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So Neil, welcome back to the 
show. 

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How we doing? 
Very well. 

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Thank you. 
Thanks for the invite. 

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Good, good. 
Well, great to have you here and

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anyone watching as well. 
We're in the meeting room today,

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which I don't normally get let 
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Normally I'm in the studio. 
So great to be here. 

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Great to have you face to face 
as well, Neil. 

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And you're part of Judge Me. 
Now. 

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Tell us a bit about Judge Me, 
what you guys do and what is 

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your big claim to fame in the 
shop fire space? 

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Judge Me, Judge Me is like an 
e-commerce hang. 

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It's like it's a platform that 
no one's heard of yet. 

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We've got 500,000 customers. 
So we are we've got lots to talk

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about. 
We are 10 years old. 

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We've just turned 10. 
So we're very excited about 

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turning 10 and as a Shopify app 
that's quite significant. 

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We have just reached 40,000 
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Store, the 1st to do so. 
And that's merchants that have 

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reviewed your app. 
Merchants have reviewed our apps

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and the majority are five stars,
so please go and have a look at 

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those reviews because we're all 
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Look at those reviews. 
It talks very highly of us about

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our support, our pricing and 
what have you and features. 

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And lastly and probably more 
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we are the most downloaded app 
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We don't just integrate with 
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focus. 
But we're 400 and 84190, 

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probably 500 by the end of this 
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biggest on Shopify. 
So we're very proud of that. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
And as you say, amazing. 

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I mean, it's quite a lean team, 
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I've been to the office and you 
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thinking like, oh, I run an app 
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judge me, Neil actually runs 
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which you're very welcome to 
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I I've been to, I think I missed
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been to all the ones since and 
they talk about like how you 

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guys have got the built for 
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you've got so many reviews and 
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other app developers and a whole
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I've never really thought about 
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the apps that we use on Shopify.
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agencies, but but in the meet 
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hasn't it? 
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It's growing. 
We sort of reintroduced them 

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again the back end of last year.
We had a Christmas special that 

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you were part of. 
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I did, yes. 
That was really good and really,

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well, you know, it was about 50 
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it's app developers, there's 
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merchants that get a lot of 
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And they wonder how they got 
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Yeah, yeah. 
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that. 
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of a mix between agencies, devs,
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sort of stuff. 
And we do give you some of our 

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secrets away. 
So how we get to be most 

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downloaded app on Shopify, which
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especially over the last three 
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significant. 
So we're very proud of that. 

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But yeah, next Shopify meet up 
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February. 
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And the Shopify growth has been 
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I mean, just to give a stat, we 
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he's not at Shopify anymore, but
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years ago. 
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2020 when COVID was obviously 
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wrong for lots of reasons. 
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between March when we went into 
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just over those three months, 
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the UK doubled. 
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growth. 
And every, every man and his dog

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going, I'm going to start my own
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And it's, it's so good to enable
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Obviously when we spoke about it
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it, it causes problems, I think 
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where it's like, OK, I now have 
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yesterday I only had two and a 
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other problems with it, but just
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the amount of businesses that 
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think everybody knows what a 
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So we'll skim over that bit. 
If you don't Google it, you're 

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watching the wrong show. 
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more about what's happening this
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evolving? 
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of the merchants who are really 
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reviews, especially compared to 
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companies that don't do any user
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there's 50% on Shopify that 
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platform at all. 
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that they're very fairly small 
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bit sensitive to feedback, but 
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feedback. 
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store reviews. 
What's coming in 2025? 

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It's a good question. 
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AI bandwagon, but it is probably
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tech like AI. 
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lot of businesses are adopting 
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time and money, which then could
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their clients or their 
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But people or platforms in the 
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careful. 
It's a 2 edged play with review 

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platforms, you've got the 
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service and then you've got the 
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And if you're a platform that 
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merchant, that can save you time
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Actually, if that gets back to 
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don't necessarily like the fact 
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consumers don't like the fact 
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service they. 
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They want to talk to and I'm I'm
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I don't mind the first couple of
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What's your name, What's your 
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want to speak to a human. 
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as a review platform, but as a 
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AI that actually it's going to 
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service you offer because 
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service. 
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got or we've got coming allows 
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products. 
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reviews rather than reading all 
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Our AI summary will now you know
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jersey, which is lovely by the 
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You know, it just comes up 
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bit, you know, a little bit 
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whatever it might be. 
So it summarises that, but it 

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all occurs to summarise your 
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So AI definitely, but used in 
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Let me give you an example. 
You know you can't unring a bell

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if a delivery's been late, 
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for late delivery. 
There's not a lot you can do and

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you put a nice response and we 
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those reviews. 
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response to every single one 
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bit samey. 
Use AI and give you some hints 

