Marketing Myself.

A running list of my service learning ventures. This will be updated frequently.

Contact = Initial contact made with person, whether via email or in person

Response = Decision made

• Westfield Mall, West Covina
• Contact- Oct 9, 2011
• Response- Oct 25, 2011 [Pushed back to holiday season]
  Jan 4, 2012 [Liability- not allowed.]
• Comment: Even though I was disappointed, I was not surprised. A gut feeling told me that there would be a liability issue; the mall is part of another huge organization. They wouldn't all them to give school credit to kids. They did say that they would implement an internship program, but that wouldn't be for another year.
• CGI Marketing, Diamond Bar
• Contact- Dec 2, 2011 [Chance meeting @ Diamond Bar Library]
• Response- Dec 9, 2011 [Hour-long meeting]
• Comment: It wouldn't have worked out, even if I agreed to coming in on Saturdays and do research every other day. I think it might have been a clash of ideals, because I left the meeting feeling completely lost and confused (along with a minor headache). It felt like an interrogation, and all of the answers that I felt sure about were "wrong". Even though I haven't been studying this field for relatively long, it didn't seem like they were made to be marketers (in my eyes). I was so lost that I began to doubt myself as to why I was doing this project in the first place. When I finally got my feelings sorted out, I felt that I wouldn't get what I wanted to get out of the office, and that I would have ended up hating my entire project had I done my service learning under the company.
• Poly Post, Pomona
• Contact- Jan 2, 2012
• Response- Jan 5, 2012 [Wait until spring quarter; busy with two interns this quarter]
• Comment: Will be following up with them right before the spring quarter starts. I heard a lot of good things about the Poly Post, so I hope their marketing office is good too.
• AEON Medical, La Verne
• Contact- Jan 6, 2012 [Morning]
• Response- Jan 6, 2012 [Evening]
• Start- Jan 9, 2012
• Comment: I know nothing about medial supplies, but I'm willing to learn about anything. Time to get into what marketing's all about: research.