I have been a supporter of Appnitro Machform since the day I found their website. Their application makes things so simple, especially for a designer with little .php experience like myself. Their support, even after years of purchase is unrivaled in my 20+ years of online experience and I cannot recommend them too highly.
M achform is one of the best things that I ever did for my website. It organizes everything beautifully and makes it really easy to keep track of emails, or order forms. For only paying a one time fee you get more than just the software. I had a few questions through the installation process and Appnitro was able to get back to me with in 1 days time or less (even on weekends). I would recommend this software to anyone!
I’ve been using MF for about 4 years… You guys have provided us with a remarkable product and it has made things much easier and efficient for us all to gather information from our clients and customers in a highly elegant and customizable way. Besides that, you have patiently dealt with countless customers of your own with all our issues and demands and have delivered on maintaining your product/standing behind it. Your customer service is stellar and you have always been open to feedback, suggestions, criticisms and feature requests. Wow, you guys are truly set apart form other providers out there and we all have something to learn from you. Your work is truly inspiring. So,... if you haven’t heard it enough, I’ll say it for the rest of us who are too busy to say it to themselves: thank you!
If I were on top, I’d vote you guys for small web-based company of the year, maybe of the decade!!
Functional, affordable, simple web form software with really, really good support. Love what these guys are doing.
I am impressed with MachForm. The software creates great forms, very fast. I would recommend it over Wufoo or other online builders. I was especially impressed by how quickly tech support fixed an html email autoresponder for me. They responded within the same day, allowing me to finish my project on time, with a VERY satisfied client.
J ust want to pop a Feel-Good note out there to say I am MIGHTY impressed with this software! This is now my official go-to software for forms. Worth every penny.
We use it for registration, and then use the forward URL feature to send it to an ECWID -based (Which I also highly recommend) store for payment. Everything you could want was in there (and that you could want to customize) and making forms was too easy.
Good stuff. Kudos!
We use an eclectic bunch of software to run our business, which is entirely online. Our key criteria are the software delivers 0) secure operation on Linux, 1) a professional experience for our clients, 2) integration with our other software, 3) integration with our design, 4) easy administration, 5) responsive support, and 6 ) business metrics and reporting. Appnitro’s MachForm rates highly on all of these criteria, and we’ve been pleased enough with its performance to recommend MachForm to others in search of excellent web form submission and results collection software.
S tunning forms in an instant! – It is a truly great product and produces amazing forms with so little effort. It really is as good as it looks – better in fact!
It's SOOOOO super easy!
A clean interface and an easy way to setup web-based forms for your web site.
M achform has been one of the best tools for our website. For something so simple, you get so much in return. Highly Recommended.
Y our script deserves a '10′ in my book. You created a fantastic script that does everything we wanted without the bloatware.
T he fitting was very easy. With Machform we could almost complete twice as many requests.
O verall, I found Machform (Yuniar) very conscientious and professional. This online form is the most advanced, easy to set up and simple I ever seen on the market so far.
You won’t be sorry when you buy this software! Highly recommended!
I have tried many, many form scripts, some I bought and some were free.
So I just wanted to let you know I love this software, it is VERY easy to use, works like a charm and is without a doubt the BEST form software I have come across!
I t is the perfect balance between ease of use and flexibility. We have been able to customize the input fields as much as necessary, and so far have come across nothing that was limiting. Your use of ajax makes form management a no-brainer, and the ability to export form entries makes client management an absolute
pleasure. Honestly, I couldn’t tell you a single thing about MachForm that we haven’t liked. Personally, my favorite feature is how tightly you’ve integrated drag-and-drop and form management. From one technology to another, this is a truly solid application.
Dincer Terzioglu, Account Manager
The Design Shed
I just wanted to thank you all for the quick turn around time. You people are people with integrity.
Once again, thank you very much.
Ted Siuta
L OVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! Thank you so much for creating such a wonderful tool. I was struggling to come up with a decent looking form and after spending just minutes with your product, I have a form that is incredibly useful, professional looking, and better than anything I could have done on my own. Thank you so much!
