Email correspondence between Jude Tilde and Veronica Cochran
Email correspondence between Jude Tilde and Veronica Cochran
Subject: Re: Consulting for Codeify
Hi Veronica,
I appreciate your candor (again), and while I certainly am not owed an explanation for how you managed to find your way into our team meeting, nor am I owed a tax on your time in the form of a reply, the fact remains that our paths have crossed, and my company could use your help.
If you don’t mind my asking: What is underlying your reluctance? Perhaps there is something I can say to reassure you that your efforts will be greatly valued.
Best,
Jude
Jude,
I have no doubt that my efforts would be valued.
I’m good at my job, and I could tell that your marketing plan needs work.
My concern isn’t that I could be useful to you; my concern is that everyone in that Zoom meeting looked and sounded exactly like everyone at my past position, and I’m not keen to step back into that space again.
-Veronica
P.S. (I thought I was entering a job interview and somehow entered your meeting instead. It was a complete accident.)
Hi Veronica,
I’m sorry the experience at your past employer wasn’t positive.
I’d love to bring you in to meet my team; I assure you, they’re all incredible people. But we are currently operating with a skeleton crew, all of whom are trained in tech and programming; no one here is versed in marketing (perhaps obviously).
You mentioned a job interview in your postscript . . . let me be clear that while it is not in my budget to hire a full-time marketing executive, I would be paying you whatever your current freelance consulting rate is. Please consider?
Best,
Jude