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and tips on how to respond to 
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That's the worst thing when some
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and say like, Oh yeah, we just 
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the review. 
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Like especially as and we'll 
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unfolds. 
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listened this before, I run a 
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important to SEO and as much as 
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We're going to talk about that 
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through the episode today. 
But one of the biggest things we

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find is if you write the same 
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straight away go obviously a 
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The value of that now has been 
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And whether that's responding to
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say otherwise, I assume, but 
everyone should respond to 

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reviews, shouldn't they? 
Negative and positive, You know,

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thanks for your review. 
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and or whatever it is, But 
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just to respond to the negative 
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brands. 
It'd be good to get your 

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thoughts on this. 
I see them almost like try and 

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argue back. 
They almost go like, oh, but you

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didn't do this. 
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potential customers are going to
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such a bad way of entering into 
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So what? 
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start to change some of those 
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good review, give some variation
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Thank you so much. 
Really appreciate, enjoy your 

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products and give that. 
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certainly that negative, the 
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a good way of dealing with those
and obviously it's not to delete

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them. 
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on saying that to me as well. 
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them, we're not trying to delete
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that stuff? 
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better to listen to than your, 
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So the feedback that you get, if
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then we recommend that you 
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So negative reviews you want to 
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unanswered negative review is 
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might, you know, I'm going to 
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In that time between the, the, 
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count to 10 and respond and 
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it they've taken time out of 
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and you must accept it and 
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Please don't ask them to send 
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Their e-mail is then making 
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Your next thing should be either
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then if you can, if not take it 
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We will sort this out. 
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you like yes, looking forward to
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Yes, hope we can resolve this. 
Like yeah, we don't want you 

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having a bad experience. 
It's it's not who we are or what

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happened and. 
What that can provoke is is them

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editing their original review. 
So they might have given you a 2

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that's how you get advocates for
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Not when everything goes 
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something doesn't go so well and
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That's when you get advocates 
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time and time again. 
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absolutely right. 
Use AI just so it's not thanks 

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for your review, but also 
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user generated content. 
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potentially put some keywords in
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thanks for reviewing the best 
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So when people are looking for 
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that review might be showing up 
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Absolutely, and with reviews as 
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I always find it mad when some 
companies like you look at their

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judge me or any other platforms 
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are paying for it or not because
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sends out invites to ask people 
could you leave us a review 

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please? 
If you don't do that, the amount

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of negative reviews, you just 
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company and you're actually that
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like it or not and it so it is 
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you guys are one platform. 
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awful on these two platforms and
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competitor. 
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as much cleaning up on here or 
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one of your biggest USPS. 
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What's inflation? 
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don't forget. 
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negative reviews as well. 
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in one place because I can 
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your true, you know, reputation 
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your business rather than a 
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everywhere that you know, it 
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can't even get access to. 
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with your reviews all on one 
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for free. 
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search engines rather than a 
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respond to and. 
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they're not going to go to the 
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platforms suddenly in one day 
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one day you get 1000 of them. 
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that, isn't it, where you've got
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on the Amazon platform, which 
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to what judge me and other 
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But how do you tackle that? 
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a fake review from a real 1? 
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Like, why shouldn't a brand just
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with reviews, right? 
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you know, we're pretty good at 
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reviews, you know, and in the 
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know, as a brand, you know, 
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chicken and egg. 
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obvious. 
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your brand than actually having,
you know, we call it low social 

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proof, which is obviously a 
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reviews from from eBay because 
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Only help your SEO I can tell. 
You that and they're all time 

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stamped and you know that they 
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It's like I love this product. 
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products not adding keywords and
user generated content. 

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You can't use it in your 
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You can't use it on your offline
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patient. 
Do it the right way. 

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Consumers will, will, will 
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trust you more. 
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to the site or we're trying to 
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can send more people into site. 
They land there and it's really 

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Even if you're paying for the 
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You're not paying for the 
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you're doing some work 
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You're paying someone somehow to
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What can we do on the website? 
What should brands be thinking 

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about when they actually 
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putting review content on page? 
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there? 
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awesome corporate brands, as you
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wrong. 
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10 or 12 seconds to understand 
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So it could be a picture of Nick
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know, things like that, a 
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us at any time. 
These sorts of things really do 

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build trust. 
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you have reviews potentially 
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people can see and they can gain
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brand very, very early on. 
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trust gap and the trust gap is 
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know, a borrow and a seller. 
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You know we recommend you fill 
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reviews. 
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 

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And something you guys do that I
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And some of our clients that use
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their website it's amazing the 
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multiple cases in multiple 
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Samsung phones, for example. 
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generated one set of reviews 
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means it it shows like 8000 
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case. 
What I love in the Judge Me 

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widget they're actually using on
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know, is it a good fit? 
Is it well priced? 