Erika Phillips
I purchased your form app and I am really impressed about how powerful and easy it is. I have over 5 years of PHP / MySQL development in web TV broadcasting and in this business time is money!
This app is worth the last cent I spent!
I take great pleasure in writing this note of appreciation. Our long search for a quality developer of forms who can visualize our dreams and make it come true, came to an end in the form of Appnitro – MachForm.
We would like to place on record our profound gratitude & sincere thanks for the excellent service rendered to us during the pre-sales and after sales support with the highest sense of Professionalism. The Conceptual skills, step by step systematic approach, attention to details & precise documentation, meticulous planning & implementation, all handed out with kindness are the Hallmark of their achievement & Key objectives towards total customer satisfaction.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Yuniar and every member of his esteemed Organization.
T he support on this product has been EXCEPTIONAL! Really.
Note to anyone considering this product: Take comfort in that fact that this product works great and that this support group and forum will help you get up and running in no time. Really. So rest assured that this is a good purchase.
Arron Diaz
First rate product! Purchased, downloaded, installed, created my first extensive form, entered data and exported to excel in 36 minutes flat. And I’m no expert at installing software on a web server!
In less than another hour, I have the form integrated into my Joomla site. Hooray!
Kim Ball
M achForm was the best purchase I’ve ever made for my website. It is extremely simple to use, and makes keeping in contact with my customers quick and easy – and in times like these where social media is king, that’s exceptionally important to staying in business. However, the very best thing about MachForm has been the customer service. I had some issues early on trying to do something with my forms that wasn’t normally done. Instead of telling me, ‘Sorry, we don’t do that,’ they actually took the time to write code in order to solve my problem! Then they walked me through the step-by-step process of installing it into the backend of my website!! I have never had such a wonderful, personal, friendly, FANTASTIC customer service experience. MachForm will have my business – and that of my website owning friends and family – for life.
Nicole Wright, Owner
Facebook for Your Business
W ow-if you are interested in software that allows you to create a variety of forms for on-line use, than Machform is your answer. I’m swamped with new business start up but had to take 2 minutes to give a shout out to Yuniar’s incredible tech support! Any time i have encountered a problem with being able to use my forms he has been right on top of not just diagnosing my problem but also fixing settings so the problem was fixed with incredible speed! I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found this diamond in the ruff!
M achform has exceeded our expectations from day one. The very first time I used it we got over 4000 responses which led to a number of new coaching relationships. We wondered what had taken us so long to start using surveys. Best of all, Machform is easy to use, feature rich and–importantly–makes it easy for our customers to respond.
Scot McKay
X&Y Communications
I can’t tell you how happy I am with the MachForm product. We loved V. 2 and V. 3 is even better.
We’re a web design firm and often need to get scripts on our clients’ behalf. Believe me, there is a lot of poor quality product out there. That’s why it’s so great to have discovered MachForm. It's well built, easy to use, powerful, and easy to customize. It’s very clear to me that your programmers take a lot of pride in what they do. It shows!
Keep up the great work!
M achForm is hands down the best online form software! Trust me, I have researched a lot of other form services online until I came across MachForm. Most services host the contact data on their servers which I do not very much approve of and also paying monthly subscription is not my thing. Finally I found MachForm and it has been a sheer blessing. Its robust, powerful, feature rich, elegant and most importantly very user-friendly and simple to use. It has an auto-responder system which I simply love and you can customize the message to look very professional. Thank you guys for such a fabulous product and at a price that’s not only affordable but completely justified for the quality of service you get in return! I wholeheartedly endorse and recommend MachForm
I wanted to say how above and beyond the support team at at Appnitro software has gone to help get my Machform forms on my website up and running. As a photographer, a booking form is very important, and while I can take a great photo, I am not great at the computer end of things. The team at Appnitro lead me through every step and even helped fix my personal mistakes in order to get it running perfectly the way I needed it.
