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Over on Writers we got a question that doesn't really fit within our scope, but I believe may be on-topic for Answers.OnStartups. It is How to write a sales letter that works. The author is asking about how to sell his or her skills as a developer, not really about the writing aspect of a sales letter. I know the question is a bit broad and vague, but would it be welcome here? If so, would you all take it if I migrate it?

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Well, the title of that question has nothing to do with the body of the question. It is also a poorly written question, and is a good fit for closing under "not constructive". That said, we've allowed worse questions on this site before.

I wouldn't be opposed to you migrating it over. The topic itself is a better fit for our site than yours, and it could be a fixable question.

I ask that you give it an hour or so before migrating it though. I'd like to see what other community members think (I may be in the monirity on this). If no one else responds then I say migrate it over.

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thanks for your input. It's either migrate it here or close it outright, and since the user appears to be new I'm trying to be somewhat gentle, since we on the beta sites are all trying to grow our bases and welcome new members. – justkt Jun 28 '11 at 14:55
@justkt: Yes, I agree. I don't see how you can keep it open on your site - it has nothing to do with writing. – Zuly Gonzalez♦ Jun 28 '11 at 15:02
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I think it fits to both parties, does it?

On the one hand, this is a startup related question, without doubt.

But who could answer it better than writers? Not sure if I understand the point in writers Q&A well, but I thought it is covering professional letter writing, right?

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the question is not about the style of writing or about even how to write well. It's about how to market well. The OP asks how to attract clients, even though the title makes it sound a bit like (s)he's asking how to write a letter. Attracting clients doesn't fit Writers, unless perhaps it is about getting into technical writing (which this question isn't). – justkt Jun 28 '11 at 14:02
OK agreed. Thanks for you sharing your view. – Christian Jun 29 '11 at 9:04

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