Two testimonials slide from the buyer and the daily user

What is on the slide

Title and framing line

Two Sides of Payroll. The manager who signed with Quenby Payroll and the officer who runs the pay every fortnight.

Buyer

Quenby cost less than the old bureau and moved all 86 staff across in one pay cycle; award rules are checked before anything is paid. Corin Ashdale, Finance Manager, Tamberlin Bakehouse.

User

The fortnightly run used to take most of Tuesday; timesheets now arrive from the shop tablets, exceptions are checked and the run approved by ten. Marisol Beatty, Payroll Officer, Tamberlin Bakehouse.

When this is the right slide

Pick this slide when two people with different stakes at the same customer, such as the buyer and the daily user, each have a two sentence quote with a specific detail.

What to swap it for

Testimonial: Stacked Rail Three. Use the stacked rail of three when a third role, such as the auditor or the store manager, also needs a voice and each quote can drop to one sentence.

What this slide shows

The title reads Two Sides of Payroll, with the framing line The manager who signed with Quenby Payroll and the officer who runs the pay every fortnight. Two full width cards stack below it. The orange card holds the first quote in a bold serif over three lines: Quenby cost less than our old bureau and moved all 86 staff across in one pay cycle. Award rules are checked before anything is paid, which is what our auditors asked for. It is signed Corin Ashdale, Finance Manager, Tamberlin Bakehouse. The teal card holds the second: The fortnightly run used to take most of my Tuesday. Now timesheets arrive from the shop tablets, I check the exceptions and approve by ten. It is signed Marisol Beatty, Payroll Officer, Tamberlin Bakehouse. Each card has a square image on the left where a headshot would go; here they show sourdough loaves in a crate and in a basket, the bakery's own product, because these people are fictional and no portraits exist. Quenby Payroll and Tamberlin Bakehouse are fictional.

When this is the right slide

Use a two testimonials slide when a purchase involves two kinds of people and you have a quote from each at the same customer: the buyer and the user, the executive and the operator, the clinician and the administrator, the parent and the student. It is common in software sales, where the person who signs the contract rarely runs the product day to day, and both will be asked their view before renewal. It also works for before and after stories, an adoption quote and an expansion quote from the same company a year apart. The stacked layout gives each voice room for two sentences with a specific detail, which a three card grid squeezes. It is the wrong slide when you have two quotes that say the same thing, because the second adds nothing. It is also wrong for two customers of different kinds, where a three card grid with a third customer makes the breadth argument better, and for one strong voice, which deserves a single hero quote.

How to adapt it

First, for a deck aimed at operations staff, swap the order so the payroll officer's quote is on top, and change the framing line to lead with the person who runs the pay. Second, replace the bakery images with approved headshots when you have them, cropped square from the shoulders up, and give each image alt text with the name and role. Third, when you want three roles, such as buyer, user and the payroll auditor, move to a stacked rail of three and shorten each quote to one sentence. Keep both quotes about the same length so the cards look balanced; here they are 32 and 25 words. Check that every number in a quote is one the customer will stand behind in a reference call, because buyers of payroll services often ring the customer named on the slide.

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