Please Review My Sales Page and Website

I'd like to thank business owners who seek out the cheapest copywriters and free critiques for showing what they think their product is worth.

Just the other day there was a post about what it costs for critiques.

People post $1000, $500 and then someone jumps in with $90.

You get what you pay for.

Instead of having a million dollar business, he hired a copywriter who doesn't know the golf niche and is doing a poor imitation of an old Carlton letter.

How much money are you losing by "saving money" on your copy?

When you feel enough pain, hire a real pro.

You'll make real money.

Nope. Didn't write it. Just helped out with a free email.

Stalk much?

Mal,

This comment seems a little mean. Although you say "appears", many readers might be read the rest of this thread to see Mark didn't write the copy.

It does make him look bad. Or the implication does. Especially with Harlan saying how bad it is.

Maybe an update in that particular post with "mark didn't write this".

This is a good lesson for everybody to be careful to use a nofollow in the robot crawl.

Adam

I've said this before; Great copywriters don't cost you money - they make you money!!!

I had a client about a month ago that had a letter that had 0 conversions. He pissed and moaned about my fee, but finally went for it. Now he has a 600% + ROI for every dollar he spends on advertizing. He literally can't throw money at it fast enough and has 2 more projects for me.

He learned his lesson and now doesn't even ask what the fee is.

Patrick

For all the guys grandiose claims, he's a bottom feeder who just doesn't want to pay.

You aren't helping him.

Hilarious. "Only cares about money". What do you call yourself?

As for the rest "opinions are like ...". Maybe. Except when they come from people who know what they are talking about.

"I wish I could give you good advice here to change it but I can't". Exactly.

"The guy that started this post was looking for constructive criticism and was not looking to be belittled. I think you all owe him an apology". Oh right. Know what this advice is worth? If the O.P. has half a brain he'll get it.

You get what you pay for.

This guy is whining up and down about his sales letter and bragging about how it's doing.

But it's not.

And it's time to pay up or stop whining.

I don't think you know the full story here. I don't either...but I know a lot more than you. You think Harlan and I are being meanies. Here's what's going on. This dude - the O.P. (who doesn't even have the courtesy to comment on the replies and feedback he's getting here) has been contacting writers from this forum for copy.

He approached me back in 29th December last year wanting some "help" in exchange for one of his golfclubs (He's selling them for $87 so I presume he's buying them for a lot less than that). I passed. As did at least three other writers I know of.

But...seems he managed to get some others to write his copy - either for nix or on the cheap. Mark Pescetti being one of them. I note that he's used the Solo Ad copy as a sample on his site. Fair enough. We all have to start somewhere. Whoever wrote the salespage probably did it for the same deal - cheap/in exchange for a golf club/sample/testimonial - whatever.

Meanwhile matey posts in another part of this forum - So he's not exactly broke.

You see where I'm going with this? He's trying to take advantage of new writers - or writers who need the work. Not quite the same as some "newbie" looking for an innocent "review" is it? More like a cheapass - as Harlan so rightly points out.

Au contraire mon ami. It's this cat that owes everyone here an apology. I see his little game and I don't like it.

You also go on to opine - We haven't seen you round these parts before but let me tell you how it works. Most of us drop in here between gigs. WE'RE WORKING. We don't have time to mollycoddle people. We don't have time to play ring-around-the rosie. We're straight forward and yes - blunt. Sorry about that Chief but I'm busy. I aint got time to hold your hand or talk about the weather. I think you'll find that we do indeed care about people - do some digging and you'll see. You say "Lucky for me I know some good ones". Bet you anything you're talking about content writers. Big difference. Wanna know how much tax I paid last year on earnings? Well...none of your business...but I get paid substantially for what I do. And Harlan...he would be in the seven figures probably. So it's YOU who's disrespecting us.

I've helped a lot of people here. Sure Rabbi Kilstein has too. And I've been burnt a few times. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth I can tell you. I've given people money to pay their rent when they've been desperate...to then discover they've had a birthday party on my dough. I've rewritten people's copy - and they've used it without thanks. I've had copy ripped off word for word. I've had people take my money to paint portraits of my children - and done a runner. So it goes.

Meanwhile on another thread I'm hammering some chump who dreams of being a hot-shot copywriter. I could have sold him on a $1000 "mentoring" package (which I don't do BTW) and he said he would have been glad to pay it. I've just sent him a complete course on copywriting - for free.

Anyway...gotta get back to it. Just wanted to set you and a few others straight. If you think this OP is some sort of struggling newbie - think again. He appears to be, at the least, taking advantage...and at the worst - a con artist. Go read the Rip Off Report for starters.

So what say you O.P.? Man enough to discuss what you're up to? I don't like seeing these guys being taken for a ride - if that's what you're doing.

There again - who knows - maybe you guys get a kick out of working for zip. I don't.

Spurious. From the same school that teaches "90% of internet marketers fail". You know better than that. It's a "market economy". (Yeah you newbies - get Googling - exercise your brain)

What do you mean by "the offer?"

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