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Google review automation software: what to automate and what not to

Google review automation software can send the review request, draft the reply and text back a missed call, and it should stop short of deciding who gets asked or what a review says. Here is where the line sits.

What Google review automation software can safely do

  • Send one review request, at a set time, to each customer who agreed to texts, with the same message for everyone.
  • Draft replies to positive reviews in your voice, so a 5 star review does not sit unanswered for a month.
  • Write posts for your Google profile that publish when you approve them.
  • Text back a caller you missed, with your booking link.

What a person should still decide

  • Who is on the list. The software should not pick customers by how it expects them to rate you.
  • What the reply says to a low rating. Replies to 1, 2 and 3 star reviews need your judgment and, in some trades, your lawyer's.
  • What your message promises. No gifts, no discounts, no scripted words.
  • Whether a review looks fake. Report it to Google yourself.

Automation makes a bad process faster. If the ask is pushy or selective by hand, it will be pushy and selective at volume.

How Buzzmax automates it

Buzzmax texts the customers you send who agreed to texts, between 9am and 8pm their time, with your business name and the review link. It drafts replies to your 4 and 5 star Google reviews with AI, in your voice, and posts them to Google as the owner. On Growth and up it posts to your Google profile and texts back missed calls. A customer who taps a low rating sees a private note first by default, with the public review button right under it, and you can switch that off.

Automation questions

Does automation mean the replies are written by AI?

Replies to 4 and 5 star reviews are drafted with AI in your voice. Read your reviews and tell us if a reply is wrong.

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