Imagine that it’s 2:00 PM on a Thursday afternoon and suddenly you realize that your refrigerator is acting up. The motor kicks on, sputters for a few seconds and then kicks off again. You notice your groceries are starting to get warm. You know you need to act fast to fix the problem before your food spoils.
Who are you going to turn to? If you’re like most people, you’re going to Google something like “refrigerator repair near me”. If you’re anything like me, you’re going to look for the first option in the list that has a decent amount of reviews and a star rating in the high fours, such as 4.8 or 4.9.
Customers who are searching for services they need right now don’t have time to wade through a bunch of options and hope they are picking a winner. They’re more likely to pick one or two providers near them with a high review count and high rating and call them. They’re not going to pick the merchant who has three reviews with the last one left two years ago. They’re going to pick the safe bet, the provider with more than 50 five star reviews who has social proof consisting of the reviews of many happy customers.
You can be the best refrigerator repairman, plumber or electrician there is but your customers who need you right now won’t know that unless you can get them to click through to your website or call your number. This is where Google reviews come in. They send a clear green light signal to a customer that this business is trustworthy and won’t rip them off when help is needed urgently.
What do you do if you don’t have any Google reviews?
Now that you see the problem, what is the solution? The solution is obvious, get more Google reviews! But that’s a bit too simple, just like saying the solution to poverty is simply having more money. You need a tool, a system for getting more reviews from the happy customers you already have.
That’s where Review Tornado comes in. Review Tornado is a website service that automates the process of asking your existing customers to leave you a review. Simply set up your Review Tornado account once, then for each new customer you work with enter their name and email into the Review Tornado Dashboard. We’ll send your customer an email, complete with your custom text and logo, asking them to leave you a Google review. Your customer can choose to leave you a Google or Yelp review or leave you a piece of private feedback, which is great if your customer is unhappy because it means they’re giving you a chance to make things right before they leave you a negative public review.
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