This guest post was written by Sam Chapman, who hosts a website where you can
search Austin homes.  Sam has lived in the Austin-Lake Travis area since 1987.

Do you need testimonials for your real estate website?  If you do, you may already have some that you didn’t think about. 

Are you a member of LinkedIn?  In case you are not familiar with it, LinkedIn is a social networking site for business professionals.  If you are a member, you may have already had people recommend you. 

Many LinkedIn members ask for recommendations and some are just offered.  They are usually exchanged – I recommend you and you recommend me.  LinkedIn recommendations are usually very good because they usually come from people who have worked with you and who know you well enough to write intelligently and accurately.

You don’t need testimonials just from people you have helped buy or sell real estate.  Recommendations that you turn into testimonials on your real estate website can add a lot of depth about you, and can help people understand more about you on a little deeper level.  Here is one about me:

• “I first met Sam when he was hired as a Kinko’s store manager in San Antonio. Through the years I watched as his career progressed from Branch Manager to Regional Operations Manager to Kinko’s Partner. Sam is intelligent, resourceful and dedicated. He has tremendous integrity and whoever has the opportunity to utilize his services will not be disappointed.”     –September 25, 2007  Phil Schlageter, Board of Directors , Kinko’s, Inc.

See what I mean?  It doesn’t just have to be about real estate.