Please cut the small talk, don't ask irrelevant questions just to act like your nice and care about how somebodies day was when your really just looking for a client. Get to the point, its cool if your looking for work but make that clear from the start its really tacky that somebody acts all nice then once you tell them your not interested they ghost. Especially when a pro messages you first , I can't stand the pros that want to act all nice like they care about anything else but getting paid.
If i tell you I'm not interested in paying a pro and only cuddle with non pros don't keep begging, if i wanted to hire a pro i would be contacting one. Once i tell you I'm not interested i don't want to hear about how i would be helping you out and you have the worst of luck and somehow thats my problem and booking you for a session would solve everything.
I have nothing against people looking for work but let us contact you first and if we reject your services please stop harassing us.