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Today I got a funny one – someone was pitching resume writing services.

OK. Why the HELL would you assume a freelance writer (one who’s going out of their way to help other freelance writers earn by freelance writing rather than full-time employment no less) has any interest in having you write them a new resume? Apparently, they can write me a resume that will make me “much more attractive to potential employers.”

Oooooh. If I were looking for employers, I might give a furry little rat’s ass.

But I’m not.

And if they’d taken a whopping 30 seconds to look over the bio on every page of this blog, they’d see I’m a business writer myself – why would they assume someone with that background would need their services?

Bad targeting ladies. (Oh, and bad form email.) Grrrrrr!

Marketing lesson for today: This is not how you drum up new writing business.

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Jenn is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She has worked as a freelance writer since 1999, and has been an active business and niche blogger since 2004. She owns All Freelance Writing as well as several other sites and blogs covering PR, small business, and related topic areas. She is also currently writing a nonfiction book for freelance writers called The Query-Free Freelancer, and is the author of the Web Writer's Guide e-book series.

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