#i have 0 writing skillz

[4evasummer]

" last online: 15/11/2011 " (itto)

plot: you and itto were online friends back in the day where games like club penguin and wizard 101 were very popular, and always played and talked together online. however, one day you've never heard from him again.

notes: setting is modern au around 2009-2011 alongside present day. also i'm writing this at almost 3am help

content warning: angst, dialouge that screams early 2010s

~ 23/4/2010 (3:35am)

xxTheOneAndOnixx: hey there! wanna play some club penguin? :3 angelofdarkness1995: sure! but before that i need to show you my new hairstyle xD!!!! hint: it's what we talked about last week!!

xxTheOneAndOnixx: lemme see lemme see!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!111!!!!1!1 *angelofdarkness1995 sent an image* xxTheOneAndOnixx: WOW. that cut is so dope!!!!!!111!!!1! 0_o HOW DID YOU DO THAT????

angelofdarkness1995: had my big sis help me out :p. it was messy but worth it ;)

~ 1/6/2010 (12:04 am) angelofdarkness1995: HAPPY BDAY BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

xxTheOneAndOnixx: thx!!!!!!!

angelofdarkness1995: i made you a lil shoutout video on youtube!! it has your favourite song in it!

xxTheOneAndOnIxx: now this is what i'm talking about!!! this video is fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

angelofdarkness1995: omg tysm itto!!!! took me almost whole day to make it tho 0_o!

xxTheOneAndOnixx: hey, hey! there's no need!! let'z go play some moviestarplanet!!! i need to show off my new wardrobe to you ^^ angelofdarkness: YESH LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

~ 12/9/2010 (3:30 pm)

xxTheOneAndOnixx: srry i've been inactive for a while :<. i had to move to a new town and i ended up breaking my computer in the process ;; angelofdarkness1995: is okay! a ton of stuff has happened lately! have you heard that the shogun just created a myspace account? :0

xxTheOneAndOnixx: REALLY??????!!?!?!?!!?!? THAT'S NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

looking at older messages gives me comfort, despite the second hand embarassment. but the real thing is...why does time have to change? i looked at the last post itto sent in that forum we posted in everyday. it was a blingee of an anime girl dressed in emo clothing, captioned, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOT SCAMMED IN CLUB PENGUIN FOR THE 7TH TIME THIS YEAR :((((((((!!!11!!!! SOME1 HELP ME :((((((" many users responded to his post, asking him how it happened and offered solutions to rectify the issue. others made fun of him for his gullibility.

the cursor on the screen seemed to lead itself to the chatrooms, and clicked the chatroom between myself and itto. i read the latest messages we exchanged. ~15/11/2011 (9:00pm) xxTheOneAndOnixx: wow that mario kart sesh was hella dope 0_0! how do you have such insane drifting skillz???

angelofdarkness: it was blood, sweat and tears lol?\. xxTheOneAndOnixx: welp grandma is calling me down for dinner. see ya later alligator :3 angelofdarkness: see ya! :p last online: 15/11/2011 "i wonder where he is now" i ask myself as i open twitter and create a thread regarding itto's whereabouts.

welp that was my first tumblr fanfic ever. if you read this thanks so much and consider reblogging, liking and following! it's very appreciated :3!

#gigifics #genshin impact #arataki itto #arataki itto x reader #genshin itto #itto x reader

[kursed-curtain]

1. Everything you made for fight club and war prize makes my heart soar. You breathed so much life into my silly OCs and turned flat cardboard cutouts into well-rounded three dimensional characters. How do you do it. Witchcraft I say.

3. I love the way you write the guards, they’re adorable. The interaction and the fambly feels. Also, your dialogue for odds is stellar and the inspiration behind my clumsy tackling of his character. Hes such a brat. I want to punt him

6. That dance scene between no1 and graham in war prize - i keep going back to it. Theyre both so happy to be together despite the circumstances. They missed each other so much. Let them smile for once! Ah! Lads!

7. That one picture of odds looming over graham and holding his mouth closed still makes my stomach clench. Odds you brat. 

8. Your design is fantastic, your interpretation of characters is lovely, i adore your skills with OCs, with developing and writing and building on them. So very jealous am i. Please let me have your skills, i need them /j

9. Amulent fic - no pressure, i know you’re figuring it out. But! The day you return to it is the day i will be a very happy bean. 

overall, just, ahh,, it's been wonderful workin with ya! Technically. Shady business deals in the desert.

All the stuff I do is mostly gifts in a technical sense. Built cuz I wanna help motivate all y'all to do what you love by showing that ^^ there's people out there who also love your works! :D and ofc it's more than just me who love y'all's stuff, I just like to show that in a physical way whenever I have the motivation to!

(plus it keeps me drawing on the daily cuz mmm brainrot)

I'm glad my guard stuff is gud! ^^ it's the kinda stuff that's easier to write because I'm,, not so secretly projecting onto them lmao. Also!! I love writing odds teehee but I could neverr write evens the way you do :0 I listen to more smug villains than quiet blunt villains. "It's easier than you would think, dear."

Also -gives you one (1) more braincell and a hug- thats all I can contribute in terms of skillz lol (that and... YouTube videos? I'm self-taught lol so I can -grabby- give stuff over if wanted) (cough cough Brooke Eggleston Character Design Forge and BaM Animation cough cough I watch too much of both constantly)

#ask game

[autisticbats]

wip idea thing for the 500th peppermint vs spiderbaby story in existence

forgive me

“so there's a christmas party over at the tower, everything is so fucking decorated like holy shit. 

people are wearing christmas hats and reindeer horns and ppl are laughing and making cookies and oh my god it is PEAK extra. so thor walks in and is like "SORRY I AM LATE PUNY MINISCULE BABY HUMANS" and is giving everyone candy canes he bought/made whatevs. so he goes to throw one to peter and peter backs up quickly, letting it land on the ground in front of him. he then manouvers his body a good 10ft away from said candy cane and everyone is like "whaht" and many of them are already eating theirs and slobbering all over them and the AIRRRRR is so PEPPERMINTY holy shit. steve walks over to him like :)) You Dropped It hehe :) <3 and peter yeets himself away and everyones like what the frick.  so thor is like "SPIDER CHILD, THIS ""CANDY CANE"" WAS MADE BY THE GODS, CRAFTED WITH LOVE AND SDFJFKDHSDK" and rhodey jokes "you scared of candy canes?" and peter is like ha ha ha yea i gues ha ha so quill, clint and fucking antman or someone hold out theirs and playfully start advancing towards him (obviously thinking he's not actually afraid of the candy) and peter legit bares his teeth and HISSES, jumping up wall to wall backing into the furthest and highest most part of the room he can (which is a good bit but /not enough not enough not enough/ and is trembling and can't hear anything over his spidey senses screaming WRONG WRONG WRONG HURT SCARED HURT PEPPERMMINT BAD SCARY HURT HURT DANGER and everything is dialed up to 11 and its not ok its not ok its not ok its n

everyone is kinda just standing around stunned and worried for their spiderpal and TONY walks in from the elevator and is like "what the FUCK IS GOING ON" and is irondadding all over the place demanding answers on why his spiderbaby is so scared and spidery and everyone begins talking over eachother trying to explain and finally tony is like STOP in his dad voice and everyone can hear a small whimper from the ceiling corner and tony is like ok everyone out everybody out now go go go and shoving everyone into the elevator and directing them to the backup hangout floor or mcdonalds or who fuckin know s and”

