My “Blog Drafts” shows what my blog would have been headlined yesterday: “A Dark Weekend. A Crabby Day.” I’m so glad my attitude has adjusted and that I’m back in action. My computer was broken all weekend (hence the “dark” weekend), so that’s why there have been no blogs from the Intern Queen. I spent all day yesterday trying to fix my computer and bouncing around from meeting to meeting. I have adopted a new policy: Meetings should take place in the a.m. (so I can stop on my way to work) or after work hours. Unless someone can come to my side of town, it isn’t worth it to sit in traffic all day. I sat in traffic all day yesterday until about 7 p.m., when I finally threw my hands in the air and drove home. Ugh!
Anyhow, today is a much better day in the land of my business. I made about 80 cold calls today, so I might lose my voice but at least I’ve accomplished a lot. It’s just so much easier to get a response from people when you personally pick up the phone and call. I would say that for every 100 e-mails I send, I get two responses. But when I e-mail people directly and speak with them first, I get a much better response. I don’t have “high-profile” tech equipment, so I just keep a running Excel document with all of the numbers/people I need to call and the status of those calls.
*NEW ROUTINE: I’m also trying to print out key Entrepreneur.com-related articles daily. I’ve found that reading more articles/newspapers/magazines has made me more knowledgeable about the industry and helps me keep my focus.
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July 26th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Hi Lauren - just found your site. It’s really good-keep up the great work! I’m using your tips to help me in my search for paying jobs (international communications consultant, just starting up as a freelancer)
By the way, can relate to the above ‘computer breakdown’ scenario - except that my fight was with Outlook yesterday morning and hours before a job interview. But I’m learning too about knowing when to ‘let go’ at least for a while, and not letting situations waste my time. Got my problem sorted later that afternoon