Put the Maps review link in the invoice footer | Ethical AI
One Maps review link in the invoice footer, the day the job is done. Not a five-email sequence.
Put the Maps review link in the invoice footer
Published at: 2026-10-09T14:00:00.000Z
True on 2026-10-09 America/Chicago.
The customer already opens the invoice. They look at the total, the address, and the work you named. That page is the ask. Put one Maps review link in the footer the day the job is done. Do not bury it in a five-email sequence they did not request.
You run a trade shop or another small shop in the United States. Ethical AI is in Frisco, Texas. The action is one link, in one place, on the day the work is finished.
The invoice is already in their hand
A review request fails when it feels like a new chore from a stranger. A separate series, five notes long, is a new chore. The invoice is not. They expected it, because the job has a price and a record.
The footer is the bottom of that record. One line. One link. The public name, if it is not already at the top. No essay. The customer who wants to write a review can tap. The customer who does not can pay and leave. You are not holding the invoice hostage until they praise you.
Hand or send the invoice the day the job is done, not next week. The work is still in the house. They remember which shop stood in the room. A link that arrives with the bill is easier to understand than a link that arrives after they have closed the story.
What the footer line says
Keep it short enough to read at the bottom of a page without hunting.
"If the work looks right, a short review helps the next customer find the shop." Then the link. Then stop.
Do not tell them how many stars to tap. Do not ask them to use a sentence you wrote. The words in the review have to be theirs. If you write the paragraph and they only tap post, it is still your sentence. The next customer can hear it.
The link opens the review box for the listing that matches the name on the invoice and the name on the truck. If an old listing still uses an old name, do not send that link. You would be asking them to praise a shop you are trying to retire.
One link means one listing. Open it on your phone before it goes on the template. The box should show your public name. The right day is the day the work is finished. Ask while they can still see the job.
The day the job is done
Done means the customer has seen the result. The gate latches. The house cools. The leak has stopped. The invoice matches what you did. You put the link on that invoice. If you are still there, you may say, "The link is at the bottom if you want to leave a review." Then you stop talking.
If the job is not done, the link stays off. A part on order is not done. A return visit you already know you owe is not done. Asking early asks them to praise unfinished work.
If the customer is unhappy, the link stays off. Fix the work. You can put the link on the closeout after the fix, when the result is right. Skipping the ask on a bad afternoon is better than a review of that afternoon.
Do not add the link to an invoice you already know is wrong. Correct the totals first. A review link under a bad total looks like a dare.
Do not build a five-email sequence
A five-note series trains people to ignore you. One ask, on the document they already open, is the whole plan. If you text the same day, use the same link and then stop. No midweek bump.
Do not offer money, a gift, or a free visit in exchange for the review. Do not offer to change the invoice if they post. The price on the invoice is the price. The review is voluntary. A paid sentence is not a customer's sentence.
The footer is not a license to rewrite the bill
Adding a line at the bottom does not let a model touch the line items. The description of the work, the totals, the customer, and the address stay as a person set them. A draft that "cleans up" the invoice is how a price changes without a decision.
If a model lays out the footer, give it the one sentence and the one link. Tell it not to add a star count, a list of cities, or a second offer. A person opens the copy the customer will see and checks two things. The total. The link. Both have to be right.
The invoice remains the money document. The footer is a pointer, not a new scope of work. Keep drafts off the invoice itself.
Set the template once
Open the invoice template you actually send. Find the footer. If it is empty, add the one sentence and the link. If it is a pile of slogans and three websites, cut it until the review line is visible. Lines you are required to show can stay. A rotating quote cannot.
Open that invoice on a phone. The link has to be real text, visible without a pinch, and it has to open the listing that matches the truck. Use it on the next finished job. Keep the line on the page the customer actually reads.
Tonight
- Put one Maps review link in the invoice footer. - Use it the day the job is done, and only when the work is actually done. - Point to the line once, in person or in one text. Then stop. - Test the link on a phone against the public name on the truck. - Do not add a five-email series, a star demand, or a gift for the review.
Need the ask to live on the invoice the customer already opens? Start at get started (https://ethicalai.me/get-started). One link. The day the job is done. Ethical AI · Frisco, TX · 469-669-2728.