#thats it #i have so many of these #i need HELP #in many ways #let me know if i should post more #other wips i mean #and lmk if i should actually write this #i have 0 writing skillz #i never finished this because i read 499 evil peppermint vs spiderbaby fics #as i said #i need hlp #help #anyway bye im embarrased #embarassed #how #to spell embsarsed #irondad spiderson #marvel #peter parker #spiderman #irondad #spiderson #tony stark #iron man #thor #me: says im embnarasserd #also me: proceeds to tag everything so more ppl see it #fic idea

[bisluthq]

Not surprised that people are speculating about who you really are. There are a few of us who are wary (as well we should be). The way you speak in a very definitive way in terms of Tay & Joe, and dismissive of speculation is 👀 You say that you take in all sides, but if we’re being honest it’s not true... your tone when answering asks that you don’t believe is generally condescending and final, without room for discussion. Realistically you know as much as we do, which is not an entire picture. We’ve also had multiple asks ignored/edited by you which adds to the question of why you are pushing the narrative that u are. Before you push the “Kay’s are crazy” on us, a few of us are not actually Kay’s but Gaylors in general

I don’t ignore and I can’t edit asks I don’t have the skillz lol like I don’t know if that’s possible even and if it is my ass isn’t the one who’s able to. Sometimes I miss asks - because I mostly answer from notifications feed on my phone - or sometimes it’ll take too long to answer so I save in drafts and forget coz I get a lot more and sometimes I go to drafts and publish old ones. Sometimes they mention other blogs by name in a way that I feel is uncool or shady so I skip them. Sometimes they’re rude (to me or to Taylor and like I’m not Taylor’s keeper but I’m a stan and I don’t want to answer ones about how shitty she is). If there’s a particular time you had a question and I never answered it and you can’t understand why please feel free to resend. There’s no conspiracy I promise I’m just not super organized because it’s... a fun blog that I run for fun.

I don’t speak in a definitive way about Taylor and Joe. I’ve said idk maybe they’re just besties. I’ve had asks from people saying “how could you say they’re just friends or he’s just a beard” and people who’re like “how can you have such a definitive stance on this” like your ask. I don’t see the point of speculating on Joe and have asked not to really discuss him as much as we do over and over and over so I think if I’m dismissive it’s because I have 0 interest in this topic. He is a big part of her life. He is important to her. Those two things are undeniable and yeah I’m not gonna speculate on them because everyone should know this by now like it’s not a fucking mystery. They spend time with one another without cameras. She cares about him. He cares about her. She has forever tied him to one of her biggest and most exciting and special eras. Idk what the point of debating their sex life is?

Are they fucking? Idk. Is she using him as a cover for someone else? Unlikely IMO just because she’d have to be SO NINJA to both have regular organic quasi sightings with Joe and repeatedly interact with his family and friends and so forth and simultaneously have a super duper secret girlfriend. But maybe, like maybe the girlfriend is in that friend group, idk I’m not them and who knows. Friends who speak to me privately will know I got WILDLY EXCITED when the Beth G x Tay theory got floated like that was completely my jam and even tho I found out she’s married pretty quickly I am happy to entertain Beth x Tay x Joe x Beth’s writer husband creative genius polylcule. I’m not dismissive of stuff if it’s fun. I’m dismissive of stuff when (to me) it’s not.

Like I don’t care if they’re fucking or if they’re besties. He’s not going anywhere either way so idk why you do like... there’s no way to “find out” if they’re fucking or not and what would we do with that info? It’s an irrelevant conversation about a man who frankly doesn’t interest me beyond his association with her. So yeah I shut those down. If you wanna have a blog that just backs and forth on whether Swiftwyn fuck you should find one or start it because it’s just not my jam but if there’s a need for that lane it should obvi exist.

I try end off every ask I don’t believe by saying that if you want to believe this, know that there are counterarguments, but go ahead. I’ve spent literal hours researching this shit this year. I’ve made my own opinions up. And yeah, I’m an opinionated noisy bitch. I will therefore, obviously, explain my opinions and usually if not always show the “working out” that lead me to believe what I believe. Do you have to agree with me? Nope. Does it bother me that people disagree with me? Not at all. Again, I’m publicly friends with people on here who disagree with me about some pretty major stuff and it’s not a big deal.

Anyway, yeah I’m legitimately sorry if you’ve felt ignored or ever condescended to (the latter could have been my attempt at humor and I’m sorry if it didn’t work, that’s on me because I shouldn’t be making people feel that way through an attempt at evoking a laugh). I fucking wish one of these assholes was paying me or I was part of a conspiracy. But genuinely I’m just someone who had/has a lot of time, who enjoys writing and research and does both professionally, who has worked in the media side of the entertainment industry since 2015, and who has strong opinions when I’ve done research on it.

[cycloplasm]

which one of your OCs would you say is your favorite? :0

OH BOY SONNY JIM YOU’RE IN FOR A RIDE

Ok first off: i actually was thinking of that yesterday? So can PLEASE tell your illuminati spies to get off my property? Or I’ll have to wear my tinfoil hat to ward them off.

anyway short answer: i don’t really have any!

Long answer. VERY long answer.

I tend to have ‘Moods’ when it comes to characters in general, and my OCs are not exception. Those Moods can last a few hours as they can last months (and even years for that one character)- it’s VERY random and i can do very little to control them- i won’t have any motivation to draw anything that doesn’t relate to the Mood. If anything, noticed how i rarely redraw my OCs? You can thank the Moods for that! I VERY often have Moods about a character i haven’t posted yet- so i do their ref picture. But as soon as i finish it, i tend to get sastified and/or another mood. VERY annoying, as you can guess. There’s so much of my Ocs i’d like to redraw, but gotta obey the moods to enjoy what i do.

And those Moods actually influences who my favorite is- i just can’t decide, because those change my way of thinking. And, when i do OCs, i don’t post them until i’m at LEAST 90% satisfied with their design/concept/personality, unless stated otherwise. So as a result, i tend to love them all equally, even during Moods.

But that being said… I’ll try to pin point the ones that are especially meaningful to me.

Cherry and Olive.

