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Reading the room: promoters, passives and detractors

29 March 2026 · 3 min read


Three groups, three jobs

High scorers are promoters to activate, middling scores are passives to convert, low scores are detractors to recover — and each needs a different move.

Activate the promoters

These are your Google reviewers and your word-of-mouth. Ask them, at the moment they're delighted, to say it publicly.

Convert the passives

A 6 or 7 is a customer who nearly loved it. A tag usually reveals the one thing between passive and promoter — fix that and the score climbs.

Recover the detractors fast

A low score with a phone number is a save waiting to happen. A same-day call turns a would-be bad review into a loyal regular.

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