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November 2010 Newsletter

Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Martin Jarvis in Newsletter Archive

200 Members, 450 testimonials and growing!

Since our last newsletter at the beginning of October things have moved on a pace for us. We now have a steady stream of new members arriving daily, and plenty of new testimonials getting added and verified. We have also launched our regular hints and tips service, and we’re pleased to see so many members following the advice to make the most of their membership.

As you can see from the headline we broke through the 200 members barrier during the month and are well on the way to achieving 400 members in our first year.

Are Verified Testimonials really more credible than normal ones?

We have always thought they were – that’s why we built the site, but we thought we should check what people really think.

During the past few months we have been asking your testimonial givers to tell us what they think. A few days after you ask a customer to verify a testimonial we send them an email thanking them for helping you out (and reminding them to verify your testimonial if they haven’t done so) and we also ask them to tell us what they think of the service. One of the questions we ask them is…

“Are verified testimonials more credible than normal testimonials?”

67% of respondents said ‘Yes’, 23% said they weren’t sure, and only 10% said that they didn’t think verified testimonials were more credible. So we know we’re on the right track – and so should you!

Member Focus : Kenneth Tan of Infocus-Group adds over 100 testimonials

Kenneth joined Vouchforthis in early October and has been active in getting his existing portfolio of testimonials onto the site. In fact, Kenneth has already added more testimonials than anyone else. InFocus Group are based in Singapore and provide market research participants to companies in a wide variety of sectors.

We’re really pleased to see Kenneth approach Vouchforthis with an enthusiastic and methodical manner, adding many, many testimonials, nudging his testimonial givers after a week or so if they have not responded, and then displaying a selected number of the testimonials on his site. Kenneth adds new testimonials on a regular basis too. Great use of the site Kenneth – thank you!

A different member is profiled in our newsletter every month. We’re always looking out for those of you who use Vouchforthis a lot, or who use it in an innovative way.

Tip : Let us know which websites you are displaying your Vouchforthis testimonials on and we will add you to our members directory, giving you increased profile and the possibility of additional traffic to your website.

Remember : If you don’t use vouchforthis (and don’t tell us how you use it) we cannot feature you here. So get adding those testimonials, build those widgets, and start deploying them around the web, and maybe you will be featured next month!

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Until next time…

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Tags: InFocus, testimonial