I posted those two only once- but oh boy. Those two really mean a lot to me. As said in the post, i’ve had them since 2015- making them the 2nd oldest OCs i posted (the 1rst being Cycloplasm- 2013!!) And uuuh.. Let’s just say that 2015 wasn’t really a happy year for me, when it began? I kinda lost interest in everything- until i got the dream i talked about in the post. As SOON as Cherry appeared, i just… KNEW! He was going to be an Oc i was REALLY going to enjoy. Even when i couldn’t figure out his design, i had that feeling lol. And boy was i right! Cherry is still to this day an OC i really enjoy ‘writing’ (i don’t write but idk how else to express it). And Olive was made soon after Cherry had a design i was satisfied with- at this point, there wasn’t the concept of fruitbugs yet, so initially.. Olive was going to Cherry’s rival. And it’s pretty funny to me, how he started out as a rival to one of my most extroverted OCs, to what he is today- a boy who can’t express anything besides sadness and self-loathing over being unused. So in 2015, i had those two OCs (and actually another one that i still haven’t drawn digitally to this day- dem karakter skillz rite) keeping me happy for a good while! It was really enjoyable. I’ve drawn them a lot in 2015, and i hope one day i’ll have the time to draw their ‘friend’ and to draw all three of them together again!

Quibris and Cedra.

Kind of makes sense to have them here! Those two aren’t the in-universe creators of my world, Futh, for nothing, lol. I created them ‘recently’, 2017, even though Futh has been on my mind since 2013. But hhhgg i have so much stuff about them i still haven’t shared/don’t know how to explain yet!! And i love making them interact too- i have yet to find a satisfying way to represent it visually, but it’s just. Very genuine and they don’t agree on everything, but in the end they deeply love each other platonically. I haven’t mentioned it, but when they were bigger than the planet itself, it was sometimes possible to see their hand holding throught the sky/atmosphere, and seeing that was a sign of great luck and success. I just love them so much, idk how to even explain lol…

All my other OCs i love ver much as well- but i picked those 4 to answer to your question. I hope this text wall answers your question, lol!

#asks #Cherry Bond #Olive link #Quibris #Cedra #rosegivesocfacts

[wannawrite]

Melting Of The Ice Cream Girl [ pt.2 ]

PD101 / MXM’s Im Youngmin X Reader [fem ver] part one TW: use of vulgar language, mild violence i think… better to put these up anyway Fluff, mild angst bullet-point ver. [ scenario ver. : coming soon ] • some stuff happens that makes you go all ICE princess where is ice cream girl • your stare could freeze Youngmin • can Youngmin still melt you? oMGgg guys idk what’s wrong with me i’m on a roll right now but i literally re-read part one and got super happy after that like it didn’t even feel like I wrote it okay bye buT yAY IM SO HAPPY YOU LOVE IT ANON I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS ONE TOO EVEN THOUGH I’M BAD AT WRITING ANGST gOD BLESS - admin L PS: sorry but scenario ver. might take a long time :((( ___________ • it’s pretty awkward still • you can’t stop blushing • Youngmin can’t stop talking to you • and chuckling when you barely nod out a reply • your face is like a tomato • what is a regular heartbeat anymore? • Youngmin’s so perfect you can’t even breathe the same air as him it isn’t possible • but he seems happy sharing the same table as you • as much as his sunbae + chaebol™ clique is yelling for him and Donghyun to return to them • they stay rooted to their seats • and somehow it makes you really happy on the inside • but on the outside, it looks as if your glare can get hell to freeze over • you try to get Woojin or Daewhi’s help but they’re so engrossed in conversation about something personal with Donghyun • that Youngmin feels that he shouldn’t interfere with because he isn’t interrupting • he’s just admiring your face and picking at his fries • also trying to start a conversation with you • at least he’s trying and you really appreciate it 

