In April 2014, I got my first job as a subscription sales officer at one of the most selling local magazines at the time. The target was; three (3) subscribers per week. The objective was to have 5,000 subscribers by September 2015. At the time of onboarding, the company had an estimated 850 subscribers. We had a space of 5 months to close the deficit of 4,150! You know the excitement that comes with a first job. Here I was excited, at the same time afraid about the many needed subscribers. The job got me thinking about quitting on my…
The birthday
To all my social media friends. Thanks for the birthday messages. Some of you made it special – you sent me a handwritten message digitally. Here you first handwrote the message on a piece of paper. You took a photo of it. And sent it to me via WhatsApp. I enjoyed such messages. It is good to know someone not only thought about you. They took time to do something about it. I also enjoyed the customized messages via LinkedIn mostly. You did not just send the ‘template’ message. You thought about me and sent a message that is addressed…
