[Marianne Yusavage]

Hi Roger,

Thanks again for your reply. Actually, I should have mentioned that although the company is a start-up, it has been around a few years, and just received a big investor contribution, so I would say they are doing pretty well (planning to hire 100 new employees very soon). I hear what you say, though. Believe me, I’ve worked at different levels of companies — most of which were surviving on investor money. This company actually seems to be making money, with a solid (and happy) customer base.

That said, is there a ballpark range you can think of, that you can pass along to me?

Best,

Marianne

[Marianne Yusavage]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your quick reply. I did ask the executive (my main contact who I have worked with in the past) what his budget was, but he said there wasn’t one — I don’t know if that’s really true (it’s likely it could be — this is basically a start-up) but I would think there is a certain amount of money he has to spend on marketing promotions, specifically for the YouTube channel. I used to work for him on an hourly basis and for those days — back in 1999-2000, tech companies were of course more generous.

But this will be a lot of work, and frankly, I’m no “spring chicken.” This is really a young person’s job (and there are plenty of hungry 20-somethings out there to welcome this kind of opportunity), but I really have to see if it’s something I can do — since these opportunities are so few and far between (and I’ve always had my best work situations from previous contacts; of course this is true for everyone). This could be a good thing (an ongoing project) if I play my cards right, and give a reasonable quote with perhaps a caveat to revise the quote if it turns out to be more work than originally described — I think there may be room to negotiate.

Do you happen to know what the going rate is for this type of work at tech companies?

cheers,

Marianne