• suddenly you have this nudge of confidence and you blurt out • ‘you’re in the same mathematics class as Mina, aren’t you, oppa?’ • deadass Youngmin’s pupils dilate when you call him that • moVING ON • he smiles and nods his head • ‘yeah i know mina, she’s cool. we actually sit next to each other in class.’ • then silence • … • *crickets chirping* • ‘yo Y/N why don’t you tell Youngmin and Donghyun about the game you created’ • oh god Woojin why • your best friends are grinning smugly at you • the focus shifts to you • ‘uh…uh, it’s nothing much really…’ you try to avoid it • but the hopeful and interested look on Youngmin’s face makes you give in • ‘It’s like…idk what we call it but for now, we call it mall hide and seek’ ( made up game by yours truly™ ) • so like hide and seek but across the whole mall and you can text clues and whatnot • Youngmin and Donghyun want to play • sunbae + chaebol™ clique hears and joins in as well • resulting in your face resembling a tomato • one of the boys in the clique makes fun of your blushing face • 'yah! don’t laugh at her like that, it’s rude of you.’ Youngmin defends • yOU aRE SHocKED • diD MY CRUSH JUST DO THAT ??? • uHM YES SIS HE DID • 'oh, it’s okay….’ • 'but thank you Youngmin’ • oKAY HIS ENTIRE FACE LIGHTS UP • hE’s SUDDENLY GLOWING • and that makes you crack a smile • even though it’s a tiny one • you guys get up to leave • and Youngmin refuses to leave your side for some reason but you don’t really care • because • who would? He’s Im Youngmin • you’re blessed if he approaches you • and he’s your crush so • you guys start playing • and Youngmin decides to hide in the supermarket • so you find yourself squashed in the tissue paper section with a laughing Im Youngmin • he doubts the finders would ever search in behind a wall of tissue boxes • thank god no one reports ya’ll • you’re giggling so hard it kinda unlocks your crazier side • you feel like you can reveal a bit of your true self to Youngmin • he seems trustworthy • suddenly your phone chimes • your mum needs you to buy some spices • sighing reluctantly, you emerge from your hiding spot and Youngmin follows you • you try to push him back since Woojin and Sewoon have already found Donghyun, Samuel and Kenta • skillz™ • but he’s like 'no i can’t leave you, we hide together, we die together’ • even though it’s possibly the dumbest thing he has ever said, your heart flutters uncontrollably • you roll your eyes but grabs his hand and drags him along • Youngmin is sHOokeTH • shES HOLDING MY HAND OH MY GODDHDKSHSKDB • you don’t even realise because skinship is such a common thing with your friends • Youngmin is about to faint from happiness • he can die happy • you grab a basket and start searching for things from the list • surprisingly, Youngmin takes and interest and also helps you to get things • he also tells you about how his parents use roughly the same types of herbs • also helps you reach the top shelf if you can’t • just looking like a domestic couple • newly weds • like the wholesome couple just grocery shopping together • you find yourself enjoying it so much you don’t feel as if Youngmin is a acquaintance • he asks for your number • and you two chat a lot as you’re grabbing items • when your just finishing at the cashier • Jung Sewoon, a member of the sunbae + chaebol™ clique spots you two • 'there!’ • you hastily thank the cashier and make a run for it • grabbing Youngmin’s hand and your stuff of course • you manage to outrun the school’s star tracker, Takada Kenta • 'yo dude, let’s let them go to the rooftop and do romantic shit before ambushing them’ • 'do you guys want bubble tea?’ • 'i bet Youngmin’s going to kiss her first’ • Samuel loses the bet • you guys are up on the rooftop sky garden • how romantic • you guys out breath and struggling to catch it while doubling over in laughter • 'did we lose them?’ Youngmin asks • 'i thinks we did’ you reply, giggling • 'you’re crazy, Y/N. I love it’ he says • you’re caught off guard but recovers quickly • nOW OR NEVER Y/N • you pull him close by his fancy as tie bc he’s a sunbae + chaebol and loves dressing up • tip-toeing • 'then i suppose you’ll love this’ • before you can back out, you press your lips to his • hE IS STUNNED • you break away but he pulls you back in to kiss you more • honestly, you don’t know what you guys are but you know the feeling is mutual • you do go home with a heavy heart after he doesn’t say anything about a future relationship • at least he was your first kiss • but you’re absolutely crushed when Youngmin arrives to school in his fancy ass car on Monday • he isn’t alone • it’s like a scene in a drama • and this pretty, tall, rich girl steps out on the other side • you were halfway done the steps to meet him but you just turn around and storm the other way • your temper has been tested • 'you don’t want to mess with Y/N, she’ll ice you to death’ • you’re mad, why? • Youngmin can’t make out with you on Friday but come to school with another girl on Monday • what’s worse? you spent the whole weekend texting him • he was behaving super sweet and lovey dovey • clearly interested • and now…. • they aren’t related • so she’s a competition • she’s his dad’s boss’s daughter who transferred schools halfway through Sophomore year • she isn’t in any of your classes but she seems like a fairly pleasant person • Hyemi and Mina aren’t having it either, since they know about your little incident • you can’t even look at Youngmin • he’s confused when you don’t return the smile or wave • i guess she never really liked me ??? • lol son im sorry but u dumb • ( yOungmIN SWEETIE IM SORRY IM DOING YOU SO DIRTY RIGHT NOW ) • he asks about you in math class but Mina just shrugs in response • it continues for a week • you can’t exactly kick the poor innocent girl out of school can you? • but she seems to want to extend her 15 seconds of new girl fame • she goes around bragging about how she and suuupppeerr close • 'oh! we were just in his room watching a movie yesterday’ she says to her little group of Freshman fangirls • 'did you two cuddle?’ one of them pipes up, eyes wide • 'yupp! we live in the same house for now so we’re super close. the mansion is huge.’ • basically, she’s trying to brag about being Youngmin’s friend • Kenta told you that Youngmin’s only nice to her because she’s like his annoying little sister and his dad would have his head if he isn’t • you hold you temper but one day • she’s just sitting there in the canteen outrightly insulting Samuel for being the 'poorest’ in the sunbae + chaebol™ squad and being mixed • ( i fcking love samuel how dare you not like him just bc he’s mixed im mixed too wtf wtf wtf i still don’t understand ) • you just about beat Donghyun to confrontation • 'it’s funny how you laugh at others for small things like that but you don’t even have enough money for your own house,“ you hiss even though it’s a really low jab to take at her • you have 0 chill when it comes to your friends, even though Samuel isn’t the closest • the Sophomore pushes out her chair and stands up to meet your eye but she’s still shorter than you • 'eXCuSE mE?’ • 'you heard me. you talk shit about Samuel yet you’re living off the Im family.’ • the Sophomore bitch shoves you as hard as she can but you barely wavers • 'LIsTEN! I cAN taLK abOut whOEVER i waNt tO. SamUEL DOESN’t belONG iN thAT cLiqUe. WhO tF dO yOU tHiNK YOu ARe?’ • you scoff, mildly amused by this Sophomore • 'someone Youngmin oppa actually likes’ • she screams so shrilly it causes your ears to bleed before lifting her hand • you catch it before Hyemi and Mina can interfere • leaning to her ear, 'you have no right to look down on someone just because of their social status or because of their race.’ • 'it was joke’ she whimpers out as your grip on her tightens • 'there’s a fine line making a joke and being a bitch but I guess you’re both’ you spit, releasing her arm • she tries to shove you again ??? lololol this girl issa joke • suddenly, you’re wretched away • Youngmin storms out of the canteen but before he can, you yank your hand out of his grasp, glowering at him • 'you don’t deserve me!’ you yell, anger bubbling over • he’s speechless but you still follow him to the bleachers in the gymnasium • there’s a really long and bitter silence • 'thanks…on behalf of Samuel, you didn’t need to….Donghyun would’ve-’ • 'Samuel’s my friend, of course I should have’ you cut off, 'what do you want anyway? i need to go.’ • Youngmin catches your arm as you turn to leave, 'why are you ignoring me? what did I do?’ • you raise your eyebrows at him in disbelief, 'Im Youngmin, you are one of the smartest students in this school. you should know what you did’ • he shakes his head and hangs it in shame • 'i don’t know? how about…making out with me on Friday, texting me all weekend just like a boyfriend would but showing up on Monday with a girl and not denying any of the shit she’s spewing? i don’t even know anymore’ • he’s apologising countlessly but you don’t even know anymore • you’re out off the gymnasium before he can catch you again … • it’s been another week since that entire fiasco and everything has settled down since then • Samuel won’t get over the fact that you stuck up for him and nearly got suspended • Sophomore did get suspended because she initiated the fight • you ignored Youngmin the whole time as much as your heart ached and as much as you cried but it was too mentally pressing to try to keep up with a guy like him • one day, a letter falls out of your locker when you open it • it’s from your alpaca boy • 'y/n, i’m sorry. hear me out, we can make this work. 3 pm, basketball courts’ • Hyemi and Mina caution you, even Woojin and Daewhi are skeptical but you’re at the basketball courts at precisely 3 pm • Youngmin’s already waiting for you on one of the benches, he smiles - which you can’t return - and gestures for you to come closer • 'i’m sorry i behaved like that. i had a lot going on, believe me when I say I argued with my parents for an hour when they told me about…Anna’s arrival. it was unexpected and I didn’t exactly like her.’ he sighed 'i guess i really f*cked with you without even realising. I’m sorry. I should have made things clear from the start to her. I’m sorry I played with your emotions and that she said such things.’ • 'what did you want to make clear?’ you prodded, hope rising in your chest • Youngmin’s eyes met your own and his hand enclosed yours, beaming. 'that I want to be with you, because I like you’ • you’re elated but at the same time, you can’t accept how things are • 'I-I’ll have to… think about it…with all that’s happened,’ you stammer • the smile on his face falls but he nods understandingly • 'I understand. I’m willing to wait for you.’ • your answer isn’t immediate and Youngmin got pushed to the greatest lengths to try to win you back • he really isn’t giving up • honestly, you’re touched he’s courting you for so long • it was entertaining for his clique and yours which had bonded together to form one power squad • eventually, you fall for his advances once again • you’re truly an ice cream girl • sweet, crazy, cold and sticks to Youngmin’s lips • it isn’t like he’s complaining

