LinkedIn Testimonial Examples: 30+ Samples for Clients, Services and Teams

LinkedIn testimonial examples work best when they name the relationship, the problem, one specific thing the person did and an honest endorsement, in two to four sentences. Below are more than 30 illustrative examples grouped by relationship, each with [placeholders] you replace with true details.

LinkedIn does not have a feature called "testimonials". People use the word for any praise they collect and show on LinkedIn: a recommendation on a profile, a review on a Service Page, a quote shared in a post, or proof pinned to the Featured section. This guide covers all four. If you only need formal profile recommendations, see our LinkedIn recommendation examples and how to write a LinkedIn recommendation.

Steps checked on October 28, 2026 against LinkedIn Help: Recommendations overview, Request a recommendation, Get reviews for your LinkedIn services, Featured section on your profile FAQs and Mention people in your posts.

LinkedIn testimonials at a glance

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What is a LinkedIn testimonial?

A LinkedIn testimonial is a short, first-person statement from someone who has worked with you, shown somewhere on LinkedIn where a future client or employer will see it. It answers the question a stranger has when they land on your profile: "What is it actually like to work with this person?"

The formal version is a recommendation. LinkedIn defines a recommendation as a commendation written by a LinkedIn member to recognize your work. A testimonial in the wider sense can also come from a client who is not your connection, appear as a star-rated review, or be a quote you share in your own post.

The difference matters for one practical reason: who controls the words. A recommendation or review is written by the other person on their account. A testimonial in your post is written by them but published by you, so it needs their permission.

Where testimonials can live on LinkedIn

Recommendations on your profile

You can request a recommendation from your connections. On desktop, open the connection's profile, click the More icon and select Request a recommendation, then fill in Relationship, Position at the time and an optional personal message. You can have only one open request per connection at a time, and your Recommendations section appears only after you give or receive at least one recommendation that is not hidden.

When a connection writes one, LinkedIn lets you accept it, dismiss it or ask for a revision. Once accepted it is visible to your network by default, and you can hide it later. This is the right home for manager and colleague testimonials.

Reviews on your Service Page

If you sell services as a freelancer or consultant, a LinkedIn Service Page can collect client reviews. On desktop you create one from your profile with Add profile section, then Add services.

According to LinkedIn's reviews help page, there are two ways to get reviews:

• Send review invitations. You can invite up to 20 past clients. In the Service Page admin view, scroll to Reviews, click Invite to review, choose a service category, click Next, select each client and click Invite.
• Mark a project as complete. This prompts the client to write a review without using one of your 20 invitations.

A few rules to know before you invite anyone:

• Reviews are not available for services offered on a Company Page.
• Invitations expire after six months. You can withdraw an invitation and the client is not notified, but not once three weeks have passed.
• You cannot edit or remove a published review. The client can edit the review text but not the star rating, and you can turn reviews on or off at any time.
• The client's review, name and profile photo are public, and reviews must follow LinkedIn's Professional Community Policies.
• With a Premium Business subscription, your ratings and most recent four- or five-star review appear in the Services Showcase on your profile.

Both you and the client can share a review as a post: in the Reviews section, click Post review next to it.

A testimonial quoted in a post

Any testimonial a client gave you by email, in a call or on another site can become a LinkedIn post, but only with their permission. You can mention the client by typing "@" and their name. They will get an email and app notification. Some members turn mentions off, and LinkedIn may limit mentions of people you are not connected with, so ask first whether they want to be named at all.

The Featured section

The Featured section sits directly above the Activity section of your profile. LinkedIn's Featured FAQs say you can feature posts you have authored, articles you have published on LinkedIn, and external media, documents and links. To pin a testimonial post, click the More icon at the top right of your post and add it to Featured. You could also feature a link to a case study page on your website. The section is only on personal profiles, not company Pages.

How to ask a client for a testimonial on LinkedIn

Many people will say yes. They hesitate because they do not know what to write, so make the ask specific and short.

