13:00:01 From Kathy : Hello 13:00:52 From Kathy : I worked as a teenager at the local high school during summer school working in the office. 13:03:41 From Ruth Trucks : w: finished writing my website copy 13:03:43 From Kathy : W-I've started my web site and design. And I've resisted the urge to over design the site. 13:04:09 From Theo Blizzard : Win: I'm sending emails to my network this week. 13:04:46 From Cristian Dávila : W: I had been following up with the same guy for about 8 months, I had worked with before and he had a project open up writing emails. 13:05:16 From Lawrence Carrel : W: finished writing website copy 13:05:20 From moto x4 : Finished my website copy! 13:05:33 From moto x4 : it's AJ 13:05:39 From moto x4 : sorry I'm trying to fix that 13:06:46 From Lawrence Carrel : session 3 13:06:51 From Kathy : I-I've paused on the website copy and session 2 13:06:55 From Aj Baron : session 3 13:07:00 From Jeff Bongard : I'm in session 3 13:07:06 From RHONDA : I I've finished by website homepage copy, deep into the WHY ME page, researching services 13:07:07 From Theo Blizzard : I: Session 5 13:07:30 From Cristian Dávila : I: I'm working on the LinkedIn networking 13:10:21 From Aj Baron : question please 13:10:32 From Aj Baron : Q..Of course you do 😁. It wouldn't be my first choice but it's common in the marketing copy world so...meh. 13:10:59 From Aj Baron : whoops sorry my question is....is it better to have samples you aren't proud of... 13:11:06 From Aj Baron : or no samples at all 13:13:10 From Ruth Trucks : q. how many testimonials do you recommend on the site? any min or max? 13:13:12 From Lawrence Carrel : Q: I already have a website, should I get rid of all the copy and replace with the B2B copy? 13:13:48 From Lawrence Carrel : Q: is it okay to have the same testimonials on website and linkedin? 13:13:59 From Jeff Bongard : Q: how important are images, logos, and a head shot on our websites. I'm planning on an image on each page, and a headshot somewhere. 13:14:42 From Kathy : Q:I want to offer digital course launch strategy and launch manager services. I don't know the services I should offer. Should I consider running a promo with email list building and digital course launch strategy consultation to test my idea first to flesh out the services and possible target audience? 13:20:18 From RHONDA : Q re: head shot. I'm 69 years old. No head shot of me is going to be pretty. I'm thinking in my case a picture of this face woudl be a disadvantage. What do you think? 13:21:42 From RHONDA : Q. Could I weigh in on the website builder? 13:23:37 From Kathy : I used Wix for a nonprofit website design I did. You can delete some of the templated info to give yourself more white space. 13:35:35 From Theo Blizzard : Q: I have a question about samples. Does not having enough hurt your chances of landing clients? 13:45:29 From Kathy : I hate getting my photo taken as well. I asked a photographer to do photojournalistic shots where they start talking to you and snapping pictures without posing. I got some great pictures. 13:46:04 From RHONDA : Well, thanks. Agesim is rampant. I agree that avatars are not the best idea. I don't want to be seen as "old." Will do with regard to competitors, I know this will be very instructive. 13:46:25 From Jeff Bongard : Rhonda, you're not alone I'm 63 but I'll probably go get a pro headshot. 13:46:40 From Ruth Trucks : Can I ask another q:? I write in two languages, English and German., with focus on English. I am wondering if I should mention the German on the website at all because I am not sure it adds real value. It may be confusing. Do you have any advice? 13:46:50 From RHONDA : Thanks Jeff, much appreciated 13:47:08 From RHONDA : No headshot as long as COVID reigns 13:47:47 From RHONDA : As far as a website builder, I recommend Homestead.com 13:48:16 From RHONDA : they have everything you need for reasonable cost, and they have what others don't. They have phone support. Very valuable. 13:49:25 From Lawrence Carrel : Rhonda, i think working for yourself avoids ageism, companies don’t want to hire older people for full time jobs because they will expect more salary and use more benefits but as an independent contractor, they just pay you for your work. 13:53:24 From Theo Blizzard : Very helpful. Thank you! 13:55:47 From Ruth Trucks : I think in writing age is not as much of an issue as in other professions. People value life experience when it comes to writing 13:56:09 From RHONDA : I belived you, I'm trained in photojournalism, and that's a great idea. But I will have to wait until COVID is over. Okay, it's a process. Thank you all! Much appreciated. 14:00:09 From RHONDA : Thank you Ruth. 14:04:34 From Lawrence Carrel : I think the website writing session was most valuable, but very hard because I had to think about things that were a bit uncomfortable. 14:04:54 From Kathy : V: Realizing the why me page should be more about the target audience and how our experience benefits them. 14:05:44 From Ruth Trucks : IThe hardest part is promoting myself rather than someone else. The positioning exercise really helps focus. 14:06:00 From Kathy : I was Fraud Manager in Telecommunications industry for 13 years, Susan 14:07:35 From Jeff Bongard : Putting ourselves in the clients shoes, finding out their challenges, and offering them solutions 14:07:35 From RHONDA : V the headshop discussion. V knowing others feel as I do, uncomfortable about promoting themselves. V re-focus on target audience needs. 14:07:59 From Theo Blizzard : Q: What if you only have 3 years of experience? 14:08:58 From Jeff Bongard : Putting ageism in the right perspective, and focus on how it can work for you. 14:13:37 From Lawrence Carrel : How do you answer: have you ever done this when the answe is no. Someone asked if I had ever don’t technical writing and said I hadn’t but would do the job. 14:13:52 From Kathy : Q: How do you answer the question if you ever done this like write web copy and you don't have specific experience in the area? 14:15:58 From Lawrence Carrel : A: session 3 starting website 14:16:10 From RHONDA : A: Finishing web copy 14:16:24 From Theo Blizzard : A: Start prospecting 14:16:39 From Kathy : A: Creating a package around the launch idea. Work on my website copy. 14:16:43 From Cristian Dávila : A: make a habit of using LinkedIn 14:16:48 From Jeff Bongard : Build out my website, get a headshot. 14:23:41 From Kathy : Thank you! 14:23:46 From Arpitha : A: Get started. 14:23:48 From Theo Blizzard : Thank you! 14:24:00 From Lawrence Carrel : tell us your name again 14:24:14 From Ruth Trucks : Thank you Susan and everyone!