3 tried-and-tested ways to get great testimonials

Ask any marketer, and they’ll tell you at length how powerful a good testimonial can be for your business. But getting testimonials is not always easy. Asking a customer to email you a quote often results in a short and artificial recommendation which falls flat in the ears of your customer.

So how do you get good testimonials? I’ve tried a number of different ways and I've posted about my favourite three on LinkedIn here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-tried-and-tested-ways-get-great-testimonials-ros-conkie

What are your favourite ways of getting good testimonials? Do you have any particularly good questions you like to ask that illicit a testimonial-worthy answer? Let me know in the comments below.