1. Pick the moment. Ask soon after a clear milestone, while the details are fresh: a launch, a finished project, a hire that worked out.
2. Choose the format. A connection who worked with you closely suits a recommendation. A paying client suits a Service Page review or a quote you can share.
3. Point to two or three things. Name the project and the change you hope they will mention, so they are not facing a blank box.
4. Offer a draft only if they want one. Base it on what they already told you, and tell them to change anything.
5. Ask for permission separately. Say exactly where you would like to use their words and whether you will use their name, title and company.
6. Send the LinkedIn request after they agree. Then thank them, whatever they write.

A short testimonial request template

Hi [Name], I enjoyed working with you on [project]. I'm collecting a few short testimonials from clients and would value yours.

Would you be willing to write two to four sentences on what we worked on, what changed for [your team / you] afterward, and whether you'd recommend me to [type of client]? If it's easier, I can send a rough draft based on what you said in [meeting or email] for you to rewrite.

I'd like to use it [on my Service Page / in a LinkedIn post / in my Featured section]. I'll only do that with your OK, and I'm happy to leave off your name or company. No worries if now isn't a good time.

If they agree to a Service Page review, send the invitation from LinkedIn so it lands in your Reviews section. If they agree to a recommendation, send the request from their profile and paste a shorter version of the message into the optional note.

LinkedIn testimonial examples by relationship

Every example below is illustrative. The names, companies, timeframes and outcomes are placeholders, not real results. Replace each [bracket] with something true, and if you do not have a real outcome to name, describe the work instead. A testimonial with a made-up number is worse than one with no number.

Client testimonials for a freelancer or consultant

"We hired [Name] to [project] after [problem]. [She] spent the first week understanding how our team actually works before proposing anything, and the [deliverable] fit straight into our process. [Outcome the client confirmed]. I'd hire [her] again for any [type of project]."

"[Name] took a messy brief and turned it into a clear plan in [timeframe]. What I valued most was that [he] told us early which parts of our idea would not work. That honesty saved us [time / a wasted launch / a rebuild]."

"I've worked with several [role]s and [Name] is the first who made my job easier, not busier. Updates every [Friday], no chasing, and [deliverable] arrived on the date we agreed."

"[Name] helped us [goal] at [Company]. [They] asked the questions our own team had avoided, then wrote a [plan / report / roadmap] we still use every [week / quarter]. If you need someone who can [skill] and explain it to non-specialists, talk to [them]."

"We came to [Name] with [problem] and a tight budget. [She] scoped a smaller first phase so we could test before committing, which was exactly what we needed. [Outcome, if any]."

"Working with [Name] on [project] felt like adding a senior person to the team for [number] months. Clear thinking, fast replies, and work that needed very few changes."

Testimonials from a manager

"I managed [Name] for [time] at [Company]. [He] took over [responsibility] when it was in a bad state and, within [timeframe], [what changed]. [He] is the person I'd want in the room when a project starts going wrong."

"[Name] reported to me as a [role] for [time]. [She] consistently [specific behaviour, e.g. flagged risks before they became problems], and [she] trained [number] new hires on [process]. Any team would be lucky to have [her]."

"As [Name]'s manager, I saw [them] grow from [starting role] to leading [area]. The moment I remember is [specific situation], where [they] [what they did]. I'd hire [them] again without hesitation."

For more manager-to-report wording written for the profile Recommendations section, see our LinkedIn recommendation examples.

Testimonials from a colleague

"I worked alongside [Name] on [team / project] at [Company]. [She] is the person everyone went to when [type of problem] came up, and [she] always made time to explain the fix, not just apply it."

"[Name] and I shared [project] for [time]. [He] is generous with credit, careful with details and calm under deadline pressure. I'd happily work with [him] again."

"Every team needs someone like [Name]: [they] write the documentation nobody else wants to write, and that work saved the rest of us [hours / a lot of guesswork] on [project]."

Colleague recommendations by role are in our LinkedIn recommendation examples.

Client reviews for an agency or service provider

"[Agency] ran our [service] for [time]. Their team learned our product quickly and their reports explain what they changed and why, not just numbers. [Outcome the client confirmed]."

"We switched to [Agency] after a bad experience elsewhere. The difference was communication: one point of contact, a weekly update and a straight answer when something did not work."

"[Agency] delivered our [project] on the agreed date and within the agreed budget. When we changed scope halfway, they explained the trade-offs clearly before doing anything."