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Is it good quality? 
I can't with the exact things on

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it, but it has that kind of like
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I've got so many reviews, 
they're like top of all of them,

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which if you're looking for a 
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they're really famous for their 
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You've got a wallet phone case. 
It nothing speaks more than that

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going look 8000 people have said
this is an awesome phone case. 

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It's it's basically got top 
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There are still a few negative 
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always kind of preached to me, 
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So keep the negative ones in 
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Like people often just filter 
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what are people even complaining
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is like, I look at the negative 
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Like, why are you expecting this
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It's not going to do that. 
It's a phone case. 

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Yeah, but certainly that, I 
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powerful, especially on a 
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Google Shopping traffic in. 
I don't know if you've got any 

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user stats and brief you with 
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some of the most popular widgets
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would you say for reviews 
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the fold, but you could just put
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yeah. 
What are some of the other 

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widgets there good to use? 
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scrollable by Google. 
Is that a word? 

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I don't know, but your content 
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Google can see that. 
That's definitely, definitely 

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worth doing and you know, you 
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reviews in one particular place,
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the review score there. 
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place, but definitely signpost 
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What you say is very 
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So have the ability for whatever
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able to respond because you say 
you have the negative reviews, 

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you know, not as you could use 
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there are people that have their
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and the ability to actually 
respond to that for people to 

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see. 
Look, we've seen it. 

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It's actually, you know, you're 
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here. 
People understand that and they 

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get that, but without seeing 
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you're hiding reviews. 
So if you're just getting five 

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star reviews, they're thinking, 
well, what you're hiding when 

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when something does go wrong, 
which often it does, you're not 

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letting me see that. 
So maybe you'll stick your head 

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in the sand if something goes 
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But the other bit you mentioned 
about the attributes of the 

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product reviews answer a hell of
a lot of questions people might 

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have about that product. 
Yeah, yeah. 

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Is it a good fit? 
What's the quality like? 

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You know, when's it delivered on
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So actually, you know, it it 
will stop either maybe phone 

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calls through to you or emails 
through to you about those 

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particular things or thinking I 
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someone else with a different 
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So they might you might lose 
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So actually product reviews, not
only did it help with 

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conversion, help with trust in 
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of a lot of questions about the 
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Yeah, yeah. 
And I mean, two things that just

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sprung to mind from that that 
we've learnt just purely by 

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reading reviews like nothing 
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them as an SEO agency. 
The first one is content we 

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create because we look at, we 
look at what people have said 

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and gone. 
All right, everyone's saying how

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fantastic. 
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particular, like they make 
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everyone raised about how soft 
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It's the point where I sat down 
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people buy from me? 
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sustainability and it's made to 
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And I'm like, no, no, no, it's 
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Everyone wants to feel a really 
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So it's soft. 
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the page and went, the only time
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any similar words and I actually
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the words out of this page and 
tell me where they were that 

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relate to the term soft. 
And ChatGPT came back and said 

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to me like it's only in the 
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It's like we've positioned this 
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The reason people are buying 
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taken to market. 
Suddenly Google Ads has been 

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updated, SEO meta description's 
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been updated, their images. 
Now instead of someone like, you

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know, sort of standing on top of
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their hips, now it's someone 
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the sea after surfing or they've
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they're going, oh, that's soft. 
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that's the most common use case,
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wear it to work in the office 
day-to-day, but that's what 

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00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,400
they're, that's part of the 
brand experience, you know, the 

451
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:54,440
entertainment factor of it. 
And the other thing that we, 

452
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,920
we've done quite a bit and and 
I've written the note delivery, 

453
00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,640
it's when people get into cart. 
If we can work out using, I 

454
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,160
don't know, Microsoft Clarity or
hot jar or something and watch a

455
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,360
video of someone using the site 
when they get to the cart. 

456
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,880
If we can work out what is it 
they've just been told that's 

457
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,040
made the bounce off site. 
If we find there's a high bounce

458
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,080
rate when they reach the cart or
the checkout or the basket. 

459
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,800
If it's, if it always says 
shipping calculated at checkout 

460
00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,200
and when they reach the checkout
page, then they jump. 

461
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,880
Guess what? 
We need to put reviews and 

462
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,600
actually Cherry even just, and 
it's really, really kind of 

463
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,440
basic, just even just screenshot
a couple of them and put that 

464
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,640
image on the checkout or the 
basket page to say where 

465
00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,800
someone's gone. 
I was apprehensive about paying 

466
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,080
£30 or $30.00 for my delivery. 
But actually two people coming 

467
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,040
to deliver the item, they 
unpackaged it with a cup of tea 

468
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,040
on the sofa afterwards. 
And I've used example loads 

469
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,400
before when our client sells 
sofas. 

