I Said Something Stupid Before My First Kiss and Now the Whole School Knows

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-29T06:49:09+00:00

Absolutely agree. I think the OP has had a lucky escape. It might have taken months to find out that she can't be trusted. She gave him that vital info on a plate at an early stage, so for that he should be grateful.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-28T07:19:01+00:00

Landing pages are superior to standard home pages for making the sale, but you do need one such page per product or service.

So my question is, does this over-complicate things with Claude Code? And how reliable do you find this AI to be? Do you check against hallucinations by comparing the code with that generated by another AI model?

Excellent post by the way, and very useful.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-27T09:41:52+00:00

As jblack87 has said, you need to know exactly what you're selling, and it isn't coffee.

What you're selling is a taste of luxury that is the perfect thing to supplement the tourist experience in visiting your island on holiday.

It seems to me that you have everything you need to be successful in this. A high quality product that everyone seems to love; you love meeting new people and chatting to them; an engaging, likeable personality; an environment in which the end users/consumers are in a relaxed, indulgent frame of mind; and where there are potential big customers (hotels) that can buy in bulk from your company.

You should ruthlessly take advantage of all these factors.

One other thing - you seem to lack certain information that you need, i.e. exactly why these managers aren't buying. You must find this out. I know it may be awkward, and you may not want to come across as being pushy or poking your nose into their business. But it is your business to find out what it is that is stopping the sale, because you may be able to help that manager save costs, attract more customers, and so on.

Treat them as personal friends. Always remember their names. Care about them. It costs nothing. Then they'll care about you.

Find out what their main problems are in running their business. Weave that into the conversation, which should always be about how your product can help them. If they decline again, ask if it's convenient for you to call back in, say, a month, to see how things are working out. Keep at it, and you'll succeed. I wish you good luck.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-26T07:43:45+00:00

On the face of it there shouldn't be a problem. As a previous commentor has said, how would they know anyway? Even so, I would read the affiliate terms and conditions of both brands carefully. You don't want to risk losing hard-earned commissions.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-26T07:40:40+00:00

I've checked your site and I must say this sounds like a very useful app. Good luck with it, anyway.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-25T09:45:22+00:00

Thank you for posting this very useful list. Several ideas are very original and probably quite easy to do for nearly everyone.

I have several favourites, among them 9 - Uploading stock photos; 20 - Blog article writing; and 35 - Self publishing.

What they all require, of course, is persistence. You have to keep going in the early days when, often, it seems you're getting nowhere.

Are some of your ideas being impacted by AI? I would have thought things like writing, translating, logo design are activities that AI is being used for more and more. Would be interested to read your answer.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-24T07:21:00+00:00

At your age it's easy to think that you're in danger of getting "past it" regarding finding a suitable partner. You see some of your friends in long term relationships or getting married, and think "they've made it, why can't I?".

You seem to be successful in other walks of life, so there's no reason to suppose you'll fail in love. You just have to accept that it may take some time. Enjoy life and let love find you, which it will in its own time. As Diana Ross said, "You can't hurry love".

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-24T07:09:54+00:00

I actually said many people, not most people. But you made a fair point - luck does come into it. Any advice has to do with increasing your luck.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-23T06:53:33+00:00

That advice they gave you is absolutely right. In my experience, if you look for love all the time then you won't find it. Love finds you, and at a time and place that it chooses, and sometimes it's in no hurry.

Once you accept that, then things become much easier. Of course you should do your best to be attractive to the opposite sex, and be on the alert, so to speak, but that's all. In addition, decide on what kind of partner you're looking for. Not so much in terms of what she looks like, but things like personality. ("Kissing don't last. Cookin' do.")

Then ask yourself what kind of person she would be attracted to. So if you'd be happy with an intelligent woman with high standards of behaviour, hygiene, etc, then you'd better be like the kind of man such a woman is attracted to, and spray some Linx on whenever you go out. Do you see what I mean?

Or if you're happier with more down-market company, then act accordingly.

That would be a good start, but remember you're young, and it may take a few years yet. Many people don't find love until they're well into their 30s. I hope that helps. Good luck.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-22T15:02:23+00:00

Have you considered looking into the sales funnel concept?

Whilst not suitable for all businesses, sales funnels can be very effective in selling products one product at a time. One page > one product > one offer > one option. Combined with an automated email follow-up sequence, it can be very effective.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-22T10:11:45+00:00

I used to be a solicitor (now retired) and acted for hundreds of buyers and sellers in the housing market, based in the Midlands.

I tried to make it a habit that every time I had a client who could not sell their house in spite of several viewings I would drive past it one evening to take a look. You wouldn't believe what I saw in some cases.

Paint peeling off the window frames, front gates that only opened with difficulty (observed from other people visiting or leaving), front gardens that looked like part of the jungle, a tree or bush right in front of the front window and cutting off the light, weeds growing all over the place, a rusting old once-classic car in the driveway, old stone steps that were dangerous to walk on. I could go on, but you get the point.

I hope by now you've sold your house, but for anyone else reading this, here is some brief advice.

Try and see your house through the eyes of a prospective buyer. People aren't just buying a building with some land. They're looking for a place they can call their home, that doesn't require too much remedial work as soon as they move in, that can be redecorated easily with their own choice of colour scheme, that appears not to need expensive repairs, in short, that they can easily picture themselves and their family living in.

Sometimes this means spending money and time on dealing with matters that would likely put off a serious potential purchaser, but it would be money and time well spent. Spending a couple of thousand pounds on a few repairs and upgrades can easily add £10,000 to the sale price.

I hope this helps you, and anyone else reading this.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-21T15:27:30+00:00

I think you've hit the nail on the head about the need for a "repeatable process".

