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Reviews are among the first things people see when they search for a local business. Most happy customers will write one if someone asks at the right moment and makes it easy. Here is how, and what Google does not allow.
In your Google Business Profile you will find a button to ask for reviews. It gives a short link that opens the review form directly. Put it in the email after a job, in the text after an appointment, on the receipt and as a QR code at the counter. The fewer taps it takes, the more people write.
The best moment is right after the job is done: when the plumber has packed up, when the customer gets up from the salon chair or when the parcel has arrived. Ask in one sentence, in person if you can: "If you were happy, we'd be glad of a review on Google. Here's the link."
Ask every customer, not only those you think are happy. Filtering out unhappy customers before they get the link breaks Google's rules and gives a picture that is not true.
Google does not allow discounts, gifts or other benefits in exchange for a review, or to get someone to change or remove a bad one. Reviews must reflect a genuine experience, so staff, family and bought reviews are out. Breaches can lead to reviews being removed or restrictions on the profile.
A short, personal reply shows that someone reads them. On a bad review: thank them for the feedback, say what you are doing about it and offer to take the rest by phone or email. People who read the review later look more at how you reply than at the complaint itself.
Questions & answers
No, but you can report reviews that break Google's rules, such as fake reviews or harassment. An honest bad review stays, and then a good reply is the best thing you can do.
Yes. Many booking systems and online stores can send the link after the appointment or delivery. It can also be built into a simple automation.
Connect enquiries, documents and customer follow-up in one workflow. INOVIX builds automation around your existing systems, with explicit approvals and ownership.
Your customers search before they call. We fix the technical errors, write the pages people actually look for and set up your Google profile, so the business shows up when someone nearby searches for what you do.
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