Use testimonials that are specific and credible. 1.

My favorite has to be the testimonials on the "new" product he is selling that are the same testimonials from some previous product.

Your testimonial carries weight with me and you say some great things about these guys.

Additional thoughts:Instead of making a single influence category, we break the system into different weighted categories to calculate an overall score that is simply on a 0-100 scale.This could take into account things like: a) votes, b) some average pertaining to the number of times/categories the user is deemed an expert in c) contributions to the site (inviting members, posting, participating, sharing) d) trailing time period activity level (eg 1 month), e) testimonials, f) negative factors (violating the rules, spam, times a user is flagged by other members or some other negative 'handicap')So, the most "influential" members would have a score closer to 100, while the least would be closer to zero.

Picture, quick Bio, a few BP Member testimonials maybe... links to some of their finer posts?

I'd much rather hear a testimonial from a customer here than just pick one off the internet.Much thanks,Jeff

Testimonials here, Google Reviews, our website should back that up as well!

just mentioning it.. many times on BP be it turn key or any other vendor selling ( especially guru expensive training courses) you would be amazed at how many people with less than 5 posts all of a sudden pop on with glowing testimonials.. 

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