470
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,040
And that's exactly what some of 
the reviews said. 

471
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,440
And we've put those in the 
checkout process and on the 

472
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,480
basket. 
Suddenly more people are going 

473
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,280
through the cart process now. 
Genius. 

474
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,160
And actually people are 
upgrading now to the two man 

475
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,160
delivery instead of the one man.
We have to call it person these 

476
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:53,360
days. 
But the person delivery we've 

477
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:56,280
had to more people now upgrading
to the person, the two person 

478
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,120
delivery instead of one person 
to go, yeah, they'll unbox my 

479
00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,360
product stuff extra £20 like 
grain value. 

480
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,000
And they'll take the old sofa 
away. 

481
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,920
Exactly. 
And and they turn up at like 

482
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,280
9:00 on a Saturday if that's 
convenient with you. 

483
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,000
So absolutely. 
And you can put the individual 

484
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,920
reviews or you could use an AI 
summary to say, hey, look, this 

485
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,120
is a white club service. 
You know, they turn, they can 

486
00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:18,000
go, they're convenient when they
turn up and they take away your 

487
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,040
old wardrobe, you know, adding 
big large furniture here sort of

488
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,480
thing. 
So yeah, no, absolutely. 

489
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,520
And because when you're seeing 
30 LB for delivery, there's no 

490
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,680
context to it. 
This is adding context to say, 

491
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,560
look, we're actually, it's white
glove, we're putting up those 

492
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,440
free. 
I live in a flat, so I want my 

493
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,920
sofa going up those free flights
stairs and then taking your old 

494
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,800
one as well. 
I'd pay £50 for that. 

495
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,640
So yeah, you need to add some 
context. 

496
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:45,800
So, yeah, very, very smart way 
of using reviews at that point 

497
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,840
where people potentially might, 
might lead the site. 

498
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,040
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 
And I guess one of the big 

499
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,480
challenges people come up 
against with with reviews in 

500
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,440
general and we get all the time 
from clients, when we say like, 

501
00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,440
right, we want a review 
platform, they try and say, oh, 

502
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,880
I'm scared, you know, what are 
people going to say? 

503
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,360
What are they going to write on 
this thing? 

504
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,760
And we, we've often found like 
it's kind of, you know, nurture 

505
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,400
people over the line. 
You don't have to post your 

506
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,120
reviews immediately. 
Let's just start collecting and 

507
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:12,520
see what happens. 
What advice would you give to 

508
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,960
someone just kind of starting 
out? 

509
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,440
What's a good way to start with 
refuse? 

510
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,360
Especially some like judge me 
where I don't in a bad way. 

511
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:20,160
You guys are doing really well 
at the entry level. 

512
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,320
Like it's $15, it's 
out-of-the-box. 

513
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,320
It plugs in Shopify and because 
Shopify it sends out invites 

514
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,560
people like. 
Automatically it's a low cost of

515
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,360
entry, right? 
It's a really low, it's a free 

516
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,000
right. 
So I would suggest, you know, 

517
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,680
the way I put it is the worst 
review of all is the one you 

518
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,680
don't see. 
How can you potentially turn 

519
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,760
that customer around? 
How can you realise the lifetime

520
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,440
value of that customer if you 
don't get their feedback? 

521
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,840
So yeah, you're right. 
People are sensitive to to 

522
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,200
reviews early on. 
It's like telling them, you 

523
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,360
know, your baby's ugly. 
You know, it's not something 

524
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,760
that people like to do. 
So I'd say embracing the 

525
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,320
feedback, you don't have to 
publish all of your feedback in 

526
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,760
the early days, you know, learn 
from it. 

527
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:05,400
You know, improve processes, 
improve products, Yeah, improve 

528
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,160
customer service, whatever it is
from those from that early 

529
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,320
feedback. 
That's when you need the 

530
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,400
feedback the most. 
But yeah, I can't think of 

531
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,840
anyone else I want to listen to 
than than my customers. 

532
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,240
So yeah, embrace it. 
Maybe start off with product 

533
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,640
reviews and then obviously as 
you grow and customer service 

534
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,760
becomes more of a thing, maybe 
then branch out into store or 

535
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,480
service reviews as we call them.
Or the only situation, I'd say 

536
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,600
the other way around is if your 
products churn a lot, if you 

537
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,280
kind of make one of each item, 
probably not the best idea is 

538
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,560
get product reviews because 
you'll get like 1 review on one 

539
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,160
item because you only had one, 
it's sold and it's not there 

540
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,520
anymore. 
So yeah, we, when we worked, we 

541
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,880
worked really heavily on the SEO
strategy for TK Maxx for, for 

542
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,720
many, many years and TJ Maxx for
all of our American listeners. 

