The power of word of mouth ...

[ar_wahan]

Just got an email from someone who works at Bonnie's direct mail firm. I may have met this woman at the holiday party, but don't recall.

"Could you email me a sample letter that you've done for a children's hospital? I working on a new project and am looking for a writer that's written for children's hospitals."

Well, I had to go back to 1998 to find a sample -- on a floppy. Good thing I bought an external floppy drive when I got this computer! I wrote for a number of children's hospitals from 1995-1998 as a subcontractor for the guy who trained me in this type of writing, but haven't had any since then.

This query is good for a couple of reasons. It's nice to have more than one account exec. at a firm. And, this firm is trying to expand its own nonprofit direct mail client base. I was a little disheartened in December when the president, as he gave me a tour, explained they did very little of that type of writing. I thought, "Guess I'm not going to be getting a lot of work from them..."

Hmmm.

Comments

[skyearthandsea.livejournal.com]

Cool! And I love the new water cooler picture :)

[ar-wahan.livejournal.com]

I love the new water cooler picture :)

Yay! I think you're the first person to see it. Definitely the first to comment. The earlier two photos were sent by the friend who "redecorated" my page. This was what I had in mind originally, when I decided I didn't care for her first offering -- not that it wasn't a cool photo (Sapphirescarlet loved it!), it just wasn't me. But, I had to find time to "stage" a photo shoot for a cat-based scene. I'd remembered that I had a "water cooler" pet water dish system in winter storage in the basement. I just turned it around so you can't see the bowl.

Then I had to figure out how to get the cats, who don't particularly like each other, to "pose."

The little mats have catnip in them . . . :P

I only managed to get two photos off before either turned their heads away from me or moved their mats too far from the water bottle. I really lucked out!

[skyearthandsea.livejournal.com]

Both my babies drink out of those, Daizey's is just much smaller. I hadn't even considered how you got them there to pose. Duh! lol Good job! :)