http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/02/10/coffee-break-selling-yourself/ From Bunny Slippers to Business Plans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/02/10/coffee-break-selling-yourself/#comment-609 Steph Auteri Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:38:09 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=393#comment-609 I'm with you, Jennifer. I always hated receiving unexpected calls from authors back when I was working in book publishing, just because it made me feel flustered and unprepared. I'd often allow calls to go to vm so that I could listen and then prepare the necessary info before calling back. I’m with you, Jennifer. I always hated receiving unexpected calls from authors back when I was working in book publishing, just because it made me feel flustered and unprepared. I’d often allow calls to go to vm so that I could listen and then prepare the necessary info before calling back.

]]> http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/02/10/coffee-break-selling-yourself/#comment-601 Jennifer L Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:10:33 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=393#comment-601 I'm scared to cold call anyone, too. I don't know anyone who's had much success as a freelancer doing that, though! I just think about how much I disliked getting cold calls as a newspaper reporter; I usually wasn't prepared to get a story pitch from someone and sometimes I was on deadline and cranky. :) It's nice to give someone some warning, I think. But hey, I guess you gotta do whatever works for you! I tend to rely on a combination of emails and snail mails for queries and inquiries. And follow-up emails. I’m scared to cold call anyone, too. I don’t know anyone who’s had much success as a freelancer doing that, though! I just think about how much I disliked getting cold calls as a newspaper reporter; I usually wasn’t prepared to get a story pitch from someone and sometimes I was on deadline and cranky. It’s nice to give someone some warning, I think. But hey, I guess you gotta do whatever works for you! I tend to rely on a combination of emails and snail mails for queries and inquiries. And follow-up emails.

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