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PaulieWalnuts


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« Reply #25 on: March 31, 2011, 11:21 »
Quote from: Red Dove on March 31, 2011, 09:03
I may have asked this before but do they have a salesforce working the phones to drum up new business?  

I recently found out that they do have salespeople which was a surprise to me.

A friend of mine is an exec at an ad agency and they used to buy from Getty and a few other macro places. They now mostly use Istock because they were hit hard by the economy. She told me they get pretty regular calls from salespeople. I asked if she was sure they weren't from Getty and she said "nope, Istock".
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pancaketom


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« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2011, 11:28 »
Quote from: ShadySue on March 31, 2011, 09:15
Quote from: Red Dove on March 31, 2011, 09:03
No marketing = no business. Good grief.....I may have asked this before but do they have a salesforce working the phones to drum up new business?
A couple of months ago, they advertised for a marketing specialist and that job is not currently being advertised, so they may have hired same, or decided not to bother.
They also seem, for the first time in four years, no currently to be looking for "someone who can break our system".



I think they found someone who can break their system.


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jamirae


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« Reply #27 on: March 31, 2011, 12:31 »
Quote from: pancaketom on March 31, 2011, 11:28
Quote from: ShadySue on March 31, 2011, 09:15
Quote from: Red Dove on March 31, 2011, 09:03
No marketing = no business. Good grief.....I may have asked this before but do they have a salesforce working the phones to drum up new business?
A couple of months ago, they advertised for a marketing specialist and that job is not currently being advertised, so they may have hired same, or decided not to bother.
They also seem, for the first time in four years, no currently to be looking for "someone who can break our system".



I think they found someone who can break their system.

yes, I'll admit it.  it was my 4-year old nephew.


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cclapper


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« Reply #28 on: March 31, 2011, 19:11 »
They need to be looking for someone who can "unbreak" their system!


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Mantis

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« Reply #29 on: March 31, 2011, 21:06 »
Isn't the new motto if it ain't broke fix it?


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jamirae


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« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2011, 21:18 »
Quote from: Mantis on March 31, 2011, 21:06
Isn't the new motto if it ain't broke fix it?

more like "if it ain't broke, break it"


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jsmithzz


« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2011, 22:56 »
Quote from: ShadySue on March 31, 2011, 09:15
Quote from: Red Dove on March 31, 2011, 09:03
No marketing = no business. Good grief.....I may have asked this before but do they have a salesforce working the phones to drum up new business?
A couple of months ago, they advertised for a marketing specialist and that job is not currently being advertised, so they may have hired same, or decided not to bother.
They also seem, for the first time in four years, no currently to be looking for "someone who can break our system".

This is their current list of vacancies:

Berlin
Country Specialist, Spain (G-BER 11045)
Berlin, DE
Designer (G-BER 11051)
Berlin, DE
Calgary
Accounts Payable Specialist (G-CAL 11096)
Copywriter (G-CAL 10359)
Marketing Database Analyst (G-CAL 11072)
Project Coordinator (G-CAL 10356)
Windows Systems Administrator (G-CAL 11037)
User Experience Designer (G-CAL 10358)
Milan
Director, Country Operations, Italy (G-MIL 11075)
Sao Paulo
Country Director, Brazil (G-SP 11076)
I hope that whatever IT people they hire are more competent than the current sorry lot. 


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ShadySue


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« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2011, 07:58 »
Quote from: jsmithzz on March 31, 2011, 22:56
I hope that whatever IT people they hire are more competent than the current sorry lot. 
Even if they just stand up to the idiot who's pulling their strings and say, "You can't have good, fast AND cheap".


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briciola


« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2011, 08:40 »
Quote from: cclapper on March 31, 2011, 19:11
They need to be looking for someone who can "unbreak" their system!
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