Figuring out head from tail

Second week with Ace.

Things are shaping up more clearly and I am begining to understand what people are talking about. But, this also means that I will soon lose the ability to ask stupid questions - a gift that should be hung on for as long as possible.

Fire of the week. We are working with TechTarget to send out whitepaper to targeted audience. The program worked well for January but the result has been dismal for Febuary. My job, whether or not I accept it, is to figure out what happened and fix it. So, long story short, I ask the TechTarget account manger to come up with some expert advice so that I would look bad on my fifth day on the job. We will see how it works out.

Fire of the week II. Come up with a special limited time offer for the new product that we are pushing. Pricing, duration, package, etc. This is going to be interesting.

As an old buddy to come in so we can pick her brain as an proven sales pro. She gave a lot of good advice and, we are hating oursleves for it, she does not want to come here. Given the $4mm contract that she is trying to close, she is just being rational.

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