Every finished job asks for the review. Every good review gets an answer.
Scalent's review automation texts every customer a review request as soon as their job is marked complete, then drafts and posts a reply to each positive review that comes in — while negative reviews are flagged straight to the owner for a personal response instead of an automatic one.
The finished job is the trigger
Closing the job out in your calendar or CRM sends the request. Nobody has to remember, and nothing goes out for work that isn't done.
One tap to leave it
A short text with a direct link to your Google Business Profile — no app, no account hunt, no six-step form.
Replies in your voice
Good reviews get a real answer that uses the customer's name and references the actual job, usually within the hour.
One nudge, then it stops
A single polite follow-up a few days later. Reviews are worth asking for twice and never worth nagging over.
Built around Google Business Profile
The profile the local map pack is drawn from, and the one your next customer is reading before they call anyone. Review count and recent replies both feed how active your business looks there.
Bad reviews go to you
Anything critical is routed straight to you with full context, and nothing is posted on your behalf — a canned public reply to an angry customer makes it worse every time.
The Problem It Solves
Asking for reviews is the first thing that gets dropped on a busy day, so review counts stall while competitors quietly pull ahead in the local map pack. The businesses that do collect reviews then leave them sitting unanswered for weeks, which reads as indifference to anyone reading them — and Google explicitly treats responding to reviews as a signal that a business is active and engaged. Doing both consistently is a daily habit almost no small team sustains manually.
Mobile detailers and home services companies use automatic review requests to turn a completed job into a review the same day, instead of remembering to ask a week later when the customer has moved on.
How It Works
- 1
The job gets marked complete
Closing out the job in your calendar, CRM, or booking tool is the trigger — no one has to remember to start anything, and nothing goes out for work that isn't finished.
- 2
The review request goes out automatically
A short, personal-sounding text (or the channel that customer already uses) lands while the work is still fresh, with a direct link to your Google Business Profile so leaving the review takes one tap.
- 3
Positive reviews get a reply, fast
When a 4 or 5-star review comes in, a reply is drafted in your voice and posted — thanking the customer by name and referencing the work they had done, usually within the hour rather than next week.
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Negative reviews get flagged, not auto-answered
Anything critical is routed to you immediately with the full context, and nothing is posted on your behalf. An unhappy customer deserves a real reply from a real person, and a canned one in public almost always makes it worse.
Review Automation FAQ
No, and that's deliberate. Positive reviews get an automatic reply drafted in your voice and posted for you. Negative reviews are flagged to you instead, with the full context, so you can answer personally — an automated response to an unhappy customer is public, permanent, and usually makes the situation worse.
The other five
Each one answers a different channel. Run one, or let a package cover the ones your leads actually use.
- Voice AgentAnswers every call in under 2 rings, 24/7.
- AI ChatbotAnswers common questions and books appointments right on your site.
- DM AutomationReplies to Instagram and Facebook DMs instantly.
- SMS AutomationSends automatic reminders and re-engages missed leads by text.
- Website & SEOA site built to convert, with SEO built in from day one.
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