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 - (GinaTrapani.org)
• AnnaleeNewitz - (Techsploitation)
• MattHaughey - (A Whole Lotta Nothing)
• MollyDitmore - (MollyBloom.com)
• PenelopeTrunk - (Brazen Careerist)

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