Prayers to help with Slander

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Hello,

I’ve never posted in here before, but I feel like I’m sort of in trouble and I would really appreciate any help you could give me. My sister and I run a small pet care business that up until now has been doing well. Up until now, we were small but growing, although we still make a very meager wage.

The trouble is even though all of our customers really love us, the one person we had to turn away service to has been trying to destroy our reputation online through review sites. The reason we had to turn her down was because she did not want to pay us and wanted us to provide her with a list of cheaper options. Now she is all over the internet, calling us insulting names and lying about us when we have done nothing to her. Unfortunately though, people believe what they read and business has slowed way down.

I have no backup career plan and I’m afraid for my future. I don’t know what to do and I feel heartbroken. I hate to ask for help, but I would be very grateful if you would pray for me.
 
I recommend you and your business to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mother Mary, please make your intentions in this matter come true. Amen.
 
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Hello,

I’ve never posted in here before, but I feel like I’m sort of in trouble and I would really appreciate any help you could give me. My sister and I run a small pet care business that up until now has been doing well. Up until now, we were small but growing, although we still make a very meager wage.

The trouble is even though all of our customers really love us, the one person we had to turn away service to has been trying to destroy our reputation online through review sites. The reason we had to turn her down was because she did not want to pay us and wanted us to provide her with a list of cheaper options. Now she is all over the internet, calling us insulting names and lying about us when we have done nothing to her. Unfortunately though, people believe what they read and business has slowed way down.

I have no backup career plan and I’m afraid for my future. I don’t know what to do and I feel heartbroken. I hate to ask for help, but I would be very grateful if you would pray for me.
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PM me the name of your business and links to every site she posted on.
 
So many clients love us until they have to pay. After a while you will get a sense of this type of personality and build safe guards in communicating with them at first contact. It hurts when you are trying to do good and people rip you down. Ask Jesus, He knows all about it. He will calm your troubles.
Now for the other foot in this secular world. 😉
Any free lawyer consultation in your area?(Making it clear to them that you do not have the funds for full service). Are you close enough to your clients to ask for them to counteract the claims on the reviews. Can you introduce a new product\line\service that targets a certain market? Join forces with SPCA etc, so that you can demonstrate that a highly regarded rustworthy business trusts you, your sister and the business.
Damage control is a slow process, in the end you two will find that you will have done more for the animals, the people who love them and the people who need them.

May you and your sister have the wisdom, courage and fortitude to go out and be. May people see the truth and may your business flourish and be a testament to our faith.
Through Christ our Lord
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen

St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls
Amen.
 
I will pray for you and your business. What this person is doing is wrong on so many levels. Because of people like this I take bad reviews on the internet with a grain of salt unless there are a lot of them over a length of time.

Also, have you considered that the drop in business may have nothing to do with the review? My business drops during April (thanks IRS), Summer (vacations) and the end of Sept. Maybe your drop is due to kids being out of school and families being away for summer vacations. If you’ve lost regular clients have you called them? Try offering a 10% on the next grooming for a referral. Referrals can certainly grow a business like yours.

Do you have good reviews to counter balance her’s? Maybe you could put a sign up asking people to go to such and such sites and leave a review if they like your service.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee
Blessed art though among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
Remembering you and your situation in my daily prayers. God bless.
 
I apologize for not replying faster, it’s been a rough week and I haven’t had time to go on the internet very much. You are all very generous and compassionate to me I will try to repay you by coming on here more often and paying it forward with prayers for your requests, and I mean that.

I really think your prayers are helping because a few days ago a former client saw the damaging review and put up a glowing five star review which helps a lot. The internet definitely has it’s ugly side and people hide behind it and say vicious things they would never say to your face. I feel sorry for her in a way because I wonder if she knows the full consequences of her actions.

Thanks again to everyone, and particularly to Fan of Francis, are you in the pet industry? You seem very knowledgable.
 
Hello everyone. I just wanted to give everyone an update and let you how much you all helped with (with the will of God of course!). A few weeks after I asked for your help and a few days after finishing a St. Joseph the Worker novena, the malicious things said about my business on the internet got taken down. All without me ever attempting to do so. I want you to know how incredibly difficult and rare that is- people go to court and fight for years unsuccessfully to have defamatory things scrubbed from the internet. I can’t believe it, but I know it didn’t happen alone. Never doubt that you are helping people here, because you made a huge difference in my life.

Thank you Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and CAF!!!:extrahappy:
 
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