Comments on: Writing Ethics 1: Fake Testimonials http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:37:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-47944 Lillie Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:42:27 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/#comment-47944 Kumar, You are right. Negative feedback travels far and wide, and fake positive "feedback" can't compete with that. Kumar,

You are right. Negative feedback travels far and wide, and fake positive “feedback” can’t compete with that.

]]> By: Kumar@Creative Writing Jobs http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-47943 Kumar@Creative Writing Jobs Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:25:10 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/#comment-47943 How long can somebody survive on fake testimonials? I have often seen quite a few people using this on their website, probably to attract more customers, but eventually, every customer who uses a product will have a viewpoint about it. It is immaterial if the company publishes their negative experience or, not, because their feedback will travel through everything - forums, blogs, newspapers etc. and the faked positive testimonial will be of no use. .-= Kumar@Creative Writing Jobs´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.creativewritingjobs.org/creative-writing-jobs-%E2%80%93-how-to-get-one/">Creative Writing Jobs – How to Get one?</a> =-. How long can somebody survive on fake testimonials?
I have often seen quite a few people using this on their website, probably to attract more customers, but eventually, every customer who uses a product will have a viewpoint about it. It is immaterial if the company publishes their negative experience or, not, because their feedback will travel through everything – forums, blogs, newspapers etc. and the faked positive testimonial will be of no use.
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]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-36194 Lillie Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:20:05 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/#comment-36194 Jean, Good suggestion. As long as people are ethically trying and reviewing the product (rather than just writing a positive review for payment), it doesn't matter whether the person actually purchased the item. It's not buying the product that makes the testimonial legitimate—it's using and evaluating the product. Jean,

Good suggestion. As long as people are ethically trying and reviewing the product (rather than just writing a positive review for payment), it doesn’t matter whether the person actually purchased the item. It’s not buying the product that makes the testimonial legitimate—it’s using and evaluating the product.

]]> By: Jean@ZineGuru Website Marketing http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-36187 Jean@ZineGuru Website Marketing Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:07:23 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/#comment-36187 Nice post. A good way to start getting testimonials for a new product or website is to ask experts to do a review. It's better to get real testimonials even though it's not from your own customers yet. Once you get some customers emailing you and saying how great your product is, ask them if they can write a nice testimonial. Most will do. Nice post. A good way to start getting testimonials for a new product or website is to ask experts to do a review. It’s better to get real testimonials even though it’s not from your own customers yet. Once you get some customers emailing you and saying how great your product is, ask them if they can write a nice testimonial. Most will do.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-33848 Lillie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:20:46 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2007/07/23/writing-ethics-1-fake-testimonials/#comment-33848 Amy, I imagine most people who use or even consider fake testimonials are either new in business and thus don't have customers to get real testimonials from or people who can't get testimonials because their customers aren't satisfied. Amy,

I imagine most people who use or even consider fake testimonials are either new in business and thus don’t have customers to get real testimonials from or people who can’t get testimonials because their customers aren’t satisfied.

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