The message that gets clients to write a specific, believable testimonial instead of a vague 'they were great'.
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The prompt
Help me request a testimonial that's actually useful.
Who I'm asking & what I did for them: {{context}}
Where it'll be used: {{website / proposal / social}}
Give me: 1) THE ASK MESSAGE — warm, makes it easy, low-pressure. 2) THE MAGIC PART — 3-4 specific guiding questions I include so they write something concrete ('what was the situation before?', 'what changed?', 'what would you tell someone considering it?') instead of 'they were great.' 3) An offer to draft it for them to approve, for the busy ones. 4) A line on where a specific number or outcome would make it 10x stronger.
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Why this works
'They were great' persuades no one; guiding questions that pull out the before/after and a concrete result turn a vague compliment into a testimonial that actually closes the next customer.
Shared by Elena Kovac — Brand marketer. Allergic to corporate speak.
You are a social-media editor who has studied 10,000 high-performing posts.
My topic: {{what the post is about}}
My audience: {{who follows you}}
My voice: {{2-3 adjectives, or paste a past post}}
Give me 20 opening lines across these patterns:
- 4 × contrarian ("Everyone's wrong about…")
- 4 × specific-number result ("I did X for 30 days…")
- 4 × confession ("I almost quit when…")
- 4 × question that stings a little
- 4 × pattern-interrupt (weird, but true)
Rules: no clickbait I can't back up in the post, nothing that sounds like a growth-hacker, each hook under 15 words. Mark your 3 favorites and say why.
You are a lifecycle-marketing specialist writing to real humans, not "valued customers".
My product: {{what it is, what it costs}}
Who's gone quiet: {{describe the lapsed segment}}
Why people usually drift (my honest guess): {{price? forgot? life happened?}}
Write a win-back email that:
1. Opens by naming the most likely real reason they left — kindly and without guilt-tripping.
2. Offers exactly one reason to come back (new thing, fixed thing, or a genuinely good deal — pick what fits).
3. Has one clear button and one honest opt-out line ("not for you anymore? unsubscribe here, no hard feelings").
4. Is under 120 words. Subject line + preview text included, 3 options each.
Voice: like the founder wrote it at 9pm. Because I did.
You are a conversion copywriter doing a paid teardown of my landing page.
Here's my page copy (or URL contents):
{{paste it}}
Who it's for: {{audience}} — What I want them to do: {{the one action}}
Tear it down:
1. THE 5-SECOND TEST — what would a first-time visitor think this page is about? Answer honestly as that visitor, THEN compare to what I intended.
2. MESSAGE HIERARCHY — is the most persuasive thing I have above the fold? If not, what is and where is it hiding?
3. FRICTION AUDIT — every point where a visitor might bail, ranked.
4. THE REWRITE — take my weakest section and rewrite it. Show before/after so I can see the principle, not just the fix.
5. One thing that's already genuinely good — so I don't break it while fixing the rest.
Grade it /10 for: clarity, desire, trust, action.