My highest recommendation and appreciation for their services!
I f you’re like me, it’s often you grow somewhat disgruntled with software after discovering missing functionality, ineffective support and poor implementation.
To my delight, MachForm is nothing of the sort but continues to surprise and impress long after you license it!
MachForm is simply in a class of its own!
T o all at MachForm and Appnitro Software,
I spent some 20 years in the IT Consulting field and in that time I have discovered that it is rare to find a group that produce a fantastic product such as MachForms, and also back it up with such OUTSTANDING support!
Your product has literally cut down our Form Design costs by DAYS PER EACH FORM that we have to design, and implementation into our site could not be simpler! Your guidance and assistance is also OUTSTANDING as our forms have several unique features that go way beyond the requirements of a static form and MachForms easily meets those challenges!
Thank You for making our lives here so much easier with such a great product!
I just wanted to thank you for such a quick reply with a working solution to my issue that is now resolved. I am very grateful.
I’ve got to say, I am so pleased that I chose Mackform over all of the other similar products on the market because yours is definitely the best product that I have seen and I did a lot of research before I made my final purchase. No other form building product offers so many standard features at an affordable one-time fee like Machform. Your closest competitor, Wufoo, charges almost 6 times as much for a comparative product and even that’s only for one year.
Once again, thank you for an incredible product.
Y our programmers and staff and nothing less than genius. I am serious when I say that. MachForm is not just a great program, it’s a work of art. We bought several licenses for various projects.
Thanks for the affordable price, great support and awesome forums.
I’ve been into computers since the days of the VIC20 and the mastery of MachForm just blows me away. A warm thank you for all your work, I wish you continued success and great holidays.
It is a simple looking but useful testimonial plugin for your website. You can show unlimited testimonials without headache. It can also be inserted anywhere in the template file|
OT Testimonial is a highly-customized Wordpress plugin without fee. It helps you to show testimonials from customers, readers and other users. Normally, people want to know users’ opinions before making a decision. That’s why testimonials should be shown on your wordpress website. OT Testimonial is built on the base of Bootstrap Carousel, and be easily to turn into action on wordpress theme which are developed on bootstrap 3.
It is a simple looking but useful testimonial widget for your website. They are able to show unlimited testimonials using widget setting, add on more testimonials that you want on the wordpress website with diversified layouts, such as:
Testimonials slider with 1 column
+ Testimonials slider with 2 columns
+ Testimonials slider with thumbnails
+ Testimonials with grid layout
+ Testimonials with list layout
Note: OT Testimonial is compatible with most of all the browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE9+), Chrome, Opera, Safari etc.
Features
You have various ways to display the testimonials from customers or clients: in a slider form or with grid and list layout. Just one click and will have a beautiful testimonial section that fits your website's design.
OT Testimonial Widget comes with responsive design. You can view the module display perfectly on any mobile device as well as desktop. For mobile edition, the module is very lightweight due to our high optimization.
It's dead-easy to use OT Testimonial Widget.
You will find it simply to create your own slider style suitable to your template without knowledge of PHP, HTML, or CSS. The slider preview in admin panel will let preview it live before publishing.
In just a few steps, you will be collecting and publishing your testimonials or reviews. Beginners and pros alike will appreciate the wealth of flexible features refined over 4 years from user feedback and requests.
SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO GET STARTED WITH STRONG TESTIMONIALS
Premium features only available in Strong Testimonials — Paid version:
- Import reviews from: Facebook, Google My Business, Yelp, Zomato and WooCommerce
- With our dedicated 3rd party importer, you can now automate importing, managing and displaying of your testimonials.
- Custom Testimonial Collection Form Fields
- The perfect example is with a car review website. Using the Custom Fields extension, you can gather detailed testimonials that include information such as car manufacturer, model, and horsepower.
