{"id":9,"date":"2011-12-06T03:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watt-media.com\/b\/?p=9"},"modified":"2015-10-23T12:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:54:09","slug":"client-testimonials-are-great-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/client-testimonials-are-great-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Client Testimonials are Great for SEO!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s sometimes difficult to come up with quality content for an existing website, and a really effective way which has multiple benefits is asking for client testimonials. There are several reasons why this is such a great, creative way to add content to your site:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Testimonials will usually have many quality key words in them, since the client is often complimenting you on a particular product or service you provide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Asking for a testimonial puts you in contact with a client, which is always beneficial; any \u201ctouch points\u201d with a client are important ways to build on your business relationship.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Having a client write a testimonial will remind them why they are happy with your services or products, making repeat business more likely.<\/p>\n<p>Having a tough time getting testimonials from your customers? Here\u2019s an effective way to get a lot more \u2013 write the testimonials for them! This also ensures that they say what you want. When asking for a testimonial, you can say something like, \u201cI know you\u2019re busy and so I wrote this testimonial for our website that I was hoping I can attribute to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From an SEO perspective, this allows you to customize the testimonial exactly the way you\u2019d like, to include certain key words. Also, any time a client compliments you on the phone or in person, ask them if you can put that in writing and add it as a testimonial on your website.<\/p>\n<p>Like all effective SEO, if it\u2019s genuine, it will benefit your website. Get testimonials! It\u2019s a great way to get in touch with your clients, remind them why they like you, and will add some great content to your website!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s sometimes difficult to come up with quality content for an existing website, and a really effective way which has multiple benefits is asking for client testimonials. There are several reasons why this is such a great, creative way to add content to your site: &#8211; Testimonials will usually have many quality key words in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-search-engine-optimization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}