YOUR REPUTATION

Why Online Reviews Are So Important

A positive reputation is one of the most powerful marketing assets a business has to convince new customers to contact them. The social proof contained within reviews and star ratings (Especially Google Reviews) helps consumers short cut their research and make decisions faster and with greater confidence than ever before.

WHY BUSINESS OWNERS CHOOSE REVIEW ME NOW

When a business owner chooses to sign up for the reviewmenow.com program, it's usually because of one or all of the following three reasons:

• Securing Referrals (make sure your word-of-mouth and referral customers call you when they Google your name)

• Securing Advertising Spend (when you spend money on advertising, make sure they call you when they google your name)

• Securing & Improving Ranking on Google (google states that review count and score factor into local search ranking)

Each reason stems from the fact that people use Google to look for a business either because they were referred or saw an ad and now want to research that business. Google tends to rank business pages higher and we have seen business owners move to the 1st page of Google after getting a consistent stream of positive Google reviews.. 

BELOW IS A CONSUMER SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2023 BY BRIGHT LOCAL. (source)

The findings of this survey are specifically concerned with reviews for local business services and not general product reviews.

You will see the question asked and the result of the question based on the trust and influence of online reviews.

Do you read online reviews to determine whether a local business is good or bad?

• 98% of consumers regularly or occasionally read online reviews

Top Review Factors Influencing Consumer Behaviour

• 88% of consumers want to see business owners responding to reviews

• 52% of consumers will only consider reviews written in the last 2-4 weeks

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