Yesterday, I posted about getting out more. Hopefully, when you do eventually get out, you’ll remember to bring your business cards with you. Oddly enough, many freelancers don’t think to get business cards done up for themselves, especially when they’re just starting out. I suppose that, for them, business cards were something they received from [...]
Archive for July, 2008
July 30th, 2008
How To Market Yourself: Getting Out More
The other day, we discussed using online social networking for our own selfish, self-marketing needs. Now comes the hard part. Though I myself can be a bit…um…socially challenged when it comes to facing a group of complete strangers (liquor helps), I’ve found that meeting someone face-to-face can do wonders for making you stick out in [...]
Steph Auteri 
Posted in marketing 
Tags: conferences, meetups, networking, professional organizations 
1 Comment » July 29th, 2008
Product Placement: The Resume T-Shirt
If you’re interested in practicing a rather…exhibitionistic form of guerrilla self-marketing, there’s nothing like wearing your expertise on your sleeve. Literally.
July 28th, 2008
How To Market Yourself: Strengthening Your Web Presence
When I left my full-time job about a year ago, I was lucky in that I didn’t need to actively seek out work. My one regular proofing gig was snagged through a job ad forwarded to me by a former classmate. And all my other work came to me similarly, through friends and former co-workers [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in marketing Tags: digg, facebook, myspace, plurk, social networking, stumbleupon, twitter 5 Comments » July 25th, 2008
Coffee Break: Staying Focused Is Tough
What’s your biggest distraction when it comes to working from home? I often find myself being distracted by…everything. Reality television. The mail. Even housework! Stuff I would usually avoid like the plague at any other time. And it seems that remaining in front of my computer can be just as dangerous, if not more so.
Steph Auteri Posted in motivation, productivity Tags: distractions, e-mail, games, google reader, internet, TV 3 Comments » July 24th, 2008
My 5 Favorite Things In: One Person/Multiple Careers
When I first read Marci Alboher’s One Person/Multiple Careers, I felt vindicated. After all, while I had been happily frolicking from interest to interest, maintaining a comprehensive list of things I wanted to do and accomplish in my lifetime, my husband had been calling me unfocused. Unfocused! Can you believe it!? Alboher’s book assured me [...]
July 23rd, 2008
Unpaid Internships: Something White People Like!
My buddy Christina recently sent me a link to Stuff White People Like in response to my most recent post. Despite being a comprehensive blog-catalog of things I actually do like, I’ve never read the blog. Shame on me! Because they just-as-recently posted about Unpaid Internships. They totally reveal the utter ridiculousness of the internship [...]
July 23rd, 2008
How To Make It Big While Working for Free
After completing the weirdest college internship ever (writing adult content for the Phoenix Media/Communications Group), I thought I was done providing free labor in order to cement my career success. Faced with a long, drawn-out period of unemployment one year out of college, however, I was forced to consider the benefits of a post-college internship. [...]
July 22nd, 2008
PSA: Proofreader Needed
Hey there guys! The newspaper I freelance for (a daily in NYC) is looking for more proofreaders. The work week is Sunday through Thursday. Day shifts are 1 p.m.-6 p.m., while night shifts are 6 p.m.-10:30/11 p.m. They’re looking for those interested in mostly night shifts. If anyone is interested, please do e-mail me!
July 22nd, 2008
Product Placement: Thinking Outside the Cubicle
Now that you’re outside the cubicle — that cheerless box that you would futilely attempt to personalize with pithy buttons purchased at Newbury Comics and artsy postcards — perhaps it’s time to indulge in a desk that really reflects your personality.
