# Testimonial Video Brief and Questions (Free Prompt) · Octoclip > A free prompt for testimonial videos: ChatGPT or Claude writes the questions and talking points for an honest review a creator films after using your product. Source: https://octoclip.io/prompts/testimonial-video Updated: 2026-10-18 --- Prompt Briefs # Testimonial video brief that sounds honest. This prompt writes a brief for a testimonial video: **the questions to answer on camera, the moments to show and what to leave out**. The creator speaks in their own words, so the video sounds like a real review and not a read script. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=testimonial-video) - Free, no account needed - Works in any assistant - 5 parts to fill in Updated 18 Oct 2026 **01** The prompt ## Copy the prompt. Replace each highlighted part with a fact about your product, then send it. Testimonial video brief 5 parts to fill in ```text You are a UGC strategist. You plan testimonial videos where a creator reviews a product honestly after using it for a while. Write a brief for a testimonial video about my product. - Product name: [PRODUCT NAME] - How long the creator will use it before filming: [HOW LONG] - The main reason people choose it: [THE MAIN REASON] - A common doubt before people try it: [THE DOUBT] - Where the video will run: [TIKTOK, REELS OR SHORTS] Give me: 1. Five questions the creator answers on camera, in the order they should answer them. Start with the doubt, end with who they would recommend it to. 2. Three moments of real use to film while using it. 3. Three must-include points. 4. Guidance on tone: honest, specific, in their own words. A small downside is fine if it’s true. 5. What not to do: no reading from a script, no claims the creator can’t back up from their own use. Format: 9:16, 30 to 60 seconds, mostly talking to camera with cutaways of the product in use. Don’t invent features, numbers or results. If a fact is missing, write [ASK THE BRAND] instead of guessing. ``` Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or any other assistant. **02** Fill it in ## What to put in each part. Short and specific beats long. Leave a part out and the assistant asks or marks it, instead of guessing. - **[PRODUCT NAME]**: The name as people see it. **Headspace** - **[HOW LONG]**: Long enough to have an opinion. A week works for most apps. **One week** - **[THE MAIN REASON]**: Why your customers pick you, in their words if you have them. **Short guided sessions that fit into a busy day.** - **[THE DOUBT]**: What people say before they try it. **“I can’t sit still long enough to meditate.”** - **[TIKTOK, REELS OR SHORTS]**: Where the video runs first. **Instagram Reels** **03** Example output ## What you get back. The prompt filled in for Headspace, the meditation app, and the review brief it returned. Filled in with *Product* Headspace *Used for* one week *Doubt* can’t sit still *On* Reels Headspace **Testimonial brief · Headspace** Reels · 9:16 · 30 to 60 seconds Example output Questions to answer on camera 1. What did you think before you tried it? The doubt 2. When in the day did you use it, and for how long? 3. Which session did you come back to, and why? 4. What surprised you, good or bad? 5. Who would you tell to try it? Recommendation Moments to film while using it - – Starting a short session in the morning, phone propped up. - – The app on screen between meetings or on a commute. - – Choosing tonight’s sleep content in bed. Must-include points - Headspace on your own phone, in real use. - How long the sessions you used were. - Say “Headspace” once, out loud. Avoid Health or medical claims, reading from notes, anything you didn’t try yourself. The answer changes a little each time you run the prompt. Check it against your product before you post it. **04** On Octoclip ## Turn the brief into a job. Testimonials work best from creators who use the product first. Say how long in the brief and set the deadline to match. Where each part goes 1. **How long to use it** Brief and delivery date 2. **The five questions** Brief, as talking points 3. **Moments to film** Video angles 4. **Must-include points** Must-include points 1. Free **Post a job free.** Paste the result into the brief. Give each hook or angle to a different video. 2. You choose **Pick from who applies.** Creators apply to film it. Watch their videos and send an offer to the ones you like, at the price per video you set. 3. One revision **Review against your points.** Each must-include point is a check when the video comes in. A video that misses one gets a revision request that names it. [Post the result as a job, free](https://octoclip.io/signup/brand?src=prompt_library&utm_campaign=testimonial-video) [How Octoclip works](https://octoclip.io/#s-how) **Posting a job is free.** You’re charged only when a creator accepts. ## About this prompt **Written by Octoclip.** Published 18 Oct 2026, updated 18 Oct 2026. ### How we check it The prompt tells the assistant not to invent features, numbers or results. Octoclip wrote and checked the example output before it was published. FAQ ## This prompt, answered. What brands ask before they use it. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? Write to us and someone at Octoclip replies. [Write to us](mailto:support@octoclip.io) ### What should a testimonial video include? Who is speaking, what they doubted before, how they used the product, one specific result in their own words and who they would recommend it to. Show the product in real use between the talking parts. ### Should the creator follow a script? No. Give questions, not lines. Answers in the creator’s own words sound honest, and that is what makes a testimonial work. ### Is this prompt free? Yes. Copy it and use it as often as you like. You don’t need an Octoclip account. ### How long should the creator use the product first? Long enough to have a real opinion. For most apps a week is enough; for a product that takes time to show results, give longer and say so in the brief. **A person answers.** Can’t find your question? Write to us and someone at Octoclip replies. [Write to us](mailto:support@octoclip.io) Related prompts ## Prompts to use next. [All prompts](https://octoclip.io/prompts) [Briefs Creative brief template A brief creators can film from: the idea, the hooks, the shots and what to avoid. Open the prompt](https://octoclip.io/prompts/creative-brief-template) [Briefs Product video brief One feature shown on the creator’s own phone, step by step, in under 40 seconds. 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