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How to tag testimonials - Everything you need to know

Jun 15, 2023

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When you receive a customer testimonial, tagging it is critical. This guarantees that when you later need them, they’re easy to find and use. But what types of tags should you add and why? In this simple guide, we'll walk you through it 🏷️

Why should I tag testimonials?

Tagging testimonials can help you later in two ways:

  1. For use in a testimonial tool like Senja: Group testimonials by tag to quickly find and turn them into a Wall of Love, widget, or image in Senja.

  2. For discovery: Group testimonials by tag for discovery.

You can use tags to group common themes like formats, copy, or objections. These are an interpretation of the testimonial and therefore may not be easily found by searching for keywords.

To stay on top of things, it’s essential you tag a testimonial when you receive it. Your future self will thank you.

What are the common ways I can tag?

how to tag testimonials - visual infographic

Testimonial for [product/service]

What: Is it for my course, consultancy services, or books?

Why: If you collect testimonials for multiple products or services, tagging your testimonials based on the product the testimonial is for can make it really easy to find it again.

Example tag: Course, Consultancy, Lead magnet

Testimonial format

What: Is it a video, text, or social media testimonial?

Why: Easily find testimonials by their format to use where you need.

Example tags: Format - Text, Format - Social

Objection addressed

What: What sales objection did this testimonial address? For example, price, setup speed, or security.

Why: When a sales lead has a question, answer it with one or more customer testimonials.

Example tag: Objection - Price

Feature mentioned

What: What feature or product experience does this testimonial mention?

Why: Use feature-focused testimonials wherever you talk about that feature including landing pages and upgrade pages

Example tag: Feature - CSV Import, Feature - Analytics

Policy talked about

What: What policy does this testimonial talk about?

Why: If a sales lead asks about a policy, you can detail it, and share a relevant testimonial too.

Example tag: Policy - GDPR

Testimonial copy

What: What copy style does this testimonial use?

Why: You might have a preference for a testimonial that focuses on outcomes, or which details switching from another provider. Tag them.

Example tags: Copy - before and after, Copy - switched from

Customer + Company

Additionally, you may want to tag the testimonial with details of the customer and company type, although you may have already collected and indexed this information.

This seems like hard work 😅

Adding tags might seem like hard work, but Senja makes it super easy to do it. We want to empower you to use the right testimonial at the right time, and tagging is the key to doing that.

When you receive a customer testimonial, tagging it is critical. This guarantees that when you later need them, they’re easy to find and use. But what types of tags should you add and why? In this simple guide, we'll walk you through it 🏷️

Why should I tag testimonials?

Tagging testimonials can help you later in two ways:

  1. For use in a testimonial tool like Senja: Group testimonials by tag to quickly find and turn them into a Wall of Love, widget, or image in Senja.

  2. For discovery: Group testimonials by tag for discovery.

You can use tags to group common themes like formats, copy, or objections. These are an interpretation of the testimonial and therefore may not be easily found by searching for keywords.

To stay on top of things, it’s essential you tag a testimonial when you receive it. Your future self will thank you.

What are the common ways I can tag?

how to tag testimonials - visual infographic

Testimonial for [product/service]

What: Is it for my course, consultancy services, or books?

Why: If you collect testimonials for multiple products or services, tagging your testimonials based on the product the testimonial is for can make it really easy to find it again.

Example tag: Course, Consultancy, Lead magnet

Testimonial format

What: Is it a video, text, or social media testimonial?

Why: Easily find testimonials by their format to use where you need.

Example tags: Format - Text, Format - Social

Objection addressed

What: What sales objection did this testimonial address? For example, price, setup speed, or security.

Why: When a sales lead has a question, answer it with one or more customer testimonials.

Example tag: Objection - Price

Feature mentioned

What: What feature or product experience does this testimonial mention?

Why: Use feature-focused testimonials wherever you talk about that feature including landing pages and upgrade pages

Example tag: Feature - CSV Import, Feature - Analytics

Policy talked about

What: What policy does this testimonial talk about?

Why: If a sales lead asks about a policy, you can detail it, and share a relevant testimonial too.

Example tag: Policy - GDPR

Testimonial copy

What: What copy style does this testimonial use?

Why: You might have a preference for a testimonial that focuses on outcomes, or which details switching from another provider. Tag them.

Example tags: Copy - before and after, Copy - switched from

Customer + Company

Additionally, you may want to tag the testimonial with details of the customer and company type, although you may have already collected and indexed this information.

This seems like hard work 😅

Adding tags might seem like hard work, but Senja makes it super easy to do it. We want to empower you to use the right testimonial at the right time, and tagging is the key to doing that.

When you receive a customer testimonial, tagging it is critical. This guarantees that when you later need them, they’re easy to find and use. But what types of tags should you add and why? In this simple guide, we'll walk you through it 🏷️

Why should I tag testimonials?

Tagging testimonials can help you later in two ways:

  1. For use in a testimonial tool like Senja: Group testimonials by tag to quickly find and turn them into a Wall of Love, widget, or image in Senja.

  2. For discovery: Group testimonials by tag for discovery.

You can use tags to group common themes like formats, copy, or objections. These are an interpretation of the testimonial and therefore may not be easily found by searching for keywords.

To stay on top of things, it’s essential you tag a testimonial when you receive it. Your future self will thank you.

What are the common ways I can tag?

how to tag testimonials - visual infographic

Testimonial for [product/service]

What: Is it for my course, consultancy services, or books?

Why: If you collect testimonials for multiple products or services, tagging your testimonials based on the product the testimonial is for can make it really easy to find it again.

Example tag: Course, Consultancy, Lead magnet

Testimonial format

What: Is it a video, text, or social media testimonial?

Why: Easily find testimonials by their format to use where you need.

Example tags: Format - Text, Format - Social

Objection addressed

What: What sales objection did this testimonial address? For example, price, setup speed, or security.

Why: When a sales lead has a question, answer it with one or more customer testimonials.

Example tag: Objection - Price

Feature mentioned

What: What feature or product experience does this testimonial mention?

Why: Use feature-focused testimonials wherever you talk about that feature including landing pages and upgrade pages

Example tag: Feature - CSV Import, Feature - Analytics

Policy talked about

What: What policy does this testimonial talk about?

Why: If a sales lead asks about a policy, you can detail it, and share a relevant testimonial too.

Example tag: Policy - GDPR

Testimonial copy

What: What copy style does this testimonial use?

Why: You might have a preference for a testimonial that focuses on outcomes, or which details switching from another provider. Tag them.

Example tags: Copy - before and after, Copy - switched from

Customer + Company

Additionally, you may want to tag the testimonial with details of the customer and company type, although you may have already collected and indexed this information.

This seems like hard work 😅

Adding tags might seem like hard work, but Senja makes it super easy to do it. We want to empower you to use the right testimonial at the right time, and tagging is the key to doing that.

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The faster, easier way to collect testimonials

Jump in today and see how easy it is to collect testimonials with Senja.

Testimonials Made Easy

The faster, easier way to collect testimonials

Jump in today and see how easy it is to collect testimonials with Senja.