[Image via] Oh my god, you guys. The other week, I asked for suggestions on what I should include in my Job Hopping for Word Nerds e-book. Heather of CraftLit provided me with a goldmine of great suggestions, some of which I deemed outside the scope of my book. Still, I thought they would make [...]
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April 8th, 2010
How To Avoid Social Media Fatigue in 5 Easy Steps
Steph Auteri 
Posted in balance, community, marketing, networking, productivity 
Tags: brazen careerist, facebook, fatigue, linkedin, overload, overwhelmed, social media, social network, twitter 
1 Comment » March 17th, 2010
I Skipped SXSW. Am I An Idiot?
So apparently, just about everyone in my Twitter feed was at South by Southwest (SXSW) this past week, a conference (and seemingly non-stop party) that somehow brings together “music, independent films, and emerging technologies.” It’s that last that is of greatest interest to me and, as the web developers, bloggers, content producers, and new media [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, education, networking Tags: 140 characters, blogher, blogworld, conference, networking, new yorker festival, south by southwest, sxsw, ted 2 Comments » March 1st, 2010
6 Ways To Find Your Next Mentor
[Image via] Back in January, Betsy Lerner — brilliant author of The Forest for the Trees – wrote up a quick post in which she remembered two of her early mentors. And then, a week ago, Holly Hoffman brought up the topic again. All this mentor-talk got me thinking back on my own favorites, and [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, education, words of wisdom Tags: learn, mentor, peer, teacher 4 Comments » January 25th, 2010
The Road To Freelance Success Is Paved with Good Karma
[Image via] Work has been pretty damn good lately (aside from the occasional seasonal slump). And — conceited as it may sound — I credit myself for a lot of that. After all, I’m the one who got me here. When I was unhappy at my 9-to-5, and daydreaming about freelancedom, I figured out the [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, networking Tags: good karma, grateful, karma, pay it forward, thankful 5 Comments » November 10th, 2009
Coworking: The Cure for What Ails Me?
I’ve been lonely lately. I mean, freelancing has always been lonely. I sit in my condo, hunched over my keyboard, getting more and more used to not going out. I have full-on conversations with my three cats. I tweet, and retweet, and @reply, pretending that virtual conversations are just as good as actual human contact. [...]
October 22nd, 2009
Frustratingly, Making Career Decisions Is Not All About What’s Best For You
Career dissatisfaction has been creating a lot of tension in my marriage lately. While my husband has been struggling to build a web business on top of his full-time job — leaving little opportunity for us to spend quality time together — my freelance work has languished, causing my hubby to feel even more pressure [...]
August 25th, 2009
PSA: Bazen Careerist Kicks Ass in a Brand New Way
Quite some time ago, I signed up for Brazen Careerist, a network for young professionals that allowed me to share my blog feed and connect with other awesome people like myself. (You may have noticed the little bookmarklet at the bottom righthand corner of my blog.) Today, Brazen Careerist has launched itself in a whole [...]
July 31st, 2009
My Support System
I did not make life easy for my parents. During my toddler years, they worried over my introversion. During my junior high/high school years, they worried over my fiery temper. During my college years, they worried throughout the course of an abusive relationship I couldn’t bring myself to leave, and then worried some more when [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, finances/income, motivation, networking Tags: family, support 6 Comments » June 15th, 2009
In Favor of Freelancedom: You Can Do It Anywhere
Back when I was working in book publishing full-time, trying desperately to establish myself within the NYC media world, I felt stuck: tied to the area in which I was living, unable to move even the slightest bit west, due to the extent to which my daily commute already exhausted me. Now, with my office [...]
May 26th, 2009
Product Placement: Follow Me @…
I’m a bit obsessed with the Twittersphere. I’m logged on 24/7 and use the site to promote my work, seek out sources, and network with other freelance writers. Plus, it helps me to maintain my sanity when I’m desperate for some small bit of human contact. Why not use the site as a virtual business [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, marketing, networking Tags: business cards, t-shirts, twitter 2 Comments » 
