postcards<\/a> that focus on asking for the review printed. This tactic works particularly well when you are in a relationship where you interact with clientele a lot. After the sale has been made, or the service has been rendered and the customer is pleased, pass along one of the cards with the info and ask them if they wouldn\u2019t mind giving an honest review on their experiences with you. You\u2019ll be surprised at the number of people who will take a few minutes to do it.<\/p>\nBesides building up a bunch of reviews that will help drive more business through local search you\u2019ll get insight about what you do great and what you may want to change!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve probably noticed that most of the time you search for something on Google these days you get results for local businesses and listings of reviews customers gave them. You may have used these reviews to make a purchase decision or even written a few yourself! You\u2019ve probably also noticed that the paper version of your phone book collects dust in favor of its online version (seriously, I think in our whole office we have like 2 phone books). There is no coincidence in all of this. With the sudden rise in the number of people walking around with the internet \u201cin their pocket\u201d thanks to smartphones, tablets and tiny laptop computers; more people are using online search to find, make decisions about, and contact local businesses than ever! That being said, any business that wants to attract local traffic, regardless of size, needs to find their way into the world of showing up in local search and review results.<\/p>\n