Do you ask your customers for testimonials?
When you work with customers, it’s sometimes difficult to gauge their true feelings about the working relationship they had with you when a project has come to an end, which is why asking for testimonials is so important (though a little daunting too, we know!). Testimonials are useful for several reasons - the most important is that they help you develop an understanding of how your customers feel about the products and services you offer; they can also provide a great insight into what customers really like, and perhaps also what they felt could have been improved when working with you, which can prove incredibly valuable as you develop new relationships with new customers.
Testimonials are also useful when it comes to marketing your own business. It’s easy to create content on your website or social media channels that says, “Work with me, I’m great!”, but many customers like to hear feedback from trusted external sources to build up a picture of what working with you is actually like. Testimonials represent feedback from people just like your potential customers, helping them more effectively imagine themselves in the position of one your many happy customers, and considering the benefits that they too could experience if they worked with you.
At strategic points in a support contract, and also whenever a project comes to an end here at CC Professional, I gently reach out to customers and ask if they’d be happy to provide a testimonial for me. Since we first started in 2010, we’ve received some wonderful feedback from our customers about the impact that we have had, and I wanted to share a few of them with you, to highlight the range of responses we’ve received:
"I am very pleased with CCP's services. The quality of work is top-notch, and they managed to pick up on every nuance while proofreading. I really appreciate the attention to detail, corrections, and suggestions. What really makes you special is flexibility and a friendly environment. I will definitely recommend you to my circle." - Sonal Jain, Private Client
"CC Professional have been exemplary in providing us with excellent business support. We have been supported in a few different areas and on every occasion we have been incredibly impressed with the calibre of everyone we have worked with. I could not recommend Clare and her team more highly." - David Bliss, Brunel Harper Ltd.
"I would 100% recommend CC Professional to anyone struggling with their business admin, I feel SO much better about mine now! I am also hoping to use some of the other services on offer like email marketing and website assistance. Dedicated, friendly and professional, I couldn't ask for any more.“ - Misha Rosenthall, Rosenthall & Co Ltd.
“I had been looking for a professional service to help with my social media advertising for a number of months but could not find anything that I felt completely comfortable with. I was introduced to Clare at CC Professional Business Support by a colleague, who has used Clare’s services for a number of years. I cannot express enough how impressed I have been with the service that has been provided, It goes beyond professional! Clare really listened to what I was looking and aiming for and provided her expert advice to help take my business to another level… I am extremely satisfied with the work Clare and her team provide and would not have any hesitation in recommending them." – Rachel Nicolson, Younger U Aesthetics.
If you don’t already ask for testimonials in your business, why not start asking clients as part of your offboarding process? Remember, not every business will be happy leaving feedback, and not every customer will be happy having their name attributed publicly to a testimonial, so be sure to ask gently and to ensure that you have the customer’s explicit permission to use the content for your marketing material.
When you work with customers, it’s sometimes difficult to gauge their true feelings about the working relationship they had with you when a project has come to an end, which is why asking for testimonials is so important (though a little daunting too, we know!). Testimonials are useful for several reasons - the most important is that they help you develop an understanding of how your customers feel about the products and services you offer; they can also provide a great insight into what customers really like, and perhaps also what they felt could have been improved when working with you, which can prove incredibly valuable as you develop new relationships with new customers.
Testimonials are also useful when it comes to marketing your own business. It’s easy to create content on your website or social media channels that says, “Work with me, I’m great!”, but many customers like to hear feedback from trusted external sources to build up a picture of what working with you is actually like. Testimonials represent feedback from people just like your potential customers, helping them more effectively imagine themselves in the position of one your many happy customers, and considering the benefits that they too could experience if they worked with you.
At strategic points in a support contract, and also whenever a project comes to an end here at CC Professional, I gently reach out to customers and ask if they’d be happy to provide a testimonial for me. Since we first started in 2010, we’ve received some wonderful feedback from our customers about the impact that we have had, and I wanted to share a few of them with you, to highlight the range of responses we’ve received:
"I am very pleased with CCP's services. The quality of work is top-notch, and they managed to pick up on every nuance while proofreading. I really appreciate the attention to detail, corrections, and suggestions. What really makes you special is flexibility and a friendly environment. I will definitely recommend you to my circle." - Sonal Jain, Private Client
"CC Professional have been exemplary in providing us with excellent business support. We have been supported in a few different areas and on every occasion we have been incredibly impressed with the calibre of everyone we have worked with. I could not recommend Clare and her team more highly." - David Bliss, Brunel Harper Ltd.
"I would 100% recommend CC Professional to anyone struggling with their business admin, I feel SO much better about mine now! I am also hoping to use some of the other services on offer like email marketing and website assistance. Dedicated, friendly and professional, I couldn't ask for any more.“ - Misha Rosenthall, Rosenthall & Co Ltd.
“I had been looking for a professional service to help with my social media advertising for a number of months but could not find anything that I felt completely comfortable with. I was introduced to Clare at CC Professional Business Support by a colleague, who has used Clare’s services for a number of years. I cannot express enough how impressed I have been with the service that has been provided, It goes beyond professional! Clare really listened to what I was looking and aiming for and provided her expert advice to help take my business to another level… I am extremely satisfied with the work Clare and her team provide and would not have any hesitation in recommending them." – Rachel Nicolson, Younger U Aesthetics.
If you don’t already ask for testimonials in your business, why not start asking clients as part of your offboarding process? Remember, not every business will be happy leaving feedback, and not every customer will be happy having their name attributed publicly to a testimonial, so be sure to ask gently and to ensure that you have the customer’s explicit permission to use the content for your marketing material.
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