In my new media class we had to post two entries a week, and were given a list of blogs to get ideas and material from…I was never told I had to and I honestly thought if it was posted somewhere online or found in google images, I had free reign to use it however I wanted.
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Be Your Own Publicist: An interview with Lindsay Kaplan
We spoke about the rough job market and the best practices to landing a job. I’m a huge fan of networking as opposed to sending out hundreds of resumes. Lindsay agrees that networking is extremely important, but pointed out that you can’t only network or only have a great resume, you have to have a kickass resume and put yourself out there at events.
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How to Get Your Start in Social Media in 5 Steps
Recently Simon Kirk of Techies Give Back asked me to speak with his friend, Robert Sullivan, about breaking into social media, particularly within the publishing world. The conversation spawned this blog entry.
Also posted in Career, Goals, networking, online presence, social media, tips, twitter Tagged evan roth, twitter 3 Comments
5 Quick Tips from an Online Marketing Manager
The following 5 Quick Tips are essential for any new to the work force grad. You may have heard them before, but sometimes you need to hear them from a successful person with an awesome job to take them to heart.
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Farts & Trailers for XXX parodies inside. An Interview with Vince Mancini
I think the only way something is good — comedy, writing, music, movies — is if the person creating it is doing it because they themselves are honestly interested in it and passionate about it.
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Infographics and Inspiration: A Conversation with Matt Owens of VolumeOne
One thing he’d want someone to tell him if he were my age knowing what he knows now: Bust your ass and be flexible.
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How to get a Social Media Job: 3 Social Media Articles in 5 Bullet Points Each
Welcome to the second edition of 3 in 5, where I summarize 3 Social Media Articles in 5 Bullet Points Each. This week’s topic, how to get a job in social media! The articles I’ve chosen to summarize are all from Mashable, a leading website for social media news. Before we start, one of my [...]
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Internship Wrap Up: Flavorpill
This week was my last as an intern at Flavorpill. This was the most spur of the moment internship I’ve ever had. Story? I’m interning at Gawker one day when I get my daily Flavorpill newsletter (I’ve been receiving for about 3 years). I saw that they were looking for interns in their New York [...]
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Oh PS, I got a job!
That’s right! I got a job! On May 16th I graduated cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts in design, an associate honors degree, and lots of internship experience. 1 career fair, 2 career counselor appointments, 3 interviews, 1 writing assignment, and 45 days later…I will be working full-time for Sterling Publishing as the [...]
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Week 7.. only 2 more left!!
So here’s where I start to get really anxious about what to do next semester, internship wise.But Let’s focus on this week. Oh, well first of all, here’s me at +1 Music! Took this on the way to the Jelly Pool Party a couple of weeks ago :) Partisan / Knitting Factory was sort of [...]