A completed job should trigger the next customer action.

The best moment to ask for a review or referral is right after a job is done and paid for. Most companies ask inconsistently, or not at all.

Trigger

Payment is received and the job is marked complete.

End state

The customer has received a review request and a referral prompt, and the response updates the CRM automatically.

People involved
Office staff (currently, if this happens at all)Customer
Typical systems
Field-service platformReview platform (Google, etc.)CRM
Common failure modes
  • →Review requests happen inconsistently, dependent on someone remembering.
  • →Requests go out too late, after the customer’s satisfaction has faded.
  • →Referral asks never happen at all, because there’s no defined moment for it.
  • →Responses (a left review, a referral) don’t get logged anywhere.
What can be automated
  • →Sending the review request at a consistent point after payment and completion.
  • →Sending a separate referral prompt once trust is established.
  • →Logging review and referral outcomes back into the CRM.
What stays human
  • →Any personal thank-you note the business wants to add.
  • →Handling a negative response before it becomes a public review.
Exception handling

A flagged negative experience (complaint, dispute, callback) pauses the review request and routes to a person first. Review requests follow each platform’s solicitation policies.

Source of truth

Job completion and payment status in the field-service platform trigger the sequence; outcomes write back to the CRM.

Implementation pattern

Trigger a review request a fixed window after payment and completion, gated by a satisfaction/complaint check, followed by a separate referral prompt, with outcomes logged automatically.

ROI framework

Estimate using: completed jobs per month x current review/referral request rate x the value of a new lead from referral relative to your paid acquisition cost.

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