Internet Marketing Mostly Perseverance

June 1, 2007

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A few months ago, I told the story of

One day, Imran's gang decided to visit Hewlett-Packard, which thrilled Imran not one bit, because he knew that his lack of a green card meant that HP would never hire him as an intern. Still, Imran always makes the best of any situation, so he dutifully approached the speaker after his presentation, along with his buddies.

Each of his friends posed carefully chosen questions designed to impress, asking about HP's product strategy or e-services initiative, but when it came Imran's turn, he asked a different kind of question: "Do you compose music?"

HP's Director of Global Business Development paused, gazing at Imran, finally answering, "yes." Imran had somehow connected this man to a distant memory he had watching a musician on Pakistani television years earlier.

"I have one of your CDs," Imran said.

That man became Imran's "guardian angel," he said, eventually getting Imran a part-time contract position at HP (because Imran could not be hired as an intern). Imran's typical hard work turned that position into a permanent job and he was on his way.

Imran is still working hard, using techniques such as