Soon
after my son entered this world my wife and I were both on Facebook sending the
first photos of his arrival and chatting with some family and friends about his
early arrival. While on the social media site I also came across an interesting
message from a company that I had not worked with for over three years. At my
previous public relations firm I had led the account for this company and every
now and again I would read the updates posted by the CEO and send a quick message
here and there about where I was and what I was doing. However, this message
was completely out of the blue.
The
note was very simple requesting my email address so that he could have his head
of PR get in touch with me. I didn’t give it a second thought and gladly sent
him my work email. As day turned into night and other events clearly taking precedence
in my mind, I had forgotten about the brief chat by the next morning. A couple
of days later, having just woken up from a less than refreshing sleep in a
hospital bed, I opened my work email and found a message which filled in a few
of the missing pieces.
As
it turns out, the company was once again looking to invest in public relation
in the US and I was one whom the CEO thought of to get the process moving. Keep
in mind that this was my favorite company and CEO to work with in the past but
since that time I had little contact with him. It was flattering to say the
least that he thought enough of me to circle back after such a long time.
When
I first started working with this company they really were in the early stages
of development and exposure. Over time we worked together to hit a number of
milestones both in the size of the company and the funding that it had behind
its continued development. Since I last worked with them they have increased in
size by over 400% and all the things that we talked about in the past of
wanting to do were now coming to fruition.
Since
those email correspondences, I have spoken with the company over the phone and
provided a little more background on what I am going now and the vast capabilities
of my current company. We are moving forward in this exploratory process and I
am hopeful that we will be able to work together as this is still a company
that I am very excited about and I want to be a part of the growth and immense
potential that it continues to possess. However, at the very least, I am happy
that the CEO felt the same about me and that all the things that we discussed
over three years ago are now a reality.
