You’ll have to take my word for it, but the more popular the Blogger is, the slower they are respond and, for the most part, I often don’t get a response at all.
If you are selling creative services, one of the things that can get in the way of clear pricing is the belief that what you charge is related to your value as a person. Wrong! It has nothing to do with you.
Most of it works. Typo spamming, keyword stuffing, social network spamming, video spamming, google spamming, parasite seo, link spamming. It ALL works.
Warning… if you leave me a mostly meaningless comment with a keyword in the name field, I will hit the SPAM button and Akismet with cause you pain across the entire Wordpress install-base. You have been warned. Moreso, if your comment is added to one of my older blog posts with good pagerank, I will be doubly unforgiving!
Excellence is highly overrated. The vast majority of clients do not want excellent or amazing or The Best Ever or Jesus Himself Couldn’t Have Written It This Good. They can’t afford Jesus. They can afford Better Than They Could Do Themselves. This means they can afford you.
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I like this types of posts.
They can afford Better Than They Could Do Themselves. This means they can afford you.
WHat a great quote to see! I really enjoyed this post.
@ David - Yes, many people do (myself included, of course!). I’d like to do them more often, but some days people just aren’t saying stuff that’s really juicy.
@ michael - That is a great line. Naomi’s the best. I highly recommend her site. She’s a great example of someone who can swear like a sailor and it totally works for her.
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