Google reviews for real estate agents and property managers
A sale happens a few times in a person’s life, so every review carries weight. When to ask vendors, buyers and landlords, and why the office listing matters as much as the agent.
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Reviews and AHPRA: what clinics can and cannot do
Testimonials that touch clinical care cannot be used to advertise a regulated health service. What that means for Google reviews, review cards, and the reviews already on your own website.
Your review count matters more than your star rating
A 4.6 with two hundred reviews beats a perfect 5.0 with six, and most customers work that out without thinking about it. Why volume and recency do more work than the number of stars.
How to reply to a bad Google review
The reply is not for the person who wrote it. It is for the next hundred people who read it while deciding whether to call you.
How to ask for reviews without breaking the rules
Google bans incentives and review gating. The ACCC allows incentives under conditions. Where the two differ, and what good practice looks like.
Google reviews in Melbourne’s southeast: what we see in Casey and Cardinia
We ship from Pakenham, so most of what we see first-hand is local. What competing on Google looks like in a fast-growing corridor where half the businesses are under five years old.
The real reason nobody on your team asks for reviews
It is almost never laziness. It is that asking feels like begging, nobody told them why it matters, and there is no moment in the service where it belongs.
Where to put a review stand so people actually use it
Placement and timing by business type, the physical details that decide whether a stand gets used, and the one thing hardware cannot do for you.
Why your business does not show up in Google Maps
Usually it is one of five things, and only one of them is reviews. What Google says decides local ranking, and the unglamorous profile work that comes first.
You have the reviews. Now put them to work.
Reviews sitting on a Google listing are doing about a third of the job they could. Where else they belong, and the one place you have to be careful about copying them.