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Reviews compound. They move search rank, marketplace placement and the conversion rate of traffic that has never heard of you — and the single biggest determinant of how many you have is whether anyone asked. Asking by phone works for an unglamorous reason: the customer commits in the moment, while someone is on the line, instead of promising themselves they will get to it.
The second job of this call matters as much as the first. Feedback that would have become a public one-star review arrives as a private conversation with your team instead.

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The branch

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Choosing where the review goes

Routing is per segment or per service line, not per company. A software account should be pointed at the software marketplace your buyers read; a local job should be pointed at the profile that decides whether you show up in a map search. Whichever platform you name, or your own survey tool, the link is what goes out by text while the call is still live.

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What the call sounds like

Agent: Hi James — following up on the renewal last week. Quick one: how has the team been getting on with it? James: Genuinely well. The new reporting flow went down better than I expected. Agent: Good to hear. Would you mind putting that in a review? I can text you the link right now while it’s in your head. James: Go on then. Agent: Sent. Thanks James — that helps us more than you’d think.
Same minute, same conversation, one more review on its way to a public page.

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Standing it up

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Pick the moment

Renewal, contract signed, job completed, service closed, CRM stage change, or any webhook. The moment matters more than the wording — fresh work gets specific reviews, stale work gets generic ones.
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Choose platforms per segment

Where a positive review is worth the most for that kind of customer.
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Set the escalation path

Who hears about mixed feedback, and how fast. This is the half of the feature that protects you.
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Activate

Calls start on the next completed engagement. Nothing needs backfilling.

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Where reviews are the growth channel

  • Software, where marketplace ratings sit between your ad and the buyer’s shortlist.
  • Local services, where the profile rank decides how many jobs the phone brings in.
  • Marketplaces, where the rating gates placement rather than just influencing it.
  • Clinics and practices, where reputation is most of the referral engine.
  • Anywhere the buyer reads reviews before calling — which is nearly everywhere.
Only ask when the work is genuinely finished. A review request that arrives before the customer’s problem is resolved converts a neutral experience into a negative one, and the escalation path is what catches that — so set the trigger against completion, not against the invoice.

Ask after the next job

$20, a real number, 14 days.

Every use case

Speed to Lead, no-shows, after-hours.