So Far So Good
by Lyndi Lawson
I was thinking of a dramatic opening for my introductory blog post. The furthest I got was…"And so it begins, dot dot dot". Followed by a little drum roll of course. Why the drama? Well, having usurped Rafiq’s position as the newest QuirkStar, I am now under pressure to start blogging. And although technically this is not my first post (see my environmental musings from yesterday) it is the all important one where I have to (and I quote Sarah) 'give of myself'. Seeing as I am still a little frightened of Sarah, I will do as I am told.
I come to eMarketing somewhat by chance…but I am of the belief that the best things often happen that way. I was, until recently doing a Master’s at UCT, but thought that my dwindling enthusiasm was cause for concern and that maybe I had wandered too far down the wrong path - never a good thing when there are 50 000 words between you and the end of that path.
I knew that I wanted to write (just maybe not a masters thesis) and so I started applying for jobs that had that word in the job title – a pretty effective method as it turns out. Early on in my search, I found Quirk and an ad that read copywriter. A hop, a skip, a jump, a 48 hour copy test and two interviews later, here I am.
My first day?
- Well, no one moaned about my incessant coughing, and I managed to convince myself that the earphones jammed into everyone’s ears were normal.
- The coffee is good.
- The boys pay homage to small plastic toys, My Little Ponies and action figures.
- I got my car clamped. (And let me tell you, it took all my feminine wiles to persuade security that I had not, in fact, parked in someone’s bay purely to be facetious.)
So far so good then…
Comments
post a commentThink its time for Sylvia www.quirk.biz/team/nonkululeko-dubase to take a day off again.
Posted by Rafiq on 2007/10/17
Welcome... im sure you find more than the primitive "plastic toy fetish" Quirks here... :p
Posted by Tim on 2007/10/17
Subscribe
RSS to Email
Get our latest blog posts delivered straight to your inbox.
eMarketing News
Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter which is packed with interesting eMarketing news, views and other quirky titbits.
December
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
Archives
Categories
- General (586)
- PPC & Affiliates (30)
- Search Engine Marketing (94)
- WebPR (38)
- Online Reputation Management (38)
- Email Marketing (12)
- Design (18)
- Viral Marketing (192)
- Conversion Optimisation (14)
- Website Development (38)
- Industry Events (60)
- Quirky Stuff (115)
- Social Media (87)
- Work at Quirk (10)
- Friday Fact Box (24)
- Interviews (13)
- Guest Posts (4)
- Nice Finds of the Week (4)
Recent Posts
- A Day in the Life of Marketing
- Designing for the iPhone
- With Nandos We Can COPE
- Bike Hero
- Heineken Shows the Signs
Recent Comments
- gavich on Designing for the iPhone
- Janine on Designing for the iPhone
- Kelly on With Nandos We Can COPE
- Guy McLaren on With Nandos We Can COPE
- Tony Roocroft on Conversion Optimisation Tools
More photos of the QuirkStars At Play
Name:
Friends of Quirk
Websites:
www.quirk.biz
the small plastic toy thing is starting to worry me - they are everywhere...freaks!!!!!!
Posted by gavin on 2007/10/17