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Three small pieces of feedback, if its okay with you:
1) The first (and most important) thing to enter my mind when opening your website was "right, lets look at some examples!" but they were surprisingly difficult to find.
2) I've clicked around a lot, but I'm still not sure on what I have to give you for my bio. My best guesses, which influence my opinion of your service, are: a) my own badly written bio, b) my linkedin/twitter details, c) my resume, c) a 5 minute Skype chat?
3) I don't understand the difference between http://www.overture.nyc/ (i.e. home) and http://www.overture.nyc/bio/ (i.e. bio)
@robmdeutsch Rob! This was the best, most constructive feedback ever. Thank you.
1) We've now moved the examples up towards the top of the page with a big callout "Here are some examples"
2) In order for us to write your bio, you'd have to answer our online interview, which can be found here: overture.me/interview
3) We started three years ago as Overture Video, producing short profile videos like this: overture.me/jmw. We've produced 3000+ of them so far. Now we're moving into Overture Bio, which is a handwritten, 250-word bio. Our website needs some work. Outside of creating the content for clients, I'm responsible for everything. I manage a network of 1000+ filmmakers, photographers, and writers in NYC, LA, and SF, maintain our website, all ops, everything. We're lucky that our entire business has been based on referral.
Thank you so much for the feedback. I am so grateful!
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@lovejmw@robmdeutsch I was wondering the same thing like where is the example bios. Then I thought their personal recommendation was the bio until I read the blue text that actually linked me to the bio. But when I read the bios I was blown away. Already referred 3 friends!
I'm fascinated by this idea. My biggest personal challenge with writing bios (and one I think a lot of people might struggle with) isn't the actual wordsmithing, which is a strong point for me, but figuring out how to position all my experiences, since they're so varied, into one coherent package.
Would be interesting to see what the questionnaire includes before making a purchase. Would you be willing to post it?
@jasonshen That's our specialty. We started with short profile videos that are generally about 5 sentences long. Summing someone up in 5 sentences is not easy. But we figured it out. See overture.me/jmw for example. Have already produced 3000+ of those. Now we've expanded to longer narratives like bios.
To check out the online interview, go here: overture.me/interview.
We'd love to tell your story, Jason!
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from the daniel chen sample, "Talking about money is can be complicated and daunting" - do you charge separately for proof reading? just kidding, sort of...
Hey @lovejmw, I don't think I'll need a $125 bio for a while, but I'd love to get a Twitter bio written from you guys, in exchange for a tweet about it? Let me know :) www.twitter.com/mrsharma
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I don't share the same skepticism as the others here, but it would be great to see examples of bios that have been written.
I was hired for 8 months in my career, and they had a professional writer interview me to create a bio for their home page. The result was much better than I ever would have come up with. I think your clients may not be solopreneurs but rather larger companies where you come in and bio the entire staff.
@tribaling Thanks, Elia! We've been working with some pretty big companies already. Law firms, doctor's offices, etc. Btw, IdeaHunt looks awesome. Here. We. Go.
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