- Multiple Testimonial Collection Forms
- You can now create multiple forms to collect testimonials from your website visitors and customers. You can easily create new forms to gather testimonials for different types of products on your website. There is no limit to the number of forms you can create or use.
- Schema.org Markup
- The extension that will help you get **** in your Google search results for your business.
- Advanced Views
- _For example, one view to display your testimonials, another view for the testimonial submission form, another view for a slideshow widget._
- Properties
- You are not a fan of calling your product reviews testimonials? Then use this extension to replace the default text (testimonials) with another one such as reviews or ratings.
- Captcha anti-spam form Protection
- Protection for spam is something all websites need
- PRO templates
- Beautifully designed & pixel perfect templates, ready to use with to showcase your testimonials. Don’t loose clients with a poor design.
- Priority email support
- Support and updates for 12 months.
Styles
This plugin provides a few designs with only basic style options for background color and font color. Everything else will be inherited from your theme.
Some templates have light & dark versions and other options. If you want to customize things like fonts, margins and borders, you will need custom CSS.
Testimonial Submission Form
This plugin provides one form with custom fields. Customize the form by adding or removing fields and changing properties like the order, label, and placeholder.
Send custom notification emails to multiple admins.
Submit the form via Ajax for use with plugins like Popup Maker.
Displaying Testimonials
Everything happens in a View. Instead of learning multiple shortcodes with dozens of options, a View contains all the options in a simple, intuitive editor that no other testimonial plugin has.
Create unlimited views. For example, one view for a form, another for a static grid, another for a slideshow, and so on.
Display a view using a shortcode or the widget.
A variety of templates are included that work well in most themes.
For ultimate control and seamless integration, copy any template to your theme and customize it.
The template function will add a view to your custom theme templates:
Privacy and GDPR
By default, this plugin:
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3rd party or external service disclaimer
The plugin connects to our website through an API call (https://strongtestimonials/wp-json/mt/v1/get-all-extensions) in order to request a list of available extensions.
IT DOES NOT SEND ANY DATA NOR DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE REQUEST
Our privacy policy can be found at this URL https://strongtestimonials.com/privacy-policy/
Screenshots
Installation
- Go to Plugins > Add New.
- Search for "strong testimonials".
- Click "Install Now".
- Download the zip file.
- Upload the zip file via Plugins > Add New > Upload.
Activate the plugin. Look for “Testimonials” in the admin menu.
FAQ
What are the shortcodes?— To display your testimonials as a list or a slideshow, or to display the form. The first step is to create a view which manages all the options in an easy-to-use (some call it fun!) editor.
— To display the number of testimonials you have. For example:
Read some of our testimonials!
— To display the average rating of all your testimonials. Includes stars!
Can I show more than one testimonial in the slider (i.e. a carousel)?
Yes. you can show 1, 2 or 3 at a time and you can scroll 1, 2 or 3 at a time.
Can I add testimonials from YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? Can I change the fields on the form?
Yes. There is a custom fields editor to add or remove fields, change field details, and drag-and-drop to reorder them.
After the form has been submitted, can I redirect them to another page or display a custom message?
Can I set the status of the newly submitted testimonial?
Yes, either pending or published.
Can I reorder my testimonials by drag and drop?
Can I change the fields that appear below the testimonial?
Yes. In views, change these custom fields in a few clicks.
Can I display a large version of the featured image in a popup?
Yes. This requires a lightbox so if your theme does not include one, you will need a lightbox plugin.
Will it automatically use my existing testimonials?
No. If you already have testimonials in another plugin or theme, you will have to re-enter them. Why? Because every theme and plugin stores data differently.
Reviews
Sorry but immediately uninstalled due to no captcha in the plugin by default. Anything with a form should have captcha. You can get it but you have to pay for it. I can't even test if I want to buy pro without captcha. Going to a different plugin.
