CUSTOMER REVIEWS & CUSTOMER RATINGS GROWTH TOOLS TO FUEL YOUR SUCCESS

Ratings and customer review management are the keys to optimizing your operations and increasing customer loyalty

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Customer Ratings and Reviews

Customer ratings and customer reviews can be seen by restaurant operators and marketers as a major challenge to manage.

They can have a significant impact on your bottom line and traffic to your locations.

Yet with the right customer rating and review management tools, you can use them to identify issues and be proactive about resolving them.

You can create feedback loops to improve your customer experience while at the same time, driving positive customer reviews online.

Bloom Intelligence provides these types of business growth tools.

Customer ratings websites like Facebook and Google can be powerful in keeping your seats full, lowering your marketing costs, and helping improve operations.

Customer Ratings & ReviewsWhy Are Good Customer Ratings So Important?

Obviously, owners and operators want to see high ratings.

It gives them a general idea that the restaurant is running well, and that overall customer sentiment is high. But there are so many more benefits to having great customer ratings.

According to Modern Restaurant Management, an increase of just one star can give a business an approximate 5-9% increase in revenue. And an increase of just one-half star would likely fill your seats during peak business times.

They also reported that 34% of diners choose a restaurant based on peer review websites.

And 53% of 18-to-34- year-olds reported that online ratings and reviews factored into their dining decisions.

Based on these statistics alone, if you’re not monitoring and actively taking steps to improve your customer ratings, you could be impeding potential customers and leaving a lot of money on the table.

 

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Why Poor Customer Ratings Can Hurt Your Business

The benefits of having good ratings is obvious.

But at the same time, bad ratings can have a devastating effect on your business. In the same report, it was reported that restaurants are more affected by negative reviews than any other business type.

86% of consumers surveyed reported that they would hesitate to do business with a company that had negative online reviews.

Plus, 22% of consumers will outright choose not to do business with a company after reading just one negative review.

Further, they report that, on average, a single negative review costs companies (across all industries) 30 customers.

These numbers are frightening for any restaurateur. And they further reinforce the need to stay on top of your ratings and reviews at these popular online ratings sites.

Dealing With Poor Customer Ratings and Reviews

The natural response when seeing a negative review about your business is to fire back and defend yourself.

This is a big mistake because it gives off the idea that you do not care about your customer opinions and you’re not trying to rectify their issue.

Likewise, you should not simply ignore the review. It could sit prominently online for years, costing you customers and potential revenue. So take a deep breath, relax and follow these three steps.

First, you should offer a genuine and heartfelt apology.

Using a calm and reasonable tone, attempt to address the customer’s concern without seeming defensive.

Secondly, offer a workable solution. Take the criticism for what it is and come up with a sensible way to make this customer happy again.

Finally, thank the customer for bringing their concern to your attention.

While the negative review will remain online, the interaction you had with the customer will make your restaurant seem much more favorable and customer-focused.

It gives the public a clear indication that you care about your customers and will do what it takes to give them a positive experience.

 

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It should be clear by now that restaurant owners and operators should be taking their online ratings and reviews seriously.

Likewise, it is important to improve your online ratings whenever and wherever possible.

When you see customers who are having a great time, finished their entire meal, gave a large tip, or are dwelling longer than normal, approach them and strike up a conversation.

These customers can be great evangelists.


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How Bloom Can Help Generate Better Online Ratings

Bloom can help you easily create an automated rating feedback loop.

After a pre-configured amount of time has elapsed after the customer leaves, you can send them an automated survey asking them to rate their recent experience.

If the customer leaves a positive rating, you can respond with a follow-up email thanking them.

Should the customer leave a negative rating, 2 stars or less, for instance, you can send a follow-up email with a genuine apology and an incentive to get them to return and give you another chance.

Don’t forget to thank them for their feedback.

As discussed above, even if they leave an online rating or review about their experience, you have a much better chance that they will give more than one-half star.

Showcase Your Social Proof

In terms of restaurant marketing, social proof occurs when customers or potential customers see what others are saying about your business.

When consumers are looking to buy something, they look for ratings & reviews, recommendations, and ways that others have used a product before making their decision.

So, now that you are working on creating a consistent stream of positive reviews, it is important to showcase them on your:

  • website pages
  • social media platforms, including Google My Business
  • paid marketing media (Google Ads, print, radio, etc.)
  • physical location (signage, table tents, etc.)
  • email and SMS communication
  • Google search results schema
  • any other customer touch-points

Bloom Intelligence makes it easy for you to use your website to showcase your ratings and reviews to current and potential customers.

You simply tell Bloom which ratings and reviews you want to showcase (any combination of Google, Facebook, and/or Bloom), and it will give you a small piece of code to embed into your website.

This will display a small badge on your website pages that will display your aggregate ratings from Facebook, Google, and Bloom.

Adding this widget directly onto your website can help display your reputation. It can also have a positive effect on your bottom line by creating positive social proof.

Unfortunately, most restaurant marketers don’t have the ability or time to create this type of website widget. But with Bloom, it is simple and fun. Click the banner below for instruction on how to do it!

 

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It’s time to get serious about your restaurant’s ratings and reviews.

Customer ratings are a very important aspect of restaurant success today.

If you’re ready to start increasing your ratings, and improving your restaurant reputation and revenue, call us at 727-877-8181 or schedule a demo here and we’ll show you exactly how it’s done!

 

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What is WiFi Marketing?

WiFi marketing is a marketing technique that uses guest WiFi to collect & clean customer data such as names, emails, phone numbers, customer behavior, and demographics. This data is used to personalize marketing campaigns to increase customer loyalty, build online reviews, and save at risk customers. Also, the performance of every campaign can be tracked down to the tangible ROI of a customer walking back in your door.

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WiFi Analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing anonymous data from WiFi-enabled devices through WiFi access points. This provides key performance indicators (KPIs) such as dwell times, frequency, and other advanced location analytics for physical locations. Once a customer opts into the Guest WiFi landing page their individual presence analytics are associated to the customers profile. This process enables WiFi marketing platforms to track the performance of all campaigns sent to customers down to someone walking back into their door.

How Are Customer Profiles Built with Smart WiFi Marketing?

A customer profile is a description of a business’ customers typically stored in a company’s customer relationship management software (CRM). It includes demographics, behavior data, zip codes, birthdays and customer contact information, such as email address or phone number. Enterprise WiFi marketing solutions automatically build customer profiles for physical locations by combining customer data from multiple different sources such as your Guest WiFi landing page.

What is Remarketing with WiFi?

WiFi Remarketing allows business owners and marketers to send targeted advertising and behavior-driven promotions to people, via online advertising and email marketing, to customers who have logged into your guest WiFi.

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