543
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,440
And when we did that, like every
single product was gone within 

544
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,320
three months. 
So it's like we actually we had 

545
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,320
to have a strategy that was 
based purely on service reviews 

546
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,680
and the way we then showed those
or position those certainly on 

547
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,040
product pages, we had to be 
really careful. 

548
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,440
We did quite a lot of testing in
the end to go like, okay, which 

549
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,000
is the best widget, guess the 
best conversion rate or the 

550
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,760
widget that people engage with 
the most. 

551
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,120
Those are our two sort of KPIs 
for doing tests, which I think 

552
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:14,640
worked pretty well in the end. 
What advice would you give to a 

553
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,160
brand that was on a different 
platform? 

554
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,720
I want to move to judge me or 
maybe not even judge me. 

555
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,000
Maybe go from one platform to 
another. 

556
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,520
Like how does it work with move?
Because that's always the big 

557
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,960
sticking point, isn't it? 
I've got 1000 reviews here. 

558
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,440
I hate the platform. 
You've outgrown it. 

559
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,280
We want something or we've moved
from this platform to Shopify. 

560
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,800
Now we want to out the box shop 
for what happens next, because 

561
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,920
it's not all doom and gloom, is 
it? 

562
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,240
But also like, it's not simple. 
No, it's not simple and it is a 

563
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,440
challenge and it reviews is 
something that you maybe want to

564
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,280
stick with. 
The unfortunate thing that's 

565
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,360
happening with reviews at the 
moment in our space is they're 

566
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,320
not all $15.00. 
So the total cost of ownership 

567
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,560
is just spiraling out of 
control. 

568
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,200
So people are like, OK, and 
especially at this time of year,

569
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,240
people are looking at their 
apps. 

570
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,720
You spoke about it at the, the 
Shopify meter. 

571
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,920
People are looking at apps. 
Where can I save money? 

572
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,440
You know, it's, you know, it's a
time for a bit of housekeeping 

573
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,200
with your, your tech stack. 
So if you do have reviews with 

574
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,120
another platform, we have a 24/7
support team. 

575
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,920
If you do look at our reviews, 
it's all typically around how 

576
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,000
good our support is. 
And that's one of our factors, 

577
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,680
you know, of why we're 
successful. 

578
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,080
We offer, we over deliver on our
support. 

579
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,400
So I would say use our support 
team and we have AI wouldn't say

580
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,280
a switch in service, but we have
the ability for you to export 

581
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,400
your reviews from another 
platform and import them in. 

582
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,600
And we do a little bit of work 
to make sure that they all sync 

583
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,640
up and look as they should. 
And we actually had that moving 

584
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,320
one of our clients to judge me 
as we got to export. 

585
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,920
I think it was only the product 
reviews that the previous we 

586
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,000
won't say the name, it's a dirty
word, but the other platform. 

587
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,400
And when we left that they did, 
they did give us a full export 

588
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,880
of just product reviews, not 
service. 

589
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,880
And that was really powerful 
because as soon as we spoke to 

590
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,440
your support team, yeah, they 
put it straight in within. 

591
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,200
I think it was like a day or two
to upload them all. 

592
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,760
Yeah, nice. 
And so the client emails going 

593
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,520
like, oh, website looks amazing.
Look at all the reviews because 

594
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,720
we we put the widget into the 
product page, so don't show it 

595
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,080
if there's zero put a little bit
of JavaScript on it, which we 

596
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,480
thought was a smart idea. 
And and suddenly like over half 

597
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,600
their products had like 10 to 20
reviews and client was loving it

598
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,680
and conversion rate jumped like 
it was really nice. 

599
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,600
Annoyingly, they also went on 
sale that day. 

600
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,800
So I didn't get a conclusive 
stat of like, how much 

601
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,440
difference did it make? 
I, I scream at clients by AEB 

602
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,960
testing stuff because you could 
put your widget on one version, 

603
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,000
but not the other version and 
and actually go like, OK, 

604
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,160
without it. 
We convert like this and with it

605
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,320
we convert like that. 
Reviews are important. 

606
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,240
But I think as you said several 
times, I can't, I can't back it 

607
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,960
enough that actually your 
customer service team, you can 

608
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,520
do them a great service by 
getting rid of those reviews or 

609
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,720
getting rid of those people that
contact because the review 

610
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,120
content says like, I didn't know
about this. 

