Vent: Looking back at my first email pitches for my knitting patterns is wild

I used to stuff them with jargon and formal greetings, thinking that was how you got attention. Now I just shoot a casual message with a photo of the finished piece, and the replies actually come in, haha.

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skyler21711h ago

In my first 50 email pitches, I filled them with industry terms that nobody used. It took me way too long to see that simple language gets way better replies. What made you finally drop the formal act and just send a photo with a casual note? I bet that moment of clarity felt super freeing. Your approach shows that trust comes from being real, not from using fancy words. Do you find that your response rate keeps going up as you keep things simple?

dylan_ward10h ago

Imagine sending fifty whole emails before figuring that out. That's like a full time job of being ignored until you get it right. Really changes your view on how long learning takes.

pauljackson10h ago

Realized my old pitches sounded like a robot trying to impress a dictionary. The moment of clarity hit when I attached a silly cat photo by mistake and wrote "hey, this is what I'm working on" and got a reply in five minutes. Threw away the thesaurus that day and yes, the response rate just keeps climbing the less I try to sound smart.