I’m not a programmer and guilty of clicking on something wondering what it will do only to have contact support for help to undo! I can’t remember a time I have received such thorough, complete and understandable support. I would recommend this plugin just to experience the support if you need them, but on its own, the plugin is great too. I have three areas on the home page I attend to that I am able to have clients read testimonials. One of my favorites is the slider at the bottom of the page that gives a sampling of testimonials and offers the option to read more just by clicking the link. Very-very impressive!! THANK YOU SUPPORT FOR BEING THERE FOR ME!!
War eines der besten Plugins für Feedbacks. Leider kam irgendwer auf die bescheuerte Idee sämtliche Funktionen, Einstellungen etc. in die Pro-Variante zu packen. Dem Autor spenden oder zusätzliche Funktionen kaufen ist kein Problem. Aber absolut grundlegende Dinge aus einer Basis-Version zu nehmen ist...sorry... unter aller Sau. Und tschüss. 🙂
I’ll tell you how to rotate customer reviews of your services and products on your website using the free Testimonials Widget plugin and more.
Why do you need reviews on the site?
A selling website without customer reviews now looks a little strange. It's no secret that reviews often help make the final decision when purchasing goods or services and increase trust. There are many studies on this topic that prove the positive impact of reviews on purchasing decisions. Colleagues from Hidden Marketing recently shared specific numbers.
As you can see, giving up such a powerful sales tool is not very wise, to put it mildly.
How reviews work
Visually, the review system is a formatted list, often in the form of a dynamic carousel or slider, which includes the text of the review itself, some media content, information about the author, sometimes some contacts, a rating of a product or service.
Technically, the work of the review system looks like this: after purchasing a product or service, the buyer is asked to leave a review, he fills out a certain form, sends it to the seller, who moderates it: approves the publication, sends it for revision, or prohibits it. After approval, the review appears on the product/service page and in the general list of reviews.
In practice, such fully automated systems are rarely needed. Large Russian sellers integrate with Yandex Market reviews, foreign sellers with Google Reviews, etc. For an average website, a simple feedback form, manual processing and publication of reviews is often sufficient.
Reviews in WordPress
Development usually comes down to registering a new post type (CPT) with some logical name testimonial, layout of the list, review page and linking it to goods or services.
Let me remind you that registration of new post types in WordPress is carried out in the file functions.php in the following way:
// Register CPT add_action("init", "create_post_type"); function create_post_type() ( register_post_type("testimonial", array("public" => true, "has_archive" => true, "exclude_from_search" => false, "publicly_queryable" => true, "labels" => array("name " => "Reviews", "singular_name" => "Reviews", "menu_name" => "Reviews", "all_items" => "All reviews"), "supports" => array("title", "editor" , "thumbnail", "custom-fields", "page-attributes"),)); )
You can create a simple review system on WordPress without programming or plugins.
To do this, just create a page or post, name it “Reviews” and allow commenting. The simplest and fully automated review system is ready!
In premium WordPress themes, review systems are often integrated into the theme.
For example, in one of my favorite Bridge themes, review rotation is implemented as a slider.
Other commercial plugins.
These days, users are knowledgeable and have access to a variety of information like never before, so simply unfoundedly claiming that you are the best at something is not enough. However, thanks to reviews and recommendations from living clients or famous people, you may not have to do anything to convince the audience of your uniqueness. Because others will do it for you.
Reviews demonstrate an independent opinion that you have done a good job. They can convince new buyers or calm nervous clients, setting you apart from your competitors. Using reviews and comments will turn your PR stunt into an independent, trusted recommendation for your product or service.
In this article, we'll explore the psychology of reviews, describe how to choose quality reviews to publish on your site, and look at several useful plugins available for this purpose.
Why are reviews so effective?
Reviews can be a very powerful tool because of a psychological phenomenon known as “social proof.”
Social proof is a psychological phenomenon where a group of people, unanimously supporting something or someone, can influence the opinions of others and force them to accept their position. This works because an individual believes that a group of people has the experience and knowledge that he lacks and, as a result, he adjusts his views and actions to their views in order to become part of this group.
