Glory Days

When I first started at my day job as a web marketer I applied what had worked in the past and didn't pull it off so well. I'd dreamed about what our site could do for over a year beforehand.

When you first get a new position you have the glory days. You ask to go to conferences, you try to get budget, you try to rally people to get things done. The company wasn't as web saavy overall as I'm used to. Now we had a new VP who is totally committed to it.

This honeymoon brought a lot of focus and enthusiasm about the web site when before it was under the radar (at least to marketing). I find this is a good time to get things done. You act quickly. We hired a web programmer and graphic designer. I thought it was our chance to really rock. I was enthusiastic. I was estatic. Then reality hit and a lot of frustration.

I better read The Likeability Factor that's on my shelf, lol.

I still think we kicked trash. We met a very aggressive timeline. The positive feedback continues to come in. I've got a lot of goals ahead but I realize that my approach and timelines may need some adjusting. That's alright though. Like I said I'd still say overall there were a lot of successes...I just got 3 more positive emails this morning.