You’d be amazed how many times this has happened to me on a weekly / daily basis. Its worse when your clients asked you the very same question, when they are the ones who hired you in the first place…. Welcome to the funky world of search marketing
You do WHAT for a living?
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Scene 1
Guy 1: Hey man, heard you’re leaving for some internet job
Guy 2: Yeh, trying my luck in search marketing
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Guy 1: Search marketing? Like searching for marketing stuff on the internet?
Guy 2: Well no, I manage text ads on search engines like Google
Scene 3
Guy 1: Oh so you work for Google
Guy 2: No, I work for a company that runs Ads on Google on behalf of other businesses
Scene 4
Guy 1: Wait, so you work for a company thats owned by Google?
Guy 2: WHAT? No Dude, Like I said, I don’t work for Google
Scene 5
Guy 1: *BLANK STARE*
Guy 2: *ANNOYED*
Scene 6
Guy 1: *BLANK STARE*
Guy 2: Ok I fucking work for Google
Scene 7
Guy 1: Geez you could’ve just said so from the beginning
Guy 2: Piss off ass hat
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