Introducing Brigette Dusack, DGG PR Coordinator
So I met Brigette this week at the DevConnections conference, where she was attending the Sql Server track. Brigette had the misfortune of asking me "What exactly, IS Asp.NET?", whereupon she had to sit through about an hour's worth of my long-winded explanation :) I'm assuming she asked me because I too was wearing pink, and I probably didn't look as intimidating as some of the guys that were there.
Apparently I didn't completely bore her to tears, because I saw more of Brigette during the week. I helped her pick out some beginning ASP.NET books, and answered a few more questions for her. I also introduced her to some fun .NET types to hang out with while we were there.
But the really great thing about Brigette was that she really "got" my whole "Datagrid Girl" concept right away, including my marketing techniques such as the DGG buttons I've mentioned earlier. By the end of the week, she was handing out as many of my buttons as I was, and telling people about my business (which for any of you not paying attention, is ASP.NET consulting, working primarily with the Datagrid control). Plus she had also kinds of other publicity advice for me, some of which I actually intend to take.
Today I asked Brigette if she'd like to be my official (no-pay, lousy hours) PR Coordinator, and stupidly, she agreed. (As to the no-pay, Brigette has a full-time job, but I'll try to find ways to help her out with some free ASP.NET tutoring, or something similar) Brigette will be giving out DGG buttons at a conference or User Group near you, coming up with interesting PR ideas for me, and much, much more. Stay tuned!
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