Hitting the big time
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
And now we’re running with the big dogs! That Peter Gabriel tune “Big Time” is bouncing through my head. We have a deal to produce content for MSN.com’s shopping pages. We’re in the Ask the Expert section. There are some T’s to cross and an i or two to dot, but it’s basically a done deal. It’s already online. All we need is to get paid. This was a long time in the making — not as long as some others, but long enough. You have to first contact the right people, negotiate the labyrinthine bureaucracy (we’re talking Microsoft here) , wait for the lawyers to dissect the deal, make an appealing pitch and (sales talk time) overcome objections. And now, I ask you , dear and humble blog reader, to visit that site (see link below) and maybe purchase a product advertised on the site. Why? So that we can continue to exist as a Microsoft vendor. Crass commercialism? It’s the American way, baby! Thank you, thank you.
