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Customer Reviews As a
Marketing Channel
What Business Owners Can Do to Get
More Reviews and Why They Should
Almost Everyone Reads Reviews
Before dining or shopping, 93% of U.S. consumers check
online reviews at least some of the time.
Source: “Poll: 93% of Respondents Check Reviews Before Dining or Shopping.” Street Fight, 2012;
Available from: http://streetfightmag.com/2012/09/05/poll-93-of-respondents-check-reviews-before-dining-
or-shopping/.
Reviews Are Trusted
72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as
recommendations from friends and family
Source: Anderson, M. “Local Consumer Review Survey.” 2012; Available from:
http://searchengineland.com/study-72-of-consumers-trust-online-reviews-as-much-as-personal-
recommendations-114152.
Reviews Are Influential
4 out of 5 consumers have reversed a purchase decision
based on negative online reviews.
Source: “Online Influence Trend Tracker.” Cone Communications, 2011; Available from:
http://www.conecomm.com/2011coneonlineinfluencetrendtracker.
Good Reviews
Are Under-Represented
Unhappy customers tell an average of 24 people about their
experience; happy ones tell 15 people.
Source: American Express® Global Customer Service Barometer. 2012; Available from:
http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2012/gcsb.aspx.
Good Reviews
Are Waiting to Happen
90% of typical U.S. consumers read online reviews;
6% write them
Source: “Local business reviews are the digital version of word-of-mouth advertising.” Local Viewpoints,
2013; Available from: https://local.viewpoints.com/customer-feedback-stats.
Top Reasons Your Happy Customers
Don’t Already
Write Reviews
“Writing reviews is too tedious”
“I forgot to write the review”
“I have no time”
How to Convert More Happy
Customers Into Reviewers
• Remind them to write a review
• Make the process easier
• Avail them of it during their
downtime
Solution: A “Review Funnel”
How a Review Funnel Works
• Ask and remind customers to
share their experience online
• Drive customers to a
destination designed to convert
them into reviewers
• Guide each reviewer through
selecting the best review site
and completing a review
Monitor and amplify
your best reviews
Using Online Reviews as Marketing Tools

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Using Online Reviews as Marketing Tools

  • 1. Customer Reviews As a Marketing Channel What Business Owners Can Do to Get More Reviews and Why They Should
  • 2. Almost Everyone Reads Reviews Before dining or shopping, 93% of U.S. consumers check online reviews at least some of the time. Source: “Poll: 93% of Respondents Check Reviews Before Dining or Shopping.” Street Fight, 2012; Available from: http://streetfightmag.com/2012/09/05/poll-93-of-respondents-check-reviews-before-dining- or-shopping/.
  • 3. Reviews Are Trusted 72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as recommendations from friends and family Source: Anderson, M. “Local Consumer Review Survey.” 2012; Available from: http://searchengineland.com/study-72-of-consumers-trust-online-reviews-as-much-as-personal- recommendations-114152.
  • 4. Reviews Are Influential 4 out of 5 consumers have reversed a purchase decision based on negative online reviews. Source: “Online Influence Trend Tracker.” Cone Communications, 2011; Available from: http://www.conecomm.com/2011coneonlineinfluencetrendtracker.
  • 5. Good Reviews Are Under-Represented Unhappy customers tell an average of 24 people about their experience; happy ones tell 15 people. Source: American Express® Global Customer Service Barometer. 2012; Available from: http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2012/gcsb.aspx.
  • 6. Good Reviews Are Waiting to Happen 90% of typical U.S. consumers read online reviews; 6% write them Source: “Local business reviews are the digital version of word-of-mouth advertising.” Local Viewpoints, 2013; Available from: https://local.viewpoints.com/customer-feedback-stats.
  • 7. Top Reasons Your Happy Customers Don’t Already Write Reviews “Writing reviews is too tedious” “I forgot to write the review” “I have no time”
  • 8. How to Convert More Happy Customers Into Reviewers • Remind them to write a review • Make the process easier • Avail them of it during their downtime
  • 10. How a Review Funnel Works • Ask and remind customers to share their experience online • Drive customers to a destination designed to convert them into reviewers • Guide each reviewer through selecting the best review site and completing a review
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  • 18. Monitor and amplify your best reviews