Talk Well, People

I’ve yet to score a gig via independent marketing channels. Without agency help, I’d have fewer stellar companies on my roster. Last week I direct marketed for a blog gig, a proofreading gig, and an associate editor gig. By Thursday, I’d decided to check in with the ol’ agency folks. Ta-da, interview for a long-term proofreading gig Monday. Today, I accepted.

I’m appreciative for the work that the agency does. As a Boston transplant, their staffing cred plus my resume has made a minor splash. Now I’m contracting long-term gigs. Shouldn’t my agent be taking me out to lunch? Cha-ching. Share the lunch love.

In Tatum Greenblatt’s recent profile by me in Earshot, the trumpeter shares marketing technique: “The most important thing you can do is to sound good and be responsible and have people talk well about you to other people, and then you get the gigs.”

My resume is on the top of the pile out there. I’ve demonstrated that past successes are no fluke. Are people talking?

Two contacts did come in Monday from Mediabistro. It does pay to position on the Web. One was an agency I’d met with in the past—woops, update that database. The other was a copywriter here looking to build a pool of freelancers. I’ll meet with her on Thursday before their office closes early for the holiday. If I’m fit for the pool, it’ll be a great contact to have.