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Why your testimonials sound like marketing copy (and that might not be a good thing)
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Hi Reader, Have you ever watched a client testimonial video that felt . . . rehearsed? Or maybe less-than-authentic? Even if the client is telling the truth, it somehow sounds like they are just reading the company's "About" page out loud. “Their process was seamless. The team was synergistic. They really drove ROI.” This happens because most founders inadvertently build an echo chamber. When we ask clients for a testimonial, they subconsciously (or maybe even consciously) feed us back the lines we want to hear. But your prospects don't want to hear your marketing copy parroted back to them. They want to hear the mess. They want to hear what the client was struggling with at 2:00 AM the night before they hired you. They want the raw, unfiltered relief of what it felt like when you finally solved the problem. And they want it in the language and nuance of those clients. When you stop feeding lines to your clients and start asking the right questions, you break the echo chamber. You capture the messy, emotional, human reality of why people actually buy from you. The real story. We did some of this in the last Extraordinary Client Workshop (another coming up April 22), and we do it on shoots every week. We ask real questions, clients answer in their real voices, and we capture the stories that actually close deals. Rooted in Insight. Crafted for Traction. - Neil |
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