How do I get more Google reviews?
Short answer
Ask every happy customer, the day the job ends, with a direct link.
The mechanic
Send a text the day of completion: 'Glad we got it right. Two-minute review here helps a ton: [link].' That sentence beats every fancy automation.
Reply to every one
Reply to all reviews, good and bad. Future customers read your replies more than the reviews. Calm, short, no defensiveness on the bad ones.
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