Speaking of Marketing

I’ve been attending job interviews pretty frequently during the last 2 weeks, approximately 1 interview every 2 days. I was looking for a part-time English teaching job with RMB 100 per hour pay (which is standard), so that I can continue my Internet marketing adventure (I’m onto several projects at the same time) without worrying too much about what to feed my dogs.

Usually this kind of interview consists of 3 steps: a self introduction in English, a demo lecture, and a private conversation with the employer.  Because more than often there are lots of applicants going through the first 2 steps together. I thought why don’t I make use of this?

Not like others starting with their names etc, the first thing I did was to put “RecordingBeijing.com” on the black board before rambling about my experiences, interests, methodology, etc.

Just imagine that, nearly a hundred English speaking Beijing inhabitants who will teach a hundred students each… What kind of marketing is more targetted and viral than that? And I do notice an increase in the number of visitors these days.

And the cost? RMB 1.6 bus fare.

What about your job you may ask. Well, I guess the employers didn’t like my blatant advertising very much… That’s the only reason I can think of.