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How to get more Google reviews

No tricks: a link that opens your review form, asked of every customer at the right moment, with one follow-up. Here is the whole system, with a free tool for each step.

The system, step by step

  1. Get your review link

    A link that opens the star rating on Google, not your profile page. Every other step uses it.

    Get your Google review link →

  2. Put a QR code where customers pay

    On the counter, invoices and receipts, so a customer in front of you can leave a review in seconds.

    Make a review QR code →

  3. Print a card

    A business card, table tent or counter sign with the QR code on it.

    Print a review card →

  4. Ask every customer, the same day

    Most reviews come from being asked: by email or text after the job, in your own words.

    Six templates to copy →

  5. Follow up once

    One reminder a few days later reaches the customers who meant to and forgot. Then stop.

  6. Reply to every review

    Thank the good ones by name and answer the critical ones calmly and specifically. Future customers read the replies too.

What not to do

Don't ask only the customers you expect to be happy, don't offer anything for a review, and don't buy or swap reviews. Each one breaks Google's policy, and Google can remove reviews or restrict the profile.

Read about review gating

Let steps 4 and 5 run by themselves

GossipGarden does the asking and the follow-up for you: after every job it emails every customer your review link, from your business name, and sends one reminder.

Questions

What is the quickest way to get more Google reviews?
Ask every customer the same day the job is done, by email or text, with a link that opens the review form directly. A clear ask and one tap to the form remove the usual reasons people never get round to it.
Can I buy Google reviews?
No. Buying reviews breaks Google's policy and the FTC's rule, and Google removes them and can restrict the profile.
Should I reply to reviews?
Yes, to every one. A short thank-you for good reviews and a calm, specific answer to critical ones show future customers how you treat people.
Am I allowed to ask for reviews at all?
Yes. Google encourages businesses to ask their customers for reviews; what it does not allow is incentives, asking only happy customers, and fake reviews.

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