Gather Yelp Help: How To Write Great Online Restaurant Reviews Drafted By Hanna Raskin File
food for the Yelp Elites
As a multiyear elite Yelper, I am always looking for ways to get my reviews to pop, and Ms.
Raskin has put some sizzle of the old school into a compact edition for the Internet generation, In this volume she takes you through, in a breezy read, the ins and outs of food criticism and gives you a compelling framework, a way to improve the quality of your online reviews without the expected elitism or finger washing you expect from a professional food critic
Highly recommended.
I read about this book in the Globe and I became curious, . . in this age where we're all writing online reviews all the time, what separates a "good" review from an "excellent" one Why do we still have professional reviewers/critics for restaurants, books, movies, etc The answer is.
. . because most professionals are much better at this than most of us! I also thought it might help me in writing movie reviews, . . and it did. Raskin writes very succinctly and with humor, I also learned a lot about what goes on behind the scenes at restaurants which I found fascinating, If you have an hour or two and are interested in this type of thing, I recommend picking this up, Yelp Help, written by professional food critic Hanna Raskin, is the first howto book for online restaurant reviewers, Whether they're motivated to climb the Yelp ranks or assist their fellow eaters by writing clearer, fairer reviews, citizen
critics will find the tools they need in Yelp Help, a comprehensive guide to reporting, conceptualizing and writing compelling shortform restaurant reviews.
In addition to covering basic skills such as choosing the right adjective and describing dishes in objective detail, Yelp Help delves into restaurant operations and the history of food criticism.
Enhanced by copious excerpts from professional and civilian reviews a review meal checklist an overview of the eight most common online reviewing errors and handy practice exercises, this book is an indispensable resource for serious users of Yelp, TripAdvisor and Urbanspoon.
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