The woman Jill thought had hired her once, was someone she thought she should warm up to. But she was wishing the other woman would break the ice, lol.
Initially, Jill had approached the woman with a job-funding application for a government program she thought the start-up company might be able to use, use in fact, to hire her, ha. Since then she had used the program to fund the full time 2nd year university student that helped for her first four summer months around her new fulltime office.
Back then, they'd had a quick chat and wham, Jill was on retainer for $50 week for marketing and networking/promo girl type services. It was something she did for musician clients all the time although her minimum was usually $250 a month. She really thought they'd connected and communicated well and had lots in common! The woman had once promoted a kids band, Funky Mama, while, in the days to follow thier chat, Jill would be at the presenters table in Ottawa while the band got a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Folk Festivals.
She was very disappointed, when after her first week, promoting the website in some high profile places and special access/expense free-to-her-new-client conferences, the woman shrieked at her "but, I haven't trained you yet! I didn't give you my list of contacts. I'm not paying you for starting before I instructed you!"
Jill regretted now how hard she had tried then to express her disappointment and the energy she'd expended trying to get the woman to UNDERSTAND things from her point of view.
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Meanwhile she was thrilled to find proposed assignment in her email. Not only would it pay well, it would be hilarious good fun to research. They'd asked for an Equestrian Singles Feature, Canada's Most Eligible Bachelor
But, was it supposed to be written or audio documentary style or both or what?
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