How to Get Client Review Links for Google, Zillow, and More
Sending review links to clients having easy links for them to follow is a great idea. Here is how to get your direct review links on Google, Zillow, and Yelp, plus help getting reviews at LinkedIn and Realtor.com.
When asking for a review, you want there to be as few barriers as possible between your clients and the act of them giving a review. Whether it is a printed page with QR codes that you include in your closing package or links in an email you send after the transaction is done, sending a client a link to review you after the transaction is a great idea. Here is how to get your direct review links on Google, Zillow, and Yelp. Plus, we will show you how to help clients review you at LinkedIn and Realtor.com too.
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Review Links
When emailing, most review links are both ugly and long. If you are going to email someone a link for a review, you would rather have a link that looks like this:
Review Us on Google
Instead of this:
https://g.page/r/CVCnMRjJ2GOsEAE/review
Rather than pasting your link directly in your email, link them to some text instead. In most email systems you can just highlight the text, right click it, select Link, and paste the link in. This is exactly how it works in Microsoft Outlook, allowing you to send a link that looks like this:
Creating a nice looking review link in Microsoft Outlook
How to Get a Google Review Link
Google reviews are great since they help how your business ranks in search results, influence your appearance on Google Maps and also appear in Maps, and they have a huge amount of visibility to potential clients and referrals who search for you by business name. You'll need a Google Business Account (get started here) before you can start receiving reviews on Google.
To get a direct link so that clients can easily send reviews to your Google profile you will need to be signed-into your own Google account. Next, go to https://business.google.com to view your profile.
See the Get More Reviews panel shown in the example below to get a reviews link. Alternatively, click the Read Reviews button as seen below and then Get More Reviews button.
Finding Your Google Reviews Direct Link
How to Get a Zillow Review Link
Zillow ranks well and has the advantage of being related to your real estate profession and being a place where people are spending time thinking about and looking at real estate. Your listings are probably appearing here. It makes sense to have reviews here too.
To get a direct link for requesting Zillow reviews, sign-into your professional Zillow profile and click your profile picture. Next click Account Settings and click Profile. The Request a Review button appears at top.
Select the option to Copy and paste direct link. The direct link for getting reviews appears in a box below for you to easily copy.
Finding Your Google Reviews Direct Link
How to Get a Yelp Review Link
Links for Yelp reviews are easy to get. Simply visit your profile while not signed-into Yelp. Right click the Write a Review button and copy the link address. However, be aware that Yelp has an algorithm that filters out reviews that appear to be solicited or that are low quality and lack specific details. For this reason, you might direct your clients elsewhere.
Finding Your Yelp Reviews Direct Link
How to Request LinkedIn Recommendations
If you already have a bunch of reviews on Google and Zillow, you might try getting some on LinkedIn. Profiles at LinkedIn show up well in search results, but LinkedIn doesn’t provide a way for you to just send a link. You either have to invite your client to review you or they have to do it themselves while viewing your profile. Either way, they will need to sign-in.
For LinkedIn, the client should visit your profile while signed-in at LinkedIn. Next, your client should click the More button that appears near the top of your profile and then select Recommend. Note that you can request recommendations from your own profile this way too. Alternatively, your client can scroll down to the Recommendations section of your profile and click the Recommend button. However, this second method only works if you already have at least one review.
How to give a review at LinkedIn
You can also invite a client to give you a review at LinkedIn. To request a recommendation through LinkedIn, you first sign-into your account, then click on your profile picture and select View Profile. Once there, scroll down to your Recommendations section and click the “+” symbol, then click Ask for a Recommendation.
How to request a review at LinkedIn
How to Request a Review at Realtor.com
Like LinkedIn, Realtor.com is a great place to have a couple reviews if you already have a bunch on Google and Zillow. However, like LinkedIn, Realtor.com does not provide links you can send to clients. You either have to invite the client from your profile while signed-in or the client needs to visit your profile and sign-in to review you.
For Realtor.com the client should visit your profile, scroll down to Recommendations and click the Write a Recommendation button.
Giving Reviews at Realtor.com
Alternatively, sign-into your Realtor.com professional account and from the navigation at left, under Profile, click Ratings & Reviews, then in the main body of the window click the Request a New Review link.
Giving Reviews at Realtor.com
Make It Easy for Clients to Give You Reviews
Google, Zillow, Yelp, LinkedIn, and Realtor.com all require that your client have an account in order to leave a review. This can be a hassle and may discourage some clients.
If you are requesting reviews from a print-up that you include in your closing package, QR codes are a great way to make it easy to leave reviews. Any QR code generator will work, but our favorite is QR Code Monkey. If you are including links to LinkedIn or Realtor.com, you will definitely want to provide some basic instructions to help your clients review you.
Make It Even Easier
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