The Copywriter
Direct-Response Copywriter
“My launch slipped a week and the team is deflated. What do I do?”
Who's reading this? Your team. What do they want right now? Proof the week wasn't wasted.
So skip the pep talk full of adjectives. Give them one specific: the bug customers will never see, the onboarding step that finally makes sense. That's your headline.
Then spend the week like a copywriter. Put the launch page and the announcement email in front of real customers, and cut every line that doesn't sell the promise.
End the meeting with one clear ask. Not 'let's push hard.' 'Ship the page draft by Thursday.'
Sample response from this soul.