However, such influence does not necessarily come from a large group of people. A good friend, a satisfied client, an expert or a celebrity can influence your opinion. When you are able to demonstrate genuine evidence that people love your product, website or brand, you can use this as leverage to influence others.
If you have interested and grateful users and customers, they will like you, repost you, leave comments on your website and social networks, thereby creating social approval for your business. And if this cycle continues, you will gain invaluable favor with people.
Reviews are a fantastically effective way to create social proof by showcasing your happy users and customers. However, remember that this is where you need to put your best foot forward, as mediocre reviews won't do you any good.
Creating quality reviews
It is very important that the reviews that are left about you on the website or on social networks are authentic. If visitors find out that you're “boosting likes” or paying a celebrity to endorse your product, social approval can quickly evaporate. A positive attitude will turn into a negative one: a large group of people will appear who will quickly spread unwanted information, which will work against you.
Nowadays it is very easy to recognize fake comments or likes. Therefore, it is imperative that all reviews are of high quality.
Example of a review about the WPMU Dev community
We present to you several key factors, which will positively influence your feedback. The more you use these tips, the better:
- Choose reviews of 2-5 sentences. Short reviews such as “This is great” do not inspire confidence. If the user can verbally express his opinion about your merits, this demonstrates his experience and inspires trust. However, remember that you may lose visitors' attention if your reviews are longer than 5 sentences.
- Please include your full name, website, location with your reviews.. If reviews are anonymous, this raises suspicions about their authenticity. You do not have to sign each review with all of the listed parameters, but it is necessary that they help verify its veracity.
- If you have testimonials from renowned experts or celebrities, bring them to the forefront. Typically, these reviews are more credible and have more impact.
- Attach a photo of the author. This will add another layer of approval and verification of the review's veracity.
- There must be evidence that the product provides "transformation". Many marketers believe that you are not selling a product, but a “transformation.” In other words, your product or service solves your customers' problems.
- Highlight meaningful words or phrases. If you use highlighting or bold font for phrases that best describe the quality of your work, visitors will pay attention to them and will be focused on the main idea.
- Use video instead of text. Using these basic principles, contact your most satisfied customers and interview them to answer questions you've prepared in advance. The video doesn't have to look like an Oscar contender, but it does have to be of good quality. The more professional it is, the better impression you will make on potential clients.
A way to quickly grow your fan base
It is very important to thank those users and visitors who have already contributed to the creation of “social approval” that has helped your business.
How explains music producer Derek Sivers, this is important because you need to show your fans that they are on equal terms with you, especially when they provide a service and help take your brand to new heights.
The most effective way to achieve this goal is to thank the visitor in a funny, conversational way. This will show them that you view him as an equal. The implication is that you care about them as you would your family or friends.
The second step is to send them a thank you gift with no strings attached. It doesn't have to be a huge gift, but something necessary and useful.
The trick is not to give them a gift if they share a post, leave a comment or like, but rather, give them a gift as a surprise after the action has already been completed.
A surprise gift will leave a pleasant feeling and create a strong connection between the customer and your brand.
The reason is that when they receive a surprise gift for something they already do, they will be much more happy than you can imagine! Therefore, it will be difficult for them to resist admiring you.
All you have to do to understand how useful this can be is imagine yourself the last time you visited a website that left a strong impression on you. Now imagine hundreds or even thousands of people who share the same feeling, but about your business. That is why this step will be important to further create “social approval” and increase the flow of visitors.
8 Effective Plugins to Showcase Your Reviews
These are just a few ways to showcase your best reviews.
Here are some of the most popular free plugins for writing reviews on your WordPress site:
1. Jetpack
Jetpack has many powerful, useful features, but what you may not know is that the plugin also has the ability to display reviews using custom post types.
Once you have registered or logged into your WordPress.com account and installed and activated the plugin, go to Settings > Writing > Your Custom Content Types and check the Enable Testimonials checkbox for this site. Finally, click the Save button at the bottom of the page.
