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I'm Xposting this from his blog... don't think it will make it past moderation: Looks intriguing but be very careful with your credibility; a freelancing site
by sequoia 15y ago
I'm Xposting this from his blog... don't think it will make it past moderation:
Looks intriguing but be very careful with your credibility; a freelancing site that’s considered untrustworthy is a failed freelancing site. I say this because I saw your post about “Launched yesterday” then on your site I see the testimonial “Freelancify helped us find a great designer to get our blog launched. -GrowNasheville” Wait- the site launched yesterday and someone has already taken a transaction from idea to proposal to bidding to work to review to launch & payment? huh? That doesn’t exactly add up… maybe there was a private beta launch with a few dozen vendors and a couple clients…?
Who is this “GrowNasheville”, anyway? GrowNasheville.com/blog/about : “GrowNashville was created and organized by James Fend [the founder of freelancify.com]…” ahh… I see.
You will have testimonials soon enough, I’m sure; having them now is not worth risking your credibility. [EDIT: At the risk of stating the obvious: you can't write your own testimonials.]
Good luck!
- AznHisoka 15y agoAlso, I dunno if it helps to say you've just launched yesterday. I rather try to pretend that I'm old and established by putting (C) 2008-2012 or something in the footer.
- gravitronic 15y agoBlatant lies are not the way to appear trustworthy.
- sequoia 15y agomy footer: Copyright MCMXLVIII - MMXII Sequoia
- james-fend 15y agoHey sequoia, Yes, that does need to come down. That image was actually a leftover from the original 1-page splash landing site that runs running since June until yesterday. Never thought twice to take it out as my eyes literally skip over it when scanning that page.
- scoot 15y agoAnd yet here we are 5 hours later, and there it still is. It was a lie last June, and it's still a lie now.