This post started life as a Twitter thread… Here’s a thread of 29 random networking / self-promotion / personal branding tips, aimed at people who hate the idea of selling themselves – because f*ck it, why not? 🤷♂️ Hopefully there’s something for everyone & all tastes here… 🧵 — Steve Morgan 📗 (@steviephil) October 28, 2022 …But alas, it flopped. 😔 A haiku: Tried a Twitter thread Oh no… It flopped miserably Gonna stick to…
It’s time for another Anti-Sell Story! (You can see previous Stories here on the blog and/or in the book!) This time we have Alexis Charkiw (or “Lex” for short). Lex and I live locally (South Wales) and both know each other through Welsh ICE, the coworking space and startup hub based just outside Cardiff. I’ve known Lex since her previous business (before her current freelance bookkeeping practice), so it’s been awesome to see her business…
Our latest guest post comes from Jon McGreevy. I’ve known Jon since his pre-freelance career, so we’ve known each other for a while. He recently celebrated his first-year freelancing anniversary (freelanciversary?! nah, never mind) – and it’s so, so good seeing him do so well since he’s gone solo. In my book Anti-Sell, I talk about how ‘running your own [something]’ can be a great way to help you to network. If you run an…
They say “practice what you preach,” right? It’s all well and good that I’ve written a book that offers advice on how to self-promote / network / market yourself in a non-salesy way, based on what’s worked for me as a freelance SEO consultant – but what about for other industries? In the book, I make the point that you can apply my tips and advice to your chosen specialism: whether you’re an SEO, a…
The next Anti-Sell Story in our series is from an old uni buddy of mine! Joe and I met when we were both students at Lancaster University, back in… *checks dates* …a long time ago! 😅 We were both involved with the live music society, the student radio station, and just generally within the city’s gigging scene (Joe plays a mean bass guitar, FYI). Other than the very occasional catch-up message, Joe and I lost…
