Sherrill Church is a dynamic individual who is passionate about helping others to reach their ultimate dream of running a profitable and successful entertainment enterprise or home-based business. She consults with small business owners in a variety of creative industries who wish to build and grow a successful enterprise, like hers. Sherrill (formerly Leathem) is an International Published Author with her books: The Complete Book of Face Painting by Mimicks - Random House, UK and Fantastic Fun Face Painting - Sterling Press, USA. She has just launched the much-needed ‘Face Painting For Profit’ series, aimed at those wishing push the growth of their entertainment business onto the next level. For more information go to http://www.mimicks.co.uk/fp-forprofit.htm She is a well-known Face Painter and Children’s Entertainment expert with over 19 years in the industry and has many successful businesses to her name.
Testimonials, your influential social proof, will communicate the quality of you Face Painting or Entertainment service far better than you ever can. And what’s more – they’re FREE!
A customers testimonial will help you to convince people of the promises that you make about your Face Painting or Entertainment activities, and the words coming form others in the form of a testimonial will most certainly add value to your business.
So how do you accumulate authentic testimonials from your customers?
- Simple – You ask for one!
- Use a guest book (just like those you can buy for Weddings) to leave out on a table at your parties and events so that people can flick through and read what others have had to say about you, and then they can leave their own comments. Remember to also leave out a pen!
- After an event record a short video testimonial of a satisfied parent or a bunch of kids immediately after you have provided your service to them. Their excitement and enthusiasm will shine through. When recording or photographing children, be sure to ask the parent to complete an internet/photographic disclaimer.
- Send a personal thank you email to all of your customers after you have provided your service to them and your customer will no doubt reply back to your with some sort of comment, appraisal or review about your service which you can then use.
- Even if you are just starting out and have no customers yet, provide your Face Painting or Children’s Entertainment service for free to family and friends and capture the kind words of encouragement that they offer. These testimonials will start you off nicely.
So once you have got your influential social proof, where should you use it?
Everywhere you possible can. In your advertising, in your leaflets, on your website, within your sales literature, on your business card and even on your t-shirt!
In fact everywhere and anywhere that you know your prospective customer will be looking.
Your testimonials are a fantastic way to leverage your Face Painting or Children’s Entertainment business using the powerful written words of others.
So go for it, start collecting them today or retrieve those that you have stuffed away in a drawer somewhere, and use them everywhere you possibly can!
Serious about Face Painting and your Children’s Entertainment business? Then Sherrill Church is the one to follow with innovative angles on how to turn your pocket money existence into a full-time explosion. Check out her recent launch of 'Face Painting For Profit' - a step-by-step, home study guide, and the first chapter for you is FREE. Click here http://www.mimicks.co.uk/chapter-one.htm
Sherrill Church is an International Published Author (Random House and Sterling Press) and has a hot off the press, free report waiting for you: The Seven Wonders Of Your Business World. Grab yourself a copy today by clicking the link http://www.mimicks.co.uk/report-su.htm
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