Every local business owner I've talked to agrees on the same thing: asking a client for a Google review feels awkward. You either forget to do it, do it too soon (before they've had time to actually think about the job), or do it once and never follow up because chasing someone for a review feels pushier than the job itself.
So I built a small n8n workflow that removes the awkward part and keeps the polite part.
What it actually does
The workflow triggers when a job is marked complete (from a form, a CRM row, or a simple spreadsheet update — whatever the freelancer already uses). It then:
- Checks whether this contact has already been sent a review request before. If yes, it stops there and just logs it. No client gets asked twice for the same job.
- Sends a short email with a direct link to leave a Google review — not a generic "please review us," a link that drops the client straight into the review box.
- Waits until day 7.
- Checks again before doing anything else: has a review already come in, or did the contact opt out? If either is true, it stops. No reminder goes out to someone who already left a review or asked not to be contacted.
- If neither happened, it sends exactly one reminder email. Not two, not a drip sequence — one.
- Every outcome — sent, reviewed, reminded, skipped, opted out — gets logged to a Google Sheet.
That's 14 nodes total, and the two edge cases above (duplicate detection, stop-on-review) are the ones that actually matter. A review-request workflow that doesn't check for those two things is the kind of thing that annoys a client into leaving a bad review instead of a good one.
What it doesn't do
It doesn't guarantee you'll get more reviews. No workflow can promise that — it depends on the job you did and whether the client actually liked it. What it guarantees is that the ask happens consistently, at the right moment, without ever asking twice or nagging someone who already reviewed you.
Why I built it as a kit instead of a one-off
I do this kind of automation work for local businesses (plumbers, hairdressers, small studios). I got tired of rebuilding the same 14 nodes from scratch every time, so I packaged it: the importable n8n JSON, a setup guide in English and French, a one-page checklist for the end client, and a short compliance note on sending automated follow-up emails responsibly.
I also put together a small GitHub repo that shows the structure of the flow (the node sequence, not the full working file — that part's in the kit).
Where to get it
The kit — importable workflow + FR/EN guides + client checklist + compliance note — is on Gumroad for $49: https://vincentdu2a.gumroad.com/l/lxaziv
Happy to answer questions about the n8n setup in the comments if anyone's building something similar.
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