#admin L #im youngmin #MXM #produce 101 #produce 101 scenarios #kim donghyun #MXM scenarios #BNM #bnm boys #bnm trainees

[aceaaroniscanon]

Can I bitch about how much I hate how Neil is written in fic? They make Neil to be this weakling who can't blink without Andrew there and I hate it. Trash talking Neil Josten has a spine and as much as we know he loves Andrew we all know he's not going to let Andrew just rule him. Stop writing as if Neil is subservient to Andrew. I know why they do this. They need to "feminize" one of the characters and since they can't do it to Andrew it goes to Neil ugh I hate this fandom.

uh!!!! idk who you are but i love you for sending this to us because i agree 100%!!!!

literally, i felt this whole ask in my soul. under the cut i give you the ways in which the fandom treat neil like nothing more than a piece of meat only living to get fucked by andrew.

oversexualizing his charcter

see: people putting him in situations where he goes out of his way to look sexy for andrew or any of the other foxes

or: him doing something materialistic for the sole purpose of getting only positive reactions out of the people he’s with

hc-ing him as being able to dance/sing super well (??? ive seen this a few times) and using his ~mad skillz~ to get andrew to take him home and fuck him

feminizing him (like you pointed out) in any of the above ways

sometimes i don’t think anyone truly got over the seme/uke bullshit from 2010 bc of this

see this post for contextual examples

completely fucking up his character to the point where i don’t even know if half the fandom read the same series

see: giving him a daddy kink/mommy kink/shipping him with riko for any of the first two reasons

shipping him (or any of the foxes for that matter) with wymack

making andrew his only reason to live

if y’all need clarification on this, see: the deal he made with ichirou to play exy as long as he physically could to pay off his debts, the deal he made with kevin to make him and andrew court, finding no reason not to live by the end of the series, and having andrew was just a bonus on top of all of these facts

and in relation to the above point: making him and andrew get married when they have zero (0) intent to do so in-canon? see this entire post for reason #29387423 the fandom butchers his character to make an andreil marriage happen at any given opportunity

(not everyone in a relationship has to get married, marge)

some people just casually forget he has no shame or filter to speak of as well. boy doesn’t give a shit if you’re 8 or 80, he’s going to fuck you up if you light his (disconcertingly short) fuse

in canon, neil has only given up some power to andrew, who asked for it explicitly. in any other situation, the other characters have to wrangle out every bit of leeway neil is willing to give up

as it’s been proven several times that neil only gives up information when he feels it’s relevant to the situation/relevant to him gaining something in the future, i won’t waste my time explaining that in detail

the blatant heteronormative behavior within the fandom to even think it’s okay to treat a lgbt+ character like this

neither him nor andrew are straight. neither him nor andrew fit into any singular mold when it comes to their unconventional relationship. neither him nor andrew feel the need to fuck up the already worrying amount of trust they have in each other by trying to push the other beyond predetermined boundaries

in no way, shape, or form should the fandom be getting away with fetishizing neil as some one-dimensional character that has googly eyes for andrew’s cock and nothing else

for a more coherent look on this and the fandom calling neil gay (and not in the umbrella term way) see this post and this one here

to sum this up: let neil abram josten be his demi self and stop trying to butcher his character down to one or two traits for the sake of andrew’s development

#neil josten #the foxhole court #aftg #all for the game #c: saltshaker

[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: The Art of Losing

Last week, @redphlox, @sojustifiable and @soundofez stopped in to talk about their 2016 Resbang, The Art of Losing! Here’s some of what went down:

Q: What is your fav scene, to write or just based on how it turned out! 

redphlox: I def had fun writing the climax, it was so much drama and I. love. writing. drama. I'm happiest with that. I also really enjoyed writing the middle section, where Soul and Maka are traveling, because i got to build their relationship in small scenes. It was fun to write a scene and realize it could lead to something else. It blossomed.

Q: Amanda and fez, you both did some really cool unique art! What made you wanna work in those mediums and how did you decide what scenes or subjects you wanted to art?

Amanda: Last year my default position was that I wanted to write music because I wasn't as experienced with visual art and I love writing songs based on stories and I definitely decided to stick with that for Julie's because she has a really poetic style that made for good lyric mining. And then for my other piece, marsh had sent me a bunch of cool art supplies and I wanted to try them out so I decided to do some work with pastels.

fez: I had enough Resbangs that I wanted to do something different for each one? And I'd been wanting to animate lately and I knew I could find gifs to trace from Anastasia so that helped. The third gif tho... so the night before post day I felt like I hadn't really done enough with the Fic Itself, all I really did was trace movie gifs and idk, I wanted to actually have scenes from the fic. So I started skimming and looking for things to sketch and then I came across one particular line that inspired my third gif and... that one took over lmao rip.

Q: What made you inspired to write an Anastasia AU?

redphlox: I was watching the movie and I thought "Imagine Soul in Dimitri's outfit" and it snowballed from there! I also love Anya and Dimitri's relationship, they have a lot of sass at first and grow to like each other, and I saw a lot of SoMa in them.

Q: Amanda/fez, do you feel like you grew in ur arting skillz from this Resbang, and how so? Same for you and writing, Julie.

fez: I learned that animating hair is stupidly difficult hahah. But yes, I definitely learned things about animating (namely how it takes a suuuuuper long time) and it made me appreciate animation so much more.

Amanda: Every time I write a song it definitely gets easier and I can rely more on motivation than waiting for raw inspiration.

redphlox: Hmm I felt like I grew in the plotting department. Style-wise, I learned I change styles a lot, and finding my voice for this fic was incredibly hard at first. It took 3 months to iron out the beginning because of these things, but the rest flowed after I found something I could own. I also learned to write faster and to be more disciplined. I committed to doing 1k a day to trudge through the difficult parts, and on days where I felt inspired I did a lot more than that.

Q: What was the hardest scene to write?

redphlox: Lord, the hardest was the beginning, for plotting reasons. I kept writing and deleting and adding characters and deleting them, it was awful. Overall I think the opening scene gave me more hell than it should have because I couldn't decide how I wanted Soul and Maka's relationship to start.

Q: What kinds of things did you do to find the voice and tone for the fic? Are there any writing rituals you have?

redphlox: I have to find a song that puts me in the feel of the scene I'm writing and I listen to it on repeat the whole time, haha. And to get myself pumped up, I read a lot of good writing that I admire.

