The job interview that never was

Shane from Shane & Peter forced this one on me. Okay, he really didn’t. He didn’t even ask. But on their site he’s posted a series of questions which I’ve answered here. It’s a sort of mock interview game and is a good glimpse into the lives of freelancers/entrepreneurs.

As this is a relatively new blog and I’m a relatively new blogger, this is a great way to bust out of obscurity and get to know some of you.

Unless you don’t want to know me. In which case I’ll keep the paper bag on my head.
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Some poor schmuck just lost $77

I just passed up buying a $77 ebook. The funny thing is I really wanted it.

I still do. The sales letter made the book look very interesting and I might have learned something from it had I bought it.

But I didn’t and the reason why is because the sales letter was full of mistakes, punctuation errors, misspellings and awkward grammar.

What’s sort of interesting about this is that the “sales” part of the sales letter was great. The AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) formula was in place. All the bullet points were great. It told me a story and sucked me right in. And even though I figured it was just like the other 4,239,123 ebooks that were published today, I still wanted it.
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