Testimonial Videos

Testimonial Video Production

Your happiest customers, doing your selling.

Nobody believes what a business says about itself. They believe what your customers say about you. A testimonial video puts your best customer on camera, in their own words, telling the next one exactly why they should pick you.

★★★★★ Rated 5 stars on Google by 40+ clients

Businesses we’ve worked with

  • Amazon
  • Nestlé
  • Threesixty Architecture
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Econekt
  • Skyscanner

Don't just take our word for it

What our clients say

★★★★★
Steadyhand Productions are EXCEPTIONAL! Jack and Josh really helped us relax in front of camera.
Zoë Miller, All About The Move Zoë Miller All About The Move
★★★★★
The videos helped me stand out, build trust, and double my conversions.
Jack Charman, National Private Investigators Jack Charman National Private Investigators
★★★★★
They helped us craft a great story in a compelling way … an output that far exceeded our expectations.
Ross Marshall, Threesixty Architecture Ross Marshall Threesixty Architecture
★★★★★
Steadyhand leaped out with their strong B2B focus. Jack and Josh were amazing to work with.
Jim McCallum, B2B consultancy founder Jim McCallum B2B consultancy founder
★★★★★
The edit was one of the best I’d seen completed so quickly, and I had minimal amends to suggest.
Jade Griffiths, Amazon Jade Griffiths Amazon
★★★★★
Professional, straightforward, know their stuff … Very fair prices.
Simon Andrews, Fraunhofer Simon Andrews Fraunhofer
★★★★★
Nothing is too much hassle and they will go the extra mile every time.
Faith Bateman, West Partnership Faith Bateman West Partnership
★★★★★
The final videos were very high quality, especially given that none of us had done a project like this before and are rarely on camera!
Andy Norrie, Quarch Technology Andy Norrie Quarch Technology
★★★★★
Their content approach has helped generate consistent new revenue, enquiries and visibility.
Andrew Patrick, Round Thirteen Andrew Patrick Round Thirteen
★★★★★
We’re now onto our 4th project with Jack & Josh and hopefully many more to come.
Phil McTaggart, John Viola Academy Phil McTaggart John Viola Academy
★★★★★
Use them for all my agency clients and they are absolutely brilliant every time.
Calum Hart, From the Hart Digital Calum Hart From the Hart Digital
★★★★★
A brilliant, thoughtful, creative and super efficient team … quick to incorporate feedback.
Eugenie Teasley, Amazon Eugenie Teasley Amazon
★★★★★
A super last minute job, which was on a tight turnaround and they absolutely smashed it.
Robbie Gordon, Wonderfools Robbie Gordon Wonderfools
★★★★★
Really responsive, great infrastructure for providing feedback, excellent final product.
Rebecca Leary, Creative Scotland Rebecca Leary Creative Scotland
  • 40+ 5-Star Reviews
  • 100s Videos Produced
  • 7 Years Experience

Your customers say brilliant things. Nobody hears them.

Somewhere in your inbox is an email from a delighted customer that would win you ten more just like them. It gets read once, forwarded to the team, and buried. The same praise is said on calls, repeated at handovers, and typed into Google reviews that prospects skim in seconds, if they find them at all.

That’s the strange economics of word of mouth: the most persuasive thing about your business is something you can’t show anyone. Your website says you’re trusted and experienced. So does everyone else’s, and your prospects believe none of it.

A testimonial video fixes that. It catches your customer’s word on camera, where it can’t be skimmed, can’t be doubted, and doesn’t fade.

Let your customers do the selling

A testimonial video is one to two minutes of a real customer, on camera, saying what working with you was like and what it got them.

No presenter, no pitch. We interview your customer, they answer in their own words, and the edit does the rest. People believe people, and nothing sells your business like someone who’s already bought. We’ve filmed testimonials for whisky merchants, house builders, charities and research institutes. Watch a few:

Still Spirit — Cask Owner Testimonial A veteran cask trader who’s bought and sold thousands of casks tells fellow whisky investors why Still Spirit’s warehouse is “second to none”.
Econekt — Self-Build Client Testimonial Self-builders explain why they chose Econekt over every other supplier they looked at: the one decision every new prospect is weighing up.
SAMH — Partnership Testimonial A partner service describes what Scotland’s mental health charity brought to their project. Proof works for partnerships, not just sales.
Fraunhofer — Team Testimonial Fraunhofer’s own researchers on why they love the work: a testimonial aimed at future hires rather than customers.

