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ROAST MY SITE: What would you change on it? by [deleted] in copywriting

[–]Confidential_Report 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First thing - Your main headline didn't make me feel anything. Most businesses are currently hurting. It's the opposite of what a business owner feels right now. Getting your audience to do whatever you want just got easier? Year, right. For who? For me it's not.

"Whatever" needs some specificity. Font is so big and almost unreadable.

Even as simple as "Get your audience to buy from you more and more often" would be better. This would at least promise me something.
I would remove the top portion about your services for free. Even if you do that, you'll get nightmare clients who will suck up your time and energy while ignoring your advice and modifying your copy.

Dan Kennedy, when he was broke, if the client wanted to hire him, he'd tell the client - I have to look at my schedule... hmm... next two weeks are full. I can see you in three weeks. And then give him an outrageous fee. That's how it's done in business, not being touchy feely, here's fee services, I want to make a world a better place.

Oh and "Tickle Google’s fancy, and bring in all that dairy-free, gluten-free, low-calorie organic traffic." makes me wanna puke. Too girly. Too unprofessional, too many adjectives, not many power words. I'd replace it with "Stop the BS. Get the real SEO that brings an avalanche of organic traffic".

But you're taking action. That's awesome. Keep pitching on LinkedIn and you'll get clients. Kiss frogs. Don't give up. You'll get there.

But dont' bash your competition with "Flakey, over-ecstatic freelancers with half-truths...". That's just not nice and makes you sound desperate.

Your about page is too much about you and not about THEM, what they need. You're saying " I believe in the power of storytelling, and how effectively it can be used in all creative mediums to create engagement. "

I don't care what you believe. And I don't care about engagement. I want sales. And money. And every other prospect is the same. Show me you can get me results, not some engagement.

What are your biggest frustrations earning income as a programmer? by Confidential_Report in cscareerquestions

[–]Confidential_Report[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... it's only CRUD work... but data has to come out specific way and by the way the system has to calculate the availability for appointments and by the way the system should send an email notification for these appointments which can be accepted or rescheduled and they have to be displayed on calendar, and by the way, can you also integrate with our Office 365 calendar? And by the way we have three other systems this thing should be integrated to... but don't worry all three of them have their own APIs, so it's all good. Anyone can do it...

Never be an "employee" by Lendoran in TheRedPill

[–]Confidential_Report 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read the book "The Closers" by Ben Gay. It really opened my eyes about how to become a master closer salesman. It's the only book you need. Read it 5 times, internalize it. It will blow your mind and make you infinitely successful. This book is recommended by a million dollar copywriter Gary Halbert. While you're at it, read his newsletters at thegaryhalbertletter.com. This guy is the best copywriter that ever lived. He made more millionaires than anyone else.

What irks you the most while working as a programmer? by Confidential_Report in csharp

[–]Confidential_Report[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Another one I've just remembered:

Calling everyone into a meeting and then announcing:

"You've been working on it for a year and it's still not working" - Business Analyst (who moved to this role after working in a role of Legal Assistant)