u/Electronic-Crow4554

I’ve been offering my services for free in exchange for references for my marketing agency — but due to cognitive bias, people instantly assume it’s a scam. It’s not.
All I need is to understand your business, your goals, and the right information. In return, I’m willing to sit down with you, research your market, plan and execute a real strategy to scale your business.
I don’t want your money. I want you to answer honestly when someone asks if my work helped you. That’s it — just tell the truth.
The real problem is trust. People want proof, but I’m just starting out, so I don’t have a portfolio yet. I have knowledge, I have drive, and I have a genuine interest in behavioral research applied to business — but that doesn’t show up on a résumé when you have zero clients.
And honestly, isn’t that the hardest part of starting anything? You need experience to get clients, but you need clients to get experience.
I think we should normalize exchanging value without money being the middleman — especially at the early stages. Sharing knowledge, giving real strategy, creating with purpose instead of just trying to sell a course or milk people for cash.
We’re so conditioned to expect a hidden agenda that when someone actually offers something real, we reject it before even listening.”

claude wrote this the actual text was:

i have been trying to provide my services for free in exchange of references for my marketing agency, but due to peoples cognitive biass, everyone instantly think its just bs, but no, really, i just need to know your business, your goals, and give me the info i need and im wiling to get on a meeting with you, research for you, plan and execute the best strategy to scale your business i dont want your money, i want you to answer when someone ask you if my services are good, and all you have to do is not lie, tell them the truth. i need to overcome people’s fear, they want proof, but… i dont have any, only knowledge, it sounds so fake i know yoo, but yall know how it is if yall trying to start a business, im a pasionate behaviour resercher its part of business to do create brand perception but fr sometimes its too much bs and too much time just to get trough people’s pre jundging. do yall think we should normalize giving valuable info/material as a trade and with creating as a purpose and not just being greedy consumists trying to sell a course or something.

sorry... valid crash out tho right?