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RE: Ind. Contractors - where do you get new clients?
Subject:RE: Ind. Contractors - where do you get new clients? From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- mainsaver -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, "'Humbird, LenX'" <lenx -dot- humbird -at- intel -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:47:55 -0800
I must have been very wicked in my last life, or something. When I talk up
what I do for a living, the more likely response is "Oh really, I've been
thinking about doing that myself."
Maggie Secara
secaram -at- mainsaver -dot- com
"All the world's a stage, Mick, but some of us are dreadfully
under-rehearsed."
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> From: Humbird, LenX[SMTP:lenx -dot- humbird -at- intel -dot- com]
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:39 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: FW: Ind. Contractors - where do you get new clients?
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> I took my young son to a playground one day, and idly talked with another
> parent. When she asked what I did for a living, I told her. She said, "Oh,
> my husband is looking for a tech writer!" Her husband was the president of
> a
> small medical software company. That was the start of another long-term
> source of business.
