A steady flow of new reviews and a reply to every one.
Reviews affect whether you appear in the map pack at all, and whether the person looking at it calls you or the company listed below you.
The best time to ask for a review is right after the job is finished, while the customer is happy with the result. We automate the request so it goes out after every job instead of only when someone remembers to ask.
The customer receives one text with one link that opens the review box directly. There's no app to download, no login, and no form to fill out.
Every business receives one eventually, and the reply matters. We draft responses that sound like a person wrote them and that reassure a future customer rather than sounding defensive.
Only if it violates Google's policies, and we'll file a request when it does. A review that's negative but genuine can't be removed, and any company that promises to remove those is offering something that doesn't work.
Reply to it publicly and calmly, explaining what happened and what you did about it. Homeowners often read the response more carefully than the complaint, and a good reply to a difficult review builds more trust than a long list of five star ratings.
Asking is allowed. Offering a discount or gift in exchange is not, and neither is sending the link only to customers you expect to be happy. We ask every customer after every job, the same way.
There's no set number. Local rankings respond to a steady flow of new reviews, so a business that collects three a month usually does better than one that received forty in 2023 and none since.
Most won't, and that's normal. A small percentage of customers leave a review after each request, which is why the request needs to be automatic rather than something you remember to do.
We'll review your website, your Google listing and your local rankings, and send you the findings in writing. There's no cost and no obligation.