Fabulous is a Full Time Job

It’s a common misconception that marketing and client relations are the easiest jobs in the world. It’s widely believed that all people like Shannon and I do is plan parties, attend happy hours & trade shows and take people to lunch. We wish!

The reality is that “Fabulous is a Full Time Job”! I heard that catch phrase the other day on the radio while I was driving around in the sweltering heat looking for the perfect place to host our next happy hour and it made me laugh. This is the best way to describe the day to day goings on of the Carpenter Hazlewood Client Relations department.

Behind every happy hour we plan over a hundred phone calls were made. Behind every tradeshow we attend there was a dozen or so trips to Hobby Lobby and it’s a mathematical certainty that either Shannon or I will super glue ourselves to something and whoever didn’t superglue themselves to something will burn themselves with a hot glue gun. Behind every raffle prize we giveaway there were hours of thought and research put in to what’s the hottest thing right now.

We are constantly on our toes. Many times I’ve woken up at 2 a.m., startled awake with a genius plan for our next event. I sleep with a pad of paper by my head for just such emergencies.

The truth is that anyone can show up to an event with a pen that has their company’s logo on it. But to really make your company stand out as unique, you have to put your heart into it and a whole lot of energy.

Fabulous really is a full time job…..at least it is for Shannon and me!