How to Report Software Reviews

Word-of-mouth advertising is a successful form of marketing that stems from customers of a product or service telling their friends, family and business contacts about their positive experience with a service or product. Since the endorsement comes from a known and trusted person instead of a traditional commercial, the other people are more likely to try the product for themselves. Software greatly benefits from word-of-mouth advertising since people who use a lot of software frequently spend time on chat boards and other websites. Reporting a software review is a simple process that can be done quickly.

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  Test the software in question. Utilize all the major features and write down notes regarding your early impressions of the software and its ease of use. If you experience any technical problems with the software, write those down as well.

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  Read the instructions and any other documentation for the software to see how easy they are to follow. If they are hard to understand or contain wrong information, your review should mention this.

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  Write a summary of your opinions for the software you are reviewing in a word processing program. This protects your work in the event a website crashes or has a technical difficulty while you are trying to get your review posted. Start with a summary paragraph stating what the program is and your general impression. Then explain what the program promises, how well it performs that task and if you believe it to be a good value for what it does. If you are aware of other programs that do the same job cheaper, that should be mentioned in your review along with any other impressions.

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  Locate a computer forum or a consumer review site online. You can use search engines to find some.

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  Copy your review from the word processing program into the text box for the site you are using. Some sites will require you to register a user name and email address before you can post a review.

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  Submit the review and check back periodically so you can respond to any questions or concerns that any of your readers have.