work
I think today is just one of those days where everything or everyone wants to piss you off. I don't think I ever mentioned what i do, but I'm a publicist. Meaning; I get people (singers, emcess, actors, poets, writers, artists, movies, and other types of businesses) into magazines, newspapers, television, ect.
It's a great job in that i work for myself, and don't have to answer to a boss. I do however, have clients to answer to. I don't have a boss to tell me what, and when to do something, but I do have deadlines that have to be met, and I have to schedule myself accordingly.
So, on to what pissed me off. Theres this guy, he used to produce a group we worked with a few years ago. He now works with a major group...world known. He calls us (cause he knows we're the bomb) and asks us if we'd be interested in working with them. Well, hell yeah. So he asks us some questions, and asks us how much we want and we give him a great price, much lower than a lot of other independent firms out there and he says he'll call us back.
He calls us back and offers us a price about 1/4 of what we asked for, and said that if we couldn't do it for that price they had another publicist who would.
We could use the extra money, but damn...why are people so unwilling to pay for quality work? We have worked with a variety of musical icons, we've had our clients in just about every major magazine in existance, yet they stll feel the need to pay us pennies.
Its hard to say, "stick it up your ass" when your rent and car note are due.
It's a great job in that i work for myself, and don't have to answer to a boss. I do however, have clients to answer to. I don't have a boss to tell me what, and when to do something, but I do have deadlines that have to be met, and I have to schedule myself accordingly.
So, on to what pissed me off. Theres this guy, he used to produce a group we worked with a few years ago. He now works with a major group...world known. He calls us (cause he knows we're the bomb) and asks us if we'd be interested in working with them. Well, hell yeah. So he asks us some questions, and asks us how much we want and we give him a great price, much lower than a lot of other independent firms out there and he says he'll call us back.
He calls us back and offers us a price about 1/4 of what we asked for, and said that if we couldn't do it for that price they had another publicist who would.
We could use the extra money, but damn...why are people so unwilling to pay for quality work? We have worked with a variety of musical icons, we've had our clients in just about every major magazine in existance, yet they stll feel the need to pay us pennies.
Its hard to say, "stick it up your ass" when your rent and car note are due.