Q: Do you do playlists for each fic?

redphlox: I listen to the same songs when I write, tbh. I listened to "4 page letter" by Aaliyah a LOT for this fic. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2maiIc_LACs). The lyrics don't fit the fic but I love the emotion behind Aaliyah's song, and her voice is beautiful. The longing is real, and that's what I wanted Soul and Maka's relationship to lead up to. I also listened to this song over and over again: https://youtu.be/bs2VL_HYG9Y.

Q: What inspired Maka's parents story for you, if anything? I know that that was an interesting subplot that I was not expecting when I read it!

redphlox: I wanted to stick to canon, but I also wanted to borrow from the movie, haha. So Spirit and his wife not having the best relationship comes from the manga, and everything else was a sprinkle from the movie. I was just trying to make everything plausible and it turned out into this subplot xD. All the little bits of what Maka COULD remember had to make sense in the end so I had to think and think and think.

Q: The jazz scene was one of my faves, and one that didn't really have a movie parallel. Was that a scene that you knew to write from the beginning, or did it pop up on its own?

redphlox: That scene literally popped up on its own. It was one of those that bloomed because of the previous scene. I also wanted to address Soul's love/hate relationship with music and extend the metaphor of Maka being able to see things around her, and that included Soul.

Q: Did you do any research to nail the period? Same question to all.

fez: Julie gave us clothing references ;v; I... really didn't do any research.

redphlox: Oh yeahhhh. I know the movie is set in the 1920s-ish and I wanted my fic to be vague time-period wise so that I didn't have to commit to too many intricate details, but I did look up clothing references for Amanda and fez. And I had to research transporation methods for that time period, because Soul and Maka spent so much time doing that. I wanted to be subtle, but not entirely inaccurate. Idk how many times I googled "1920s women’s fashion" in different words.

Q: What are you most proud of?

redphlox: I'm most proud of how much I wrote in so little time. I lost 3 months agonizing over my writing style and the opening scene. I don't think I got the beginning down until after second author check-ins. So when it just clicked, I cranked out 13k one week, 10k the next, and 5k in one day :0 It was insane. I'm also really proud of chapters 5-8 because everything was piling up for the characters and I introduced Spirit and Wes, and tension were running high between Soul and Maka. I can't tell you how much I love to make them suffer.

Q: I loved the part where Soul is like "WAIT WHAT BOY" when she "remembers" him when they're in the train. Did you pull from anything specific to get those emotions across?

redphlox: Ahhh I pulled from those depression feels of inadequacy LOL. He was just touched that he had an impact on her, bc the time they had together was v little. ;-;

Q: Did you watch the movie a lot? I really love how you managed to capture the feel of it while staying true to the spirit of the SE characters. How did you manage to walk that line so well?

redphlox: Ahh, I watched it the first time when I decided to write it, and then I watched it with fez at her house, and I watched it again when I was at my most frustrated with writing. Anddd I love that movie so much, it's one of my favorites, and I wanted to do it justice. I wanted to capture its feeling, because it's so beautiful and nostalgic. I didn't want to take everything from the movie, because some of it didn't fit the characters. Like, I couldn't see Soul trying to con someone for their money, like Dimitri did in the movie, but I could def see Spirit heartbroken but hopeful of seeing his daughter come back one day, even if it was stupid.

Q: Did you have any beta comments Julie that you particularly liked/thought were funny/encouraged you?

redphlox: All of bendandcurl's comments were super encouraging and insightful, and anytime Proma gave me a thumbs up on something I did feel like a proud student. Because my fic was more of a serious drama than fluff there weren't any funny comments besides the occasional gif during a serious moment in the fic.

Q: Okay but. Anya. Did you consider having her make an appearance?

redphlox: Oh I did! I had originally written Anya coming into the bakery to meet Soul in the very beginning to talk about their thing but leave after he didn't show up. That way later, when the truth was revealed, Maka could've had a lightbulb OH moment. But then I decided against it and left Anya as a background character.

Q: fez, I wanted to ask why you liked the spirit and maka gif so much, what inspired you to pick that scene?

fez: Ahhhh I have a lot of family feels, so when I saw the twirlies I... I wanted it. Maka's pigtails made me suffer but in the end it was worth it.

Q: What was [everyone's] favorite part about collaborating?

Amanda: Oo well first of all I was excited to work with fez and Julie because they are both gr8 and I had no idea Julie was writing it, so it was a really fun surprise, and then also a perfect fic to write a song for because Julie has so many good phrases to pull for lyrics.

fez: I also flipped out when I found out I'd be working with Julie and Amanda ;v; probably I had the most fun throwing my WIPs around ahah;;

redphlox: I was so stunned when I saw that Amanda picked mine, and that multiplied when fez joined. :0 It was a wild ride, and seeing their progress on their art was phenomenal like, they truly brought it to life and I'm so grateful for their hard work. I'm happy with it, it was a good team.

#AMA transcripts #resbang book club #rbbc

[diefakekalvingarrah]

Golf Ball and Tennis Ball aren’t dating. They’re QPP’s

I don’t get why people don’t like leafy. She really is trying her best. She has some issues sure but doesn’t everyone?

The one scream sound they use throughout BFDI haunts me. You know the one

I love Golf Ball. She’s a cool character. She’s changed a lot and has a cool personality

If you couldn’t tell I’m binge watching BFDI before the new episode of bfb tomorrow

God damn Pencil’s got the jams

Open mouth yeah yeah yeah let him out yeah yeah yeah 

Front facing eraser haunts me

“What in the spherical world was that for”

When leafy fucking shatters you with a bowling ball trying to show you something cool

What does OMZ stand for?? You’re a leaf??

what does OMW mean??? And it’s not on my way. 

WHEN THAT GUILLOTINE SNAPPED OFF PENCILS DICK I CHOKED WHAT THE FUCK GIRL ARE YOU OKAY???

Fiery you can at least fucking try. Your hands ain’t made out of water are they??

THE FIRST TIME USING THE DIGIT IN THE TENS. TWELVE VOTES. CAN YOU IMAGINE. 

Mm now i want key lime pie. Based. 

