Sent to you
That in person message, on your website
Some of the best testimonials a business has were never public. They can be — with the one step that makes it honest.
How
Ask the person, in writing
Something somebody said to you. Write it down as they said it, put their name on it, and ask them to confirm it. It was written to you, not to the world, so the request comes first — one line is enough, and the answer is almost always yes.
Add it with the source set to “In person”
The words as they were written, the person's name, and a screengrab if you have one. The source is shown beside it on every page it appears on afterwards.
Record what they said back
Their reply is the permission. Keep it — the consent field travels with the testimonial and comes out in your export.
Publish it wherever it belongs
In a widget, on a wall, as an image for a post. Where they allowed it, and nowhere else.
This is the one where the temptation to improve the sentence is strongest. Do not. Send them what you wrote down and let them correct it — then it is theirs.
What will not happen to it
The same list is on every page of this site.
- The words will not be edited. Not tidied, not shortened, not improved — by you, by us, or by a model.
- The source will not be dropped: every published copy says it came from In person.
- It will not be shown anywhere its permission does not cover.
- It will not be fetched for you automatically — you are the one who decides it may be republished.
Then put it on your page
One script tag, wherever your site is built.
Other sent to yous
Bring your In person reviews across
With the source attached, read for risk, and published only where their permission reaches.
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