Give Testimonials

That's right! Give testimonials freely.

Why?

Besides helping out someone else (which is usually a good thing to do), they

• provide free advertising (give name and company; maybe slip in your benefits, too)
• showcase your communication skills or accessibility
• demonstrate that you acknowledge other people's good work (making them more likely to want to work with you)
• help separate you; not everyone is willing to take time to do this

Idea: Testimonial Source

This will be a quick one today, but someone gave me an idea worth mentioning.

Every business has different phases to it--including real estate. You can get a testimonial from people different phases.

For instance, you could get a testimonial from your

• Real Estate Agent
• Contractor
• Lawyer
• Mortgage Officer
• Hard Money Lender

Any of these people can vouch for your professionalism, your ability to pay them on time, your willingness to make things easy for them, etc.

Testimonials: Don't Need to be Perfect: Just Go Get 'em

I know that I don't need to tell anyone that it's always a good idea to get other people saying good things about you. It's also stating the obvious that it helps when we can document these good words about us.

So, why do we all know this, but we still use don't really get them? (I'm included in the guilty party here.)

This post is to honor someone who does a great job with this. Plus, I want to shed some light how easy it could be.

Must all testimonials be IN WRITING? I think you know the answer to that, but here are a couple of examples from a couple of people in a company called The Best Michigan (TBM) Homes (owned by Saravanan Peelamedu and Ron Ristovski) at www.TheBestMIHomes.com.

From a home buyer:



From an outside investor to this company:



How long do you think THESE took to make? No, they're not high-production quality, but the important part is that they have proof from other people that they do a good job.

Basically, if you've done something good for someone, and you know they appreciate it, why wouldn't they want to help you help other people the way you helped them? Just ask for them. Don't be shy!