{"id":84086,"date":"2017-03-25T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T04:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/?p=84086"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T09:18:42","slug":"use-testimonial-as-part-of-inbound-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/use-testimonial-as-part-of-inbound-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Testimonial As A Part Of Inbound Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When customers visit your website for the first time or click the links through email, what do you think are the most important elements they look for? Sensible paths of action? Visually attractive calls-to-action? An authoritative \u2018About Us\u2019 page? All of these things are important. These elements need to work together in a pleasant manner to create a website or an email, that, on the whole, makes sense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every visitor has their own different reason for checking out the site or email, their own sensibility for preferences and their own particular location that classifies the buying journey. For one visitor, the color scheme might be enough to cause the impact. For another, the content written might cause the impact. Across all these different possibilities, there are certain constants which are named as X-Factors of the website or emails.<br \/>\nThese X-Factors are elements of the site or emails which are of potential importance which can confirm a sale from visitor from any background or place. One of the most interesting Web design X-Factors is \u201cTestimonial\u201d Section.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-what-is-a-testimonial\"><\/span>1. What is a Testimonial?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.1.<\/strong> Testimonials are written or recorded statements that support your credibility and level of expertise. They also strengthen your reputation by expressing the trust that other people have in you and your business offerings. They are a wonderful tool that help in attracting a deeper interest from perspective clients and existing clients and will ultimately make you and your business increasingly more successful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.2.<\/strong> Testimonials help humanize your brand by adding physical confirmation of your selling points. All the strategies that you have put up to sell your product or service need some support from real-life examples which Testimonials provide. Effects will be greater once these testimonials are strategically placed and are visually engaging.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"l31dnbtie1\" class=\" wp-image-84115 aligncenter\" width=\"407\" height=\"229\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-220x124.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-889x500.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-595x335.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/l31dnbtie1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-why-are-testimonials-important\"><\/span>2. Why are Testimonials Important?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.1.<\/strong> When it comes to businesses ( large or small ), the success of the business mostly depend on Word Of Mouth. Testimonials are formal forms of expression that support this concept. They are extremely powerful tools when it come to strengthening your brand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.2.<\/strong> Testimonials play a very important role in success of business. Testimonials received from loyal customers play a very critical part on the relationship-building journey which is followed with credibility and expertise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.3.<\/strong> Testimonials help in creating the trust factor required for success in any business as you know, people will not do business with you if they don\u2019t trust you and find you to be credible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"course-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\"> Accelerate Your <strong>Career or Business Growth!<\/strong> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-title\"> Learn & Leverage Digital Marketing <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"enrollBtn\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"amp-btn\" href=\"#gform_wrapper_286\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-how-to-use-testimonial-effectively\"><\/span>3. How to use Testimonial effectively?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s always a good idea to position your marketing strategies in a way that sells an experience, as opposed to just a product. This is nothing new. It\u2019s why hair-oil commercials have 1% to do with the oil in the bottle and 99% to do with the long and shiny hair of some beautiful artist. When it comes to digital marketing, you can apply this same concept (with much more quality than the typical over-the-top hair-oil commercial). For a lot of your site\u2019s visitors, this idea alone can be the difference between a sale and a bounce.<br \/>\nAs long as your past customers have had positive experiences with your brand, testimonials are pretty hard to mess up, but here are some ways to take them from good to great:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.1. Image:<\/strong> Always remember, the key is to sell an experience. Its all the more attractive if the customer can visualize an experience than just read about it. Websites that have imageless testimonials are wasting their space because the immediate reaction of a visitor will be \u2018 Who has written this?\u2019 or \u2018Was the product very useful ?