Saturday, August 09, 2008

Advice for pitch winners


My computer at the agency got sick recently and went off to the Mac doctor. I finally got it back last week. A whole lot healthier but minus all my internet bookmarks.

So over the last couple of days I've been rediscovering blogs I haven't been to in while as I update all my missing bookmarks.

One of them was Yonder Ponder, where James recently shared this lovely piece of advice on celebrating a pitch win.

"Here are a few tips for celebrating the good news:

Search out the folks that presented (in person) and shake their hands. Look them in the eye. Congratulate them as you might congratulate someone who has just had a baby, gotten married, survived crucial surgery.

The copy-all 'great job everyone' email is spam. The handshake on a different floor of the building is something we like to call 'a little extra effort'. People remember your handshake. And remember that you know who they are (even if you didn't know who they were until right then.)

Drink-buying is a good idea. Asking to see the work is a great idea. Asking to work on the business is an outstanding idea.

Take credit humbly and graciously. And spread it around.And savor it because it's not an every-day thing. Even for the good guys."

3 Comments:

Blogger Katie Konrath said...

Stanley,

If you use Firefox, install the Foxmarks plug-in. It allows you to save your bookmarks with a login and password and transfer them between computers.

I had the same thing happen to me recently, and it was fabulous to just download the plug-in again and have everything back to normal.

3:50 am  
Blogger Stan Lee said...

Thanx so much Katie!

10:41 am  
Anonymous thedirtymexican said...

Even better is Delicious.com. You can put the firefox plug-in on the computers you use regularly (work/home/laptop) and keep them logged in for ease of use.
Extra bonus is that you can access and add to them from anywhere, anytime.

12:29 pm  

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