Questions re: testimonials

BeyondThePen · 09-24-2008, 05:11 PM

Okay...call me naive. I wrote a series of ebooks. And I had a handful of people volunteer (yes, volunteer) to read them and then provide a testimonial for the website.

Each of these people had 2 weeks, maybe more, to read the books. And yet several have completely flaked.

I know it's a numbers game...with a lot of things in life. And getting testimonials seem to be one of them.

I'll toot my own horn and say the ebooks are easy to read and great material overall. Heck, I'm a professional writer and I was writing about something I have first-hand experience with. So it's not like the ebooks sucked and the people were wary to provide a quote to use.

I have pushed the deadline back for getting the site up at least three times now. Seriously, I need at least one more testimonial for the site to look "right" due to the way my web guy designed it. But I'm about to launch with one missing...it will look weird, but I'm at my wit's end.

Any tips for the future as to how to get testimonials, in a timely manner, from people who won't flake?

Norma Holt · 09-24-2008, 05:13 PM

No, sorry. I don't know that testimonials have ever induced me to buy a book. I look at the author, the subject and the experience.

kenj · 09-24-2008, 06:34 PM

I would rather launch a product with fewer testimonials than wait for these people to turn up.

Your personality and presentation is worth as much as testimonials.

I sell a product from a sales page with only 2 testimonials. they are short and authentic. But it is my story that sells the ebook.

I would just press the button and run with it as you are

09-24-2008, 05:11 PM	#1
BeyondThePen Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: , , USA. Posts: 14 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Questions re: testimonials Okay...call me naive. I wrote a series of ebooks. And I had a handful of people volunteer (yes, volunteer) to read them and then provide a testimonial for the website. Each of these people had 2 weeks, maybe more, to read the books. And yet several have completely flaked. I know it's a numbers game...with a lot of things in life. And getting testimonials seem to be one of them. I'll toot my own horn and say the ebooks are easy to read and great material overall. Heck, I'm a professional writer and I was writing about something I have first-hand experience with. So it's not like the ebooks sucked and the people were wary to provide a quote to use. I have pushed the deadline back for getting the site up at least three times now. Seriously, I need at least one more testimonial for the site to look "right" due to the way my web guy designed it. But I'm about to launch with one missing...it will look weird, but I'm at my wit's end. Any tips for the future as to how to get testimonials, in a timely manner, from people who won't flake?
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Norma Holt Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canberra , Australia. Posts: 2,132 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 54 Thanked 96 Times in 67 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Questions re: testimonials No, sorry. I don't know that testimonials have ever induced me to buy a book. I look at the author, the subject and the experience.
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kenj Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 134 Thanked 234 Times in 171 Posts	Re: Questions re: testimonials I would rather launch a product with fewer testimonials than wait for these people to turn up. Your personality and presentation is worth as much as testimonials. I sell a product from a sales page with only 2 testimonials. they are short and authentic. But it is my story that sells the ebook. I would just press the button and run with it as you are
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