08 Mar 2009
When you spend the time to write a blog post, you obviously want to find people who will be interested in reading it. I have a list I go through every time I write a new blog post to syndicate the content. Here’s what I do:
24 Feb 2009
Being out of work, I can tell you that the weekly check I receive from unemployment leaves me with a huge shortfall every month. In order to help cover my bills, I have taken on some odd jobs and projects.
The first thing to get over, is how little you may be making doing these odd jobs versus what you used to make in your prior job. It’s a tough mental block to get over, but I try to look at it that “something is better than nothing.” If I can make $500/month doing odd jobs, it’s better than nothing, even though I could have made that at my prior job in no time. The challenge is to balance your time with also having time for your job search!
09 Feb 2009
A bestselling author of thrillers contacted me today about working with him on social media to launch his book series. Exciting! I thought I’d put together a few ideas before talking to him, recognizing the limitation that I don’t know too much about his current reader base. Ari Herzog‘s advice to me was to stay high level, and I agree, but I would also like to have some specific ideas going into the meeting. Here are a few ideas I have, and I would love to hear if you have any more! Read the rest of this entry »
30 Jan 2009
Dunkin’ Donuts left a bad taste in my mouth. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Dunkin’ Donuts. I have been going there quite frequently since I’ve been job searching because I’m out and about a lot, and it’s much more reasonably priced than Starbucks! Anyway, today I had a bad experience.
I walked into Stop & Shop (S&S) today, and a nice lady stopped and asked me if I wanted to use the handheld scanner. I was so excited, as I had heard about these, but have never seen them in action. Overall, I was not impressed, but obviously have a lot of thoughts on the topic.
