Instant Interviews_ 101 Ways to Get the Best Job of Your Life - Jeffrey G. Allen [118]
As always, buenos dias, pronto, and adios—hasta mañana (Do 1)!
You can do this with as many offerors as you like. Try to pick a subject that is generic enough to snag a bunch of them. An example would be a wine survey if you live (or want to) in northern California.
When the article is published, mail it to the offeror with a thank-you note (in its envelope). Just:
Thanks for the great interview!
Best,
Mike
Or just walk down the hall to his office and give it to him personally! Yes, this really works!
You can also write an interesting article profiling successful people in a local industry. It’s even faster than a survey because there’s no preparation required. Just the publisher call. Choose a magazine the same way to read that runs pieces like that and google its name.
Magazines have an insatiable appetite for articles. You’re not looking for fortune, only fame. Grant first rights and reprint rights but reserve all other rights so you can make your own reprints, display it online, or otherwise use it for publicity.
It’s fast, costs nothing, and including it in your accomplishments increases the value of your resume (Do 5).
Distributing the article itself may be a great interviewgetter too.
You’ll be magnetizing muckety-mucks in a moment masterfully!
Do 87: Getting Paid for Instant Interviewing
How’d you like to get paid right away for instantly interviewing? Too good to be true? Almost too good to do!
Pick an upscale area near you. Then google party rentals with the name of that area. Write down the names and addresses, call to find out the name of the owner (or general manager if it’s a chain), go over, and poof, like a genie (Do 1), find out who they service and where.
There’s a big difference here. Some are geared for small gatherings of seniors, family weddings, or baby showers. Others service major social and political gatherings where the beautiful people go. If you don’t like carrying chairs and tables, google caterers again with the name of the area.
Caterers work from home, so you can’t just show up. Call first, using the genie technique, then meet them.
If you don’t like carrying or cooking, google florists with the name of the area.
If they have a shop, use the party rental routine. If not, use the caterer one.
Then work, but always attend the conflab. With your business cards and pen in your left front pocket. Instant interview the most promising guest offerors.
You’ve carried and sat. Cooked and eaten. Picked and arranged flowers. Instant interviewed too.
In a word, you’re qualified!
Do 88: Getting Leads from Leasers
You won’t know of office furniture leasers. They don’t advertise in places you see. But they’re the leaders of leads.
You can visit showrooms of the major chains (usually under “Office Furniture Rentals” in the Yellow Pages or googled for your area). You’ll see these chains are very major—commercial furniture leasing is a huge business.
You simply walk in and make yourself a friend with a leasing consultant or whatever. An instant interviewer I’ve been helping went over to one of these places and took down the names and numbers of over 30 businesses. Over 30 local businesses that needed furniture! Chairs for employees to sit on. Desks for them to write on. File cabinets for them to stuff with orders. Busy businesses. New businesses expanding.
What? They gave her the names? Of course! You don’t think she’d make a large leasing commitment without references, do you?
The independent leasers are even more forthcoming with names. I went in to one of them on my way to court about six months ago. I just stopped at an armoire to check my Windsor knot, and some salesman was glued to my jacket until I left. I just asked, “Who are some of your customers?”
He must have rattled off seven or eight before I took my jacket off (fortunately with his help). Then he took me over