You've got guts, OP.
People have been trolling you and cutting you down when you're putting yourself out there, implying that you're not offering any sort of value. "Oh, Google can do it just as good as you" and "Your information is incorrect".
You've learned a powerful lesson: when you put yourself out there, you're gonna get criticized. You've handled it extremely well. And you seem to understand the criticisms people are throwing at you.
Last year, around this time, I offered a FREE service to INSIDERS: a free Wordpress landing page. I got like 8 requests, delivered 3 (the other 5 didn't follow up), and only one kept what I delivered. My last 'customer' didn't get his in time and ended up paying for someone else to do a more legit one (I still apologize, by the way). I was planning on using it as a tripwire to my other services.
I learned a few things:
1. Scarcity works. I said 'first 3 get it' and within 45 minutes, 3 people PMed me.
2. FREE isn't always BEST. I should have charged $20 or something small (and honestly, I should have paid for an ad if I were to do this). Even if the money is small, it's still making them invested in what's going on.
3. People will still look a gift horse in the mouth. I didn't evade criticism just because I gave it away for free.
My advice: stop offering this service for free right now. People will still PM you, some of whom are willing to pay.
Rep+ for having some balls, even though it amounted to nothing except a life lesson.
People have been trolling you and cutting you down when you're putting yourself out there, implying that you're not offering any sort of value. "Oh, Google can do it just as good as you" and "Your information is incorrect".
You've learned a powerful lesson: when you put yourself out there, you're gonna get criticized. You've handled it extremely well. And you seem to understand the criticisms people are throwing at you.
Last year, around this time, I offered a FREE service to INSIDERS: a free Wordpress landing page. I got like 8 requests, delivered 3 (the other 5 didn't follow up), and only one kept what I delivered. My last 'customer' didn't get his in time and ended up paying for someone else to do a more legit one (I still apologize, by the way). I was planning on using it as a tripwire to my other services.
I learned a few things:
1. Scarcity works. I said 'first 3 get it' and within 45 minutes, 3 people PMed me.
2. FREE isn't always BEST. I should have charged $20 or something small (and honestly, I should have paid for an ad if I were to do this). Even if the money is small, it's still making them invested in what's going on.
3. People will still look a gift horse in the mouth. I didn't evade criticism just because I gave it away for free.
My advice: stop offering this service for free right now. People will still PM you, some of whom are willing to pay.
Rep+ for having some balls, even though it amounted to nothing except a life lesson.
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