The Testimonials tab will appear in the admin console. Select Add New from the submenu. You'll be able to create reviews in the same WYSIWYG editor you use to write posts and pages.
Once you're done, your reviews will appear on your Portfolio page, Testimonials page, or any other page if you're using shortcodes.
This is an easy way to add reviews to your site. While this plugin doesn't have a ton of options or settings, it works well and uses your theme's styles for seamless integration.
2. Easy Testimonials
Easy Testimonials is a customizable widget that allows you to display a star rating system and allows your customers to fill out a frontend review form.
It installs as easily as most other plugins and displays reviews via a shortcode or by selecting the pages you'd like them to appear on.
3. Kudobuzz
Kudobuzz is a special plugin because it allows you to not only display user reviews, but also collects reviews from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social networks, blogs or mail.
It also has a feature that rewards customers who leave you reviews with points. It's still a beta version, but it works great and is easy to install.
4.Testimonial
The Testimonial plugin has many settings and works well on both desktop browsers and mobile devices.
It is also unique in that it allows you to add social media links, including icons, to further validate the authenticity of your review. There is a scrolling function that is also easy to install and use.
5. Testimonials Widget
Don't be fooled by the name: you can display reviews as a widget, but also with the help of shortcodes, which are located in the sidebar of your site in unlimited quantities.
There is an animation function, video support, a star rating system, and a frontend form for users.
This plugin is very easy to install, but requires at least PHP version 5.3, at least WordPress 3.6 and jQuery 1.10, although this should not be an obstacle for most users.
6. Handsome Apps Testimonials
This is a new plugin that is quickly gaining traction among users, and it's easy to see why after seeing the great reviews it generates.
It provides many settings, uses shortcodes to display praise from your customers. The new version contains animation features, further customization using CSS, a frontend form, a star rating system and a sidebar widget.
The installation process is very simple. This is a plugin that will only get better over time.
7. Strong Testimonials
This plugin creates attractive testimonials to place on your sidebar or individual pages. Strong Testimonials also provides a user-friendly form. It has many anti-spam features that are designed to protect you, including Captcha, Honeypots and others.
This plugin is easy to install and use, as it features the same WordPress post editor we all know and love. You have the opportunity to review reviews before posting so you can be sure you're putting your best foot forward.
8. GC Testimonials
GC Testimonials helps you create effective reviews manually or through a frontend form. Also, you can receive an email notification when a client leaves a new review.
This plugin has a huge number of settings; reviews can be displayed on numbered pages or a carousel. You can display them on the sidebar using a widget or on any of the pages using a shortcode.
As an added bonus, it is very easy to install, just like most other plugins.
Building your audience from scratch
All the plugins listed above are great, but if you're wondering how to increase your audience for reviews, don't worry, we haven't forgotten about that.
The truth is, you don't need hundreds of users to get reviews. All you need is a few happy people. Even if you've just started your business, try reaching out to past clients or colleagues and asking them to write a few sentences about the work you've done for them.
It's even easier and more effective to check your mentions on Twitter and post some positive responses from customers or clients who wrote something nice.
If you can't find anything good, try again asking your past clients to jot down a few lines. You never know in advance what answer you might get. The same trick can be done for other social networks like Facebook, Google+ or even LinkedIn.
But even better, try creating a separate page that simply has a title, a description of the process for leaving a review, and a form to fill out with a few questions, including name, location, and a window for uploading photos (you can integrate the site with social networks so that these fields are filled out automatically ).
Just send your customers an email with a link and a short message. Once you have the information, compile all the answers into one short paragraph and post it as a review.
Another useful way to increase the credibility of your business is to place a small section on your website where all your mentions in magazines, websites, books will be displayed along with small headings and logos.
Conclusion
You should be all set to start using reviews on your website that will help build trust in your business and increase the number of customers.
How can adding reviews to your website impact your business? If you are against this feature, why? Be sure to share your experience with us in the comments below this post.
