Tag: Saying No
Interviews
A single client
It’s always great to have a steady supply of work when you’re freelance. If you have someone offering you 20-30 hours of steady work, you’re obviously going to take it.
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Holding hands with the agency president
I had been a copywriter in advertising for about three years by then, which was just long enough to know I didn’t belong in that room.
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Samuel L. Jackson didn’t make it big until his forties
They convinced me I could do drama school after my university education, and I reluctantly allowed my combusting desire to be dampened.
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Marketing managers who can’t use Excel
My advice for anyone who is employed would be to remember it’s not your business. You shouldn’t be expected to care as much as the person who owns it.
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The mother of all mistakes
There’s no other single thing that’s had as significant and negative an impact on my career as having children.
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The marketing industry’s no barrier to entry and why you should be choosy with clients
The sheer amount of blagging and bullshit in the digital marketing world has been pissing me off on a daily basis for nearly 20 years.
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Morals or money?
Everyone is a futurist and keynote speaker. If you all were truly futurists, you would have invested in Bitcoin back in 2011.