[Hidden-tech] How to Spin Living in a Small Town

[Michael Muller]

Jeff,

That is amazing. I used to work at 275 Madison Avenue in Suite 1400. Your building must be over the KFC? Or has it changed? Mine was across the street over what was a Chemical Bank at the time. I think it changed to a cafe around the time I left, in 1995. Excellent Chinese restaurant on the north side of 40th between Mad and Lex. Seinfeld used the location once on his show.

I moved my office to 23rd and 6th on the 4th floor, which was a very noisy location (fire dept on 23rd always tried to turn right onto 6th in heavy traffic... horns blasting for long periods, crazy) and in 1997 I moved my family to Montague. The first week I was there I saw a woman walking her llama for excersize right outside my window. The contrast was extreme.

I have never looked back.

Mik


At 04:17 PM 8/3/2006, Jeff Rutherford wrote:
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>I would agree with what Jeanne said.
>
>I've been telecommuting from Western Mass for the last 4 years while
>working for a NYC-based PR firm (hence the mailing address below). But,
>all of my clients know that I telecommute and that I'm emailing and
>speaking with them from my home office.
>
>As long as I deliver the media and press coverage that they want, and
>the PR strategy that they're looking for, they don't care where I'm
>physically working.
>
>Jeff
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>[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of
>Jeanne Yocum
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>Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] How to Spin Living in a Small Town
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>Hi,
>
>I moved to the Valley in 2002 after 32 years in Boston and its environs.
>I
>haven't found my "country" location to be an issue at all in terms of
>attracting clients from Boston (or even from other parts of the country
>via
>my Web site), so "spinning" has not been required. I believe people are
>far
>more interested in whether you can help them solve their business
>problem
>than in where you do your work. (Certainly, I do realize that being able
>to
>rattle off a long list of current and former Boston clients helps.)
>
>I'm not sure what it would be like if I had spent my entire career in
>the
>Valley. However, turning Marcia's question around somewhat, when I first
>moved here Valley people strongly advised me to make sure local
>companies
>knew I had just arrived from Boston. I was told this would be a big
>factor
>in my favor. I heard a lot about the tendency of local firms to look to
>the
>eastern part of the state for talent while ignoring the considerable
>amounts
>of talent that can be found right at their doorstep.
>
>So in some ways, it seems "spinning" is more necessary for potential
>Pioneer
>Valley clients than for big city prospects.
>
>Jeanne Yocum  | Principal
>____________________________
>Tuscarora Communications, Ltd.
>Granby, MA
>www.yourghostwriter.com
>Member: National Writers Union
> 
>
>
>On 8/3/06 5:56 AM, "Marcia Yudkin" <marcia at yudkin.com> wrote:
>
>>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post
>.
>>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>> 
>> If you love living in the Valley, as I do, how do you "spin" your
>location
>> to big-city clients?
>> 
>> Here's an article I recently wrote that contains reflections on this
>topic:
>> 
>> http://www.yudkin.com/spinning.htm
>> 
>> Comments welcome!
>> 
>> Marcia Yudkin
>> Goshen
>> 
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