Comments on: Landed On My Feet

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:01:34 +0000

Hey congrats on the new job, Aaron! It’s been so fun watching your career as it morphs into better and more exciting things.

By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:12:26 +0000

Congratulations! You are now #1 on Google for SJKIU! (Use your power for good, not evil.)

I think you are on the right track with how you define business development. I hate taking sales calls. I love talking about what opportunities my organization could take advantage of, if we had the right resources in place.

By: jonny goldstein

jonny goldstein — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:47:19 +0000

Too Lijit, too Lijit to quit! Sorry, I had to say it.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:50:04 +0000

NICE “do”, Jeremy! :-p

By: Brian Layman

Brian Layman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:47:54 +0000

Hey Congrats! You get to eat again!

You’ll do well in this role. It’s perfect for you and the chance to learn is what keeps it exciting….

Enjoy the ride!

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:38:54 +0000

{seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/y11BpwI1OL_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:” ”}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/1KlAQOy9yk”}}}

By: Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:38:16 +0000

Wow, actually that makes a boat load of sense. Well done to you and Lijit for figuring that out, I’d have never thought of that, but between your technical and communications/marketing experience, I can totally picture you helping customers come up with solutions (even if they aren’t your own, which is ultimately the best kind of BD appoach, ask David Crow!)…

Awesome and cograts!

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:33:54 +0000

Low blow, Peter. ;)

By: Peter Davis

Peter Davis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:31:54 +0000

Congrats Aaron, never figured you for a sales guy. ;)

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:47:24 +0000

congratulations mate – glad to hear things are working well for you!

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:21:41 +0000

Micah- thanks for giving me the shot. WTF does SJKIU mean? :)

Joe- Thanks for the encouragement. Keeping my seat warm at b5? :)

Jason- Trust me, I’ve raised this one already. You actually can have the same code from the same account on different sites. The only difference is, we can’t separate the stats. If you use Google Analytics or something, you can keep your stats separate that way and still use the same code. Our stats are roughly equal to GA. Of course, we’d prefer you use our stats but there are legitimate reasons why you might not. :)

By: bnpositive

bnpositive — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:18:20 +0000

Congratulations on the new full-time gig with Lijit. I’m sure you’ll become as valuable and integral to them as you were to b5media. Now, if you can just get them to allow multiple site installs under one login with separate stats that would be great!

By: Joe Taiabjee

Joe Taiabjee — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:15:03 +0000

Hey Aaron,

Glad to hear that you’ve got a cool role to reprise your time at b5media! Yes, BizDev is a different beast, but there are a lot of similarities. The key is knowing your product and believing in it. Then it’s just a matter of talking about it… Truthfully and honestly.

All the best!

Joe

By: Micah Baldwin

Micah Baldwin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:11:54 +0000

Aaron,

Potential and the drive to achieve that potential is a wonderful thing. I often say that great companies are built on failure, and that goes for great people as well.

Each failure teaches us something that we can collect, and use to make each success larger.

You are off to a great start. SJKIU!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:50:01 +0000

Hi Aaron

Good to hear that there’s a valid escape route from IT :)

I’ll be following along with interest as you learn your new role.

Thanks for sharing.

Andrew