Overdue List Of Things You Really Should Read
I have a confession. I was born without the urgency gene. I just can’t get it together to care. Therefore, if you have breaking news and you want to give a hard-hitting, journalistic blogger an exclusive scoop - call someone else. I’ll probably be napping.
These links may be old news. I present them to you anyway.
Do you like pizza? Do you have children? Do you run a home business? If any of the foregoing apply to you, please check out this post. I’d could tell you what it’s about, but then I’d have to kill you. (Hint: pizza, children, business.)
If you want to get anywhere in business, blogging, or possibly even in life, you need to learn to network. (Also to market yourself and your wares, but that’s why you’re here.) Here is a fantabulous (hey, spell check didn’t grab fantabulous… how cool is that?) quote from the link you’re about to go to:
There tends to be mindset among small business owners and freelancers that if you somehow gain some marketing advantage by simply doing what you’d normally do, but with a slightly elevated degree of effort or intention, that is a bad thing. Read more here.
Speaking of networking and public relations (which, since your business is small and you’re probably broke, you should be) check out this quick and dirty post about colossal PR screw-ups. Be ashamed or be proud.
Just in case you’re not one of the 36,000 subscribers to Get Rich Slowly and you’re also not one of the 643 people who have Dugg this post, read about JD’s transition to full time blogging here. This is pretty freaking inspirational, people.
Moving on, let’s talk about Wall of Scribbles. I copied a link and some text from the following post, intending to blog about it someday. Well, today was the day, but I figured I’d go back to the blog to make sure he hadn’t all of a sudden started publicly advocating reindeer tipping. (Sorry, that’s not a link. I don’t have a link about reindeer tipping. If you find one, let me know.) Turns out, he ended up quoting me, which was pretty freaking awesome. Now I feel weird linking there, though. Kind of incestuous and, I don’t know, the kind of thing someone in marketing would do.
However, it’s not Corey’s fault I couldn’t get off my ass to do a link round-up, so here it is anyway. Sorry, dude.
There are certain types of people out there that can go for it. They set their eyes on something, and the run full steam towards that goal…. Then there is the other group that merely lives through situations and makes the best of things. They see the world as something that happens, not something to make happen. These are your desk-jockeys. These are your lunch alone in a diner sort of people. These are the people that ride the bus every day and wonder why they got on it, and then forget that they wondered it.
Although I will happily eat lunch alone in a diner, he’s onto some really cool stuff here.
Penultimately, which is one of my favorite words and I use it frequently to prove you can still write even if you didn’t go to college, we have Joe and Steve from I’ve Tried That.
To those of you with young children, yes, those ARE the same names of the guys from Blue’s Clues but, no, they are not actually the guys from Blue’s Clues. Anyway, they sent me a free copy of their new eBook, The Complete I’ve Tried That Guide to Telecommuting. Joe and Steve say things that make me laugh like “Finally, a presell page that isn’t longer than the book itself!” and “We lose money so you don’t have to.” Thus, I agreed to take a peek at their book.
It does not suck, and it is a great beginner’s guide to, well, telecommuting. It is not insanely boring and they don’t use lame-ass strike through $347 $247 $117.43 $29 pricing. In fact, it’s pay what you want. Like Radiohead, except not so widely publicized by Rolling Stone magazine.
The book has 40 pages and four decent sized chapters - Basic Requirements, Resumes and Cover Letters, How To Find Jobs Online, and Contacting Potential Employers. This book is good if you’re new, not necessary if you’re not new. I would venture to say it’s nearly imperative if you’re new. A lot of the information is available elsewhere, but I challenge you to find it in one sitting. Vital information, nicely and neatly packaged for less than $347. Unless you want to pay $347. If that’s the case, I want some affiliate income. (By the way, for those of you who care about this kind of thing, I get no affiliate income from saying this. It’s hard to figure out affiliate dollars on the book equivalent of pay-what-you-can night at the local rep theater.)
And last of all, something from an email forward. My friend Melanie, who has just recently started reading this blog and is likely to be very offended now and refuse to pay for my lunch on Thursday, sends me forwards. Like, a lot of them. I’m not really a forward kind of gal, but hers don’t suck too much and she’s my friend so I read them. Here is my closing piece of wisdom.
Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
Yes, it’s something you’d see in your abuse counselor’s office. It’s also true.
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Thanks for the write-up Naomi :)
If anyone has a question about our book, feel free to send me an email through our contact page and I’ll gladly assist you.
Ooo! Look at me getting linked by a big shot! Thanks for the linkup Naomi, and I’m glad you enjoyed my article. It’s nice getting feedback on things you write.
@ Steve - Any time! (@ Everyone else: There are murmurings about additions to the book. I’ll keep you posted.)
@ Corey - Keep calling me a big shot and I will link to you every day. :)
Not offended………….but lunch better be cheap!
Haha, that is the easiest linking ever! Big shot!
Good reads, thanks Naomi.
Thank you! You made my day. :)