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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Sept 6, 2020 22:41:32 GMT
I was watching another one of those marketer-publisher videos that I'm addicted to, and in this one the marketer offers a very funny method to avoid negative reviews. In the video they suggest to offer two links in your back matter. The first says, "if you'd like to leave a positive review" and when clicked it takes them to the form where they can leave a review. I've seen this done before. Amazon also offers readers a link to do the same thing, as well as just leave a star rating now, so I doubt these links are necessary. But I don't know since I haven't used one. Have you?
The funny advice that I'd never seen before was to offer a second link, "if you'd like to leave a negative review" and when clicked it takes them to a secure form on your website that no one but you will see. The idea is that the reader will leave their bad review there, where you can reply back, and that they won't go back to amazon on there own to leave their negative review.
I have a hard time believing this would actually work. But the suggestion amused me.
I think it would probably only piss off an angry reader and that the review they left on amazon would be even more vehemently opposed to you and your obvious attempt to manipulate and control the honest review process. You might even get in trouble with amazon. So definitely don't try it, and if you ever hear someone suggest this, run far away from any other advice they give you.
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Post by comy on May 6, 2021 17:27:00 GMT
I did something like this with an app on the Apple store, I just said, "If you like this app, please rate it. If you didn't like the app please let me know so I can improve it." Apple rejected the app because they felt I was forcing people to leave positive reviews.
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Post by writeway on May 7, 2021 6:42:08 GMT
I never read my reviews. Learned not to a long time ago. LOL!
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on May 7, 2021 21:18:57 GMT
I did something like this with an app on the Apple store, I just said, "If you like this app, please rate it. If you didn't like the app please let me know so I can improve it." Apple rejected the app because they felt I was forcing people to leave positive reviews. Yeah, it's important for reviews to be completely honest. Negative reviews are just part of being a creator. They tend to be more helpful than harmful. When I'm checking out reviews and all I see are positives it makes me suspicious that most of them were probably paid for. But if I see a healthy mixture of love, like, meh, and hate, it makes me trust the reviews much more. Also, negative reviews can keep away prospects who aren't the right fit for your product. Creators should learn to embrace honest reviews. You're never going to please everyone. Make the very best product you can, and let it fly. Then be like writeway, and don't read the reviews. Because reviews are for prospective customers, they're not for creators. Although, I know some creators do like to read to see if they can find anything constructive which they could use to make their next project better. It's a personal choice. |
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