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Review management: Process, approach, and what you need to provide
The process for review management from the first question to ongoing operations — including what you need to contribute for it to work.
A review management project runs in 4 steps: from “determine timing” to “monitor,” totaling 1 to 3 weeks. Each step ends with a clear approval before the next begins.
01 — Process
The steps in detail
Determine timing
When is an order complete from the customer's perspective? Too early is annoying, too late is forgotten.
Build the workflow
Request, reminder, short link. Two contacts, no more.
Response templates
For the most common cases, so responses don't sit unanswered.
Monitor
After four weeks, we check response rates and refine timing and messaging.
02 — Participation
What we need from you
- A contact person who can make decisions — not just forward them.
- Access to the affected systems, in time and not on launch day.
- Real examples from daily business — the messier, the more useful for testing.
- Two to four hours for coordination, distributed over the project duration.
- An answer to the question of what success means. Without it, nothing can be assessed afterward.
03 — Scope
What's included
- Automatic request after completion, via email or SMS, at the right time
- Short path to review instead of searching through profiles
- Internal feedback first — dissatisfied customers reach you, not the public immediately
- Notification of new reviews with suggested response
- Overview of all platforms in one place
- Analysis of which services and which team members receive which ratings
04 — Questions
Frequently asked questions
How is that different from a simple review link in the signature?
A link alone is rarely clicked because no one is actively reminded. The automatic prompt at the right time makes the actual difference in response rate.
Does this also work for multiple locations at once?
Yes, each location gets its own workflow and its own profile. The evaluation can still be consolidated in one place so you can compare locations.
How many reviews do we need?
More important than the number is regularity. A business with 40 reviews, five of them from recent months, appears livelier than one with 200 that are all three years old.
What does a bad review really cost us?
Less than its absence. A business with no negative reviews at all appears implausible to many people; what matters is the professional response to it, not its absence.
What if a customer deletes the review later?
That's decided exclusively by the person who left the review — you can ask, but you can't force it. A professional, public response is often more effective than attempting to achieve deletion.
What to do about an unjustified review?
Respond professionally and, if there's a policy violation, report it. Don't: justify, argue, or publicly disclose details of the case — the latter can become tricky under data protection law.
Is it allowed to actively ask for reviews?
Yes, as long as you ask all customers equally and offer no consideration in return. What's not allowed is selectively asking only satisfied customers or compensating for reviews. The workflow we build asks everyone.
05 — Decision
How to move forward
The most affordable next step is a conversation, not a quote. Twenty minutes is usually enough to clarify whether a project makes sense, what scope it involves, and whether we're the right fit.
If we're not, we'll say so. An honest no costs less than a project you abandon after three months — for both sides.
06 — Next
Related pages
- Review management — Overview
- Review management — Duration
- Review management — Common mistakes
- Review management — Small businesses
- Review management — Where to start
- Review management — Do it yourself
- Review management — How it works
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Tell us what's eating up time today. That becomes an assessment with effort and benefit — and only then an offer.