611
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,040
I didn't know about that. 
And if customer service getting 

612
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,920
the same question from an SEO 
content point of view, let's 

613
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,440
answer that on the page. 
If they're all saying like will 

614
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,000
it come in secure packaging 
since it's made of glass and 

615
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,360
actually it's always secure 
packaging. 

616
00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:54,800
It's like well, on the site it 
just says secure packaging. 

617
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,200
But if we put like glass 
certified packaging, same 

618
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,600
packaging, we just change the 
language on it, change the 

619
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,080
motive behind the way they read 
it and what they imagine. 

620
00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,560
So it's a much better thing. 
But again, then make sure we get

621
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,440
lots of reviews from customers 
saying, you know, you've emailed

622
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,320
customer service saying how 
fantastic the packaging was. 

623
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:12,840
Do you mind writing that in a 
review for us? 

624
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,680
That'd be amazing. 
And then we reply as well. 

625
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,440
It's, it's, you know, we're 
trying to replicate what we used

626
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,840
to happen online on the on the 
high streets, right? 

627
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,960
We can answer a ton of questions
because you're in the shop and 

628
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,640
the guys there with all the 
answers. 

629
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,400
That's not necessarily the case 
online. 

630
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,840
So if your reviews can answer 
questions that you've got, 

631
00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:31,120
there's a really large pharmacy 
in, in Ireland. 

632
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,240
Hi Phil, If you're watching and 
he was like Neil, when we 

633
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,280
started out, we came on with 
your review platform and the 

634
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,080
phone stopped ringing. 
He said. 

635
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,040
But it was a good thing because 
the orders were coming in but 

636
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,280
they just weren't ringing up 
saying are you legit? 

637
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,040
Do you deliver to the UK? 
Do you do this? 

638
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,800
It was all answered within their
reviews. 

639
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,160
Great delivery to the UK the 
next day. 

640
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,560
Well, I had that question. 
Now I don't know. 

641
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,720
I know the answer. 
So yeah, you're absolutely 

642
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,280
right. 
I think it's a great source of 

643
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,680
information as well as adding 
trust to the product. 

644
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,920
Yeah, Yeah. 
And I mean, final question, 

645
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,480
we'll come into land with this. 
It's 2025 now. 

646
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,200
Reviews have been out for a long
time. 

647
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,680
You mentioned AI, obviously see 
some of the response and stuff. 

648
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,680
What else do you think is going 
to evolve and change this year? 

649
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,400
Like what do you think of some 
of the big things that you're 

650
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,600
already seeing brands like 
panicking about, get excited 

651
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,560
about, throw too many eggs in 
one basket because of like, what

652
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,200
are some of the things you're 
seeing brands do at the moment? 

653
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,800
That analogy you said about 
throwing all your eggs in one 

654
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:25,960
basket is an interesting thing, 
right? 

655
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,280
Because there is lots of 
platforms out there that will do

656
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,720
everything for you there. 
Do your e-mail, that do your 

657
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,240
SMS, that do your reviews that 
do your loyalty and all that 

658
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,360
sort of stuff. 
And they tell a story that 

659
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,240
that's what consumers want. 
That's not what we're hearing. 

660
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,680
So we're hearing that consumers 
want best of breed. 

661
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,920
So they want the best reviews, 
they want the best e-mail. 

662
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,760
You know, these platforms say 
you have one account manager. 

663
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,680
Well, they experts in, you know,
everything, you know, does your 

664
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,760
strike always, always, you know,
safe penalties as well. 

665
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,560
So I think best of breed is 
where consumers want. 

666
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,080
Now the trick is to make sure 
that your text stack is all 

667
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,680
connected. 
So yeah, is, is it great your, 

668
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,480
your e-mail provider connects 
with your review provider? 

669
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,560
Absolutely. 
So I think what Judge Me are 

670
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,320
doing and doubling down on this 
year is making sure that we 

671
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,600
connect with all the different 
text stacks that lots of 

672
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,400
consumers have to make sure that
they, they all talk to each 

673
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,600
other. 
Are you going to have an account

674
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,000
manager for all of them? 
Unfortunately not. 

675
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,280
But you're going to get the best
of breed and the best out of 

676
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,120
all. 
The platforms you've, you've, 

677
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,280
you've like tapped on the door 
of Pandora's box here about 

678
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,000
apps. 
And there's, I think the 

679
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,240
pendulum swings both ways. 
I, I've always favoured the, as 

680
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,240
you say, best in class, like we 
are agency. 

681
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,040
We only do two things. 
They both relate to search 

682
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,120
engines. 
So it's one thing with two ways 

683
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,440
we do it and that's it. 
And whenever we branch into 

684
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,280
something else, we're just not 
as good at it. 