Why are they just casually discussing their favorite cake flavors I 

Not to be an sjw but the fat phobia is real in this

“Just drew a little doodle” I love that I wanna make memes out of that

Why everybody on this show so goddamn strong wtf?? They be tapping each other and knocking into the next dimension 

Pence pence is such a cute nick name

“Absolutely coolio”

1 2 3 4 who do we not adore? Spongy. Spongy. 5 6 7 8 who do we? Hate? Spongy. Spongy. 9 10 and then 11-“

She shoulda left the song writing skillz to pencil

The fact that the fire is just a couple transparent fiery assets kills me

Bubble: Hi guys ^-^*

Pencil: *straight up fucking kills her*

Pencil: we’re girls 

THEY SAID THE SUICIDE WORD BAD CERY BAD THIS IS FOR LITTLE KIDS IM CALLING THE POLICE

A TEARDROP FAMILY REUNION IM DEAD

Why didn’t their tests get wet wtf

I MUST BE RETARDED WHY DID I FALL FOR THE APRIL FOOLS JOKE. ITS SAID THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED AND I WENT “oh ‘:/“

This is the second time my leg has fallen asleep

Twelve again. How sad

Mmmmm ice chunk cake!! I’d take suma da

K r e p

Imagine trying to play the intro twice. Couldn’t be me

Who threw the fucking strawberry at her??

Golf Ball just happily making her cake on the side just gives me life good for her

Mm rice cake 

God Leafy is so nice

I take it back why the fuck did she have cyanide 

The $8 bill I’m weak

I do not understand the two metal balls joke all I know is that I did not like it

$1.99 bill I’m so weak what is this shit

Damn that flower cake do be lookin kinda fine

Fiery is lovely, cooking his own cake on himself

Rocky. Please. That’s disgusting

Whats the point of the fucking dice??

Yay automatic ten for effort. Congrats babe

GOLF BALL GOT A 0/26 THATS FUCKED UP MAN

NOOOOO LEAFY YOU POOR THING THIS IS SO UNJUST

That “wow” from the judge was lovely

The fucking tie breaker

What the fuck is happening? Needle’s cake?? I do not understand??

And it’s over. What was the point

OMPF??? What???

Aight I’m taking a break from da

[seokhan4u]

Selling SEO – How to Generate SEO Leads for Your Business

How to Generate SEO Leads

Selling SEO is tough business. Most biz owners have horror stories of shady SEO companies who took their money and literally did zero work.

On the other hand, some business owners will buy a $99 SEO package from YP or Dex and think they’re going to dominate the payday loan market. Those $99 SEO companies exist for one reason: To give the biz owner a reason to say NO to other companies who want to sell them things.

Either way, it’s really hard to sell SEO these days. In this post I’m going to teach you how to generate SEO leads. It’s a lot of work but it can pay off – big time!

Tools I Use

(I’m not putting affiliate links in this post. Just use Google to find these tools if you need them)

Scrapebox – For scraping emails.

Atomic Email Studio – Verifying and sending email. This also has some great tools to help you manage very large email lists.

SMTP Providers – Amazon SES, Sendgrid, Mailgun, and SMTP2Go. You need a high volume SMTP provider if you want to scale your cold emailing. Forget MailChimp, Gmail, etc. Spend the time setting up a legit email system.

Paigham Bot – For contact form submits.

CallRail – I use this route calls to my sales team. I also use it in other parts of my business.

Text Mechanic – I use this free tool to manipulate text files. Very helpful.

Sales Genie – Around $100 p/m for view-only access. Complete database of all businesses in the USA. Can filter by niche, sales volume, # of employees, etc.

Why Do People Struggle to Generate SEO Leads?

Because it’s not easy. Also because there a million products and courses that claim lead generation can be easy. Yes, it gets easier over time but that’s only because you’ve improved your processes and have a found a proven, repeatable method that you can scale.

Another reason people struggle to generate SEO leads for their business is because they afraid to execute. They’ve heard that cold email is spam (legally it’s not), or that cold calling is annoying to prospects. The fact is, these prospects don’t know that they need SEO (else they would already have hired someone). It’s your job to show them that not only do they need SEO but that you are they person should buy it from.

What if I’m not a good salesperson?

Not everyone has a knack for sales. That doesn’t mean you can’t learn though. You just need to put all of your preconceived notions aside and focus on one thing: making money for your business.

3 Platforms to Generate SEO Leads

I use 3 different channels to generate my SEO leads. I’ll highlight their strengths and weaknesses below. I’ll also show you the tools I use.

If you think cold email is spam, just turn back now. If you think that you must sound professional at all times when dealing with SEO prospects, you’re in for an awakening.

I won’t give you all of my SEO lead gen secrets, but I’ll give you enough to put the puzzle together. If you want to pay me to setup these systems for you, you can contact me and we’ll figure out if these systems are right for you.

Channel 1. Cold Email

Cold email for selling SEO is a tried and true method, yet so many of us fail.

People fail with cold email for a couple different reasons:

The messaging is off and reads like a sales pitch

Not enough emails are being sent (you can’t send 50 cold emails and expect a good result)

The proper tools are not being used (people send email from joeSEO(at)gmail)

People are afraid of offending the prospect by emailing

Writing Cold Email for Selling SEO

Crafting your message is probably the most important part of cold email. I see a lot of people sending long, drawn out emails that nobody has time to read. I also see people trying to sell the prospect in the initial email.

Cold email is not used to sell SEO, but to generate a lead! The selling takes place in subsequent contact with the prospect.

Your email doesn’t need to be longer than  2-3 short (1-2 sentence) paragraphs. Make it direct with a good call to action (either visit a landing page or call you – or both). Grab their attention, generate an inquiry, and put them in your pipeline.

This is a sampling of calls that come in from cold email. Most prospects will submit the contact form but some just want to call in and talk right away.

Niche Down Your Emailing

I’ve found that by focusing on one niche at a time, and crafting a message specific to that niche, you can pique more interest than just a general SEO sales email.

Landing Page

Each landing page contains my phone number and a contact form – two ways for them to get in touch. Some people want to talk on the phone and some just want to fill a form. Give them both options.

I make a landing page specific for the industry that I’m targeting. If I’m targeting roofers, I make a landing page specifically for roofers.

Doing this makes you appear to be the specialist in their niche. Whether you are the specialist or not, it’s important to make them believe you are to generate the lead.

Offer a lead magnet such as a competition report or site audit. Also, make sure the language in your landing page is direct – just like in your email. People don’t care about your link building skillz, they care about getting more customers for their business. Don’t talk about anything technical on your landing page.

Here’s a landing page that prospects are sent to from the cold email. Notice they have the option to call or fill out a contact form right away.

Follow Up

CALL THE PROSPECT!!

When you get a lead, pick up the damn phone! I see so many agency owners that just want to close sales via email. This is definitely possible, but if you call the prospect immediate after you get their lead, your chances of landing the client improves dramatically.

When you call them right away, you’re still fresh in their mind. As a business owner you know how busy you can get. If your prospect gets busy and forgets about your email and landing page, they’re likely to tell you to eff off when you do finally get around to calling them.

When you call, start talking about their business. Figure out if they’ve had a negative experience with SEO companies (99% chance), and do what you can to make them feel at ease. this post isn’t about sales methodology so I won’t say anything else about the sales process. Just make sure you call them as quickly as possible after they contact you via email or form submit.

