New York University
    BA, Media, Culture & Communication · 2012 - 2016
  • Cornell (eCornell)
    Hospitality Marketing Certificate · 2020

Career timeline

Adam's career, in the open.

  1. 2016
    Junior Brand Strategist · NYC full-service agency

    Started on the hospitality book of business, running brand voice and review response programs for a Manhattan hotel group.

  2. 2018
    Reputation Lead · Boutique brand agency, NYC

    Took over the reputation practice for multi-location healthcare and dental groups across the Northeast.

  3. 2020
    Independent consultant · Retainer clients, US & Canada

    Went independent to focus on 90-day operating plans for legal and home-service brands.

  4. 2021
    Reputation & Branding Specialist · BGR Review

    Joined as the founding US-side reputation lead. Built out the client audit and 90-day plan process still used today.

  5. 2023
    Lead, Enterprise Accounts · BGR Review

    Took ownership of BGR's largest multi-location enterprise engagements across hospitality and healthcare.

How Adam works

The standards on every case.

Step 1

Forensic audit

Rating, velocity, sentiment and competitor benchmarking on every profile before any work is quoted.

Step 2

Written 90-day plan

Scoped brief, timeline, budget and success criteria - approved in the client dashboard, not on a call.

Step 3

In-brand response system

Response voice, escalation ladder and PR-safe messaging documented so anyone on the team can respond in-voice.

Focus areas

What Adam owns at BGR Review.

Forensic audits

Deep dives on live rating, review velocity and competitor benchmarks before any work is quoted.

90-day plans

Written operating plans with scoped briefs, timelines and success criteria clients approve in-dashboard.

Crisis response

First responder when a negative spike hits - assembles the response, escalation and PR-safe messaging.

Publications
  • The 90-day reputation operating plan: what actually goes in one
    BGR Review Insights · 2025
  • How to respond to a 1-star review without making it worse
    BGR Review Insights · 2024
  • Competitor review attacks: a containment playbook for multi-location brands
    BGR Review Insights · 2024
Speaking
  • NYC Hospitality Reputation Roundtable
    "Rating recovery for restaurant groups after a viral incident" · 2024
  • Healthcare Marketing Impact Conference (guest panellist)
    "In-brand review response for regulated providers" · 2023
Press & commentary
  • Contributed comment to a US hospitality trade publication on responding to viral review incidents
  • Advisory input to a legal marketing association on Google Business Profile response policy

Ask Adam

Answers, straight from the specialist.

What does a first call with you look like?+

A 30-minute audit review. I walk you through your live rating, review velocity, sentiment split, and how you benchmark against your three closest competitors. You leave with a written summary and a specific answer to whether a 90-day plan will move your numbers.

Do you write review responses for clients?+

I build the response system - the voice guide, the escalation ladder, the PR-safe templates - and either write the first month of responses myself or train the client's team on the standard. From month two we hand off or continue as the retained voice, whichever fits.

What kinds of brands see the biggest lift?+

Multi-location hospitality, healthcare and legal brands with a live rating between 3.9 and 4.3 and consistent review flow. Those are the profiles where a 90-day plan tends to move the needle furthest.

More of the team

Meet the rest.

About Us

Want Adam on your case?

Book a free reputation audit and request Adam by name. A specialist reviews your profile, benchmarks three competitors, and sends back a written plan.