6 Reasons Why Reviews Matter & Ways To Get More Of Them

Let’s begin.

Why Your Business Needs Reviews?

Proof That Your Business Exists

Today, the cutthroat competition has given rise to all kinds of businesses having an online presence. That means both low and high-quality businesses are present in the online world. Users know about this, and it has made it difficult for them to decide on which are genuine and which are not.

If you find your brand lost among the crowd, you can do what many low-quality businesses won’t. It is to focus on reviews. All the top brands do it. So, you have to encourage people to leave reviews about your products/services. The reviews will help other people see that some people have already bought your product/service and your business is genuine.

Increases Trust Among Users

Trust is the number one factor people want from a business. You can consider yourself in a situation where you want to buy something. You check the reviews and decide whether the brand can be trusted or not. Your decision won’t be based on the lack of reviews but the quality of reviews. You won’t consider a brand if it has 2 or 3 star reviews.

The trust part in reviews is directly linked with the quality. If a brand has 4 plus star reviews, people won’t hesitate to spend money. So, brands have to start focusing on getting high-rated reviews. For this to happen, they’ll have to improve the quality of their products and services. There’s no other way around it.

Improves Search Ranking

Google and other search engines focus heavily on users. Most of their decisions help users in some way or another. They’ve also worked on assisting users in making buying decisions by ranking websites and services with a high number of reviews.

Search engines give priority to websites that have reviews. Successful businesses know about this and are using it to drive more sales and traffic. So, if you start getting reviews, you’ll not only have more customers, but you’ll also begin to appear at the top of search results.

Helps Users Make Decisions

Users’ decisions are based on reviews. A user decides whether they’ll buy something or not based on other peoples’ opinions. If people say a product is not worth the money, new users won’t buy it even if it is high-quality.

Businesses have to realize how their customers affect the decisions of potential buyers. If they start replying to reviews, even the negative reviews won’t affect the buyer’s decision.

So, you have to start working on replying to reviews because they have the potential of increasing or decreasing your sales. If you let your reviews stay as they are, people will know that you don’t care about your audience’s opinions, and from the next time onwards, they will choose some other company that cares for its customers.

Increases Sales

As we’ve discussed in the previous points, reviews directly impact your business, they also directly affect the sales and the profit you make. It’s obvious that when people can make decisions based on other people’s opinions, it can hugely impact whether they buy your product or not. And when people buy your product, your sales increase and vice-versa.

Moreover, it is pretty common for businesses with positive reviews to get repeat customers. Reviews also help increase a brand’s loyalty.

Businesses that don’t focus on reviews miss out a great deal on increasing sales. Many successful companies saw a significant improvement when they started taking testimonials seriously. 

Helps You Improve

Reviews don’t only help your current and potential customers. They also help your business in many ways. We know you were not expecting this point.

But how exactly can reviews help you?

Now, know that all the reviews will not be positive. Some will be negative. And out of those negative reviews, some will be constructive criticism while others will just bash your products or services.

For improving your business, you have to focus on constructive criticism. That’s because it will help you identify problems that you weren’t noticing. It is pretty common for customers to point out problems, which is why applications have beta testing before the actual launch.

And no, having problems with your products or services is not an insult, and no one will leave your brand for it. They will leave if you don’t rectify the issues.

We believe reviews are an excellent way for you to know the problem areas so that you can improve. So, starting thinking of reviews in this way, and you’ll notice how they positively affect your business.

Is There A Simple Way You Can Get More Reviews?

Yes, there are some ways that you can use to get more reviews. No, we’re not going to tell you unethical ways because as much as you, we hate them too.

Let’s start.

Email

The best way to encourage users is to write them a personalized email. We talked about it in one of our blogs related to email marketing. You can read it here.

The email you write to customers should be excellent and get straight to the point. If you write unnecessary things in the email, the customers won’t hesitate to close it immediately. Keep it simple and display the link which takes them directly to the sections where they can leave a review.

It is a cost-effective way of encouraging users and won’t cost you anything other than your creativity. If you’re finding it hard, you can observe some of the emails you received for this purpose.

Reward Them

People love rewards and would go to extra lengths to get them. So, when you ask them to give a review and get a reward in return, you’d be surprised at how many reviews you get. Businesses have been using this tactic for quite some time now.

The reward could be anything relevant to your business and something that would help ease your customers’ lives. It doesn’t necessarily have to be something physical. It can be some additional service on their next purchase. The best thing is a discount. A discount ensures that they buy your product the next time.

You have to get creative and think of what you can give to customers to help them appreciate you.

Display Them On Your Website

If you want more people to leave reviews on your website, you have to play psychological tricks on people. For more reviews, you can display the existing ones on your homepage or at a prominent place where they can be seen easily.

People love to be famous, and when a business is doing it for them, they won’t raise any objections. Instead, they would do the complete opposite of it; that is, they would tell their friends and family that a website (you) is displaying their review.

In today’s world, everyone wants to show the world that they matter. They go to extreme lengths to prove it. So, when they realize a business is doing it for free, they’d engage with that business in a better way.

Use Reviews From Social Media

People love using social media. They share everything about their lives with them. You may even see people talk about a recent product or service they purchased.

Start using people’s opinions about your products or services from social media. You can upload the reviews on your website or social media handles. Don’t forget to take permission from people as you don’t want to get in trouble.

If there’s a negative review on social media, you can talk with the reviewer and ask them what they didn’t like about your business.

Conclusion

Some years back, no one cared about reviews because they thought reviews would serve them no real purpose. It was even true at that time. But now, things have taken a complete 180-degree turn, and reviews have become an essential aspect of succeeding as a business.

The blog you just read tells in detail about the importance of reviews for businesses. We also talked about some ways that can help you get more reviews. So, take this information and start implementing good practices that will grow your business and let you leave a mark on people.