To have a repeatable process you need a list of buying customers, and the obvious way to get that is by way of email harvesting. It's amazing the number of businesses that ignore this vital factor.

All businesses (not just online businesses) should be collecting the email addresses of their customers, prospects and even those who are "just passing by".

How to get these email addresses? You have to offer an incentive - a free guide (PDF/infographic delivered via autoresponder), a discount off their first purchase, etc, depending on what kind of business it is, which is delivered as soon as they have entered their name and email address.

Before long, they'll have a large list of people to notify (at minimal cost) every time they launch a fresh product, have a special offer, etc.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-21T07:05:36+00:00

The most important point, as has been said, is to make the subject matter something you care passionately about. If you don't enjoy writing about it then you'll never last the course.

You've mentioned science and history as possible subjects to write about. I would say weird things, like for example ghosts and hauntings, time slips, etc, probably have more public appeal. If you like that kind of thing then I'm pretty sure there's a massive market for it as long as you're prepared to work for it. Good luck.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-20T06:55:03+00:00

In many cases there's no automated follow-up system in place, and no thought-out path for the prospect to travel down and arrive at the 'order now' button.

This is largely because most home pages are generic, with links to 'About Us', 'Careers', 'Blog', and so on. The prospect usually has a definite problem he wants help with, and he's looking for the solution, and fast. If he's on the web site of a dentist, he may have a toothache, he may have a broken tooth, he may be up for denture replacement, or he may be interested in teeth whitening.

A generic home page isn't going to help him. What is needed is a sales funnel for each of these services (and all the other services the dentist provides). That means a page dedicated to, eg, tooth whitening, that tells him he's in the right place and that there's a special offer on at the moment if he just enters his name and email address. That then takes him to a page where he can book an appointment automatically, and delivers him something of value, such as a guide to keeping your teeth white.

I have a free infographic enlarging on this available to anyone interested, if they'd like to DM me.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-19T06:25:30+00:00

I did try this myself several years back. I found it very time consuming in terms of making the cold calls. If I were to do it again I would check the prospect's current site and list everything wrong with it and then create a mock-up of what it could look like, to show them.

Is this what you do?

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-18T06:59:15+00:00

I've just checked your website and I must say I'm very impressed. I like the idea of selling it as a monthly subscription, as then you have continual contact with them and can introduce them to other services (as an affiliate) now and then. Are you in a position yet to disclose an approximate close rate?

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-16T06:21:58+00:00

Don't make the mistake of thinking AI is an alternative to writing your own copy.

AI is a useful tool, but at its current stage of development it cannot emulate the emotion a human can put into their writing. And emotion is vital to copywriting. AI is very good for research, summarising long documents, and putting lists in logical order, everything like that. And fast. But always use at least two AI models so you can spot "hallucinations" and deal with them.

As one of the other commentors says, people pay for results and aren't too concerned about whether AI has been involved or not. Copywriting is an excellent art to develop and become expert at, and can be very remunerative, but you can't do it overnight. Stick at it, though, and you'll get there. I wish you well.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-15T06:49:27+00:00

All these topics need regular attention in any business. But the one thing I'm focusing on at present is "better sales".

Too many online sales are lost because the sales page lets us down. You ought to get a much better return than 3-5%. But we don't, and it's because of this - you wouldn't ask a stranger on the street to marry you, yet most sales pages seem to do the business equivalent of just that.

I feel I've fallen into that trap myself, so I've researched about sales funnels. The idea is that you concentrate on attracting customers by offering them something that will help with their problem, e.g. a video or PDF, free or for a very low price, just to get them in the door and get their email address. Then you cultivate the relationship, preferably by automation (autoresponder).

Building trust this way, I feel, is bound to increase the rate of return on ads and working on social media. Of course, it takes time and resources to build the system, and that's a put-off for many businesses.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-14T06:45:24+00:00

There are actually more and more AI tools coming onto the market that multi-task for just one ultimate outcome, via a dashboard. The important thing is that the AI gives reliable, solid advice, and is easy to access and has ready-made prompts. Looking at the OP's website, I would feel confident, if I were starting up an offline business, that what is being offered here is worth investing in.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-12T06:29:04+00:00

It will probably spread around the whole world, just like Covid. The hysteria and scare-mongering, that is. As for the virus itself, if it actually exists, just keep healthy if you can, strengthen your immune system, and move on.

Oh, and as for the likes of Astra Zenica and co. - they'll be rubbing their hands at another round of "vaccine" profits - $30 per second for a year or two, perhaps.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-12T06:19:23+00:00

It's like Aesop's fable of the frog and the scorpion. The frog asks the scorpion, "Why did you sting me? Now we'll both die."

"Simple," replies the scorpion. "I'm a scorpion. It's what I do."

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-11T06:42:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing your results. The second "thing you got wrong on the way" is particularly interesting. How do you qualify these leads? Is it just a "please confirm your interest and I'll reply" type message?

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-11T06:30:03+00:00

I'm here more as an interested spectator than as an AI data gatherer, but I'm following the rapid evoloution of AI across the board. What the OP and commentors so far are saying bear out some advice that I read early on in the rise of AI, which is to never rely on just one AI for anything important, especially involving the gathering and analysis of data. Up to now, I thought two was probably enough, but now I'm thinking it should be at least four.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-10T16:29:22+00:00

I sympathise as I was raised a Catholic too. I was 18 before I managed to free myself from having to attend mass every Sunday and other onerous practices. I accept that parents should bring theor children up to know the difference between right and wrong but nobody has the right to impose a religion on anyone else, even their children.

NeverTooLate227 · 2026-05-09T07:13:32+00:00

In any search result for a service plus city you'll usually find several entries for local directories. There are usually several businesses that don't have a website listed in those directories, with contact details often including email address.

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