{"id":498,"date":"2016-04-28T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T01:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantastic-realities.com\/studio_blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2016-04-28T22:08:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T02:08:02","slug":"not-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantastic-realities.com\/studio_blog\/2016\/04\/not-today\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT Today…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yes, just who the frak ARE you<\/strong><\/em>, stock photo people? I\u2019ve got nuthin\u2019\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was not in a patient mood today for fools and shysters.<\/p>\n

As a Web designer. <\/strong>I am usually pleased when people see my sites, even the modest ones that are typically just there to establish a web presence for a client. But that means that from time to time, I do get one of those<\/em> emails\u2026<\/p>\n

But I was able to suppress my annoyance and compose a reasonably polite and professional response.<\/p>\n

Identifying data has been redacted<\/strong> to protect the guilty guilty guilty\u2026.
\n_______<\/p>\n

Hello [redacted name<\/strong>],<\/p>\n

I am the Web Designer and maintainer for [redacted domain name<\/strong>].<\/p>\n

I am well aware of the scope and limitations of my client\u2019s current site. It is on deck for a redesign and re-build. Of course that depends on my client being motivated to do so and dedicates the required resources. Be that as it may, such a project is well within the skill set and resources of my studio. That is entirely up to us.<\/p>\n

However, I would be far more confident if your message included legitimate contact information, a company name, web site, and any other suggestion that you might be legitimate\u200a\u2014\u200aor even an actual person.<\/p>\n

I did visit [redcated URL <\/strong>(from email address)], and that visit does nothing to reassure my opinion. It is a generic site full of generic marketing copy and stock photography, utterly lacking in specificity of any kind, a legitimate address, a phone number, testimonials, portfolio, customer list, or even a single named principal or employee. Your \u201cWho We Are\u201d tells me exactly NOTHING of value. A Google search of \u201c[redacted company name<\/strong>]\u201d produces NO company information, reviews, or even much in the way of search results<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Did you think I would not vet you? There is no way I would trust a client\u2019s money and my credibility<\/em><\/strong> to a company that does not even seem to legitimately exist. I am not impressed. There is honestly no THERE there.<\/p>\n

Please move on to more gullible prospects.<\/p>\n

Kurt E. Griffith
\nCreative Director
\nFantastic Realities Studio<\/p>\n

_______<\/p>\n

In more explicit terms\u2013 piss off, I\u2019ve got work to do<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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