How many reviews did Julie say disappeared from her book overnight?

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9 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Julie Broad (video creator) discusses how Amazon customer reviews are frequently removed or blocked — sometimes without warning — and why reviews matter beyond sales. She reports losing 12 reviews for her book "Self, Promote and Succeed" overnight, and emphasizes that reviews function as social proof that influence speaking engagements, bookings, media interviews, client attraction, and more. She urges that Amazon should protect legitimate reviews from bots, competitors, or random negative actors.

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Customer reviews get removed or blocked all the time on Amazon. This becomes a huge point of contention for people. And I get it. I had 12 reviews for self, Promote and succeed just disappear overnight. Your customer reviews are social proof for you and your work. Even if book sales aren't your number one focus, customer reviews will impact speaking engagement, bookings, media interviews, client attraction, and so much more. So reviews are vital and Amazon is the go to of most people. When looking at what people are saying about your book, your message and your work. You want Amazon to protect the reviews and not let a bunch of bots or competitors or random people trash your books.