Self-Marketing for the Freelance Web Geek

South by Southwest Interactive panel, Austin, TX

Sunday, March 11, 5-6PM

 

Why this topic

 

Web geeks are part nerd, part artist - and in many cases, totally missed out on the self-promotion gene. As an independent, half your job is marketing yourself, your product and your services. But self-marketing doesn't have to be expensive, spammy, or dreadful - it can be done artfully and without compromising your values or comfort zone.

 

 

Participants

 

• GinaTrapani - http://ginatrapani.org
• AnnaleeNewitz - http://annaleenewitz.com
• MattHaughey - http://a.wholelottanothing.org http://metafilter.com
• MollyDitmore - http://www.mollybloom.com/
• PenelopeTrunk - http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/

 

 

Discussion outline

 

Moved to the QnA page

 

 

Resources

 

Stuff worth looking at from around the interwebs on the topic:

 

• Self-Promotion for the Creative Person (Amazon) by Lee Silber - not focused at web professionals but chock full of great advice anyway
• 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed (Steve Pavlina)
• Pretty much any post on Penelope's career advice blog, Brazen Careerist