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I Met a Yelp Elite Reviewer and He Changed My Mind

February 6, 2018 by diannejacob 6 Comments

Image for post on Yelp Elite ReviewerI was prepared to not like him. After all, Yelp restaurant reviewers singlehandedly ended the careers of many restaurant reviewers by writing for free, right? That’s what a friend said, who was once a professional critic.

And what did this guy know about writing a good review, I wondered? Not to mention, who gets to be Elite and what does that mean? A free meal?

To find out, I called Chris Sladky, 29, a Yelp Elite reviewer and software product manager, to interview him. Then he suggested meeting him for lunch. I had not [Read more…] about I Met a Yelp Elite Reviewer and He Changed My Mind

Filed Under: Restaurant Reviewing Tagged With: amateur reviews, Restaurant Reviewing, writing online reviews, Yelp restaurant reviews

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