you know what i mean.. x person says "such and such" about our site/service/product/etc... if they are laid out in a proper manner, not splashed all over the place with hooge writing and unbelievable texts, can they work? any suggestions as to the best way to do this, if they work? my site's myspace has a number of positive comments that i feel could help conversion rates if they are on the homepage of the site itself, they are easily checkable by visiting the myspace, etc so people could see they weren't fabricated, what do you guys think? any suggestions? Laz
sounds like a good idea, id like to see it implemented. post up a link to them once you get a few up.
well thats just it, how do i add them to the homepage without it looking tacky and unprofessional? the comments are positive and genuine, but the way that they 'could' be percieved by site visitors is another thing, i dont want to scare people away with it. I really need some good advice on how to present them professionally and in such a way that they do actually help conversions. Laz
They work great just take a look at the ones on this page: http://www.ultimate-safelist-survival-guide.com/
Now and again I'll search for testimonials, but I'll never believe one listed on a sites webpage. Ever! So here is what I would likely fall for... Buy 20 blog posts from personal blogs, have them rave about your product (feel free and write them yourself) then on your page put snippets of those raves including a link to the blog posts (and be sure the posts point to your site). If you are interested, I have a Live Journal account...which is completely non commercial This way when I google for testimonials for your site I'll find the blogs and think you are awesome Just be sure to include one or two not so great reviews. Having a bad day makes you look human, and the other entries more believable.
Thats just it, these are myspace comments. They can be seen on there as genuine. Although I do like the idea of purchasing blog posts too, 20 might look a bit "contrived" tho, even number and all.. you mean I'm not anyway?? hehe
For how popular it seems to be I don't ever recall having myspace come up in serp for anything I've ever looked for... I've had blogger, live journal, and a few others, but never myspace... but then maybe I have... I don't think I've ever purposely been to myspace other then to make an account to verify I couldn't stand the place. Diversify for best effect. And don't link to all of them either... only to a few. You can claim some came from email or whatever. But if all of yours linked from myspace, I'd likely not fall for it.
Testimonials can work ! Even in DP when someone try to use somebodies service they first look at his itrade for positive testimonial !
100% correct be true to your clients and then you are going to get good testimonials from them and that works great in DP
Is it wrong to ask a client to write a testimonial? One of my projects has a local ad campaign coming up, and I think having fresh testimonials on the site would be helpful.