Someone asked me this question the other day and I almost answered immediately, but then I thought HMMMM... I was a girl scout and "marketed" cookies to earn points, I was an athlete and "marketed" my skills to earn a college scholarship - but what was my first paid "marketing" gig?
It may surprise you - I consider my first marketing job my bank teller job WAY back in the day. I've mentioned in a previous TBT discussion that I was an in-store bank teller where you had to learn survival skills very quickly in order to do your job well, exceed quotas and keep customers happy. I learned all kinds of marketing skills in that role - including how to market myself into a client services officer role at the corporate HQ. I'll save all the details for a follow-up post, gotta keep'em wanting more, right?
So, Topliners, where did y'all start to grow your mad marketing skills?
Cheers!
Kristin