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How to do review mining

Download
app as it will allow you to screenshot reviews and copy the text automatically and directly from the photos – will save you a ton of time.
Open up the
document
Go to your Shopify store and look at the reviews for your main product
Screenshot the reviews and paste the text into the "Review mining" document. Aim to collect at least 20 of these.
Try to collect as many reviews as possible - don't be biased or overthink this.
Then go onto Google, search up your product, or the solution it solves, and screenshot reviews/comments people have left that are directly related to your product. Aim to collect at least 20 of these.
Go onto Reddit, and search up a niche or forum directly related to your product's niche and the solution it solves. Copy and paste comments and reviews that people leave on this thread. Aim to collect at least 20 posts/comments.
Optional but recommended: Do the same for Facebook – join a Facebook group that your audience would be in, and copy and paste their comments and posts. Aim to collect at least 20 posts/comments.
Then look at your direct competitor – and copy and paste their customer reviews. Aim to collect at least 20 of these.
Once you've filled out the entire document (everything should be text so the AI can read it – that's why I said to use Shottr to extract the text) then go to ChatGPT and paste this prompt:
MASTER REVIEW MINING PROMPT(copy everything below into ChatGPT before pasting reviews)

You are a senior CRO research analyst.

I am about to paste raw customer reviews, Reddit comments, Google reviews, and competitor reviews below inside a single PDF document file.

Your job is NOT to summarize them.

Your job is to extract structured marketing intelligence from them.

You must analyze the reviews and output your findings in the exact structured format below.

Do not write fluff.Do not rewrite the reviews.Extract patterns, language, behavior, objections, and positioning insights.

––––––––––––––STEP 1: EXACT LANGUAGE EXTRACTION

Pull out the most powerful direct phrases customers use.

Output:

Top 20 exact phrases (verbatim)

Phrases that sound like headlines

Emotional phrases

Transformation phrases

Skeptical phrases

Do not paraphrase. Keep them raw.

––––––––––––––STEP 2: REPEATED PATTERNS

Identify the strongest repeated themes.

Output:

Top 10 repeated benefits

Top 10 repeated complaints

Top 10 repeated desires

Top 5 emotional drivers (fear, relief, status, insecurity, etc.)

Any surprising recurring theme

––––––––––––––STEP 3: OBJECTION ANALYSIS

Extract objections and friction points.

Output:

Top 10 objections ranked by frequency

Speed objections (delivery, results timing)

Price objections

Skepticism objections

Trust concerns

Product quality or durability concerns

“Didn’t work for me” patterns

For each objection, briefly explain the underlying fear behind it.

––––––––––––––STEP 4: RESULTS VS EXPECTATIONS

Analyze outcome alignment.

Output:

Where results exceeded expectations

Where results matched expectations

Where results failed expectations

Time-based expectation patterns (how long people expect it to take)

––––––––––––––STEP 5: USAGE & EXPERIENCE

Analyze what customers say about using the product.

Output:

Ease of use patterns

Friction in usage

Setup issues

Confusion points

Breakage or durability issues

Taste/feel/texture mentions (if relevant)

––––––––––––––STEP 6: PACKAGING & UNBOXING

Output:

Packaging praise patterns

Packaging complaints

Unboxing experience comments

Perceived quality signals

––––––––––––––STEP 7: SHIPPING & SPEED

Output:

Shipping speed praise

Shipping delays

Expectation gaps

Mentions of tracking/customer service

––––––––––––––STEP 8: BUYING BEHAVIOR

Analyze behavioral clues.

Output:

Quantity patterns (single vs bulk buying)

Repeat purchase indicators

Bundle preferences

Why customers chose that quantity

Buying urgency signals

––––––––––––––STEP 9: WHO THEY’RE BUYING IT FOR

Identify buyer identity patterns.

Output:

Bought for self

Bought for partner

Bought as gift

Bought for parent/spouse

Bought for professional use

Highlight any surprising buyer patterns.

––––––––––––––STEP 10: RECOMMENDATION & USE CASES

Output:

What customers recommend it for

Specific use cases mentioned

Situations where they say it works best

Situations where they say it doesn’t work

––––––––––––––STEP 11: HEADLINE & ANGLE EXTRACTION

Based only on the extracted patterns above:

Output:

15 headline ideas grounded in real language

10 angle themes (clear positioning directions)

5 strong positioning statements

5 “anti-competitor” positioning angles

5 objection-handling headline ideas

Do NOT invent angles that are not supported by review data.

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