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Let's get you more reviews as a pro GM

LET'S GO REVIEW TRAIN

Dollars & Dragons
Jan 9, 2023
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Reviews seem like a herculean task to accomplish when you’re new. You probably don’t have friends who follow through, too.

Even though it’s super easy to sign up for an account on SPG and then review your friend. Like c’mon, they ran a game for you for free for months and you can’t even be bothered to spend 5 minutes doing them a favor like this? This is exactly why you got into pro GMing - you’re under-appreciated.

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Phew.

How to get more reviews:

  • Ask politely after every game. e.g. “It really helps my business out if you review me.”

  • Thank people who review you publicly on Discord. (So others see it and are reminded that they too, need to leave you a review.)

  • Provide a mini incentive. e.g. Inspiration

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Devon has confirmed that verified reviews matter a lot more than unverified reviews. Players like to see that checkmark to know that other people have spent money for your services, just like on Amazon or any other marketplace. Verified reviews are key!

However, reviews do not scale exponentially. The longer you're GMing, the more likely you are to be playing with the same loyal players, who can only review you once. So ultimately while reviews are cool as a metric, after a certain point it becomes meaningless to your bottom line.

The ultimate goal isn't more reviews, it's more (or better paying) customers. Once you have enough people who rave about you and leave you a review, you stop getting reviews - because your tables are mostly full.

Some notable examples outside the norm is Dev who used to run One Shots every week. I’m sure we’d all love to be slaying it like Dev but I don’t recommend their proposed workload (20+ games a week right now.) Pray for Dev. Pray hard.

Thanks y’all, seeya soon!

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