Wednesday, January 02, 2008
My First Foray into the World of Sales and Marketing
It was last week at TIC and I was in a newsagency browsing the mags. I decided to find our plug in Vogue Living. It was in the Japan special double spread, and the single sentence was "TIC have a special tour to Japan which goes to these places etc etc... call this number etc", with a picture of Mt Fuji in the background. That was put in for free after one of the mag's journos was delighted with the Asian food hamper I sent her. So what I have learnt is that not everything is black and white in business. It's not about prices per word or prices per centimetre. It really is about relationships - who your friends are, or better, who your "friends" are. I was also chuffed to see real evidence of my hard work. This is what I wanted out of marketing, and I got a bit of it. I always wanted to be behind the scenes, and I finally got a taste of it.
On that note, I called a temping agency today, and said I was after short-term assignments, and that I had just been working in sales and marketing. The consultant, always on the lookout for new recruitees for permanent positions, told me there were some marketing roles going. I thought to myself 'as if it would be that easy' and quickly told her I only had 6 months experience. She finally put me through to the temping department. ¶ 13:18
It was last week at TIC and I was in a newsagency browsing the mags. I decided to find our plug in Vogue Living. It was in the Japan special double spread, and the single sentence was "TIC have a special tour to Japan which goes to these places etc etc... call this number etc", with a picture of Mt Fuji in the background. That was put in for free after one of the mag's journos was delighted with the Asian food hamper I sent her. So what I have learnt is that not everything is black and white in business. It's not about prices per word or prices per centimetre. It really is about relationships - who your friends are, or better, who your "friends" are. I was also chuffed to see real evidence of my hard work. This is what I wanted out of marketing, and I got a bit of it. I always wanted to be behind the scenes, and I finally got a taste of it.
On that note, I called a temping agency today, and said I was after short-term assignments, and that I had just been working in sales and marketing. The consultant, always on the lookout for new recruitees for permanent positions, told me there were some marketing roles going. I thought to myself 'as if it would be that easy' and quickly told her I only had 6 months experience. She finally put me through to the temping department. ¶ 13:18
