[HN Gopher] HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own ... ___________________________________________________________________ HN post inspired me to quit my job and found my own startup Author : token6053 Score : 34 points Date : 2021-11-04 12:12 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (writeaswell.com) (TXT) w3m dump (writeaswell.com) | mr90210 wrote: | Congrats! Write as Well has the potential of becoming a platform | with verified copywriters, should you decided to scale it. | yuuu wrote: | I'm not going to hire a copywriter who confuses "kahunas" with | "cojones." | sokoloff wrote: | Maybe she felt she was lacking in wise advisors. | scoot wrote: | Or who has missing punctuation, or poor formatting, or bad | grammar, or incorrect use of "begs the question", or, or, or... | | Sure, "everyone's a critic" (and sorry to join the crowd), but | if you're going to promote yourself as a professional | copywriter you should at least have a grasp of the basics. | slg wrote: | Language changes based off usage. Her use of "begs the | question" isn't it original meaning, but it is perfectly | acceptable today. It is similar to how the dictionary | definition of "literally" now includes it meaning | "figuratively". Continuing to complain about these things | after society has moved on just makes you sound like an old | crank. | scandox wrote: | In fairness her focus is much more on message and content | than on correctness. I do agree that she would benefit from a | copy editor but the main challenge a lot of business owners | have is with what to say, rather than saying it with perfect | grammar. | | So I imagine she may well be able to help people who struggle | with that. Which in my experience is almost everyone in | business. | chrismorgan wrote: | From the home page, "see a sample review" links to an empty | Google Drive folder. | par wrote: | Best of luck to you. I did this in Aug 2018. My app was already | generating a few thousand a month (net revenue), and I still had | an incredibly hard time. My biggest failure was 1) not finding a | cofounder and 2) not targeting a big enough market. | jfk13 wrote: | Shouldn't this have been submitted as a [Show HN], given that | it's basically someone promoting her own service? | bengale wrote: | I've have a couple of really useful reviews from this guy: | https://www.roastmylandingpage.com/ | moritonal wrote: | So, the startup is you offering your services as a contractor? | That was the longest ad-read pretending to be a blog ever. Many | times you used quotes without an author making attribution very | difficult. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-06 23:00 UTC)