685
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:41,880
And now you've got this one 
account manager used to be a 

686
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,520
Jack of all trades. 
It is a problem. 

687
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,040
The challenge I think brands 
have on Shopify especially. 

688
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,640
And we, we spoke about it in a 
previous episode, guys, probably

689
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,200
a week or two before this was 
going out as well. 

690
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,440
But we spoke about like how just
every business owner, in fact, 

691
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,280
that phone case company, we're 
doing this at the moment with 

692
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,200
you guys, we're deleting apps. 
We're like that was not being 

693
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,280
used. 
That was not happening. 

694
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,080
One of our guests, Sabir, said a
few weeks ago as well that it 

695
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,560
might have been last week, I 
think when this goes, but he was

696
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,480
saying that like one of the 
clients they looked at had three

697
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,680
live chats on their site, only 
one of them was active. 

698
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,200
And when you go on the website, 
so all three loaded in the code,

699
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,520
only one was active. 
And when you go on the website, 

700
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,880
there's no live chat. 
So they were just running these 

701
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,720
3 apps kills page speed. 
Plus he was like, they're paying

702
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,600
for all three, they're paying 
for these apps. 

703
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,200
So I think with apps, I always 
say like, just be really 

704
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,440
cautious. 
Like a review app. 

705
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,680
I think you need a proper 
verified review platform that 

706
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,160
plugs in, has some automation 
that's tech worth paying for. 

707
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,960
And actually the front end page 
load is just the reviews, which 

708
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,200
is something you should be 
loading on a page in my opinion.

709
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,680
It's when people are like, oh, 
we had a fancy widget that has a

710
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,400
loading bar that says, you know,
we spent 90 lbs, you spent 100 

711
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,640
to get free delivery. 
You could build that with a tiny

712
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,880
bit of JavaScript and that means
there's a bit of JavaScript just

713
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,160
loading straight off Shopify 
server that you've created 

714
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,320
versus which I'm sure you guys 
see this as much as we do with 

715
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,320
with brands. 
You sort of sit there for an 

716
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,360
hour waiting for this page to 
load and there's just stuff 

717
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,000
popping up all over the place 
and you know, spin the wheel to 

718
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,120
get a free offer. 
And then there's the welcome 

719
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,440
offer and you're like, oh, I've 
just got an offer. 

720
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,840
What does this offer do? 
And then customer service pops 

721
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,560
up behind that is the accept 
cookies. 

722
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,840
And until you accept, you can't 
engage with the page. 

723
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,080
You're like, this is carnage, 
like absolute carnage. 

724
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,080
So we try to say to clients like
bottom left, bottom right only 

725
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,680
and one thing in each corner, no
more. 

726
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,960
And that's that's kind of it. 
Obviously it's exceptions to the

727
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,160
rule, but I think platform like 
you, you know that like judge me

728
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,960
that you guys have it loads 
quickly, it loads natively 

729
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,400
within Shopify. 
And I think that's such an 

730
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,920
important thing, isn't it, 
Having that native integration 

731
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,320
rather than all these other 
servers trying to run stuff 

732
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,200
externally? 
Got to keep it simple, but yeah,

733
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,080
we've got the Built for Shopify 
badge. 

734
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,560
So that's the the highest sort 
of like award if you like for 

735
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,160
Shopify. 
So, so it runs, it runs 

736
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,040
smoothly. 
It doesn't have an impact on 

737
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,960
your page speech, which we know 
impacts your SEO and all that 

738
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,120
sort of stuff. 
But yeah, keep it simple. 

739
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,840
Keep it simple, Yeah, you know, 
And if your apps that aren't 

740
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,040
working for you, please don't 
pay for them. 

741
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,440
I think the other thing as well 
is people try and use apps to 

742
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,840
fix actually quite fundamental 
business problems, which is like

743
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,560
people 80% like our products, 
but it doesn't do something they

744
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,680
would have won. 
And we're ignoring them because 

745
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,920
we don't have reviews to check. 
We're ignoring the custom 

746
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,360
customer service is just 
fighting back rather than fixing

747
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,960
or feeding back to the, you 
know, product development team 

748
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,480
or the owner or whoever to say 
like fix this issue. 

749
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,440
And we, we certainly find that, 
yeah, once, once the company's 

750
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,080
got a good product, simple 
branding and a simple offering 

751
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,400
like buy this, buy this hoodie 
because, you know, it's the 

752
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,920
softest, it's the best fit. 
It's made to measure. 

753
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,680
You put your measurements in and
it will make a hoodie that 

754
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,120
perfectly fits you. 
Or you can choose the material, 

755
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,320
how thick it is. 
We'll make it when you order it 

756
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,520
these. 
It's all fantastic USPS if 

757
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,320
you've just which I did years 
ago, just picked up a load of 

758
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,320
Bambi sunglasses of Alibaba and 
try and sell them. 

