A "blood-brother" of mine needs help. Anybody know anybody who "does it all"? I can fix copy, but I'm not into building websites with databases and such.

Here is my pal's request:
"Look man, I have to find someone to help me redo my site.
The snowball is rolling downhill now. I have to move faster.
Everything is in place I just need a marketing guru that can program.

Who do you know and trust, that has mad internet marketing skills, that would work with me? Ask around please.

ftp, coding, writing applications pshhttt…forget about it.
I know NONE of that. "

Any ideas?

I can do it all but I'm booked out till late Feb.

Why not do the copy and outsource the rest? Why does it have to be one person?

What kind of database is he using? I know how to set up an Access database, but no other. Plus, i do know marketing quite well. Let me know how I can help.

I can do everything you need, Skywriting, but I'm not free til the end of January. If you still haven't found anyone, PM me.

No disrespect meant to anyone else who replied in this thread, but I'd look to hire 3 people to handle the job:

1. A skilled programmer
2. A very good copywriter
3. A very good marketer

The reason why I suggest 3 people is it will take less time to get the site ready to launch that way.

Finding one person who can do all 3 jobs well will be tough. Finding an opening in their schedule will be even tougher.

Good luck,

Mike

Thanks Mike,
My Pal has come to the same conclusion. I was just passing on his request, otherwise I might have thought of that suggestion.

You made a very good point-- that I was inherently thinking.

If someone came to me claiming to be very-good (or better) in all three areas, I'd tell them they were full of crap. There's just no way to become a craftsman in all three areas. Reading Jay Abraham's "Mr. X" book doesn't make you a marketer nor does reading a few copywriting books and then writing a few web pages make you a copywriter.