Get More Testimonials From Your Buyers With One Prompt

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Real reviews sell products better than anything you can write about them. A lot of buyers are happy to give one, they just don’t want to stare at a blank box to do it.

This prompt from my toolbox writes the ask for you, with three easy questions they can answer just by hitting reply.

The filled prompt
Write an email asking my recent buyers for a short testimonial.

What they bought: a PLR bundle of 10 homestead articles, an ebook and an image prompt pack
Who they are: bloggers and email marketers in the homestead niche
When it goes out: 10 days after they buy
Incentive: none

Make it easy. Ask them to just hit reply, and give them 3 short questions to answer so they're not staring at a blank box: what they used it for, what was easiest about it, and who they'd recommend it to. Ask permission to share their answer with their first name only.

Give me 3 subject lines and an email under 175 words. Sound like a person saying thanks, not a company running a survey.

I ran it in Gemini for a homestead PLR bundle. It came back short and friendly, opened by checking in on how they’re using the articles, ebook and image prompts, and laid the three questions out as a numbered list. It even handled the privacy part cleanly:

“If you’re happy for me to share your answers with others in our niche, let me know. I’ll only use your first name to keep things private.”

Make It Yours!

Swap in your product, your buyers and your three questions.

The template
Write an email asking my recent buyers for a short testimonial.

What they bought: [YOUR PRODUCT]
Who they are: [YOUR BUYERS]
When it goes out: [HOW LONG AFTER THEY BUY]
Incentive: [A BONUS, A DISCOUNT, OR "none"]

Make it easy. Ask them to just hit reply, and give them 3 short questions to answer so they're not staring at a blank box: [YOUR 3 QUESTIONS]. Ask permission to share their answer with their first name only.

Give me 3 subject lines and an email under 175 words. Sound like a person saying thanks, not a company running a survey.

The Line You Should Not Touch!

“Ask permission to share their answer with their first name only.”

Leave that one alone. Asking first is the right thing to do, and buyers say more when they know their full name isn’t going on a sales page.

Full Disclosure

One of its subject lines was “(Help needed) A quick favor?”, which leans a little guilt-trippy for a thank-you email. Pick the friendlier ones.

Only use what people actually send you, word for word. A testimonial you polish into something they didn’t say isn’t a testimonial anymore. Once you’ve got a few, drop them into the page from the sales page prompt.

Need More Products To Review?

More products means more happy buyers to ask. That’s where my PLR shop comes in: done-for-you content you can put your name on and use as your own.

Browse the PLR Shop →

Go send the ask. Then try not to refresh your inbox every five minutes.

Shane Blevins

The Contentrepreneur

Shane is an entrepreneur with numerous companies in both the brick and mortar and tech space. He currently focuses heavily on helping other entrepreneurs grow their brands with content and courses. 

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