"Working with [Name] and the [Agency] team felt like an extension of our own. They pushed back when our brief was wrong, which is exactly why we kept working with them."

"[Agency] took over [service] from our in-house team. The handover was smooth and they documented everything, so we always know what is running and why."

Testimonials for a coach or mentor

"I worked with [Name] as my [career / leadership] coach for [time]. [She] helped me [specific change, e.g. prepare for my first manager role] with practical homework, not generic advice. I still use [her] [framework / question] every week."

"[Name] mentored me through [program / first year as a role]. [He] gave honest feedback on my [work], even when it was hard to hear, and always explained how to improve it."

"Before working with [Name], I [problem]. After [number] sessions I had [what changed, in your own words]. [She] listens closely and asks the question you have been avoiding."

"[Name] made time for me when [he] had no reason to. [His] advice on [topic] shaped how I approach [area] today. I recommend [him] to anyone starting out in [field]."

Short testimonial one-liners for posts

Short lines suit a quote graphic, the first line of a post or a caption on a document in your Featured section. They still need the client's permission and their real words.

1. "[Name] made [hard thing] feel simple."
2. "The first [role] who told us what not to do."
3. "Clear, fast and honest. We will work with [Name] again."
4. "[Name] understood our business in a week."
5. "Every deadline met, every question answered."
6. "We stopped guessing about [area] after working with [Name]."
7. "Exactly the help we needed, no more, no less."
8. "If you need [skill], call [Name] first."
9. "[Name] turned our [messy process] into a plan we follow."
10. "Calm, clear and on time, every time."

How to write a testimonial on LinkedIn for someone else

If someone asked you for a testimonial, keep it short and make it specific. A simple order works for almost any relationship:

1. Context: how you know them and for how long.
2. The problem or situation: what was going on when they helped.
3. One concrete thing they did: a decision, habit or moment, not a list of adjectives.
4. The result, only if you know it: in your own words, without numbers you cannot stand behind.
5. Endorsement: what you would hire, work with or recommend them for again.

Where you write it depends on what they asked for. For a connection's profile, you can recommend 1st-degree connections, and LinkedIn allows one recommendation per position, per member; our guide on how to write a LinkedIn recommendation walks through the steps. For a provider's Service Page, you can leave a review once they mark the project complete or send you an invitation.

How to turn a testimonial into a LinkedIn post

A testimonial on its own reads like an ad. Wrap it in the story of the work and it becomes a post people can learn from.

1. Get written permission, including whether you may use the client's name, title, company and photo.
2. Quote the exact words. Mark any cut with [...] and never change the meaning.
3. Lead with the problem, not the praise.
4. Explain two or three things you actually did.
5. Add one lesson or tip a reader can use without hiring you.
6. Mention the client only if they agreed to be named.
7. If the post works, feature it on your profile.

Example testimonial post (fictional)

This post is fictional, written for a made-up freelance [role]. Every bracket is a placeholder.

[Client company] came to me with one question: why do [problem]?

We spent the first two weeks on three things:

1. [What you did first]
2. [What you did second]
3. [What you did third]

Here is what [Client name], [role] at [Client company], wrote when we wrapped up (shared with permission):

"[Exact quote from the client]"

What I'd do differently next time: [honest lesson].

If your team is dealing with [problem], the first thing I'd check is [practical tip].

For more post structures, see our LinkedIn post templates, and for tagging rules, how to tag someone on LinkedIn.

Do's and don'ts for LinkedIn testimonials

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Two LinkedIn-specific points are worth remembering. A Service Page review cannot be edited or removed by you once it is published, so make sure the client is happy before you invite them. And a recommendation can be sent back for revision before you accept it, which is the polite fix for a typo or a wrong job title.

LinkedIn testimonial generator: getting a first draft

When a client says "happy to, can you draft something?", a blank page is the hard part. The free LinkedIn recommendation generator works as a testimonial generator: add the person and your relationship, note what stood out, pick a tone and get a draft. Send it to the client as a starting point, and let them rewrite it in their own words.

Collecting testimonials is half the job; the other half is posting about the work they describe. If you want help with that part, WriteHero drafts LinkedIn posts in your own voice from your real posts. For a wider plan, see LinkedIn for consultants and the LinkedIn profile guide for consultants.