Should I use a girl or guy to sell a product/service?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=199069

by youyap • 18 years ago

5 18 18 years ago

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I am starting a search engine marketing start up and I need help from someone to make me a professional video about my service.

Something like: http://www.pepperjam.com/

Do anyone know where I can get someone to make it. Any web 2.0 out there offer this type of service?

Where do I get someone to make me a professional video?

eru• 18 years ago

Do you ask whether you should use somebodies service at all? or which gender you should prefer?

youyap• 18 years ago

Somebodies and Gender

lst3• 18 years ago

Starting from your question, you seem to prefer girls.

Anyway, girls are better, and guys are better, too.

If you start to prefer a specific gender, you always exclude the other 50% of talented people.

omouse• 18 years ago

Starting from your question, you seem to prefer girls.

You know, the letter 'i' is before the letter 'u'. He could just be used to giving the alphabetical order of things.

lst3• 18 years ago

The real difficulty here is the fact that you can't say it absolutely neutrally.

jpeterson• 18 years ago

Go for Morgan Webb.

mark-t• 18 years ago

All things equal, I would rather see a girl, and I'd wager about 90% of the people here are in the same boat. My guess is that your audience is pretty similar to this one.

But note the first three words: all things equal. You should choose the best person for the job.

ra• 18 years ago

Far better you look at the behavioral competencies that will make a good sales person - start from there.

Try Googleing BBI (Behavioral Based Interviews)

jrockway• 18 years ago

I like how the details of this guy's business are unfolding. Take a look at his profile for some good reading:

http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=youyap

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=youyap

Raphael• 18 years ago

Wow, this guy is pathetic.

ssanders822• 18 years ago

lonelygirl15

ssanders822• 18 years ago

Also, more seriously, here is a video highlighting a professional ad service you can use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

xugglybug• 18 years ago

How about you just choose someone based on their talents and not what they have between their legs?

maxklein• 18 years ago

Or don't have....

randy• 18 years ago

I wasn't particularly impressed by her screencasts, but I'm pretty sure you're looking for something like http://demogirl.com/. You could also do it yourself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screencasting_software. If you're looking for an actual video (like the one you linked to) as opposed to a screencast, you might want to look into some of your local advertising agencies.

sarahfrancesca• 18 years ago

I assume you're also looking for lower cost? Post an ad at a local school with a film program. Those kids want to augment their resumes and are often more than happy to share their talent for very little cost.

Should I use a girl or guy to sell a product/service?

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