- Archive
- for May, 2009
A Social Media How To: Jumpstart your career (part two)
Let me preface this post with this. In order to maximize your success, you need a mentor. Read up on how to get one and then actually put in the leg-work. Part one of this series talked about building your network. Use those principles when finding a mentor as well. Part Two – You have to want it. This is...
A Social Media How To: Jump-Start Your Career (and life)
Part One of Many I’ve told the story of how my use of social media has jump-started my career. But for those of you that don’t know me personally and haven’t been here for most or all of the steps in this journey, you don’t know what I’ve actually done to make this dream of mine happen. So here it...
My first TweetUp is in a city I don’t live in… yet.
Come one, come all to my first TweetUp. Tim Jahn asked me last night if I was available during my upcoming visit for a little pre-welcome party. I knew I missed that Midwest hospitality! I’m not even living there yet and someone thought enough about me to host this thing. Whether or not people come is totally irrelevant to me...
Ask for what you need.
I am a firm believer in asking for what you need. It’s such a simple concept, but for some reason, some of us are so afraid to ask when we need something. This brilliant concept has helped me help myself and help other people by opening their eyes to the simplicity and power of asking for help. But sometimes, people...
Shame on your silver spoon.
Am I the only person who has been doing it on their own all the way through college? Seriously? I was browsing posts from my fellow Brazen bloggers and I stumbled upon this gem about what you should hear in a graduation speech (but probably won’t). This point is the one that got me a little riled up: 3. Rent. Food. Health...
