Partner resources · Templates & scripts

Steal these words.
Keep the disclosures.

Five templates that carry a deal from "I know a company that needs this" to a signed client. Adapt freely — even the disclosures can be in your own words, as long as they stay clear and up front. The anonymity wording is the one thing to keep as written.

Intro emailPulse announcementLinkedIn postsDisclosuresObjection one-liners

Double curly braces mark what you personalize. The rules behind the templates live in the partner terms.

Template 1 · Partner → client

The client-introduction email

When to use: a 25–200-person client you already advise who should be measuring engagement but isn't. Personalize the opener and the placeholders; put the disclosure paragraph in your own voice if you like — just keep it clear and impossible to miss.

SUBJECTA better read on how your team is doing
Hi {{first name}}, When we last talked about {{retention / the team growing past 30 / the engagement question}}, I mentioned wanting a better way to hear what your team won't say in meetings. I've started working with StaffHero — an anonymous pulse survey tool built for teams your size. Once a month it asks your team a short set of questions, and you get back a plain-English Leadership Brief: what's at risk, why, and what to do next. Results only appear once at least five people answer, so people actually tell the truth. Here's a real-length sample: staffhero.com/sample-brief If you'd like, I'll run the whole thing for you as a short sprint — setup, the announcement to your team, the first pulse, and a working session on the first brief. Use my code {{PARTNER-CODE}} when you subscribe and you'll get 10% off your first year. Full disclosure: I'm a StaffHero partner and receive a commission if you subscribe. I'm recommending it because it fits the problem we discussed. Worth 20 minutes this week? {{your name}}

Sending this? Register the deal first — one email to partners@staffhero.com locks in 90 days of protection. The sprint it offers is the People Risk Sprint.

Template 2 · Client's CEO → employees

The pulse announcement email

When to use: the week before your client's first pulse. You customize it for them; their CEO sends it. Reword anything except the three anonymity bullets — they're what makes the team answer honestly.

SUBJECTWe're going to start actually listening — here's how
Team, Starting {{date}}, we're running a short monthly pulse survey through a tool called StaffHero. It takes about two minutes. Why: there are things you'd tell each other that you'd never put in a meeting or a 1:1, and I'd rather hear them as patterns than find out in an exit interview. How anonymity actually works — not just a promise: • Responses are never shown individually. We only see grouped results, and only once at least 5 people have answered. • StaffHero doesn't log IP addresses or fingerprint devices, and it staggers when responses are recorded so answers can't be matched to timing. • Comments are screened so details that could identify someone don't reach us. What happens with the results: every month {{I / the leadership team}} get a short brief, and we'll commit to at least one visible change per cycle — and tell you what it was. The first one lands {{date}}. Please be honest. That's the entire point. {{CEO first name}}

The "one visible change per cycle" commitment is the line that decides whether round two gets answered. Don't let your client cut it.

Template 3 · LinkedIn

Three posts, disclosure baked in

When to use: building pipeline in public. Swap in your own numbers and lessons — and the disclosure stays in the post itself, not buried in a comment.

3A · THE PRACTICE ANGLE
Most of my clients under 200 people have zero idea how their team is actually doing. Not because they don't care — because nobody tells the founder the truth. I've started running a "People Risk Sprint" for clients: one anonymous pulse, one plain-English Leadership Brief, one visible action in 30 days. The tool underneath is StaffHero ({{link}}). (Disclosure: I'm a StaffHero partner and may earn a commission from referrals.)
3B · THE STORY
Ran a first anonymous pulse for a {{~50}}-person client last month. The number that mattered wasn't the score — it was the four separate comments about the same unspoken problem. Leadership thought everything was fine. Anonymous, aggregated feedback surfaces what 1:1s structurally can't: results only show once 5+ people answer, so people say the real thing. {{one lesson from your own engagement}} (Disclosure: I'm a StaffHero partner and may earn a commission from referrals.)
3C · THE CONTRARIAN TAKE
Unpopular opinion: teams of 25–200 don't need an engagement "platform." They need one honest monthly question set and a brief that says what to do next week. That's the whole pitch for StaffHero — licensed eNPS®, flat pricing instead of per-seat, free to explore and you only pay when you launch a real pulse. {{link}} (Disclosure: I'm a StaffHero partner and may earn a commission from referrals.)

Never bid on StaffHero brand terms to promote a post, and keep partner codes off coupon and deal sites — both end the partnership.

Template 4 · FTC disclosures

The disclosure is not optional.
The wording is yours.

Adapt these to your own voice — they're a floor, not a script. What can't change: the disclosure must be clear, easy to spot, appear before your first link or recommendation, and live in the same medium as the content (for video: spoken and in the description). Disclosing the relationship itself is required by the program terms.

IN AN EMAIL
I am a StaffHero partner and may receive a referral commission if you subscribe. I recommend it because I think it fits the employee feedback problem we discussed.
IN A BLOG POST OR NEWSLETTER
Disclosure: this article includes StaffHero affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you subscribe through them.
ON LINKEDIN OR SOCIAL
Disclosure: I am a StaffHero partner and may earn a commission from referrals.

What makes a disclosure valid

Whatever words you choose, a valid disclosure sits before the first affiliate link or recommendation, in the same medium as the recommendation itself.

  • Before the link — not in a footer the reader never reaches
  • Same medium — a post discloses in the post, an email in the email
  • Video counts twice — say it out loud and put it in the description

One clear sentence is enough. A bio link, a hashtag, or a disclosure in the comments is not.

Template 5 · Objection handling

Seven objections,
one line each

When to use: the reply, the call, the hallway. These aren't scripts to recite — each is the shortest true answer.

You'll hearYou say
“We already do 1:1s.”1:1s get you the sayable half — anonymous aggregation surfaces the rest.
“Is it really anonymous?”It's engineered, not promised: results only appear once 5+ people answer, no IP logging or device fingerprinting, response timing is jittered, and identifying details are redacted from comments.
“Surveys go nowhere.”The output isn't a dashboard, it's a brief that ends in actions — and the team sees the action board, so “we heard you” becomes “we fixed it.”
“We're too small for this.”The privacy floor is 5 responses, so it works from about 25 people — exactly who it's built for.
“Another subscription?”One regretted resignation costs $11k+; this starts at $99/month flat — hiring 10 more people doesn't raise the bill.
“Can we try it first?”It's free to explore — the full product in demo mode, no card. You only pay when you launch your first real pulse, and there's a 60-day money-back guarantee.
“Why not a Google Form?”A form gets you data; StaffHero is a licensed eNPS® vendor and writes the Leadership Brief — the “so what” — every month.

Backup for every line: the sample Leadership Brief, the sample Team Digest, and flat pricing.

Writing your own copy?
Check the approved claims first.

Everything on this page is safe to publish as-is. For anything you write yourself — especially about anonymity — the exact wording and the logos live in Brand assets.