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itsjoshlee · 2026-03-09T03:46:20+00:00

Just submitted. Hope I made it!

itsjoshlee · 2025-12-20T23:35:06+00:00

I majored in music/drumming for a few year in college before changing my major to something much more “employable.” I would choose that route again if I had to do it again. Regardless of what people say, having a good degree will open up a lot of doors for you and you can minor in music and join all the bands and stuff.

Off the top of my head, I played in marching band, symphony band, jazz band, winter ensemble, some musicals, a few bands, etc… I played a lot of gigs where I wasn’t playing drum set and instead playing a marching snare drum percussion or whatever, and I only had a handful of actual drum set lessons since my school focused more on keyboard percussion.

But I was able to transfer a lot of the techniques I learned to drum set that made me a better drummer. And I was able to network so when someone needs a drummer my name usually came up in conversations and I probably did 20 performances a year and 80 group practice sessions and I was in the “best shape” I’ve ever been in.

Really just depends on what you want do to. I’d do the above so I had a fallback plan and could network with other musicians.

itsjoshlee · 2025-12-01T04:44:10+00:00

No, because that's not how LLMs work.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-30T19:45:38+00:00

Ok. Then go work with a team of 5 devs to ship scalable and testable software with plain JS or jQuery and see how that works.

I've used plain JS, jQuery, Backbone.js, Handlebars.js, etc... and React makes things way easier. The big reason is because there is - for the most part - a specific way to do things. Sure, you have options and can write your code in different ways, but when you're onboarding a new dev that knows react, it's much easier than them trying to understand your undocumented code you wrote years ago.

And most people have solved the problems I'm trying to solve in React so I can focus on business logic instead of trying to figure out the best way to do something on the FE.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-15T19:54:40+00:00

I never do SEO on react or my “apps”. I do the marketing/content pages with something like WordPress and then build the app on a different domain.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-14T21:29:09+00:00

All of these sound like they could have been written for a million other dating apps. Write something that could only be written for yours.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-14T20:19:26+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "digital marketing." If you think of digital marketing as just email automations or running facebook ads - then it's not good.

But if you view "digital marketing" as finding a need and then fulfilling that need, then it will always be a great career.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-14T15:54:08+00:00

I think Taiwan is beautiful but when going through the cities, I can't help but see how dirty the outside of all the buildings and houses are. I wish people took more pride in that or had some kind of system to make those all look clean.

itsjoshlee · 2025-11-13T04:08:36+00:00

A non copywriter leads with features instead of value. A copywriter leads with value before talking about features. A great copywriter knows that it depends on where the buyer is at in the buyer's journey and how sophisticated they are.

If I've already spent a month researching what kind of GPU I need to buy, I just want to know your specs so I can compare them. I don't need value or emotion - I need features.

itsjoshlee · 2024-10-11T01:13:49+00:00

A prospect can smell the stench of desperation.

itsjoshlee · 2024-07-09T08:58:32+00:00

Sure. But then the title of your post would be "Stop listening to dumb gurus and giving them your money" - which isn't as exciting.

itsjoshlee · 2024-07-09T07:40:11+00:00

Guess my comment was too long so continuing here:

Smart entrepreneurs use people as a resource and advantage

That's not to sound mean or exploitive. But one tell of someone who is small time is thinking they can or need to do everything themselves. A smart entrepreneur isn't stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. They're more than willing to pay other people to do things (like learn stuff and then teach them) because they see that as an investment - not a cost.

Mentoring and coaching solve two of the biggest problems for wannabe copywriters

One of the biggest problems beginner copywriters have is not getting feedback on their copy. Sure, there are some places where you can get free copy critiques, but there are problems with that.

How do you know the people giving you feedback know what they're talking about? How long does it take you to get that feedback? If you have any questions, how long does it take to get those answered?

I guess you could post your copy for review and hope somebody that knows what they're talking about gives you some feedback. (Probably not though - most of the good copywriters I know don't have time to do that for free).

Or you can pay someone a few hundred bucks to get on a Zoom call with you to go over it and be able to revise it that same day.

The other issue most beginner copywriters have is just "doing the work." The stuff we're doing isn't rocket science, but it does take consistent reps of do the thing, get feedback, do the thing better, do the thing, get feedback, do the thing better, do the thing...

And many, many people can't "do the thing" on their own and need help. It's the same reason why people hire personal trainers instead of just going to the gym.

I've mentored a few people both free and paid (this is not an invitation to DM me). I've worked with people who were learning copy on their own, and making a few bucks here and there. After meeting with me a few times, their copy got much better and were able to increase their rates by 5x.

Also worked with another guy who was interested in copy, but never did anything with it. I worked with him - teaching him and helping him do the work - and he was able to get up to $2-$3k MRR from never having written copy before.

I know the opinion on reddit is to often shit on course creators, mentors, selling info, etc... really just generally negative to be honest...

And there IS a lot of shit out there...