\u2019. If a visitor can see the person, it becomes easier for the visitor to imagine them using your product and getting genuine value from it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.2. Video:<\/strong> Another most important way is to use Video. Video testimonials are even more effective for visualizing the experience you are selling. Anyone can add a photo and make up a quote to testify their product\u2019s effectiveness ( not that you will engage in such practice). With a video, you can see the real-life customer explaining thoroughly and convincingly about the goodness of the product. This will make the visitor sure that there is something different and good about the experience you are selling them or atleast that you are selling them in a sincere way. And, as always, A\/B Testing can help alleviate the bulk of the decision-making work in this area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.3. Page Placement:<\/strong> Whether you decide to go with an image or video ( avoid the plain texts at all costs), placing your testimonials in a functionally sensible location will play a role in their effectiveness. \u2018Functionally sensible\u2019 relies heavily on the type of relationship your audience has with your product. If many of your visitors are still in need of a basic understanding of what you do by the time they get to your homepage, the testimonials shouldn\u2019t be the first thing they see. They need to know what, exactly, your past customers are gushing over before they get a sense for whether that gushing is convincing or not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"course-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\"> Accelerate Your <strong>Career or Business Growth!<\/strong> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-title\"> Learn & Leverage Digital Marketing <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"enrollBtn\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"amp-btn\" href=\"#gform_wrapper_286\"> Join Free Live Orientation Session <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If using video, then it\u2019s not typically necessary for the thumbnail image to be the width of the full page, as they\u2019ll have the option to enlarge it once they start playing it.<br \/>\nIn terms of the actual geographic placement, there\u2019s a lot of flexibility. If your home page is scrollable, the block of space that comes immediately after your \u201cmain\u201d block is typically the most functionally sound. Once what you are offering is highlighted and explained (to whatever degree you think necessary for your audience) testimonials are a great immediate follow-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another option is to give the testimonials their own page, typically linked-to from the main navigation. Giving them their own page has its merits as well. If your site menu is well-designed and attractively labeled, that link will be more of a billboard for your testimonials than anything else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.4. Tone:<\/strong> Tone is important in all things related to your brand. Testimonials are no different. The key to successful \u2018testimonials\u2019 section is to make the content human.<br \/>\nLet the person write their own testimonial. Let them feel comfortable knowing that you want their genuine thoughts about their customer experience. If it was a negative one, take that as a customer engagement opportunity and find out what could have been better. If it was positive, they\u2019ll come off as such in what they say and how they say it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-300x113.png\" alt=\"AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg\" class=\"wp-image-84117 aligncenter\" width=\"478\" height=\"180\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-150x57.png 150w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-600x227.png 600w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-220x83.png 220w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-595x225.png 595w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1-480x181.png 480w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAlYAAAAJGI3ZjMyODgwLWM1NTctNDI0ZS05NGJmLThlNjYwMzZlYjA3Zg-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-when-to-use-testimonials\"><\/span>4. When to use testimonials?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Collecting and displaying testimonials at the right time in a customer\u2019s sales journey will ensure that you\u2019re using your social proof in the most effective way. Aligning these processes with your current inbound marketing strategy will help you figure out what flow works best for your unique audience. When and where does your company collect and display customer testimonials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.1. Collect<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Collect a testimonial as soon as a sale is closed.<br \/>\n\u2022 Add a testimonial collection link to your email marketing drips.<br \/>\n\u2022 Collect testimonials in person during a final meeting.<br \/>\n\u2022 Attend a trade show or professional event and collect customer experience testimonials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.2. Display<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Show current testimonials in your email marketing drips.<br \/>\n\u2022 Add testimonials to unique pages on your website that align with the content on that page.<br \/>\n\u2022 Segment your testimonials to hit different target audiences through blog content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Testimonials.jpg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonials.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84118 aligncenter\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Testimonials.jpg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Testimonials.jpg-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Testimonials.jpg-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.digitalvidya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Testimonials.jpg.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-conclusion\"><\/span>5. Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Credibility is essential to the success of your business. Strategic and intelligent use of testimonials can go a long way in promoting your business. The more online visibility and stronger reputation you have and continue to maintain, the stronger your business will grow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Photo Credits:<\/strong> locallogy.com ,\u00a0study.com , media.licdn.com, \u00a0cdn.business2community.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When customers visit your website for the first time or click the links through email, what do you think are the most important elements they look for? Sensible paths of action? Visually attractive calls-to-action? An authoritative \u2018About Us\u2019 page? All of these things are important. 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