More in our portfolio. Want the full story of a project instead, with the problem, the work and the result? That’s a case study video, and we make those too.

Why it works

Why testimonial videos win trust

Because the one thing you can’t say convincingly about yourself is that you’re worth choosing. Your customers can.

  • Feeling beats claims Buyers decide on trust, then justify with logic. Watching a real person vouch for you lands in a way no bullet-point list of benefits ever will.
  • “Someone like me” Feature the customer your ideal prospects resemble and the film answers the only question they really have: will this work for a business like ours?
  • Proof that can’t be faked Anyone can paste five stars and a first name onto a website. A named customer, on camera, with their face and reputation attached, is the one format of review nobody doubts.
  • One shoot, many uses The full film on your website, clips for LinkedIn and ads, the strongest thirty seconds in every proposal and sales call. One hour of filming works for years.

How we make a testimonial video

The person on camera is your customer, not an actor. So we’ve built the whole process around asking as little of them as possible.

01

Pick & ask

We help you choose which customers to ask: recent, genuinely happy, and as close as possible to the buyers you want more of. Then we make the ask easy to say yes to. We handle the scheduling, plan around their working day, and they never have to prepare a thing.

02

Filming

Interview-led, with no script and no teleprompter. We need about an hour of your customer’s time; the setup takes us longer, but we don’t need them for that. We ask the right questions and make people comfortable enough to answer honestly. That’s what makes the film feel real instead of staged.

03

Edit & delivery

We cut the conversation down to the one to two minutes that sell, add clips for social media, and deliver in around two weeks. Revisions are included, and the price we quote is the price you pay.

Who does the work

The person on the call is the person on the shoot.

Testimonial films are planned, directed and delivered by our own small team, led by Jack, our video strategist. No hand-offs, no account managers: the person who briefs you is the same person putting your customer at ease on camera.

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★★★★★ Rated 5 stars on Google by 40+ happy clients

Jack Hand, Video Strategist at Steadyhand Productions
Jack Hand Video Strategist

What a testimonial video costs

From £1,500 + VAT, fixed

Most testimonial videos sit at the simpler end of what we make: one location, one or two people on camera, a focused edit. That’s why the price starts lower than our case study films. It rises with extra locations, more contributors, or a bigger edit, and whatever the scope, the quote you get is the final price. No overruns, no surprise fees, revisions included.

Filming more than one testimonial in a day brings the per-video cost down, because you only pay for the extra editing: see our packages, or read the full breakdown of what video production costs.

Testimonial video FAQs

What is a testimonial video?

A short film, usually one to two minutes, of a real customer talking about their experience with your business: what they needed, why they chose you, and what the result was. It’s a video version of a review, with one big difference: you can see and hear the person, which makes it far harder to dismiss.

How much do video testimonials cost?

From £1,500 + VAT, fixed. The price depends on locations, how many people appear and the scope of the edit, and the quote you get is the final price: no surprise fees, revisions included. Filming several testimonials in one day brings the per-video cost down.

How do we get customers to agree to be filmed?

Happy customers say yes more often than you’d expect, especially when it costs them almost nothing. We help you pick who to ask, then handle all the organising: scheduling, location, planning around their day. Most people are quietly pleased to be asked.

What does our customer have to do on the day?

Turn up and have a conversation. There’s no script to memorise and no teleprompter; we interview them and they answer in their own words. We need about an hour of their time, and our job is to make them comfortable enough that the camera stops mattering.

What’s the difference between a testimonial video and a case study video?

A testimonial is your customer talking about you, direct to camera, in one to two minutes. A case study tells the fuller story of one project: the problem, the work and the result. If your buyers need to see how you work, choose a case study video. If they need to hear that you’re worth trusting, a testimonial does it faster.

Do you film outside Glasgow?

Yes. We’re based in Glasgow and film across Scotland and the North of England. Travel is priced into your fixed quote up front, not added on later.

Can we use clips for social media and ads?

Yes: one shoot gives you the full film plus short cuts for LinkedIn, email, ads and your website. Tell us where you’ll use it and we’ll deliver the right formats.

Your best customers would vouch for you. Get it on camera.

Every week without proof on your website is a week of prospects taking your word for it. Pick the customer whose story would win you ten more, and we’ll handle the rest, including the asking. Book a call and we’ll tell you honestly whether a testimonial video is the right fit.

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★★★★★ Rated 5 stars on Google by 40+ clients