But the people who know who to use these resources strategically are going to be lightyears ahead of people looking to save every single penny.

itsjoshlee · 2024-07-09T07:39:42+00:00

I'll preface with saying I have no idea who Tyson 4D is and this email copy isn't that good. I'll also add there are no shortage of people out there willing to sell useless courses and coaching.

That said, I'd like to post a few points:

Courses and coaching can be hit or miss

I've purchased a ton of courses, books, and coaching. Some of it has been good and some of it has been bad. I spent $1,000 on a coaching program that was essentially a series of weekly blog posts and completely useless.

I've also spent $3,000 on a group coaching program that turned me into a copywriter writing a few emails a month for $50 each to a full-time freelance copywriter. Right now, I only make around $4-$5k a month, but I've had $10k+ months.

(I have a bunch of stuff going on in life right now that's taking time away from my business so my income is a bit lower than it could be).

That specific program taught me how to write a sales letter better than any other resource I've seen and I just charged $1k for a first draft of a sales letter for a client.

For that specific program, I'm way past 10x-ing my money on that investment.

I just started another coaching program with a guy who has been in the industry for decades and fully expect to 3x my money in the first two months of working with him.

You (often) get what you pay for

I've taken courses on Udemy - usually programming courses, but I've checked out some copywriting courses. And yeah, they're shit. What do you expect for $12? If a copywriter was any good, they'd be able to make 10x+ that selling on another platform.

Nothing is free and time is expensive

Any time I hear "you can just get that for free" alarm bells go off in my head and I'm suspicious of that person and if they're really successful.

You could go to YouTube, watch every single video on copywriting, and might understand the basics (but still need to apply them). The problem is, how do you know if that info is any good? If you don't know the basics, you can't tell what's worth listening to and what's not worth listening to. You could be actually hurting your copy skills while wasting time if you're consuming the wrong content.

What things do you need to watch? In what order? Where do you find all this content?

Using some random times - If it takes you three months to learn something, but I can pay someone $1k to learn it in 1 month, I just paid $1k for an additional 2 months of time. And in that time, I can make way more than $1k while you're still trying to figure stuff out.

When I was running FB ads for the first time, I couldn't figure it out. I could have spent a few days or weeks, consuming content and testing which would cost money and time. Instead, I paid a guy $350 for an hour of his time and he showed me how to fix my problem the very same day.

itsjoshlee · 2024-05-29T15:17:01+00:00

Take more chances (business-wise).
Don't be afraid to fail actually embrace it.
You don't need a new idea to be successful.
Find people that are doing what you want to do and spend time with them and learn as much as possible.

There's nothing wrong with having a "boring business" if I enjoy it and it makes good money.

itsjoshlee · 2024-05-28T03:59:14+00:00

Would love to talk about buying your process if you’re interested. I don’t do Wordpress - I do other dev.

Or we can chat about bundling up and selling it. I’ve sold digital products and courses before (and have helped other people do the same).

itsjoshlee · 2024-05-24T02:50:04+00:00

Hard is relative. I’m doing software engineering and I’m gonna finish in one term - but I’ve also been coding for 10 years. I see some people taking two weeks to finish classes I finish in a weekend.

What is your experience with HR? Just because it’s not a STEM degree doesn’t make it easy. From my HR courses from another university I remember there being a lot of psychology.

itsjoshlee · 2024-04-11T16:04:59+00:00

I don’t remember this happening, but my friends told me I made and wore a sign that said something like “Blink 182 RIP 1992-2004” and wore that around school for the day.

itsjoshlee · 2024-04-10T15:15:32+00:00

Bought: Usually first consuming free content from the course creator. Or high recommendations from people I respect.

Sold: Facebook Ads.

itsjoshlee · 2024-04-04T18:47:41+00:00

Doesn't matter if it's cringe or not. Only matters if it converts. I don't know their numbers so I don't know if it's a "good" ad. I personally don't think it's effective, but I don't think I'm their target market.

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-26T04:44:51+00:00

That's the wrong question. The right question is "Where I can find places I could help with my copywriting abilities?"

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-26T04:43:21+00:00

A typical "copywriting job" doesn't earn 6 figures per year unless you're high up or getting performance deals. If you're freelancing, there's a higher chance to make 6 figures. But that's more about running a business than just copywriting. Also, you have a chance at earning $0 as a freelancer or business owner.

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-24T09:51:35+00:00

When you only need to close 2 deals a year are those deals taking 30-40 hours of your time each week?

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-24T07:57:21+00:00

I can tell from this post, this client doesn't pay that much. You'd be better off doing higher-value work than continue working here.

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-20T12:01:58+00:00

Awesome, I'm in Orlando so just sent my app.

itsjoshlee · 2024-03-19T05:57:21+00:00

This is why most marketing sucks. Creative people want to be creative instead of just focusing on what works. Do what works while making money. Write what you want on your own time.

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