A £100,000 contract in 21 days
filed in Marketing, Website Design on Dec.19, 2008
One of the most powerful ways to show a visitor to your website how effective / valuable your services are, is through a powerful testimonial. People expect you to say how great you are – but when a satisfied third-party tells them it is massively more effective. When a prospective client sees that other people have used your services before, with great results, it helps build confidence in you and reduces the risk attached to using your services.
On our own Mass Media Design website, we have the following powerful testimonial:
“Just 3 weeks after MMD designed a new website for us, we are delighted to have already received an enquiry for a project, worth a six figure sum for our company!”
The implication is clear – if you buy a Mass Media Design website then you too can be attracting hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of new business through your website.
Since we published that testimonial, we have seen a 525% increase in the number of enquiries we have received.
You could NEVER buy advertising that is as effective as that!
Over to you
Do you use testimonials on your website, blog or newsletter? What have your experiences been? What kind of testimonials have worked best for you – share your feedback in the comments section below!
December 19th, 2008 on 12:47 pm
Gregor,
Another great post – Testimonials are an extremely valuable marketing tool, especially one as powerful as yours in the example above.
Thanks!
December 19th, 2008 on 3:10 pm
Hey Gregor – As always love your posts. I don’t have testimonials on my blog yet, but one thing that I’m thinking of including, that can lend power to a testimonial, is a pic of the person or a company logo. I think visuals always enhance the power of words.
Thanks again!
December 19th, 2008 on 4:00 pm
I think a picture is a great idea. It brings personanality to the company and lets your visitors know that you’re approachable. If you’re a huge company then maybe it’s not a good idea but for smaller companies it definitely is!
Thanks for your comment!