Channel 2. Facebook Ads

Facebook ads can be an awesome source of SEO leads if you know how to target properly. See, Facebook doesn’t give you the option to target just roofing business owners or carpet cleaning companies so you have to use your wits and figure out how to reach these people.

Even on Facebook, I make my ads niche specific. It’s important to niche your advertising down because people are more likely to respond if they think you are the expert in their industry.

I personally use the Facebook Lead Form ads because it’s super easy for the prospect to complete the form. My lead cost ranges from $3-$7 depending on the niche. One time my lead cost was as high as $12 but that only happened once.

How to Target Business in a Particular Niche on Facebook

This is the hard part and doesn’t work for every single niche. I’ll give you my recipe for roofing companies since I already beat that niche to death with Facebook ads. See below:

You can just copy my settings if you want.

Channel 3. Cold Calling

Very few people actually enjoy cold calling. However, in most lines of business, cold calling is the single most effective way to build your pipeline. This is also the case with selling SEO.

There are many gurus out there that will sell you the dream of a “completely hands off customer acquisition strategy” or some other load of crap. There are some successful inbound strategies but if you’re just starting out or making under $15k p/m from client SEO, cold calling is the way to go.

Anatomy of a Telesales Cycle

Unless you’re charging more than around $3k p/m, you can expect close sales over the phone in 2-5 calls, plus some emails back and forth to the prospect.

Your goal on the first call is not to close the sale, but rather to build the prospects interest and get them asking you questions. The best way to do this is by asking them flat-out if they can take on additional customers. It’s kind of a no brainer question but it gets them used to saying yes to you early on.

Here’s my telesales sales cycle:

Call 1. (5 – 15 mins) Get them interested, get them used to telling me yes, and qualify them as a legit prospect.

Call 2. (10-30 mins) Review my findings, discuss competitors, negotiate price.

Call 3. (10-30 mins) Closing. Give them a high-level overview of the next steps, accept payment, follow up email requesting logins.

What to Say on the Phone?

When cold calling, you’ll get hung up on, encounter rude gate keepers, and generally get beat up on the phone. You just have to power through and not let things bother you. If you are starting from $0, make 100 dials per day and stick to a script, and you’ll get sales. Even a blind squirrel can find a nut.

I’m not going to give you my scripts or any in-depth tactics. There’s plenty of content on YouTube about telesales. What I will give you is some insight into the mechanics of a sales call. The main thing you need to know and practice is objection handling.

SEO Sales Pro Tip:

People tend to buy from people who are similar to them. Try to mimic your prospect. If they’re a slow talking southerner, then slow your pitch down and match their tone. If they’re a fast talker from New Jersey, speed it up a bit so they don’t get bored.

For example, when the prospect says, “I’ve been burned by SEO companies in the past”, you need to know how to handle that and not let it end the call.

If a prospect said that to me (and they do all the time), I would say: “I can understand. there’s lots of shady companies out there. I don’t have affiliation with any companies you ever worked with in the past. Can you tell me how they screwed you over?”

So basically, you remove yourself form being associated with the shady companies and then ask a question to keep the conversation going. You always want to keep the conversation going. If they’re sick you, they’ll just hang up the phone. No need to give them an easy out.

Common SEO Objections:

I’ve been burned before. – Answered above.

I don’t need SEO. – “Yeah, I mean, it’s not like you’re going to go out of business or anything. I’m just telling you that I can make your phone ring off the hook by beating out your competitors. How do you get most of your customers currently?”

I’m working with another company (Dex, YP, etc). – “Those companies sell something that they call SEO. At the end of the day, you’ll never know if it was effective or not. What I can promise you is that your competitor is getting at least 3x the amount of calls you are by being #1 on Google. I know for a fact they’re working with an SEO company. When’s the last time you tried to really dominate your local market?”

I tried SEO and it didn’t work. – “I hear this from time to time. The fact is, real SEO does work. It’s how your competitors are sitting at the top, getting all the calls. I’m not affiliated with any other company you’ve ever done business with so I can promise you it’s not my fault that it didn’t work before. If you really want to increase your sales and get more calls, I’m the guy that can make that happen. What was the company you worked with in the past?”

There are other objections such as objections on price and other things but those can further through the sales cycle. The objections above the ones that usually appear in the beginning and will need to be overcome in order to further the sales process.

As you start to hear more objections throughout your sales presentation, you can craft your own responses based on your own personality and knowing what works for you.

Are You Ready to Make Money?

At the end of the day, you need to make money. Are you going to follow the gurus who promise easy cash methods or are you going to pickup the phone, grind it out, and make yourself rich?

If start closing a bunch of sales and need complete fulfillment, click here for white label SEO services.

from Selling SEO – How to Generate SEO Leads for Your Business

#seo #marketing #seokhan #Web2.0 #cool

[wetslug]

blograte!! im at school and its killing me so top tip is sit in front and try to take notes!! all the time!! besides having notes it gives u extra incentive to listen. too lazy to do a paper? helps me to do a very rough outline then slowly keep filling it in up to the point where ok i can just c/p this paper from my outline

v good ideas!! thats how i try to write my papers :^)

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want this? im done for now / blacklist gabi does br

#gabi does br #gabrelreyes

[badcapitalism]

You ever want to make the Game Hunter, Roland Tembo, from The Lost World [Jurassic Park II)] Proud?

Damn right you do.  I don’t think I need to write any further…. I will, because the [ROBOT] has decided to take a holiday to  and accidentally ordered a few too many socks (that is another story)

But who cares about that!

I mean, if your workspace is too small to fit something else magnificent to impress your clients and investors with your prowess, this is equally amazing to show off your disposable income SKILLZ

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Bling Mah Teeth-Rx

Your puns are bad, and you should feel bad.

Hand Painted Pink or Other Colors, we wont hold your hand here

    “But, Capitalism!” I hear you say, through the microphone as you sit at your desk avoiding work for a few sweet moments between calls, awaiting the dark everlasting embrace of your own Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, “I like other colors besides Black heads and Gold Teeth!” you continue hoping that statement didn’t come off racist [it did]

I feel ya, Maybe Gold Teeth ain’ yo thang.

How about Solid gold (paint…not real gold paint… #BallerOnBudget)

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SURPRISE

#24KaratGoldDinosaaaaaaauuuurrrr #BrunoMars #Magic #Science #paleontology #FlatEarthTruther #Cretaceous–Paleogene-Extenction-Was-An-Inside-Job

Oh man, oh man…. All I need is to find a stud, or get myself an anchor screw– and mount a few of these this bad boys (or girls #DinosaurFeminism) to the wall, secure in the knowledge that because the T-Rex has been dead for some time, these things are cruelty-free.

  Try it in Different Hand Painted Colors

Or

Embrace the Golden God You Are 

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Lost World of Trophy Hunting You ever want to make the Game Hunter, Roland Tembo, from The Lost World Proud?