Re: How not to find clients

Last Update: 05.09.2018. By Jens in Newsletter

Zero answers so far. I bet you can do better.

But let me point out the first issue with his message. It is that he didn’t even care to address me by name. It is there, right beside his message. He didn’t even bother to add it to his canned message.

Man, people have names, use them. I occasionally hire people on Upwork and alike and it always astonishes me, that almost none proposal included a greeting with my name in it. Even when I give a hint in the interview questions. A few do and they stand out.

It’s like you walk up to someone in real life, who has a huge badge with his name on it and you just say “Hello guy, need some Java?”. Sounds strange? It is indeed.