How To Get 5 Star Reviews On Local Search Engines Guaranteed

All of the local search engines are trying to offer their customers (searchers) the most relevant information as quickly as possible. If, for example, someone is searching for an Italian restaurant in Honolulu, it just makes sense that the search engines want to show the best Italian restaurants first. They mathematically try to calculate the best restaurant in Honolulu based on relevant and available information. That information includes:

Location of searcher
Location of business
Search query terms use
Number of reviews
Quality of reviews
Frequency of reviews provided
Propinquity of reviews
Quality and quantity of information provided by restaurant

So, after you’ve given the search engines as much relevant information about your business as possible, you must rely on your customers to provide the rest … and the rest includes a high volume of quality reviews.

The better the reviews, the more likely you’re business is going to show up at the top of the search engines.
The more reviews, the more likely you’re business is going to show up at the top of the search engines.

It’s in your best interest to get as many five star reviews from your customers on as many of the different local search engines as possible. Some of those sites include:

Here’s what I suggest you do.

To start, it’s a good idea to survey your customers anyway. You can either do this in person, on the telephone on via email. If they like your service, great. Encourage them to tell their friends. If they had a problem with you service, make it right. You’re not going to stay in business very long if you have customers who are disappointed with your service.

The same holds true in the digital world. If customers give you great reviews on the Internet, they’re in essence telling their friends and the rest of the world to use your service.

Step 1

Send an email to your customers and ask them to critique your product or service and rate their experience from one to five.

They can either respond to your email address or better yet, to a testimonial page you have set up on your blog. Here is an example of what we do.

Hi Bob:

Will you please take a moment to write two to three sentences about the workshop you just attended in the comment section of our blog? The intent of your testimonial is to encourage others to attend future programs. Please post your comment at the bottom of this page.

http://www.imahawaii.com/coffee/blogging-java-gym

Thank you.

If they give you a score of anything less than a five, make it right immediately. If they give you a score of five, move onto step 2.

Step 2

Send your customer an email thanking them for making the time to give you their feedback. (Normally I would suggest you send them a personal note, but in this case it’s best to do it via email.) Then, provide the link and ask them to paste their comment in the review section of one of the local search engines.

Here’s an example of a follow-up note we send to the people who have rated our programs a five.

Hi Bob:

Thanks for taking the time to write a testimonial on our website. I’m glad you were happy with our service.

May I ask one more favor please? Will you please copy and paste your comment in the Google Business Review link below?

“The Internet Marketing Association of Hawaii is your one stop source for Internet Marketing information. If you want to get your Hawaii business to the top of the search engines, these guys know how to get you there quickly.”

Please CLICK HERE to paste your comment on Google.

Allowing others to see your comment on the Internet has a very positive impact on our business.

Aloha, Bob Sommers

P.S. To say thank you, I would like to give you a discount of 20% on your next workshop with us.

Step 3

Mix it up. It’s not natural for the search engines to see 20 reviews sent to the same review site. Send your customers to different review sites or provide a link to all of them and ask them to upload their comment to the review site of their choice.

If you want to learn more about local search, or if you want someone to do it for you, we can help. Please call either Bob or Josh Sommers at 808-891-0449 in Hawaii or contact us via our contact page.

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