Ever had a run-in with a graphic designer who promised you a brilliant design but all you got was a big mess?

No, you’re not an expert, but you know what’s good and what’s not. You also know when you’re being taken advantage of. All you wanted was a website that would help you succeed online, and what you got instead wasn’t worth the pixels it was painted on…

They say we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it: people are shallow.

We judge based on looks all the time. We’ll pass a dirty-looking, disheveled person on the street and assume he’s homeless, or crazy, or a drunk. We’ll meet a savvy woman at a meeting and assume her home is sharp-looking and neat.

Maybe that ragged man has a million in the bank…

Everyone’s crazy about search engine optimization.

You need to learn it. You have to have it. You have to do it.

The problem is that you really aren’t sure where to get started, and you can drive yourself nuts trying to "get it right." Keyword densities, back links, trustrank, neighborhoods, link architecture — who has time to do it all?

You’re a marketer, not an SEO specialist…

Could it really be possible that some freelance writers would lie to you, saying whatever it takes to snag your business, justify their exorbitant fees, and turn you into a submissive client who does whatever they tell you?

Well… yeah.

It’s sad, but in the years I’ve been in the business, I’ve seen companies burned, stung, robbed, and strung out by unethical copywriters who couldn’t care less about them…