How do I get more Google reviews without chasing customers?
An AI Review Engine is a managed system that asks every customer for a review after their job finishes, reads how they felt, and routes them accordingly: happy customers go straight to your Google Business Profile, unhappy ones come to you privately first so you can fix the problem before it lands on Google. Handbuilt builds it on your real jobs and runs it for you — connected to Google Business, Twilio SMS and Gmail. It costs from $1,000 CAD to set up, then $49/mo to run.
The problem
You ask for reviews when you remember to, which is rarely — so your happiest customers stay silent while the occasional unhappy one heads straight to Google. Your rating ends up lower than the work you actually do.
What this looks like in practice
Take a Langley HVAC outfit closing maybe 12 to 15 service calls a week. The owner means to ask for reviews but is on the next call before the van's even packed up, so a strong month brings in two or three. With a Review Engine, every completed call triggers a text an hour later: a quick "how did we do?" The customers who tap thumbs-up get a one-tap link to the Google profile; the rare thumbs-down goes to the owner's inbox instead of public. A shop in that range could plausibly move from a trickle of reviews to a steadier flow each week — the exact lift depends on job volume and how happy the customer base already is.
How it works
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We connect the Engine to Google Business, your SMS line (Twilio) and Gmail, and to your job or invoicing tool so it knows when a job is done
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Each finished job triggers a short review request by text or email in your brand voice
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The Engine reads the reply — happy customers get a direct Google review link, unhappy ones get routed to you privately to fix first
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We watch the numbers and tune timing and wording so more requests turn into posted reviews
What you get
- A review request fired automatically after every finished job, by SMS and/or email
- Sentiment routing: happy customers to Google, unhappy ones to you privately before they go public
- Connected to Google Business, Twilio SMS and Gmail — we set it all up
- A monthly report of requests sent, reviews posted and issues caught early
Common questions
The Review Request System sends the ask and points happy customers to Google. The Review Engine adds sentiment routing — it reads how each customer felt and quietly diverts unhappy ones to you before they reach Google — and it's a managed service we run and tune each month for $49, rather than a one-time build.
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