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Free white paper for real estate agents

The Google review system for real estate agents.

The PLACE Method turns every closing into a keyword-rich, five-star Google review — written in your client's own words — that pushes your profile up the local map pack. Get the full 15-page playbook free, instantly.

About the white paper

Everything you need to turn a closing into a review Google reads

"Great agent, highly recommend!" is a star and nothing else. Google reads the words — the property type, the city, the transaction are all local ranking signals for your Google Business Profile. The PLACE Method gets those words into every review without you writing a single one.

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What's inside

The complete system, in 15 pages

No fluff — just the strategy, the evidence, and the exact scripts you can put to work on your very next closing.

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Why reviews rank

The evidence behind the numbers — and exactly why Google reads the words in a review, not just the stars.
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The 5-prompt PLACE formula

Property, Location, Action, Company & Agent, Experience — the five prompts that get keyword-rich reviews in your client's own words.

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The exact 48-hour ask

The message to send within two days of closing — when your client is happiest and most likely to write.

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Double your ranking signals

How to reply to every review so it works twice as hard for your local ranking.

Do Google reviews help real estate agents rank higher?

Yes. Review signals drive roughly 20% of local map-pack rankings, second only to your Google Business Profile itself, and keyword-rich reviews also power the quoted snippets Google shows under your listing.

How do I ask clients for a Google review?

Within 48 hours of closing, send your direct review link with the PLACE graphic: five prompts your client answers in their own words. The white paper includes the exact text and email templates.

Is it against Google's rules to ask for reviews?

Asking is fine and encouraged. Paying for reviews, filtering who you ask, or writing them yourself is what's prohibited — the white paper covers the compliance rules, including the FTC's 2024 rule.

What is the PLACE Method?

A five-prompt framework (Property, Location, Action, Company & Agent, Experience) created by GGMS that turns real client experiences into reviews containing the exact words buyers and sellers search.

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Rights and attribution

The PLACE Method™ for Google Reviews is a proprietary framework created and first published by GGMS. That covers the name, the framework, the P-L-A-C-E structure as presented here, and all supporting materials, including this white paper, the client-facing graphics, the request and response templates, and the closing-day tear sheet. © 2026 GGMS. All rights reserved.

Agents, teams, and brokerages: this was built for you to use. Run it with your clients, share the graphic, teach it to your people. When you share it publicly, credit GGMS as the creator and keep the GGMS attribution on the materials. What is not permitted: reproducing, republishing, rebranding, or incorporating the PLACE Method or any of these materials, in whole or in part, into the products, content, courses, coaching programs, or client deliverables of any other real estate marketing, lead generation, CRM, follow-up, or coaching company, or any similar commercial provider, without prior written permission from GGMS. Removing attribution, renaming the framework, or presenting it as your own violates this notice.

Permission and licensing inquiries: sales@ggms.com.