759
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,320
It's hard. 
It's really hard. 

760
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,440
You made a good point earlier 
about the soft T-shirt, right? 

761
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,400
It's far like you think that 
you're selling something that 

762
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,400
that this is the value prop, but
actually your customers are 

763
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,360
saying it's it's a great fit, 
it's soft or whatever who who 

764
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,120
wants a, you know, uncomfortable
T-shirt. 

765
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,520
So yeah, use your reviews to 
decide exactly what you how 

766
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,840
you're going to sell it. 
But like, you know, just go old 

767
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,400
school. 
This is where this is how much 

768
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:07,640
it is. 
This is what it does. 

769
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,080
This is the price by. 
It's easy, it's easy to buy. 

770
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,840
And I think that and just just 
kind of final point I think is 

771
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,159
exactly as you just described. 
If you read the customer service

772
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:19,800
like reviews, I would almost put
every USP, it doesn't must be 

773
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,840
unique, but every like element 
of this product, the why buys 

774
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,840
the why, it should be important 
to you put them all in. 

775
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,760
Is this the initial customer 
acquisition side or or does this

776
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,639
fit into retention? 
Actually we want, we want the 

777
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:33,920
customer to buy 20 times from us
over the next two or three years

778
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,040
and that that's our KPI. 
Such a high percentage of 

779
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,520
customers I see on everybody 
Shopify stores and and we're 

780
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,080
trying to fix it, but we're 
front end customer acquisition, 

781
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,639
not e-mail and social and 
retention and product packaging 

782
00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:47,639
and all the other things that 
get people to buy. 

783
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,239
Again, I think it's so important
to put these things in two 

784
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,040
buckets and go, do you know what
actually to acquire these 

785
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,719
customers? 
It's probably, and it pains me 

786
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,120
to say this, but I know it's 
true. 

787
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,280
Focus on the selfish part of the
customer. 

788
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,200
Go, I want, I want the best 
hoodie. 

789
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,520
I want the cheapest hoodie. 
I want the one that fits best. 

790
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,960
I want the one that feels best. 
I want the one that looks best. 

791
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,160
Focus on that and go, OK, this 
is gonna be an awesome product. 

792
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,800
Then tell them afterwards what 
you've actually entered into is 

793
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,880
you probably notice of no 
plastic in any of our packaging.

794
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,200
You probably notice that 
actually the materials made from

795
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,640
this. 
Well, here's a little guide on 

796
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,680
where it comes from. 
And it's just a very simple 1, 

797
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,400
you know one, a 5A6 booklet that
just says, you know this is 

798
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,280
Janet and she made this product 
and she's really proud of it. 

799
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,040
And if you have any issues, 
Janet and her team will fix it 

800
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,000
for free for the next 5 years. 
Got five year guarantee on it. 

801
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,440
But actually we sold it on. 
How's your life going to be 

802
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,280
better on the product? 
Just do enough to get them over 

803
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,040
the line. 
Once they're over the line, then

804
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,120
go into more detail to get them 
to become repeat customers. 

805
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,520
I think some brands, they go, 
they go 2 to town on the line 

806
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,760
going there's this and this and 
this and this and you know that.

807
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,600
I mean, you'll know this working
in sales for years. 

808
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,200
Once you've sold something, stop
selling. 

809
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:52,880
Like just sign the flipping 
paperwork. 

810
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,120
Let's get out of the room. 
We've got the contract now. 

811
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,720
We can educate them on the 
retention later. 

812
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:57,720
But yeah. 
That's so true. 

813
00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,240
Amazing. 
Well, anyway, I appreciate you 

814
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,960
coming over to the office. 
It's great to do this face to 

815
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,400
face with proper cameras and 
everything. 

816
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,400
And I'm not in a cupboard for 
one. 

817
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,240
So I really appreciate your 
time. 

818
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,080
Thank you so much for joining 
us. 

819
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,840
No, thanks for the invite and 
for everybody. 

820
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,520
Listening at home. 
We're back again next week. 

821
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,160
We post every Friday, check out 
our new community. 

822
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,080
I say new, it's nearly a year 
old now, but the community's 

823
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,120
growing like mad. 
And also check out Judge Me's 

824
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,000
webinars. 
I'm going to be on one and 

825
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,040
probably around the same sort of
time that this goes out as well.

826
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,280
So come and hear me and Neil 
have a NATA where Neil's going 

827
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,160
to interview me next, which is 
going to be quite fun as well. 

828
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,560
So we'll see what see what he 
asks, But thanks for tuning in 

829
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:26,400
back again next Friday.
